I realize that the NAs this year are the weekend before the HPDO, and obviously NAs are very important. But for people who either aren't able to attend the NAs for whatever reason, or who want to get more bang for their buck, the HPDO is the following weekend and for east coasters, is on the way back from Sarnia (slight detour that would only add 90 minutes or so onto your trip back to Newport, Mystic or Marblehead), and since the boat will already be packed up, you can just drop boats at American YC for the week (or maybe even Larchmont if AYC runs out of space). Not going to volunteer beds on behalf of the western CT Viperers, but we can help with housing on the Larchmont end, so there should be beds. 6 boats are signed up already, but I've heard another 10+ boats who aren't registered say that they plan to be there -- two months away, never too early to boost the entries.
Online registration at http://www.yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=478
Thanks for the heads up Peter. I'm in!
Don't look now -- 12 Vipers signed up already, with another 6+ that I know about who say they are coming. Sign up today -- the more boats signed up, the more boats who will sign up...
I'm in. Peter, please sign me up for a postSarnia drop off slot.
Cheers!
Nice. Lots of stragglers on the entry end too. 13 signed up, not counting folks who have already said they're coming like Taselaar, Scott, Kozak, Goodrich, Nickerson, Mroz, a couple of other Stamford boats, probably a couple more Newporters and Marbleheaders too -- could easily end up with 25+ boats on the line again. Good times.
14 boats!
If anyone wants to come but is short on crew, I know of 2 people who are also potential future owners who would like to crew in the HPDO (but would want to sail together). One male, one female, combined weight around 300 lbs, experienced racers. PM or email for details.
Now up to 17 Vipers at the 2011 HPDO. Time for a fleet headcount:
Larchmont: 5 out of 6.5 (6th is sailing 49ers at HPDO, counting Mroz as a Larchmont guy now that he's moved to the area, 0.5 is Taselaar with splitting time in Newport)
Western CT: 4 out of 11
Eastern CT: 3 out of 4
Marblehead: 3 out of 11ish
Newport: 1 out of 10 [no regatta conflicts in Naragansett Bay that weekend, come on down, guys]
Others (Canadians, upstaters, etc.) 1 out of _______
Can work out free housing, etc. for anyone who wants if they sign up early enough and let us know -- same with spare crews, etc. And if people want to come down REALLY early, they can leave boats at LYC for free and race with us Sept. 4, Sept. 10-11 and Sept. 24 (all Viper one design starts on those days).
20 Vipers now. Apparently today is the last day to request free housing through AYC. We will see what we can do on the free housing end through the Larchmont fleet for any stragglers. However, on Sept. 9 a $40 late entry fee kicks in -- that we can't help with since it's not our event, so sign up today to avoid that problem.
Larchmont: 5 out of 6.5 (6th is sailing 49ers at HPDO, counting Mroz as a Larchmont guy now that he's moved to the area, 0.5 is Taselaar with splitting time in Newport)
Western CT: 5 out of 11
Eastern CT: 3 out of 4
Marblehead: 4 out of 11ish
Newport: 3 out of 10 [no regatta conflicts in Naragansett Bay that weekend, come on down, guys]
Others (Canadians, upstaters, etc.) 1 out of _______
Reminder to all that today is Wednesday, and the late fee kicks in this Friday (Sept. 9). Sign up today at http://www.yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=478
We have 25 Vipers registered, not counting people who have said they will be there (dem Bliksemites, new owner Rich Prieto, possibly 'dem Argonauts, a couple of other Newporters, possibly another Canadian surprise or two like Luke Porter via Halifax, etc.). There will be 25-30 Vipers out as usual. The breeze will likely be good (as usual), there will be lots and lots of Heineken (as usual), and depending on a couple of logistical issues, there's a chance that the Vipers will be based out of Larchmont YC instead of American YC to give everyone access to more hoists (3 vs. 2) since it is a short drive from LYC to AYC post racing and we'll have more space and less hoist competition, TBD.
If anyone is short on crew or housing, both are very easy solutions -- just email me ASAP -- don't let that be the reason you don't sail.
Fleet headcount:
Larchmont: 5 out of 6.5 (6th is sailing 49ers at HPDO, counting Mroz as a Larchmont guy now that he's moved to the area, 0.5 is Taselaar with splitting time in Newport)
Western CT: 6 out of 11
Eastern CT: 3 out of 4
Marblehead: 4 out of 11ish
Newport: 3 out of 10 [no regatta conflicts in Naragansett Bay that weekend, come on down, guys]
Others (Canadians, upstaters, southerners) 4 out of _______
We are just wondering where all out of town Viper people are staying?
If people need housing and haven't contacted the event chair for options, please let me know ASAP and I will see what I can do on a first come, first serve basis.
Hi Peter, we're going to need housing for the event. Do you have any recommendations for hotels in the area?
From the NOR:
Hotels/motels within 10 miles of AYC include:
Mamaroneck Motel: tel 914 698 0671 http://www.mamaroneckmotel.com/
Vincent's: 1514 Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, NY Tel: 914 698 8562
Courtyard by Marriott in Rye: http://marriott.com/courtyard
The first two on that list are inexpensive but I am told slightly on the sketchy side (don't know first hand, haven't stayed there). Other options include:
New Rochelle Residence Inn by Marriott
35 Lecount Place
New Rochelle, NY 10801
(914) 636-7888
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/hpnri-residence-inn-new-rochelle/
Radisson Hotel New Rochelle
1 Radisson Plaza
New Rochelle, NY 10801
(914) 576-3700
http://www.radisson.com/hotels/us/ny/new_rochelle/1332
Crowne Plaza Hotel White Plains-Downtown
66 Hale Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 682-0050
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/hpncp?&externalHotelDetailHit=true
The Ritz-Carlton, Westchester Hotel
3 Renaissance Square
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 946-5500
http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/Westchester/Default.htm
Hilton Rye Town
699 Westchester Avenue
Rye Brook, NY 10573
(914) 939-6300
http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/RYEHIHH-Hilton-Rye-Town-New-York/index.do
Doral Arrowwood
975 Anderson Hill Road
Rye Brook, NY 10573
(914) 939-5500
http://www.doralarrowwood.com/?src=googlemaps_homepage_link
Also, we may be able to put a few teams up in people's homes (hence the first come, first serve part). People need to email me to specifically request that option though. Also, event organizers may be able to do the same if you email them ASAP.
We stayed at the Mamaronek Motel last year--it was fine; good value and convenient to the regatta.
Luke Porter is now in, vowing to make the drive from Halifax for his first Viper one-design event ever. So that's 26 Vipers, with a few more who say they are coming (2 of whom are busy with Melges 32 Worlds commitments right now). We have as many Canadians signed up as we do Newporters for any of the Newport boats who like to read the forums...
Reminder that if anyone is looking for crew, we have several really good Larchmont sailors who are actively looking to crew at the HPDO in Vipers -- a few of whom are strongly considering buying Vipers in 2012, so email me ASAP if you need crew.
Quote from: Peter Beardsley on September 14, 2011, 10:31:46 AM
Luke Porter is now in, vowing to make the drive from Halifax for his first Viper one-design event ever. So that's 26 Vipers, with a few more who say they are coming (2 of whom are busy with Melges 32 Worlds commitments right now). We have as many Canadians signed up as we do Newporters for any of the Newport boats who like to read the forums...
Reminder that if anyone is looking for crew, we have several really good Larchmont sailors who are actively looking to crew at the HPDO in Vipers -- a few of whom are strongly considering buying Vipers in 2012, so email me ASAP if you need crew.
Do they have internet in Newport?
Hey play nice Justin!
I can't go. My wife and I have a no regatta agreement that came with getting the open a few years back. It's been broken a few times to sail on OTHER PEOPLE'S BOATS (how I got to sail with you Justin) and only when called and asked specifically, IE I'm not looking for rides. It's a time and money thing for me. With a 5 month old and 3 year old, it's too much to leave them with the wife for an entire weekend right now. Same reason I didn't sail in either of the Newport regattas this summer (well, we didn't have a boat for one, but still).
Next season I'm hoping for Wickford since it's local (closer to home than our weekly race for me) and Newport Regatta...
Update: 27 boats registered and I know of a couple of more who say they are coming but who haven't signed up yet.
More importantly, I know of 6-8 good crews (some of whom are *really good*) in the area who are desperately looking to race a Viper that weekend in case anyone is short a person or two -- just send me a PM or email. And sign up ASAP if you haven't yet. http://www.yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=478
Wow more boats for hpdo then the north Americans............
Big difference in fleets though. There are so many LIS boats that do not travel that make up this fleet. The quality at the NA's is astounding. The guys who do the NA's then HPDO will dominate the top of the fleet.
Looking forward to seeing all my friends at this event!
They're both good fleets, but Matt is right that the makeup is very different (though it's almost fighting words, esp. among the western LIS folks, to suggest that the guys from NAs are going to eat our breakfast). I think the real issues if you look at the HPDO fleet are as follows: of the 28 boats currently signed up:
11 just bought their boats in 2011 (for at least 4 of them, the HPDO will be their first regatta). 11 of the 28 as new owners...new owners = less likely to travel.
Of the other 17 boats, at least 4 of them have this as their first regatta of the year that's had more than 5 Vipers in the same place -- so clearly they just don't travel much. That's 15 of the 28.
I only count 5 boats who are doing both NAs and HPDO. That means that you have nearly 50 different Vipers sailing two different big events within reasonable driving distance of each other on back to back weekends. That's a good thing at the end of the day. I realize it would have been a better one if more people had made the NAs their big event, but it wasn't meant to be this year.
Tougher nut to crack is why we don't have even more boats at HPDO. By my math, there are 12-15 Vipers in the northeast who aren't doing either regatta. Some of them have good excuses -- maybe they all do -- hard to tell with the lack of internet in Newport (I am presuming that Matt transmits his posts via smoke signal to Tiverton, where someone on the mainland transcribes it into the forums). :-)
I had to go to Florida to get internet. Back in the Electronic wasteland of Newport on Tuesday.......
Guys, I hate to say this, but there's a possibility #29 will have to backout for HPDO. Some guy smashed into me 2 days ago while I was at a stop light and mangled up my trailer hitch. Hopefully insurance will get it all sorted out in time, but there's a chance we won't be there.
Fingers crossed!
No crews with trailer hitches?
Quote from: Peter Beardsley on October 02, 2011, 11:09:48 PM
No crews with trailer hitches?
Unfortunately I was meeting my crew there. I'm coming from Canada, and they're coming from Boston. Good news though, I had a hitch guy check out the damage, and he thinks I'll be able to tow.
Excellent.
In the meantime, a heads up for everyone:
- If anyone needs crew, or is on the fence about coming because they don't have crew, we have A LOT of really good, experienced crew, who are desperate to race Vipers this weekend -- some of whom are potential owners as early as 2012 -- them getting in a day or two on the boat could be the difference between them being on the line with us in Marblehead at 2012 NAs or not.
- AYC says they are able to host all of the Vipers despite damage to their docks during Irene. That said, if anyone wants to sail out of LYC with shorter lines to the hoist, please email me ASAP at wpbeardsley[at]gmail.com -- we're happy to help, and at minimum, the Larchmont Vipers will all sail out of LYC since it is only a 2-3 mile sail at most to the racecourse from LYC -- no sense in us taking the boat apart for the short trip. We're happy to accommodate others, but we'd need to know who they are in advance to help work with AYC on the safety boat patrol end, etc. It's only a 10-12 minute drive from LYC to AYC for the party.
I'm good to be at either club. With how busy AYC might be, is there any benefit in the whole class sailing out of LYC?
This is my first HPDO in a Viper -- I've done it 5 times previously in a 505, which is very different -- ramp launching, not a big deal getting in and out.
We can take more Vipers at LYC, but if everyone wants to come over, I need to know ASAP so that I can run it up the flagpole for permission. We have 3 hoists at LYC for Vipers (for anyone who remembers the half ton hoist from Memorial Day, that hoist is now a 1 ton hoist with a longer arm, so we have a 1 ton, 2 ton and 4 ton, and if coordinated well with trailer movement, we can use all 3 simultaneously).
Pros for Larchmont = faster in/out at hoist once you're there, hang out with super cool LYC Viper sailors.
Cons = farther from the party, farther to the line at the start and end of the day. It is possible that the longer sail home will cancel out the saved time at the hoist, but honestly, I can't tell for certain. Also, the bulk of the Vipers will be at AYC no matter what I suspect, so it may be slightly less social until you get to the party.
Dropped off 108 at AYC yesterday on way home from Sarnia & said Hi to our HPDO hosts.
(As luck would have it the AYC fall regatta was wrapping up so had a few free beers on the lawn after a long drive).
Like last year, they will again be putting vipers on the lawn right next to the hoists with a white lined space assigned to each.
worked great last year (with 35 boats) so wouldn't be too concerned about space & hoist time at AYC.
Peter,
I might need one or two people. Still waiting to hear from my local guys.
I've been in touch with Olaf and am standing by to dump crew in his Viper if he says he needs 'em. If anyone else needs crew, please let me know ASAP.
In the meantime, there's a movement to having a good ol' fashioned Viper post-race debrief on Saturday at AYC around some kegs, Q&A style to discuss what worked on the racecourse, what didn't, various Viper techniques, and a chance to pick the brains of the experts. We'll have 3-time defending North American champion Brad Boston and his crack team on Jackpot, Ched Proctor of North Sails, past NA champ Justin Scott, technical committee chair Dave Nickerson -- there's going to be a wealth of Viper knowledge around that everyone can benefit from. I will work with the folks at AYC to see if we can secure some space away from the party on club grounds, and some beer to travel with us. Spread the word -- everyone should plan to be at AYC post racing on Saturday, and wait for those of us at Larchmont to drive over. Stay tuned for more details.
In the meantime, if you haven't signed up yet but want to show up late, I am told that the 30th Viper entry will be hitting the scratch sheet shortly (though at the end of the day, I know of at least 2 boats who have entered who won't be able to attend unfortunately), we have crew available and the weather will be warm and sunny. That may not mean fantastic things for the breeze, but we should be able to race. Unlikely to be the 25-30+ kts that there's been at past HPDOs.
Quote from: Peter Beardsley on October 04, 2011, 02:20:03 PM
weather will be warm and sunny. That may not mean fantastic things for the breeze, but we should be able to race. Unlikely to be the 25-30+ kts that there's been at past HPDOs.
That's ok with Black Sheep. I've got my 12 year old nephew on the boat for his first taste at Viper racing. Getting his feet wet in warm weather with lighter breeze is just fine with us! With any luck he'll be hooked and in a few years we'll have a 2nd Viper owner in the family!
Anyone have anyplace to stay out in hpdo? Rooms, boat, garage, etc. We aren't picky. We have a few favors to cash in but we got a little busy with the north Americans and all that stuff. Thanks in advance.
Quote from: Lee Shuckerow on October 05, 2011, 11:12:17 AM
Anyone have anyplace to stay out in hpdo? Rooms, boat, garage, etc. We aren't picky. We have a few favors to cash in but we got a little busy with the north Americans and all that stuff. Thanks in advance.
Ditto on that. Lee, if you want to split something, let me know.
Might have to drive my old uhaul down again...
Mamaroneck Hotel sold out
No answer at "Vincent's"
Courtyard sold out on Sat, though apparently Betsy from Colonial Travel may be able to get some rooms for $129+tax
Anyone got an RV? Looked around for one in the area, but no luck. Up here, found some for about $500, but figure in gas and other fees and it's probably pretty hefty, never mind a PIA.
Other ideas? Sleeping in my Uhaul still looking best.
I'm full to the seams but I guess a floor at Chez Scott is better than a U Haul.
If anyone else (local crew etc.) can help out, that would be much appreciated by Jackie and I.....but we'll make more room if neccesary.
Offer stands that if anyone wants to crash in Manhattan, I have a guest room with its own bathroom (and great waterfront views), but it's a 40-45 minute drive to LYC/AYC. The Larchmont Viper guys mostly live in Manhattan, and the ones who live near the club are already full unless we have options among the Indian Harbor/Stamford crowd.
Chalk Talk is scheduled immediately before dinner.
Thanks Dave N.
After dinner, a good portion of the fleet will be adjourning to Barcelona in Greenwich for further entertainment and useful tuning tips from Lee.
Exit 3 off 95, Barcelona is on Putnam Av just before the top of Greenwich Avenue. We adjourned there after the Larchmont regatta this spring. Somers Kempe and Jim King can attest.....good times.
Hey Justin,
Please put me down for pitching a tent in your yard or equivalent. Will bring.
Barcelona... sigh...
Cheers!
Barcelona... yep vague memories of overtaking a cop car on the way there. shall i ship some overproof again? ;)
Enjoy the regatta, wish i could make it.
Quote from: Somers Kempe on October 05, 2011, 07:58:44 PM
shall i ship some overproof again? ;)
Enjoy the regatta, wish i could make it.
Bring it on, my man! And get on a plane! Geesh!
We are now up to 30 entries -- not bad, though I don't think we'll have 30 on the start line Saturday when the gun goes off. SIs are posted on yachtscoring.com and crews are still available if anyone is short.
Quote from: Somers Kempe on October 05, 2011, 07:58:44 PM
Barcelona... yep vague memories of overtaking a cop car on the way there. shall i ship some overproof again? ;)
Enjoy the regatta, wish i could make it.
I had no memories of Barcelona. I'll take your word for it that we were there.
I blame the oberproof.
I'm on a two year training program for Houston 2013. I assume Bermuda will be there for that one.
Quote from: Olaf Bleck on October 05, 2011, 02:40:56 PM
Hey Justin,
Please put me down for pitching a tent in your yard or equivalent. Will bring.
Barcelona... sigh...
Cheers!
Of course. Bring a sleeping bag. We will fit you in. Havent heard from Lee and Brad but they are also welcome.
Were you at Barcelona after the Larchmont Regatta? I really cannot remember who came. Jim King says he was there and that you are an excellent dancer (and that I am not). Ive told them they will have to move the tables because we will be dancing again. We have to work on Carina because she says she has some family obligation. Jackie says "Barcelona again?" "Absolutely!"
On our way back to Detroit. Only an eleven hour trip so not too bad. It's a lot closer than charleston is from Rye. Had some really good races even though it was really light out there. Always fun sailing against the east coast guys and drinking up all of the free heineken.
Quote from: Lee Shuckerow on October 09, 2011, 05:56:06 PM
On our way back to Detroit. Only an eleven hour trip so not too bad. It's a lot closer than charleston is from Rye. Had some really good races even though it was really light out there. Always fun sailing against the east coast guys and drinking up all of the free heineken.
Safe Trip home boys.
Same to everyone who came from afar.
Quote from: Justin Scott on October 09, 2011, 07:23:32 PM
Same to everyone who came from afar.
We're headed out crack of dawn tomorrow for the 15 hour haul home to Halifax. We had a great time; the event, the fleet and the people were as good as or better than expected. I'm pencilling this event in for next year. A big thanks to Peter Beardsley for inviting us in the first place and a huge shout out to Peter Bauer for letting a bunch of raggety Canadians crash at his place for 4 nights.
We're now sun baked, exhausted and my brain is full, but we'll be back!
Luke.
Quote from: Justin Scott on October 06, 2011, 01:37:26 PM
Of course. Bring a sleeping bag. We will fit you in. Havent heard from Lee and Brad but they are also welcome.
Were you at Barcelona after the Larchmont Regatta? I really cannot remember who came. Jim King says he was there and that you are an excellent dancer (and that I am not). Ive told them they will have to move the tables because we will be dancing again. We have to work on Carina because she says she has some family obligation. Jackie says "Barcelona again?" "Absolutely!"
Justin, thanks for the crash space.
Some of us stayed at the AYC bar for a bit and then by the time I got to your place I was pretty cooked and passed out. I heard what must have been the Barcelona crowd come in sometime later. Sorry I missed it!
Kay and I dropped our boats at Stamford for next Sat. I must have passed 5-6 Vipers while heading home. That was pretty cool. We just need to get a banner for everyone to hook to their trailers that says something like "If you're a sailor, buy one of these."
Was good fun!
Wow what a fantastic time we had at HPDO.
The Viper fleet is full of great guys willing to share tips to bring the level of competition up. I really liked the idea of the chalk talk, and Justin sharing some up to date information on Rondar. This is the way things really should be in a one design fleet. In particular thanks again to Lee, Brad, and Ben Steinberg for helping us rookies.
The 9 hour drive back to London, Ontario was pretty uneventful, just the way I wanted it to be. Now time to give the boat a really good scrub down, and start getting it ready to be put away for the winter.
The only negative observation I had from the weekend was what I'll say is the lack of respecting the racing rules of sailing. I'm not going to name names, but I saw boats hit marks and they didn't do turns. Very basic port/starboard and windward/leeward situations occurred (specifically downwind) where we had to dramatically alter course and no circles. We hit someone on the start line (first race I think), and the very first thing we did after the start was our spins. This is a honourable/self policing sport and we're not doing the class any favours by not respecting the rules.
Just my $.02...
Hi Kids-
Alec and I were out watching you all sail this weekend on Charlotte. It was great seeing you all, and especially the purple boat (we do miss it). I'm sorry there wasn't a little more wind so you would really scream around the racecourse.
We took tons of photos. I have tried to post some here, but this site won't let me post even one at a time :( So I have up-loaded them to snapfish so you could see them all if you want to. Here's the link
http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=3767736012/a=92737213_92737213/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
Sorry about the snapfish thing. If someone knows how I can post some here, please let me know. I think we have picures of almost every boat.
I hope we see a lot of you next Saturday at the Stamford Yacht Club Viper Open. Hopefully the wind gods will be kinder, and we will be able to get more exciting photos!
Jan
We were not at the chalk talk, but can some tell me the lastest that Justin spoke regarding Rondar? We had a horrible regatta, but had fun. Cant ask for much more since this was are only regatta this year. Just means we need to do more events next year.
Quote from: Doug Mroz on October 10, 2011, 03:49:29 PM
We were not at the chalk talk, but can some tell me the lastest that Justin spoke regarding Rondar?
Justin gave a rehash of what Paul Young said at Sarnia, but basically there is a Rondar subsidiary in Peabody, MA called Whitecap Composites that was started early this year. They have been building Fireflies and some other things using resin infusion techniques. The guys will be going over to the UK in the next few weeks and build some prototype resin infused Vipers, and then the intent is to have an identical set of molds in Peabody and build the hulls (identically) in both places.
For those that don't know, resin infusion layups use a core material that has little "veins" in it. What you do is lay up the whole boat without resin, vacuum bag it, get it perfect, and then open some valves that then let the resin flow in and impregnate all the materials. It allows for better boat building since you're working with dry materials and not against a time clock. You can bag and rebag the layup as needed until you've got it just right, especially in the inside corners where it's easy to get voids.
Should be a good thing.
Fun pics, thanks Jan. How high up were you when you took the pictures? Looks like the first spreader of a sailboat with that angle, or a really high powerboat.
Some video from Day 2 posted at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTW_I3T-wNQ& -- the new Vicious Panda spinnaker comes into frame starting around 5:30 or so.
Had a little delay on the way back to NJ, just crossed the tappan zee bridge, slowing down for some traffic (luckily) when I felt as if the trailer had brakes locked up - odd since there are no trailer brakes.
few seconds later my right tire shreds itself and I trundle off to the shoulder. The (euro) tire guard had somehow split off a 2-3 inch dagger of steel from where it is attached to the frame & then stabbed this into my sidewall which promptly slashed right through.
Bad news was my Saab tire iron did not fit the Rondar trailer lugs. So as I was frantically making calls some fellow HPDOers spot me and pull over to help (towing a tempest I think, big thanks guys), honda tire iron works good and on my way - well at least to the nearest gas station where I put some air in my spare.
So there's 2 things I will always do in future - get a correct tire iron and keep air in my spare.
(In my defense I claim I didn't know I was the one towing home until I got there, else might have had a few more tools)
Now where's that thread about UK trailer tire sizes.....
Quote from: Peter Beardsley on October 10, 2011, 05:24:27 PM
Fun pics, thanks Jan. How high up were you when you took the pictures? Looks like the first spreader of a sailboat with that angle, or a really high powerboat.
Some video from Day 2 posted at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTW_I3T-wNQ& -- the new Vicious Panda spinnaker comes into frame starting around 5:30 or so.
Peter -
I'm glad you enjoyed them. Charlotte is an Eastbay 43 flybridge (we were the large gray hull stalking the vipers). Alec and I have calculated that the boat is 25 feet off the water, so pretty far up - most of the photos were taken from the FB, some from the bow.
Jan
Quote from: Peter Beardsley on October 10, 2011, 05:24:27 PM
Some video from Day 2 posted at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTW_I3T-wNQ& -- the new Vicious Panda spinnaker comes into frame starting around 5:30 or so.
We love that spinnaker! Looks great over our shoulders :)
The HPDO pics from photoboat.com are now online. http://www.photoboatgallery.net/p216666345
Vipers make Scuttlebutt's "photos of the week". http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/photos/11/1014/
F-18s: it's what's for breakfast (except when they roll us doing 20 knots)