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[Re: RickWhite]
#125993 12/10/07 02:23 PM 12/10/07 02:23 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Rick,
I still don't see the steeplechase story on the front page.
Jake Kohl | | | Re: Steeplechase Was Awesome
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#125996 12/10/07 03:47 PM 12/10/07 03:47 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Jake,
I regret to inform you that the Flesh Rocket beat the Blue Boat on Sunday. But your boys managed to beat us by enough on Sat. to beat us overall.
Lee That's what I hear! I could go on about the disturbingly flesh colored boat and blue....but I digress. Congrats...say, I thought you said you weren't going to sail.
Jake Kohl | | | Re: Steeplechase Was Awesome
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#125997 12/10/07 05:58 PM 12/10/07 05:58 PM |
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Posts: 1,304 Gulf Coast relocated from Cali... | You can't actually call what I was doing sailing. I was just pulling strings and Larry was doing the driving. I was ballast hanging off the side. Having a 250 plus pounder hanging on the wire helps in 20 to 25 knots going to weather. Seriously though, Larry has great instincts on the boat. He has a strong drive to constantly better his performance. That will continue to push him further up the fleet.
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Keyboard sailors are always faster in all conditions.
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#125999 12/10/07 06:41 PM 12/10/07 06:41 PM |
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Posts: 829 Charleston, SC | Jake, you should have named that boat "BALLS." Then Larry would have the Flesh Rocket, and you'd have Blue Balls.
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[Re: RickWhite]
#126000 12/11/07 09:04 AM 12/11/07 09:04 AM |
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Posts: 1,152 tampa, fl | Well this was my first attempt at the Steeplechase and while I did not finish, I had a great time and here is a rundown of my trouble on days 1 and 2. Coming out of Anglefish Creek, we cut the corner a little too sharp and tapped bottom, not hard, but hard enough to jam the starboard daggerboard about 3/4 of the way down. We continued to sail knowing that at some point we'd have to stop and make more of an effort to get the board up before the finish. As we approached the finish, we struggled with the board and could not get it to budge at all. We sailed onto the flats and flipped the boat to try from underneath to free the board. Still no luck so we dragged the boat on its side across the flats to finish. Let me tell you, on each step we'd sink in the muck to about our thighs as we trudged across the flats. It took us about 30 minutes to drag the boat across the finish, but we made it. With a significant amount of banging on the board, we managed to free it and prepped the boat for day 2. Day 2 started great, we were having a great sail with a group of about 3 or 4 other boats when, just past the mark at the Sheraton, the port side rudder casting broke and broke the gudgeon when it failed. We gathered the rudder back on board and were forced to sail back to the beach. Fortunatly, the Shereton was the easiest place to get to. Here's where things get fun.....1st call was to Rick to let him know we had to drop out and were both ok. I then tried to reach my Dad who was my ground crew for the race to bring my truck and trailer down. I got only voice mail, but that was no big deal as we had lots to do to get the boat out of the water. About an hour later, we had finished de-rigging the boat, and still no word from Dad, so we went to the Tiki Bar (what would you do?). We had no cash, no credit cards, no ID, nothing. I explained our situation to Lionel, the bar tender, and he agreed to run us a tab until my wallet arrived with the truck. A couple of beers and sandwiches later, still no word from Dad, and the jet ski concession guys were getting antsy as my boat was in the way and they could not get the skis out of the water and were waiting to close up shop for the day. Again, Lionel comes to the rescue. He gives us the keys to his car, and we leave with an open tab and Lionel's car to pick up my truck and trailer. Lionel came through and really help us out of a pinch (and got a really healthy tip). Already looking forward to giving the race another shot next year, hopefully with better results.
If your havin girl problems i feel bad for you son I got 99 problems but my beautiful wife ain't one | | | Re: Steeplechase Was Awesome
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#126001 12/11/07 09:23 AM 12/11/07 09:23 AM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | So where was your negligent ground crew?
Jake Kohl | | | Re: Steeplechase Was Awesome
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#126006 12/11/07 10:49 AM 12/11/07 10:49 AM |
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Posts: 1,152 tampa, fl | Since my groundcrew was my dad, killing him is not an option (Christmas would just be awkward). His "story" is that he was away from the phone, and then had packed up and headed home without checking messages. Since he had place my truck, trailer, and gear where it needed to be for me, he figured he was no longer needed.
If your havin girl problems i feel bad for you son I got 99 problems but my beautiful wife ain't one | | | Re: Steeplechase Was Awesome
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#126007 12/11/07 11:29 AM 12/11/07 11:29 AM |
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Posts: 1,304 Gulf Coast relocated from Cali... | I see. This year at the Tybee our Team Manager threatend to leave us at Jupiter. I had serious thoughts of violent things I wanted to do to him. We count on our ground crew alot more than we realize until we need them to pick up the pieces.
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