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Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville #176896
05/03/09 05:34 PM
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Who has info on results of yesterday's 37 mile pursuit race? I could not catch the leader, an E scow, but neither could Eric Roberts' RC-30 (2nd) who started an hour later. Meanwhile I was sitting in nothing in front of the same dock for an hour. This was just 6 miles from the finish and several previously invisible cats appeared on a fresh breeze from behind. As the breeze came up, my old woodie's spin pole collapsed, so a F18 Viper blew by, then later the first M20. Who else then? A host of spin cats and A-cats.
The Jacksonville paper does not cover this race anymore. 8^(


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Re: Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville [Re: dacarls] #176897
05/03/09 05:56 PM
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Roberts finished 4th

1 - The Scow - didn't get their name
2 - P19 solo w/spin - Didn't get his name
3 - F18 - Ingram
4 - RC 30 - Roberts
5 - M20 - Moss

I don't know the rest.


David Ingram
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Re: Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville [Re: David Ingram] #176902
05/03/09 06:43 PM
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As posted at the awards ceremony:

1. Robbie Wilkins, E-Scow (Columbia, SC)
2. Skip Canfield, Prindle 19/spin
3. Dave Ingram, F-18
4. Eric Roberts, RC30
5. Brett Moss, Marstrom 20
6. Dave Carlson, Catnip A-Cat/spin
7. Michael Phillips, Marstrom 20
8. Jack Woehrle, Hobie 20/spin
9. Rich Brew, RC27
10. Chris Cordes, A-2 A-Cat

Congratulations to Robbie Wilkins and crew. They were the first halfboat to win overall in 30 years.


Jack Woehrle
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Re: Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville [Re: Mugrace72] #176925
05/04/09 06:56 AM
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After being blown over 2 miles from the finish while setting my spin on my 5.2, I finished 13 over all. Good day could have used more steady wind.

Carl

Re: Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville [Re: saylor_nacra] #176964
05/04/09 10:16 AM
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Well done, Dave Ingram - that's the best an F18 has ever finished. Way to go!


John Williams

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Re: Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville [Re: John Williams] #176969
05/04/09 10:29 AM
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John, It was super soft (until the last 4 miles) and we got HUGE lucky. Yes, I would rather be lucky than good every time!

What's really impressive is the Scow team. They absolutely SMOKED the fleet! We didn't see the scow until they were on the other side of the bridge heading into the Rudder club. Serious props to those guys.


David Ingram
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Re: Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville [Re: David Ingram] #177044
05/04/09 06:18 PM
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Robbie knows his stuff. My Dad is very pleased.


Race cheap, race faster, Damnit!

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Re: Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville [Re: FasterDamnit] #177057
05/04/09 08:15 PM
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Robbie's no slouch, he's been racing scows for a LONG time. I almost had him and His son buying an F18 2 yrs ago, but he bought a Melges 32 instead. He hated that boat and sold it about a season later.
The E scow is a fast boat, and the A scow is even faster.


The men were amazed, and said, "What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?" Matthew 8:27





Re: Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville [Re: John Williams] #177129
05/05/09 12:24 PM
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Ingram may move up one place.

Last edited by dacarls; 05/05/09 12:24 PM.

Dacarls:
A-class USA 196, USA 21, H18, H16
"Nothing that's any good works by itself. You got to make the damn thing work"- Thomas Edison
Re: Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville [Re: David Ingram] #177149
05/05/09 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by David Ingram
Roberts finished 4th

1 - The Scow - didn't get their name
2 - P19 solo w/spin - Didn't get his name
3 - F18 - Ingram
4 - RC 30 - Roberts
5 - M20 - Moss

I don't know the rest.


It doesn't matter how light the wind was - that's got to feel like a good time after that kind of result!


Jake Kohl
Re: Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville [Re: Jake] #177170
05/05/09 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Jake

It doesn't matter how light the wind was - that's got to feel like a good time after that kind of result!


The Witch of Palatka was at her best (worst) all day. She gave us tempting little slants that would lure us into a tiny hole while everyone else moved on. She gave others light but steady breezes, and then left them like a fickle girl friend.

We had a breezy period that lasted about a half hour right in the middle of the race where we hit 19.9 and covered 10 miles.

Then more drifting until the seabreeze hit about 4:30. When it did hit, there were a number of flips and broken gear. Shortly after we finished at 6pm, she died again, dashing the hopes of many who didn't make the 8 pm deadline.

The Mug Race is always fun and agonizing at the same time. Sorta like crack cocaine.


Jack Woehrle
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HCA-NA 5022-1
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Alachua FL/Put-In-Bay
Re: Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville [Re: Mugrace72] #177178
05/05/09 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Mugrace72

We had a breezy period that lasted about a half hour right in the middle of the race where we hit 19.9 and covered 10 miles.



That's one strange river! We never saw anything significant until the seabreeze filled and we didn't get that until around 5PM.

Last edited by David Ingram; 05/05/09 04:14 PM.

David Ingram
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http://www.solarwind.solar

"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda
"Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent" - Two sista's I overheard in the hall
"You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a complete idiot, but it helps"
Re: Mug Race 2009- Palatka to Jacksonville [Re: David Ingram] #177302
05/06/09 10:52 AM
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The results and pictures are up on the Rudder Club web-site. It was good to see a monohull win (if you can call a scow a monohull) A lot of folks who are not usually at the front, got a chance to lead the Mug Race for a long time. It was good to see such a good turn out of cats....


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