Ok Mary,

I'll do you a favour and move it back to the top for you

It's nice to know that chivalry is not dead in Australia.

Wouter,
You busted me.

Eric

Mary,

I've just been able to read the PDF file you have send me.

I will chime in with all the others and say that I got several hours of excellent enjoyment out of it. The magazine really had a good spread of topics and info. Of course I'm a little biased because of the vectorworks Marine article but I enjyed the SL16 and Tornado Carbon and other stuff as well.

It also gave me an idea.

In the past the catsailor magazine was localized to the USA because of postage and sorts. But now that you make the magazine using Acrobate you could make it a world spanning magazine ! It will be really simple to send the PDF file per e-mail to readers oversees. Acrobat reader is free to download and nearly everybody today has a fast PC with fast internet connection. International money transfer is also easier than never before especially with creditcards.

So what do you say ? Shall we make the Catsailor magazine a world spanning magazine ?

Wouter

So

That would certainly make me happy. Here I am holed up in Beijing reading about this apparently great magazine issue and not able to see it for myself till I get home. It's driving me nuts!

Wouter,
I am already considering making it available to international subscribers by .pdf file, just as the International Hobie Class Association does with its newsletter.

The only problem might be that some people's e-mail accounts cannot handle an attachment that large -- probably 2-3 mb. But if it can be done, the international subscription prices would be able to be reduced to the same as U.S. prices (unless they also want a hard copy of the magazine).

Otherwise, just implement a members area on www.catsailor.com and put it up there for download. Upon paying the magazine fee you can give them a username and password. Upon cancellation to block that userid/password combination. This certain takes care of inbox sizes.

Wouter

Mary,

I have been procrastinating subscribing, I also have been in discussion with Matt McDonald about getting the Blade F16. If I were to subsccribe now, could you send me the current issue with this article?

Thanks, Gordon

Yes, Gordon, but you will have to call me and do it over the phone, because it costs extra to send the back issue.
305-451-3287

Was scanning the F14 forum and saw the Blade F18 in this recent race result :

Note 1st was Glenn Ashby on a Tiger and 2nd was Chris Dean on a Blade F18. In a 27 boat racing fleet

1 Hobie Tiger 70 502 Glenn Ashby 2:36:45 PM 02:46:45 1
2 F18 70 666 Chris Dean 2:39:10 PM 02:49:10 2
3 Nacra 5.8 72 1527 Painter & docker Steven Kroon 2:39:50 PM 02:49:50 3
4 Taipan 5.7 67.5 225 Darren Peters 2:41:02 PM 02:51:02 4
Spinnaker
5 F18 70 191 N F 18 Robert Stewart 2:41:31 PM 02:51:31 5
6 Tornado 65 305 Marcus Towell 2:41:49 PM 02:51:49 6
7 Taipan 5.7 70 110 Mark Attwood 2:42:13 PM 02:52:13 7
8 Tornado 65 212 Sam Dodd 2:42:19 PM 02:52:19 8
9 F18 70 1463 Danny James 2:43:54 PM 02:53:54 9
10 Nacra 5.8 72 1635 Tim Hollingsworth 2:45:22 PM 02:55:22 10
11 A Class 71.5 860 Mr. Fats John Faturic 2:46:15 PM 02:56:15 11
12 Stingray Mk2 74.5 582 The Shadow Simon Porteous 2:46:25 PM 02:56:25 12
13 Stingray Mk2 74.5 585 Todd Lienert 2:46:39 PM 02:56:39 13
14 F18 70 17 Chris Boag 2:46:40 PM 02:56:40 14
15 Stingray Mk2 74.5 403 Blow me Tyson **** 2:50:20 PM 03:00:20 15
16 Hobie 18 78 7252 Takes Two David Overall 2:50:43 PM 03:00:43 16
17 Taipan 5.7 67.5 61 Mick Mcguire 2:51:15 PM 03:01:15 17
Spinnaker
18 Stingray Mk2 74.5 579 Ride The Lightning Luke Moran 2:51:27 PM 03:01:27 18
19 A Class 71.5 867 Nolas Daughter James Sage 2:52:24 PM 03:02:24 19
20 Stingray Mk2 74.5 576 Rex Gibbs 2:53:11 PM 03:03:11 20
20 Stingray Mk2 74.5 581 Michael Felix 2:53:11 PM 03:03:11 20
22 Nacra 5.8 72 1471 Brett Larwood 2:53:27 PM 03:03:27 22
23 Hobie 18 78 11273 Je Ne Sais Quoi Michael Fahy 2:56:23 PM 03:06:23 23
24 Taipan 4.9 Cat 76.5 052 Whistler Brian Clough 2:57:04 PM 03:07:04 24
25 Formula 20 72 2001 Discovery Bob Ritchie 3:08:57 PM 03:18:57 25
26 Stingray Mk2 74.5 451 Polly Pissy Pantz Shane Houston 3:13:40 PM 03:23:40 26
27 Nacra 5.8 72 1212 Peter Tarasenko 3:21:27 PM 03:31:27 27
Hobie Tiger 70 1332 Domino effect Nick Green DNF
Hobie 18 78 11436 Maximus Con Rollas DSQ


Sure this was a distance race and all kinds of funny meteological things may have happened but anybody staying withing sight of Glenn Ashby is doing something right.


The race is :

This Saturday, ... we raced ... in the Goolwa to Milang “classic” race here in South Australia, (the race starts at Goolwa which is at the mouth of the Murray river and sails up river to Lake Alexandrina then across the lake to the port of Milang, it is quite a “marathon” and.


Wouter