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So how is your Cal20 racing season going ,  My skipper and I are about half way though our summer season,,,   Before I start quoting our stats ...  LET me KNOW about your's....

I've  tried to give ya all a " GO GET um BOYS "  before but haven't really heard what the racing scene is like out of the SF bay... so let me and all of us know will YA !

Paul S.  " Can o' Whoopass "  CAL20  # 624

just trying to connect and talk racing...cool?

Hi Ted , It's great to hear from you !  WOW , racing forty times with 10 throwouts,  that's really cool, seems to be a lot of chances to do well !  and a 25 year run is excellent also.

Since there is no fleet down here it's only PHRF for us ,  Midwinter series we rate 273, during the summer months we re- rate for trapeeze and it takes us down 18 sec/mile ( 255 ).  As I was reading your text , I kinda got a groove going with your boat names.....

Magical .... Whimsical , Hystirical ....  and Pinnical...

We race double handed , with spinniker and trapeeze, and for me it's a WHOLE lot to do at one  time...  All mark roundings are crazy ! !  and also for my skipper , while I'm out on trapp he's got to tack the boat by himself and deal with the tiller  , while I  make my way across the fordeck , hugging the mast , while the jib sheets try to trip me and tie up an ankle or two... All and all we do pretty well , winning more that we lose ,  although we are having trouble with CAL40's , a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey,  and more importantly a Soveral 33 .

CYC midwinter - 1st Place

BYC midwinter- 1st Place

Three bridge fiasco - 19th in Div.  150th out of 300 boats

BYC midwinters - Champion of Champions -

all of the first place boats...... 1st place over all  ( 25+ knt winds)

Wheeler regatta ( BYC) Division 1st place (Sat )   DFL (pursuit race -- Sun )

Corintian Race ( SSS )    1st place overall  (100+  boats)

YRA Season Opener  Divison 1st Place ( SAT )...

Sunday ...... Dismasting...     Boo hoo ! !

We are half way through our summer club series where the ultra lights are kicking our @@SS's  and we are also half way through our Summer HDA series where I believe we are in first place , but that is only because the Cal40's and the Jeanneau have missed races... So there is not a very good shot of us staying in first ( they will use their throwouts )....

So does anybody know how to deal with bigger faster , boats with more sail area, and longer waterlines ?  We could use your help....

Enough for now , gotta hit the sac for work.....

-Paul  " Can O Whoopass " Cal20 624

Go getum guy's