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Subject: [Leica] Moffett Cup 2007
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Wed Sep 12 07:26:48 2007
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Thanks to Barney, Jim and Luis for commenting.

Barney - It was blowing 20-25 when that picture was taken.  The waves  
and whitecaps don't look so bad because the wind was behind us and  
you're looking at the wave backs.  I wouldn't read too much into  
their relative positions.  The boat ahead isn't a true cat and I  
probably shouldn't have identified her as such in my write up, now  
that I think about it.  That boat is "Swallows and Amazons," a  
traditional gaff-rigged sloop.  You can see her better in pix 4.   
There were about a half-dozen true catboats in the race and I was  
amazed at how well they handled the conditions.

I love catboats.  Do you have a picture of yours?  Where do you sail  
her?

Regards,

Dick



On Sep 11, 2007, at 9:38 PM, Bernard Quinn wrote:

>
> I like number 8 because I am a Cat boat guy myself. Interesting  
> High tide has a reef in and the boat she's loosing to does not. How  
> hard was it blowing? I guess fifteen to twenty knots judging from  
> your pictures. Makes me look forward to next spring when I can get  
> back put sailing again.
>
> Barney
>
> On Sep 11, 2007, at 11:15 AM, Richard Taylor wrote:
>
>> Last Saturday I was navigator and winch grinder on a 38' ketch in  
>> the 30th annual Moffett Cup race on Vineyard Sound (Cape Cod,  
>> Massachusetts).  The wind was honking:  a good 20-25 knots at the  
>> start and increasing over the afternoon to 30-plus.  As usual, the  
>> race brought out a wide range of boats from hundred-year-old  
>> schooners, recently built woodies that look like they are from an  
>> earlier era, and powerful modern sloops.
>>
>> Here are six shots I took during the race with my D40x and Nikkor  
>> 55-200 VR Zoom.  All at 1/2000s and f5.6, ISO 400, VR off.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/main.php?g2_itemId=99214
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/3cfwze
>>
>> 1.  Malabar II Underway - These large, heavy, schooners don't need  
>> to reef in these conditions.  Malabar II was marching on this  
>> close reach.
>>
>> 2.  Schooner Juno - Juno, a gorgeous sight with all sails flying,  
>> heads for the Falmouth entrance buoy after rounding the first mark.
>>
>> 3.  Knockdown - With her boom in the water, this cat could have  
>> been in serious trouble if the wind puffed while she was over like  
>> this.  As it was, she righted promptly and continued with the race.
>>
>> 4.  Swallows and Amazons - This relatively new cat was built on  
>> the Vineyard of wood in the last decade, I believe.  Here she is  
>> roaring towards the leeward mark in 25-30 knots with the crew  
>> looking remarkably dry and comfortable despite being in such a  
>> small boat in such a big wind.
>>
>> 5.  Photog at Work - This is Louise Gould, a Cape photographer.   
>> It's pretty obvious what equipment she prefers.  She didn't have  
>> any of her Moffett 2007 photos up when I checked this morning (I  
>> was hoping to find a shot of Sea Queen, the boat I was on), but  
>> may have later.  Her URL is
>>
>> http://www.louisegould.com
>>
>> if you'd like to check out her work.
>>
>> 6.  Reaching for East Chop - The final long leg of the race took  
>> us back to Vineyard Haven in 30 knots of breeze and large seas.   
>> Here are four sloops, all larger than us - a good sign for our  
>> finish position, working their way home.
>>
>> 7.  J-24 - One of the smaller boats in the race, this J-24 needed  
>> to be worked hard to stay competitive.  These guys were doing  
>> their bit on the rail on the weather leg back to Falmouth.  Been  
>> there, done that, don't need to be cold, wet and aching any more.
>>
>> 8.  On the Run... - Two cats of different vintage make a pretty  
>> sight in the heavy air, on the run to Succonnesset Shoal.
>>
>> We finished 13th out of 60 starters, a respectable finish in this  
>> crowd.
>>
>> Comments welcome as always.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>>
>>
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