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New Boat 4 Sled

On Saturday's 3rd Race, SMART SHOES, close hauled on starboard collided with GUNSMOKE on port. I did not see them until they began to cross our bow, about a length ahead. Quickly eased the main, bore off, but T-boned the blue boat about at the end of the cockpit.

GUNSMOKE quickly retired and has hired Milly Biller to repair the damage. Here's SMART SHOES on Sunday afternoon:

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And here she is today, better (stronger) than new.

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Thanks, Milly!
 
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Some may know my affinity for Cal-40's: Our family owned #24, HOLIDAY TOO, which we raced as a family. In 1967 we won the Honolulu (Transpac) and the Congressional Cup in '68. HOLIDAY TOO is now RADIANT and impeccably maintained and successfully raced at LAYC by Fin Beven. RADIANT pictured below.

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I was fortunate to crew on Cal-40 #57, ILLUSION with Stan and Sally Honey in the 2003 Transpac, 36 years after HOLIDAY TOO's overall win.

This just in from Stan Honey about ILLUSION, recently sold to his nephew, John Vrolyk:

"A bit more information has emerged from the Bermuda Race. As Fin Beven mentioned ILLUSION won Class and the St David’s Light Division of 108 boats. Cal 40s also came 3rd and 5th in our division, TOWHEE and NICOLE respectively.

The other interesting tidbit is related to the professionally crewed Gibbs Hill Division in the Bermuda Race. The Bermuda Race intentionally makes it difficult to score different divisions against one another, but if somebody takes the effort by rescoring the Bermuda Race using the same scratch boat for everyone, it turns out that our Cal 40 ILLUSION also beat all the professionally crewed boats in Gibbs Hill. The winner of Gibbs Hill, WARRIOR WON, corrected out 1 hour behind ILLUSION.

So Cal40s have proven yet again that it’s possible for there to be a racer/cruiser offshore sailboat that excels at both racing and cruising. Some folks asked us what ILLUSION’s secret was. Of course, having a perfectly prepared boat, terrific bottom, great sails and a great crew helped, but our answer was the 10,000 mile practice sail of ILLUSION from San Francisco, through the Panama Canal, to Newport Rhode Island for the start. Sail On. ~Stan"


ILLUSION, 2003 Transpac (Stan in companionway hatch, Sleddog aft on port coaming) Illusion.jpg
 
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What is this? 1) CBC (Capitola Boat Club.) 2) Roy Disney's castle near Cork, Ireland 3) Steward Kett castle near Watsonville/Sunset Beach, CA 4) Castle at Seabright Beach, Santa Cruz Harbor. 5) L. Francis Herreshoff castle, Marblehead, MA 6) Castle near China Beach, Rio Del Mar, CA. 7) Castle overlooking Newport Harbor Entrance, Dirty Old Wedge, CA featured in 1939 "hurricane" documentary. Many boats returning from Catalina had difficulty, sank, loss of life..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZl6-xYtZZg

Macapuno for first correct answer. One guess only.
 
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Intermission said:
Why this is #5 of course.
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Sorry, INTERMISSION, #5 is not correct. Somebody else will have to win the Macapuno. I pray it is not Philpott, cause I already owe her big time, and she does not hesitate stopping at CBC enroute to Monterey. By the way Philpott, we had another shipwreck last week on the Capitola Beach. Yamaha 33 intact except rudder. I can swing you a good deal!
 
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While others raced 110’s, did the LongPac, raced to Hawaii and/or had other great adventures, I spent the last month helping to prep and deliver a big charter yacht from Port Townsend to Juneau. At Juneau, I was persuaded to stay on as Chief Engineer for the 9 day charter around Admiralty Island. They would have gladly kept me aboard for the remainder of the season, but I fled** to home.

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**Fled from overly complicated systems. Even complicated sailboat systems are better.
 
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I have come to appreciate big powerful motor yachts, and I'll bet they are complicated to run. I can't imagine the cost of the fuel. Well, I can, but I wouldn't want to pay for it. Comfortable to sleep in, though, especially in water as quiet as is apparent in that photo. Good to have you back, Tom.
 
Dazzler said:
It looks like Howard (with local knowledge) nailed it without giving away the answer:
#4 Castle at Seabright Beach, Santa Cruz
https://www.santacruzwaves.com/2018...ived-and-died-on-what-is-now-seabright-beach/

Skip, Congratulations on planting a Red Herring. Your photo file names have too often been a BIG clue.
And No, I did not know the answer without a bit of research.
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Congratulations to you and thank you DAZZLER for noticing the plant of a Red Herring which INTERMISSION took hook, line, and sinker. One can no longer win Macapuno with a single-finger mouseover. All sleddog trivia designed partly historical, educational/sailing, safety, and/or singlehanded related. The Herreshoff Castle does exist in Marblehead, but was slowly deteriorating from pilgrimage status to oddity when last visited. If those walls could only speak.

DAZZLER only hinted at the challenges of running in Pacific NW waters day and night for 4 days to get from Port Townsend to Juneau, AK, for a charter reservation. At least one stabilizer was bent in a collision with a log. I wonder if DELPHINUS II carries a spare prop, or two..Most power boats do in those waters.
 
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Anyone knows what boat this is?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...vives-for-16-hours-in-capsized-boat-off-spain
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“At about 2000 hours on Monday, the Class40 sailing yacht Jeanne Solo Sailor capsized at a position about 14 miles northwest of the Sisargas Islands, west of A Coruña. The sole occupant, 62-year-old French national Laurent Camprubi, told Spanish outlet Efe that the vessel went over in just 15 seconds. He managed to activate his EPIRB, but he was trapped inside the vessel with "30-40 centimeters of air" to breathe in heavy seas.”
https://maritime-executive.com/arti...-overnight-in-an-air-pocket-in-capsized-yacht

 
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DAZZLER only hinted at the challenges of running in Pacific NW waters day and night for 4 days to get from Port Townsend to Juneau, AK, for a charter reservation. At least one stabilizer was bent in a collision with a log. I wonder if DELPHINUS II carries a spare prop, or two..Most power boats do in those waters.
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There were unusual circumstances that prompted the decision to run pretty much non-stop in spite of the known hazards. Otherwise, the owner is a prudent mariner who makes it a rule to not run in the dark. As it was we managed to to see and avoid lots of big logs and even large tree stumps, but there were a few very alarming hits in the dark. The running gear on this boat is quite exposed and we carried no spares for any of the underwater appendages. I’m guessing the active stabilizer system will ultimately be removed next winter.

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Dazzler said:
“At about 2000 hours on Monday, the Class40 sailing yacht Jeanne Solo Sailor capsized at a position about 14 miles northwest of the Sisargas Islands, west of A Coruña. The sole occupant, 62-year-old French national Laurent Camprubi, told Spanish outlet Efe that the vessel went over in just 15 seconds. He managed to activate his EPIRB, but he was trapped inside the vessel with "30-40 centimeters of air" to breathe in heavy seas.”
https://maritime-executive.com/arti...-overnight-in-an-air-pocket-in-capsized-yacht
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Thanks. It looks like a new boat (2021): https://www.class40.com/fr/bateaux/179-groupe-berkem.htm

It'll be interesting to hear what led to the keel loss: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?st...ePoHBCT6A7svDmXKbGPvdruBfl&id=247811432253368
But it should be noted that, even though the boat lost its keel, the skipper survived as the boat floated, illustrating the purpose of reserve buoyancy.
And the boat is in port now, still upside down:
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Surprised the keel stayed on as long as it did! As is obvious from the missing appendage, this little ship should never have gone to sea. The fellow is lucky he survived and rescue was close at hand. Interesting he had to swim out from under and didn't use his escape hatch in the transom. Or is that for the raft stowage?
 
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