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SHTP 2021 - From the Race Deck

The white hook on red background completely escapes me - clearly I am too inbred :) All I can think of is the Soviet hammer & sickle, which doesn't make sense in this context.

Red markings meant "mistake!" when you received your graded essay back...

- rob/beetle
 
That still doesn't help. I can see the white hook, but how does having that hook on a red (faux-leather?) background answer Bob's query as regards red letters on Jacquie's list?

Confused...

- rob
 
Referencing the gist of the origin thread, I believe it's about what YOU see in the hook.

So what your SSS Rorschach reveals is confusion based on literal interpretation of context... very interesting.





***^the above is an attempt at sarcastic humor, which I am perfectly well aware rarely translates on the web. I mean no offense!
 
DaveH said:
Referencing the gist of the origin thread, I believe it's about what YOU see in the hook.

So what your SSS Rorschach reveals is confusion based on literal interpretation of context... very interesting.
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OK - I feel better now: the hook on the red background has nothing to do with Bob's question regarding the entry list Jackie has been maintaining. I something of a literalist and don't spend time looking for "hidden meaning" - I make a terrible conspiracy theorist.

People are really good at creating structure, patterns, and meaning out of nothing (e.g., clouds that look like elephants, Rorschach ink blots). I try not to do that and instead want the evidence.

Thanks! As Freud might have said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". Or perhaps it was Schrodinger's Cat that said that :)

And it appears that Jackie did not answer Bob's question.

- rob
 
Oh, she did.

Fix the year in this sub-forum's header and I'll give you the answer.

Because I'm also a literalist. It's just silly that this hasn't been fixed.
 
Request sent to the SSS webmaster to make that update. I do not know if any of my login information is still valid, and even if I could login I certainly wouldn't go into the forum and do anything without specific request/permission from the current webmaster.

- rob
 
And my email to [email protected] bounced. Something is not set up correctly, either the SSS Contact page is incorrect or internally the SSS site is not correctly handing incoming email to that address. I've sent a note along to Joe Balderrama to let him know.

- rob/beetle
 
SSSForumAdmin said:
It's fixed. Now spill the beans... :) - rob/beetle
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Thank you, Rob. This is very exciting: A thread with the appropriate year. The race can now go ahead. What was determined during the Zoom meeting Monday night? Well, there WILL be a race to Kauai. It will start June 19. Jim Quanci has completed a Cruise-In application for Thursday June 17 - June 19 at the Richmond Yacht Club. Depending upon Covid and the response of the RYC board, this may make for a possible staging for the race.

At least three SHTP boats are berthed at RYC: Green Buffalo, Surprise! and Hedgehog. Danny Harris, the RYC harbormaster, has penciled it into his schedule, but that is as far as it has gone so far. However, what do we know about Jim Quanci? He's a persuasive guy.

Larry Conklin sold the Sea Squirrel and now has a 17' Avon Searider. This is sad, sad news for people who were emotionally attached to this boat, which had no cleats or running lights, depending instead upon leftover Halloween solar lights strung along the flimsy aluminum bimini. Oh, and the engine would stop inexplicably, leaving the driver to drift offshore with the tide in the middle of the night. Yes, the Sea Squirrel will be mourned. Maybe sing O Danny Boy here.

There will be a medical provisioning zoom presentation by Jan Hirsch, s/v Sweet Pea, on April 7 @ 7:30 pm, information to follow. Another seminar to be determined, to be held sometime in May.

We don't yet know whether there will be a pre-race lunch, but there will be a skippers meeting and weather discussion the day before the start, whether remote or not. Skip has said he might be available to give that, but he's being coy. He noted that Jim Quanci could give weather advice to Hawaii in his sleep, its title would be "Just Follow Me!". All is dependent upon Covid. Sailors will be asked to prove they have been vaccinated, which is now part of the registration process.

Everyone who participated in the Zoom meeting was inexplicably upbeat. For people who are about to race alone across an ocean in smallish boats, this apparent excitement defies reason, but there it is. But then again, your own sailing patterns defy reason, too, Tiger Beetle. So, I send a white cup hook your way and thank you again. As the only one among us with the apparent ability to fix the unfixable, we are in your debt.
 
It's a miracle. A miracle, I tell you!

Thank you, Rob!

======================

I am registered with:

Kaiser...Sutter health....the County of San Mateo...the State of California to get a COVID vaccine. We shall see!
 
I'm sad to say that I'm going to have to withdraw from the race. I've been hit with a health issue out of nowhere, the past 8-10 days or so. My blood pressure is spiking and I'm having dizzy spells. Considering the short amount of time between now and the race start, I think it's irresponsible to continue for financial and family reasons, not to mention the issue of putting emergency personnel at risk.

I'll see you all on the water for RtR and SHF.

I'll get a list of SHTP gear that I'll have for sale up on the forum as soon as I can so that others can use it, if they wish to.
 
Hi Alan -

that sucks, I'm sorry to hear that - particularly after all the energy you've put into getting ready. Hopefully the issue is something that can be worked through and you're back out on the water good to go.

- rob/beetle
 
I re-opened the 2020 web page from the main SSS site.
It is linked from the forum as well.
The header reads 2021.

The poster will be updated.

I am working to update racer info and boat photos.

Racers, I sent a couple emails to the addresses provided requesting photos and info.
I'll update as we go along.

Greg
 
I am afraid the covid delays have finally won and there is no realistic way to finish preparations on Near Miss in time for a decent sea trail and to get to SF in time for the start. So I must withdraw from the race. Let me know what if anything else I need to do to withdraw.

Cheers,
Don
 
Okay, so Bill Stange's not coming in hot. He is, however, almost at the gate, arriving from the Seattle area. Affiliation? Sloop Tavern Yacht Club. He's on a Westsail and the wind has ... relented. According to his wife, Darlene, "He will be hanging out in the Potato Patch until morning, when tides are more favorable and he can see". Hula will be in Marina Bay Marina. Here's his sailing bio. Very appealing:

Sailing bio
Bill Stange
Age: 64
Where are you from?
I was born in Waupaca, Wisconsin and grew up on Mercer Island, Washington.
I currently reside in Driftwood Key- Hansville, Washington.
Years Sailing: 53
Years of Ocean Experience: 46, including races as the 1976 Victoria-Maui Race, 1980 Ballena
Bay Transpac, and the 1988 Single-handed Transpac.
How long have you had your sailboat? Eight years
Favorite feature: Heavy solid construction, lots of room for on the way back from Hawaii for
carrying trophies.
Reason for doing race: Our Westsail 32 looked at me and said, “Hey, I may not be an Olsen
30, but I’m no slouch off the wind. Let’s do this!!”

I love these modest guys. In 1988 Bill sailed an Olson 30 named Intense in the SHTP. He set a new record. His times? elapsed 11:15:21:23, corrected 09:06:49:23 Yeah. That's what I'm talking about. Quite a different experience, a Westsail after an Olson.
 
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