RE: Chicago -> Mackinac yacht race

I used to crew for a couple of different boats trailer-sailers, Moreton Bay here in Brisbane is a real great place for doing it. Currents and winds go all different ways.

Peter

At 04:02 AM 18/07/2001, you wrote:

>A good skipper/helm who knows his boat (and his crew) *and* can understand
>the wind can do wonders. Looks like they had a 360 wind shift and that would
>have resulted in some 'dead wind' at points of time. Frustrating to say the
>least. In sailing, sometimes it is not the number of correct decisions which
>count but the number of wrong ones and the wrong time.
>
>Each of the 22 have an assigned position/responsibility and train hard and
>long for it. When they are actually not doing anything, they help in
>balancing the boat - especially on a broad reach (wind from the side) which
>makes it look like it's going to keel over...
>
>Fyi, Larry and his crew nearly lost their lives in a big race (near
>Australia?) a few years ago. Larry would have learnt a lot of things from
>that race.
>
>Any other sailors on this list?
>
>John Kanagaraj
>(ex-470 sailor)
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Deshpande, Kirti [mailto:kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com]
> >Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 9:57 AM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >Subject: RE: Chicago -> Mackinac yacht race
> >
> >
> >>Larry had 22 people on his boat. I had no idea it took so
> >>many to run a race
> >
> >They ought to use 9i on that boat..... ;)
> >
> >- Kirti
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jonathan Gennick [SMTP:jonathan_at_gennick.com]
> >> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 9:21 PM
> >> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >> Subject: Chicago -> Mackinac yacht race
> >>
> >> Larry Ellison's boat was first to finish in the Chicago
> >> Yacht Club's race to Mackinac Island. See the following URL:
> >>
> >> http://www.sailnet.com/chicagomackinac/media/release4_2001.htm
> >>
> >> For a bit of a blow-by-blow from the ship's crew, go to this
> >> URL:
> >>
> >> http://www.sailnet.com/chicagomackinac/contributors/sayonara.cfm
> >>
> >> I live only a couple hours from Mackinac, and in fact was
> >> there on Friday, the day before the race began. I didn't
> >> actually hear about the race until it was over, or I might
> >> have driven down to watch the finish.
> >>
> >> Larry had 22 people on his boat. I had no idea it took so
> >> many to run a race.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Jonathan Gennick
> >> mailto:jonathan_at_gennick.com * 906.387.1698
> >> http://Gennick.com * http://MichiganWaterfalls.com *
> >http://MetalDrums.org
> >>
> >>
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