"DSK" wrote in message
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But who let the barkentine join in a schooner race?!?


Scotty wrote:
I don't know, but I'm glad they did.

She is a beautiful vessel, not something you see every
day.

The coolest part was as she came into view, square sails
full, under the Bay Bridge! Too bad I didn't get a pic in
time.

This is from Spinsheet; Gazella - ''As race founder Capt
Lane Briggs used to say, ''if the mast in front is shorter
than the mast behind it'' then the boat is a schooner. Hence
this year's fleet includes the 177' Barkentine Gazella, the
ghost ship Lion, the Tugantine Norfolk Rebel, and the
catamaran Peace IV. ''
Gazella was built by JM Mendes in Portugal in 1901.


Well, most of those boats have sail area / displacement
ratios that put them well past the Hyper-Plus-Ultra Family
Size Crab-Crusher category. However, if they'd been on
hand
for the 35+ day at the Soling Worlds, they'd probably have
done just fine!




I forgot to mention, the day after, as I was sailing up the
Bay, there was Lightning Class race with 41 boats in it. I
was staying to the outside of their coarse. It would have
made a great pic, with their colorful spinns flying, but I
had my hands full in the 15-20 kt winds. There's some good
pics on their web site.

http://www.lightningclass.org/photog...gidDigit.htm/F
rigidDigit-06.htm



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Scott Vernon
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