cruisin wrote:
There are some real sailors on this yacht club dock, where we still
find ourselves stuck waiting for an exhaust riser and mixing elbow.
Last weekend they had a single-handed race, and almost everybody
participated. In 18-20 knot winds, they took their 40'-plus boats out
(med-tied, remember) did the race, and returned (backing in and med-
tying), all making it look easy, and saying what a great time they'd
had.

Sounds like some capable sailors who enjoy actually sailing.
Med-mooring isn't that difficult, same as other dockings... depends on
how familiar you are with your boat's handling, have the gear set up
for it, etc etc. Doing it single handed adds a challenge for sure.

My guess is, liability issues alone would prevent such events at most
US clubs?
I know there's the singlehanded transpac, but anybody's club hold
singlehanded big-boat buoy races?
Anyway, we were impressed.


There are a number of regattas with double-handed classes, some open
courses and some longer bouy races. Most of the single handed events I
know of are specifically for that, and they usually have specialized
boats too (such as the Mini TransAt).

I'm guessing a lot of these sailors were French?

Sorry to hear you're still waiting but it sounds like you are having a
good time! At the moment we are watching the weather, planning to head
north & east to the Thousand Islands area of Lake Ontario.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King