Larry wrote:

cavelamb himself wrote in news:x2Wpi.12077
:


I went sailing. Wednesday night races.

Finished dead last.

Somehow I've got to teach her not to pinch so close!
Just haven't figured out how yet.




On Lionheart, we're used to watching the fleet sail away from us, no matter
what we do, unless it's really rough. Of course, if that happens, they
cancel the race when the big ketch is at her best.

Our handicap is so big, we can still place fairly well, even if we arrive
hours after the race committee has gotten drunk at the bar and has gone
home....(c;

Larry

We are in a similar situation here.

Not so much the rough weather, but the huge handicap.

The club has two fleets, A amd B.
The A fleet (the FAST boats) run two laps while the B fleet
runs just one.

I figure if I can cross the finish line before being lapped
by the leaders, I won!

We've managed that exactly once.
But it was a great race.

Richard