"John H" wrote in message
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 16:00:10 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Jan 1, 8:41 pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"Harryk" wrote in message

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On 1/1/11 12:43 PM, wrote:

Wow... this will be fun!

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci.../san-francisco...

Where would the actual racing take place? Out in the open ocean or...a
course around Alcatraz Island? The latter would sure draw shoreline
crowds on all sides of the Bay.

Reply: Could be around Alcatraz to the Farallon Islands and back.
already
a couple sailboat races a year that do that. About 26 miles to the
islands.
There are questions on how a bankrupt city like SF can afford to do the
upgrades required.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110101/...iling_americas

I'm not really into that kind of racing but if it can pump some more
money back into the US I'm all for it.

Tim, I never had any use for it either, until the 1992 race was held. We
were in
Germany, and Armed Forces Network carried it live, from about 2AM to 5AM.
The
announcers were great. They would explain the tactics being used and use
diagrams to show what was happening. If it had just been a picture of some
sail
boats chasing each other, we'd have lost interest immediately. I've seen
some
broadc asts since then, but not with the announcing that we had for the 1992
race.

I definitely don't like the way the stations here will try to cram three
hours
worth of racing into a half-hour show.

But, having said that...if you're up for a Moto Guzzi ride to San Francisco,
just say the word. Hell, we can probably stay with Calif Bill. He's got a
pretty
decent head on his shoulders. He'd probably keep us out of trouble with the
gays, pedophiles, transvestites, etc, etc, roaming the streets looking for
handsome young lads such as you and me!

Reply:
Keep you out of trouble, but Tim? If he is hairy as well as big, the boys
here loves "Bears".