bigorangething 14 #1 Posted September 4, 2020 No smack? who will run out of food, water or diesel before the finish? Does Aldo’s have a plan to restock needy boats with masks on? will anyone stop for mudslides at the Oar? what fantom boat will play chicken with a tug boat? I can’t wait to monitor 16 around midnight Friday or late Saturday afternoon lets gooo! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dacapo 1,118 #2 Posted September 4, 2020 Will Argo beat their own record ? Will WW the Pac 52 Beat the monohull record ? who’s going to fly an illegal FFH ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulK 377 #3 Posted September 4, 2020 Went out and saw the fleet headed outbound this afternoon w/chutes up in a nice westerly, going with the tide off MiddleGround. Wind shifted to NW later. Coming back may be slower. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woodpecker 68 #4 Posted September 5, 2020 Why do they call it the Vineyard Race? It does not go to the Vineyard nor Vineyard Sound. Are they growing grapes on the Buzzard Bay Tower now? BTW the in the real Vineyard race they let you use your engine. Maybe they should start letting you guys do that also. You can motor into BI for the Aldo's pickup and motor back out. Only a 15 min penalty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cjsalustro 0 #5 Posted September 5, 2020 No Breeze!!! Going to be a long night. At least there's a full moon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cristoforo 389 #6 Posted September 5, 2020 1 hour ago, woodpecker said: Why do they call it the Vineyard Race? It does not go to the Vineyard nor Vineyard Sound. Are they growing grapes on the Buzzard Bay Tower now? BTW the in the real Vineyard race they let you use your engine. Maybe they should start letting you guys do that also. You can motor into BI for the Aldo's pickup and motor back out. Only a 15 min penalty. Back in the Golden Age of Yachting it went to the Vinyaad. I think Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dagnabit 0 #7 Posted September 5, 2020 I believe, Buzzards Bay Light Tower was preceded by Lightships, with the word Vineyard (for VIneyard Sound) on its hull. It was the original turning point for the race. https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/great-atlantic-hurricane-1944-sinks-vineyard-lightship/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woodpecker 68 #8 Posted September 5, 2020 I think the lightship that preceded the Tower was Hen and Chickens. Great name for a race, don't you think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulK 377 #9 Posted September 6, 2020 What looks like another light-wind night. Hope they all brought Sunday breakfast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cristoforo 389 #10 Posted September 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, PaulK said: What looks like another light-wind night. Hope they all brought Sunday breakfast. This is a blatantly untrue and fake news (for the faster boats anyway) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulK 377 #11 Posted September 6, 2020 Half the fleet is still out there. Some have only just worked though the Gut, according to Kattack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulK 377 #12 Posted September 6, 2020 Breakfast, anyone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cristoforo 389 #13 Posted September 7, 2020 Ripple scored RET! Anyone heard from them? All ok? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dacapo 1,118 #14 Posted September 7, 2020 8 hours ago, Cristoforo said: Ripple scored RET! Anyone heard from them? All ok? Crew and I are all safe. Boat not so much. Long story that involves Big Tom ( no I was not at the helm. ) Insurance claim is in I’m just taking it day by day now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cristoforo 389 #15 Posted September 7, 2020 34 minutes ago, dacapo said: Crew and I are all safe. Boat not so much. Long story that involves Big Tom ( no I was not at the helm. ) Insurance claim is in I’m just taking it day by day now Holy shit! Ed move this to the front page! So you never started? Because they scored you RET rather than DNS or DNC If you started and then hit Big Tom there is a bigger story here! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dacapo 1,118 #16 Posted September 7, 2020 26 minutes ago, Cristoforo said: Holy shit! Ed move this to the front page! So you never started? Because they scored you RET rather than DNS or DNC If you started and then hit Big Tom there is a bigger story here! We tapped it on the way out to the start. We started with our fleet. It was apparent after about an hour and a half that we were taking more and more water on in the bilge. And that the safety of the crew was more important, so we retired somewhere around Norwalk Turned around and did a 23 hour delivery back up to Hudson to haul out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
woodpecker 68 #17 Posted September 8, 2020 Big Tom? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cristoforo 389 #18 Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, woodpecker said: Big Tom? A rock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackolantern 457 #19 Posted September 8, 2020 A rock so infamous that it has a name that indicates its danger to sailors with keels. New rule: Only helmsmen that know the name of big tom are allowed to drive near it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jesposito 133 #20 Posted September 8, 2020 17 hours ago, dacapo said: Crew and I are all safe. Boat not so much. Long story that involves Big Tom ( no I was not at the helm. ) Insurance claim is in I’m just taking it day by day now I told you in the thread about the boat delivery, you were wasting your time getting your boat ready for the Vineyard. You should have taken the paid delivery gig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jesposito 133 #21 Posted September 8, 2020 45 minutes ago, jackolantern said: A rock so infamous that it has a name that indicates its danger to sailors with keels. New rule: Only helmsmen that know the name of big tom are allowed to drive near it Only wing nuts hit it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 3,016 #22 Posted September 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, jesposito said: Only wing nuts hit it Decapo hasse a J105? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackolantern 457 #23 Posted September 8, 2020 53 minutes ago, jesposito said: Only wing nuts hit it I recall standing next to you watching a Big Tom victim get hauled out at consolidated. That owner then became a J/111 Wingnut Do you think the Consolidated yard guys move it around to keep the victim count high in the same way Howie McMichael used to move Ship Rock around Mamaroneck Harbor? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 3,016 #24 Posted September 8, 2020 Howie wase verrey wise businesse man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dacapo 1,118 #25 Posted September 8, 2020 57 minutes ago, Snaggletooth said: Decapo hasse a J105? long time ago ;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 3,016 #26 Posted September 8, 2020 Just now, dacapo said: 59 minutes ago, Snaggletooth said: Decapo hasse a J105? long time ago ;-) OK, so you WN foire life? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dacapo 1,118 #27 Posted September 8, 2020 Just now, Snaggletooth said: OK, so you WN foire life? is that a new NY lottery scratch off? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cristoforo 389 #28 Posted September 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, jackolantern said: Howie McMichael used to move Ship Rock around Mamaroneck Harbor? Thats nothing. Stu Johnstone left it where it was and drove customer's boats into it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jesposito 133 #29 Posted September 8, 2020 41 minutes ago, jackolantern said: I recall standing next to you watching a Big Tom victim get hauled out at consolidated. That owner then became a J/111 Wingnut Do you think the Consolidated yard guys move it around to keep the victim count high in the same way Howie McMichael used to move Ship Rock around Mamaroneck Harbor? Yes, very true. Oh there are many wing nuts out there besides the 105 wing nuts, they are just a high content No I think the guys at Consolidated have an arrow point to go behind Stepping Stones to get the idiot in the big motor boat on auto pilot to go east behind the light house. That does way more damage that Big Tom Only idiots hit that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackolantern 457 #30 Posted September 9, 2020 9 hours ago, jesposito said: Yes, very true. Oh there are many wing nuts out there besides the 105 wing nuts, they are just a high content No I think the guys at Consolidated have an arrow point to go behind Stepping Stones to get the idiot in the big motor boat on auto pilot to go east behind the light house. That does way more damage that Big Tom Only idiots hit that Like when the west coast cowboy on American Girl drilled it at flank speed, 99% of the way back from Bermuda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LI_sailor 15 #31 Posted September 9, 2020 Where exactly is this rock? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cristoforo 389 #32 Posted September 9, 2020 Just now, LI_sailor said: Where exactly is this rock? Just a bit below the surface 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulK 377 #33 Posted September 9, 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tom,_Bronx Not on Google maps - use NOAA 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bloodshot 84 #34 Posted September 9, 2020 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Big+Tom/@40.8339047,-73.7934386,1608m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c28b9c95eee9af:0x293cb98f6cc3c03b!8m2!3d40.8348228!4d-73.7901331 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jesposito 133 #35 Posted September 9, 2020 16 hours ago, jackolantern said: Like when the west coast cowboy on American Girl drilled it at flank speed, 99% of the way back from Bermuda Yep It is a straight run right behind the lighthouse after coming under the bridge. Something would tell me to look at a chart before going back there. Just saying Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cristoforo 389 #36 Posted September 9, 2020 16 minutes ago, jesposito said: Yep It is a straight run right behind the lighthouse after coming under the bridge. Something would tell me to look at a chart before going back there. Just saying Sammy's Fish Box. Is that Eddddd's girlfriend? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LI_sailor 15 #37 Posted September 9, 2020 Ah, got it. I dont usually sail over there ... but any rock that takes out a SA'er ... makes me want to know where it is, so it doesn't happen to me ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cristoforo 389 #38 Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, LI_sailor said: Ah, got it. I dont usually sail over there ... but any rock that takes out a SA'er ... makes me want to know where it is, so it doesn't happen to me ! There Is no reason for you to go over there. The moose hall is not what it used to be. The Starship sailed away to another galaxy long ago. Dead! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 3,016 #39 Posted September 10, 2020 8 hours ago, jesposito said: Something would tell me to look at a chart before going back there. Just saying You thick the impacte mooved it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cristoforo 389 #40 Posted September 10, 2020 On 9/9/2020 at 2:34 PM, jesposito said: Yep It is a straight run right behind the lighthouse after coming under the bridge. Something would tell me to look at a chart before going back there. Just saying Isn’t Espo At the rally tonight? Wear your mask Espo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
us7070 286 #41 Posted September 10, 2020 On 9/9/2020 at 1:17 PM, PaulK said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tom,_Bronx Not on Google maps - use NOAA well, i don't really go down there much, but i looked at my chart and it looks like that is an east cardinal mark near it i don't understand why cardinal marks are not used more frequently in the USA - in europe, they are all over the place .., some areas at least... they are so uncommon in these waters that one could be forgiven for not recognizing it in this case. i rarely see isolated danger marks either I think buoyage could be a lot better in the USA edit - now i'm not sure it's a cardinal mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cristoforo 389 #42 Posted September 10, 2020 28 minutes ago, us7070 said: well, i don't really go down there much, but i looked at my chart and it looks like that is an east cardinal mark near it i don't understand why cardinal marks are not used more frequently in the USA - in europe, they are all over the place .., some areas at least... they are so uncommon in these waters that one could be forgiven for not recognizing it in this case. i rarely see isolated danger marks either I think buoyage could be a lot better in the USA Yeah we better get someone on that. Everywhere around there is less than 15 feet. Need more Isolated Danger and Cardinal Marks surrounding the Moose Hall . Bernie Sanders would have done it! How do you feel about single payer health care? big tom.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 3,016 #43 Posted September 10, 2020 36 minutes ago, us7070 said: i don't understand why cardinal marks are not used more frequently in the USA In USA it tackes 30 - 50 yeares foire them to die............... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cristoforo 389 #44 Posted September 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Snaggletooth said: In USA it tackes 30 - 50 yeares foire them to die............... I think they require a vote.And then white smoke once they are approved Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
