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  1. paps49

    See ya Syd...you'll be missed!

    Fair winds Syd, you were one of a kind in oh so many ways. Funny story from when I worked for him. We organised a birthday party for him in the office and the then manager of the Gazebo hotel booked a fatagram stripper without telling anyone. Syd was not impressed and insisted all female staff...
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    Craigslist finds- Tragedy edition

    Wow, how does such a lovely boat get reduced to that mess in 2 years?
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    2022 Sydney To Hobart

    That's not a good sign.
  4. paps49

    2022 Sydney To Hobart

    On station.
  5. paps49

    2022 Sydney To Hobart

    Should be enough for the job. I imagine they will try and drag her out by the keel.
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    2022 Sydney To Hobart

    Antipodes (SC72) was a bit of a disappointment, I was thinking they would do well in these conditions.
  7. paps49

    2022 Sydney To Hobart

    True that. I was hoping someone might have something positive to say, some times people aren't as bad as they seem on air.
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    2022 Sydney To Hobart

    Anyone have personal experience of JW jr? He comes across as a bit of a twat.
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    2022 Sydney To Hobart

    Same same.
  10. paps49

    2022 Sydney To Hobart

    Andoo has gybed over and WOXI doing her deep running thang is up to 2nd.
  11. paps49

    2022 Sydney To Hobart

    Fuck me this place has gone down hill.
  12. paps49

    2022 Sydney To Hobart

    Only thing I can see on replay is WOXI may have hit the inner turning mark at about 10.55.
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    Stumbled into an old thread and laughed head off, what is your favorite?

    Wow, 638 pages.........2011 was quite the year for it apparently.
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    Stumbled into an old thread and laughed head off, what is your favorite?

    This is the one I stumbled on and I'm 18 pages in, it's a classic. Started off oh so nicely. https://forums.sailinganarchy.com/threads/i-placed-a-contract-on-rebecca.138925/
  15. paps49

    SV Seeker

    Yes, his crew were very inexperienced. There was a defined window for leaving the Philippines to hook up with the current and wind pattern for the trip. This coincided with the beginning of the Typhoon season so you had to time your departure carefully. Clyde got impatient and left early and...
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    SV Seeker

    That's crazy, I know Clyde and had no idea about any of this. I met him in Manila when he had the Formosa and when he abandoned sailing it home I helped him load it on the ship to take it home. Later when my girlfriend and I arrived in LA on the boat we were sailing on we moved into his place...
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    Hammo Race Week

    Yes I know but she disappeared from the results for 2 days.
  18. paps49

    Hammo Race Week

    Alive took out Div0, Caro Div1.
  19. paps49

    Hammo Race Week

    What I don't understand is if the issue was just the ORCi cert why were they wiped from the other results?
  20. paps49

    Hammo Race Week

    Short lived. Andoo won by about 3 mins.


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