Wellcome to share photos of cute Carter designed Racers....and souvenirs
I personaly skipped a Carter37 sistership of Ydra, One Ton 27.5 IOR in Europe in the old, very old times (70's)
What a mess
Not to hijack, but that reminds me of the 1975 Mills Race on Lake Erie, sailing on my dad's Ranger 37. We finish second overall to the S&S 61 Kahili, breaking the course record (by a few minutes less than they did), and get back to the dock. My brothers and I are hanging around the cockpit smoking joints with some local young ladies late in the evening/early in the morning when my father returns to the boat from the YC bar somewhat in his cups. He pauses in the cockpit, partakes of the passing medicinals a few times while talking with us, and a few minutes later heads down below and passes out . In the morning, he had no recollection of it. The one and only time I ever smoked with my father. I miss those days, a lot different type of sailing.Ok, I'll tell you another story. I'm in the mood for looking back.
It was the Swiftsure Race of about 1975 RABBIT was the boat to beat and we were a great crew.
We were sitting on the boat on Friday about 10am smoking a joint, a fat one, when there appeared in the companionway an old guy in a blaser. It was the pre-race inspection.
The owner of the boat, holding the joint, was siting at the nav table so he just opened it up and dropped the still lit joint into the nav table.
We all sat there with ,I'm sure, very silly looks on our faces.
The old guy came about half way down the companionway, looked around and said, "You've beeen smoking that stuff!" and left. I guess we passed the inspection.
I don't recall any of us saying anything. I remember the smoke curling out of the chart table.
That is funny! Oh thank you!Roger:
believe it or not AGGRESSIVE was the inspiration for the Valiant 40.
I sailed on a Carter 39 in Seattle RABBIT for two years. We smoked a lot of pot and we kicked a lot of ass.
One regatta we raced one race with four of us. There was a fifth guy below but he was still drunk from the night before.
And we one the race. I was a bit hung over too.. I'm certain we all were. Hung over but good sailors.
When there are only four of you you don't wait to see who's going to do it you know you have to do it. so it gets done.
I can remember waking up one morning on the starboard settee berth and I looked accross the boat there was a guy I had never seen before.
He had a blaser with a lot of gold on it pulled up over his legs, mini sleeping bag style. It turned out to be the Commodore of the Royal Vic's YC's blaser and he had just picked it up.
He had just stumbled onto the first boat he found with a vacant berth. He was a nice guy. We helped him on his way decked out in his Commodorish finery.
We played hard and we sailed hard.
Good memories BobRoger:
believe it or not AGGRESSIVE was the inspiration for the Valiant 40.
I sailed on a Carter 39 in Seattle RABBIT for two years. We smoked a lot of pot and we kicked a lot of ass.
One regatta we raced one race with four of us. There was a fifth guy below but he was still drunk from the night before.
And we one the race. I was a bit hung over too.. I'm certain we all were. Hung over but good sailors.
When there are only four of you you don't wait to see who's going to do it you know you have to do it. so it gets done.
I can remember waking up one morning on the starboard settee berth and I looked accross the boat there was a guy I had never seen before.
He had a blaser with a lot of gold on it pulled up over his legs, mini sleeping bag style. It turned out to be the Commodore of the Royal Vic's YC's blaser and he had just picked it up.
He had just stumbled onto the first boat he found with a vacant berth. He was a nice guy. We helped him on his way decked out in his Commodorish finery.
We played hard and we sailed hard.
Probably heavier and possibly higher CG.Can't think why the "doghouse" in fact, really a cabin trunk, would effect the rating unless that version was just heavier.