You Know You're Old When....

[jdougherty]

Wow, I enjoy being young. A few quick questions, what is IOR, is a blooper really a sail or is it like the whomper in wind, what is a RDF, was LORAN really used by anyone besides fisherman and how the hell did anyone navigate before GPS?

 

[BarePoles]

You know your getting old when, people start playing the "you know your getting old game."

 

[aA]

summertime dream was a summertime nightmare

alviso had enough water for annual regattas

350 dinghies on a lake outside of redding was just another memorial day regatta

tommy b was pretty much a regular joe

kostecki was just another jr

silvestri's parents bought him into the fleet only to p.o. the regulars and opt out the following season

 

[Iain A]

when you realize you have hair growing out of your ears...

fuck, I have more hairs in my ears than on my chest!

 

[Bump-n-Grind]

you get your AARP card in the same batch of mail with your CBYRA and USAiling membership cards

 

[Madmax]

A Death Roll is not a sushi menu item.....

You think double spreaders are new....

Toe rail is usefull........

Your sailmaker asks if you want hanks or snaps on your jib.....

Yarn Tempered is your idea of low stretch sail material....

You miss the Marina Del Rey to San Diego race.....

You still race around Catalina....

You listen to that drone guy who reports the weather on VHF....

 

[jdougherty]

you get your AARP card in the same batch of mail with your CBYRA and USAiling membership cards

OK, one more question, what's the AARP?

 

[herbie verstinx]

That foot of that blooper should be just touching the water. The halyard was the main trimming "sheet".

when you give advice on how to trim a blooper!

when you bookmark 'scuttlebutt' as your home page!

 

[Bump-n-Grind]

OK, one more question, what's the AARP?

American Association of Reallyold People

 

[jdougherty]

American Association of Reallyold People

Another club they won't let me into. We've got to sail together some time let me know when you need crew and I'll come down.

 

[Dorado]

You can remember when Santa Cruz was the center of the sailing universe.

And Randy Repass opened his 3rd store on 17th Ave. And your foulies were made by North Sails

And you could hop on the Merlin, or a O30, or a SC27 or SC50, or a Moore24 on a Wed nite.

And they all still had that new boat smell.

And you had to worry about tripping over that little Morgan Larsen kid as he scurried around SCYC.

Lucky Me... wish I had more pictures.

 

[csail]

-you would look for a ride around Catalina in February...

-a Friday night out was delivering a boat to Fish Harbor for a Whitney Series Race with a bunch of friends and a couple cases of Lucky Lager.

-every weekend was the debut of a another new custom racer...

-your dream was to be a sailmaker when you grew up..

-you rode up PCH to Santa Barbara for the SB-KH race in the bed of a pick-up truck with 6 other people and a couple cases of Lucky Lager...

-you saw Dave Ullman in those red pants when they were still red..

-Rod Davis had an American accent...

 

[White Wing]

You know your getting old when, people start playing the "you know your getting old game."

LMAO

You know you're old if

* Cal 40's are sleds

* DC is "just a little heavy"

* Imp and Williwaw are coooool

* Your boat still has a Signet knot meter

* Dragons are wood

* you know what Lubriplate is

* you want to meet Jim Kilroy and tell him how bitchin' Kialoa III is

* Bravura and Bondi Tram are on the cover of the mags in the bathroom

* Farr boats are these weird looking boats with "too small" jibs

and the list goes on.....

 

[Laserty]

-when you consider spectra "state of the art"

 

[soling2003]

Damn, I have been doing this a loooonng time.

How about:

When Lasers were those new 'tuperware" boats

420's had both a cat and sloop rigged mast steps

Dragons had winches

You still have a blooper in the garage! ( Almost flew it the other day too.)

Your whole crew were men (nice change)

Hell, not only were Dragons wood but so were stars!

Cross cut and mitre cut sails anyone?

Nylon sail on an El Toro

 

[DA MAN]

STILL GOOD FOR TWICE!

ONCE IN THE SPRING AND ONCE IN THE FALL! h34r:

 

[PHM]

......Your back goes out more than you do

Passage is still one of the greatest ever (OK, I have just a touch of grey...)

 

[Rain Man]

Ouch, that one hurt.... :lol: I actually have a functioning Signet 1000/2000 system on my boat....now where's my facking wheelchair....

LMAO
You know you're old if

* Cal 40's are sleds

* DC is "just a little heavy"

* Imp and Williwaw are coooool

* Your boat still has a Signet knot meter

* Dragons are wood

* you know what Lubriplate is

* you want to meet Jim Kilroy and tell him how bitchin' Kialoa III is

* Bravura and Bondi Tram are on the cover of the mags in the bathroom

* Farr boats are these weird looking boats with "too small" jibs

and the list goes on.....

 

[Greever]

We we're pondering the graying of our sport the other day and came up with a few:
....you wonder why you don't see bloopers any more.

...you remember when Dave Ullman "was just a kid."

...you get nostalgic at the sight of a pintail stern.

...you think multihulls are weird and don't belong in racing fleets.

...think Windward Passage is the greatest boat ever.

...still think aluminum rigs are safer than carbon.

...you think AC boats are 12 meters.

...you still say "you can't go wrong with Dacron."

...consider dinghy racing to be 'junior sailing."

....think IOR was "the good old days.".

...you wonder why sprit boats don't just "pull the pole back."

...think Sailing World is still good.

Got a few of your own?

09/16/08

"When you are thinking of buying a Stinkpotter!" <_<

 

[captain_stu]

you don't trust fiberglass, better stick to wood