[C38] First win ever!!!!

[Steve Smolinske]

FANTASTIC JOB MAX!!
 
That's great, Im hoping with all the money I'm spending and time on the
boat this winter that I can report back with some similar news this
Spring.   Love the enthusiasm and the report.   
 
 
Steve
Peregrine #312
Seattle

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From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org
[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Max Soto
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:48 PM
To: Catalina 38 Listserve
Subject: [C38] First win ever!!!!


Hi guys, 

Just wanted to let you know that I just won my first race on Estancia.
We were racing with a phrf handicap against pretty fast boats, but
despite that, I was the second one out of the starting line, a minute
later we were leading the fleet and that was it until the finish line.
Also we were the ones with the least number of crew., just three!! I
almost fell by handling the whisker pole as an spinnaker pole by myself
(the ATN tacker was not doing its job on some wind angles, and I did't
care if the whisker exploded while being used as a spi pole, but it
worked great). Of course we were using a spinnaker snuffer...
We finished a lot of time ahead of a Bavaria 49, hunter 44, legend 37,
beneteau 46 and some others that were also using racing sails. The
downwind legs were the best for us despite the 1979 $95 spinnaker from
Minney's that I bought just for learning and practice purposes.
 Everybody was impressed with our speed, and believed or not, a judge
boat came by to check if we had our engine on!!!They were really
surprised, and so was I!!! Estancia now has a lot of respect and they
were trying to get some info from my boat and look for C38 info on the
web and double check our rating. They never thought about an older
desing making such a race against newer models.......Did I mentioned
that most of the boats were using folding props and I still have a fixed
prop??

Regards from a really proud C38 owner

-- 
Max Soto
C38 #198 ESTANCIA
Puntarenas, Costa Rica


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