[C38] C38 Fleet formed on the Chesapeake

[Joseph Launie]

wish we could be there too. We have a PHRF regatta this sunday 9/30 in 
Santa Barbara and have a couple of spots we are saving for anyone 
visiting our lovely area. Joe Launie/Macavity ( are going against  a 
J-92 and J-29 among others)
On 9/23/2012 5:28 PM, Andrew T Jessup wrote:
> Thanks for the great video from the Chesapeake. Wish we were there, but
> Too far from Newport Beach, CA.
> Fair winds to Cuba.
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> On Sep 23, 2012, at 16:45, dmills3 at comcast.net 
> <mailto:dmills3 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Hi all. Four C38's on the Chesapeake have formed a C38 Fleet. There 
>> are several other C38's nearby that hopefully will join later. The 
>> four as of now are, Brett Cureton "JAZZ", Michael Norcross "Escape" 
>> (sometimes known as Orgazmo), Mark & John O'Dell "Momentous" and Dan 
>> & Marcy Miller "Blonde Stranger".
>>
>> Over the weekend of Sept. 15-16, 3 of the 4 boats had our first 
>> rendevous rallying around Craig & Vicki Steinkraus "Wings", a C38 
>> passing through the Chesapeake on their way South to Key West from 
>> Minnesota and then further South next year. We met in Whitehall Bay, 
>> a beautiful anchorage just North of Annapolis.
>>
>> Wings took advantage of wind still from the South to get there on 
>> Friday. By Sat. the winds had shifted as forecasted to about 15-20 
>> from the NNW so Blonde Stranger and Momentous coming from the North 
>> had a delighful sail down to Whitehall Bay. Escape would have the 
>> hardest time because he was coming North. Blonde Stranger rafted up 
>> to Wings and then Momentous anchored seperately. Mark and John 
>> dingied over and invited us all out for a delightful sail across the 
>> bay just South of the Bay Bridge. Winds still around 15 knots moved 
>> their boat nicely even towing the dingy. I had never experienced self 
>> tailing winches, so after sheeting the jib and tieing it off, Mark 
>> said "you don't have to do all that they are self tailing". I will 
>> now most likely be looking for a pair. Mark found a beautiful pair of 
>> Harken 52's that looked as close to new as a pair of used winches 
>> could be.
>>
>> As we were returning to Whitehall Bay, Mark's phone rang and it was 
>> Michael on Escape just South of us. He was by himself, but just had 
>> to be there for the "first" C38 rendevous on the Chesapeake. After 
>> everyone returned from Momentous, Escape rafted on the port side of 
>> Wings. We had a Happy Hour on Blonde Stranger and then everyone had a 
>> good time chatting and checking over each others boat. John and Mark 
>> came over and there was a little guitar jam session. A very good time 
>> was had by all.
>>
>> Here is a link to a video Mark took of the event. 
>> http://www.c38momentous.com/2012/09/c38-annapolis-raftup.html
>> He is very good at videotography. He has a blog posted on the C38 
>> website of when he and his dad John first got Momentous. Other 
>> pictures will be posted soon.
>> Craig and Vicki have a blog also for anyone who would like to follow 
>> their adventure. It's www.Sailblogs.com <http://www.Sailblogs.com> - 
>> Wings
>>
>> Dan Miller #108 Blonde Stranger
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