Am I stupid?

How about racing the Great Texas as a test to see how your long distance skills will hold up?

I don't think you can run a boat less than 18'

Sort of off topic (sorry)

Have there ever been any distance races in Div 14? At Stockton they used to (80's) do one day distance and do the cans on the next. We really enjoyed the Friday distance run up at Yankton. Keystone sure looks to be a long lake.

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Could some one expand on the Great Texas Race, Do they or don't they let less than 18 foot cats in. And would they let a single hand boat do it.

Karl's FX One for example.

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18 to 22 feet production beach catamarans, beam less than 9 feet (no wings) must carry a spinnaker. Plus all the safety stuff EPIRB, etc.



Even though it's in the Gulf it could just as easily have the same or worse conditions than Tybee.

To answer your question though, I believe it has to do with distances sailed per day, and the ability of ALL competitors to finish within a reasonable spread of time. PN ratings of the boats raced are in the 64 and less numbers.

I don't know, call John Webster (2008 chair) I'm sure he'd come up with enough horror stories to make a guy think twice.

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This is the "Am I Stupid?" post so I though I would ask. The FX One is close to that portsmouth number, but it is single hand and a foot short.

Is it too grouling to do single handed?
If anything happened/broke you wouldn't have help. But i suppose if it ain't fixable then it ain't fixable.

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I'm thinking that instead of "Open Forum" it should be changed to "Am I Stupid?" You could just enter topics and skip the first part of the sentance. Like:
Am I stupid:
-for buying a new sail.
-fixing a hole in my boat.
-marrying for money
-for cleaning my noose with it around my neck while standing on a wobbly chair.

You know, things like that.

Theres only a handful of boats that even fit the requirements.

Fox
F18
Nacra20

Then some of the Aquarius boats, but who's going to launch a RC30 off the sand into the surf? Or a Farrier Tri?

None of the Aquarius boats meet the width requirements. It would be stupid to do the race singlehanded unless you are the most ba of ba's.

I've done the Tybee 3 times, and I wouln't think about doing it on anything other than the Nacra 20-it's the chosen travel method for businessmen everywhere.

You might be fine singlehanded, but if anything happened, you're in a bad place. The only good an EPIRB does is so that the Coasties can find your body.

There's a reason singlehanders are not allowed.

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Thanks for the advice Trey, as i haven't sailed in either of those races mentioned, it was only an inquirery.

Although I believe Karl was asking about the "Great Texas Race" not the Tybee. This race probably is as intense as the other race you mentioned.

In the interest of curiosity I asked about the Race in Texas.
Could you tell us about that one (Great Texas Race)?

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Mork brought up the Texas thing

Good Point

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What’s so strange about sailing to Catalina is that you can see the island from the California coast but about 10 miles out, you can’t see either. There are several groups that make the trip each year. I haven’t made it yet but I have gone about 8 miles off shore and I can see the trip being quite challenging. From that point on, you’ll be sailing by your instruments. I’m really looking forward to it. A lot of the excursions begin at Cabrillo so you can have a straight shot (close hauled) to the island seeing that the winds are typically at least partially on shore (between 200 & 250 degrees). The guys that go do so in groups. Don’t think that just because it’s only 26 miles that it will be a cakewalk. It’s still the ocean with lots of wind and lots of surf and you’ll lose all sight of land beyond 8-10 miles. I know there’re sharks out there but I’ve never seen or spoken to anyone that has seen one. Dolphins??? Plenty!!! And if that’s not far enough for you, you can always go around San Clemente Island which is about 60 miles off shore and to the south. Round trip will give you more than 150 miles of sailing with stops on both islands. You’ll have to get a permit to land on San Clemente Island because of the naval base. And if that’s not far enough, there’s 500 miles of California coastline you can choose from.

The trip would have to occur after March 9 (when the time springs forward to daylight savings) but before November 12 ( when it falls back to daylight standard ) That one hour makes a big difference since the wind typically comes up no earlier than late morning and falls off at dusk.. With that being said, sleepovers will probably be necessary at each port.

I’ve sailed to Newport Beach which is about 40-45 miles round trip from Long Beach. There were low winds on the first leg so there was no trapezing (sitting on the tramp was torture) until I was on my way back. Coming back was like a trip to the “Theme Parkâ€

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