An oid girl does herself proud

[roverhi]

With a little help from the weather Dorade corrected out #1 in the TransPac. Had good wind at the start that deserted those that left a little after. Still, she had a fast passage, was well sailed, and great preparation including a total rebuild a few years before.

http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/LectronicLat.lasso

[Snore]

DOH!!!!

Just finished reading about how modern production boats are the only way to go and an old S&S design beats them all....

Well done to crew of Dorade.

[Cjwelch]

On my smart phone the last word of this posting title was missing. False alarm.

[SkiprJohn]

Well done for Dorade! She is still one of the prettiest girls on the water. http://www.sparkmanstephens.info/doc/4bbdcdf818723.pdf

[goboatingnow]

Originally Posted by Snore

DOH!!!!

Just finished reading about how modern production boats are the only way to go and an old S&S design beats them all....

Well done to crew of Dorade.

Yes with a handicap system ! , I regularly loose to an old folk boat in heavy weather racing , even though I've enough time to get two pints down before they come in !!!

Dave

[JazzyO]

Originally Posted by goboatingnow

Yes with a handicap system !

Ne'er ye mind, how cool that she won the same race in 1936 as well.


Onno

[Liam Wald]

I think that it might have been 1992 when a Westsail 32 won the Pacific Cup.
Gotta love those handicaps.
With my 8 stroke per hole handicap I am confident that I could smoke Tiger Woods.

[zeehag]

dorade did what she was designed to do ---awesome work by crew to have her be what she was designed to be---a winner.

[SkiprJohn]

Originally Posted by goboatingnow

Yes with a handicap system ! , I regularly loose to an old folk boat in heavy weather racing , even though I've enough time to get two pints down before they come in !!!

Dave

If it weren't for the handicap system there would only be one-design racing. Anything else would be just bigger more expensive boats winning each race.

[JazzyO]

Originally Posted by Liam Wald

With my 8 stroke per hole handicap I am confident that I could smoke Tiger Woods.

The whole point is that the handicap should reflect your talents. I find the golfing handicap system works very well. And I find the same with boats. As SkiprJohn said, otherwise we would only ever have one design racing. How boring would that be.


Onno

[Celestialsailor]

Originally Posted by SkiprJohn

If it weren't for the handicap system there would only be one-design racing. Anything else would be just bigger more expensive boats winning each race.

Oh come on John...Let him have his way. Otherwise he'll run afoul this thread like he did with the modern production boat thread!