Summertime,
crewed by regulars from her crew plus people from Air Supply and Cat's Meow, traveled to Burnt Store
Marina for the Golden Conch Regatta hosted by the Platinum Point
YC. Sounds just a bit rich, nes
pas?
Too bad we didn't get one of these beauties! (I mean the trophies, not the rum.)
Wicked, Wicked Ways is perhaps the strangest race boat I have ever seen.
She's
stuck together out of two smaller boats and is just listed
as a
"Schooner 31". Her owner and builder is Roger Horton, from the
Ft. Myers area, who is reported to be a retired nautical
engineer. I understand that he has two other boats, all equally
strange, and that it is almost certain that Wicked, Wicked Ways will be
radically modified before her next regatta. With that long bow
sprit and the boomkin, she must be close to 40' LOA. WWW finished
3rd out of the 7 boats in True Cruising B. I'm glad that she
wasn't in Cruising A with Summertime!
Here's WWW sailing next to the beautiful Tartan 34 BraVo. BraVo was the runaway winner in True Cruising A with three bullets. In the first race we were pretty sure she was in the class that started 5 minutes in front of us as she finished over 12 minutes ahead.
The Prettiest Girls at the Ball
Too bad we didn't get one of these beauties! (I mean the trophies, not the rum.)
Wicked, Wicked Ways is perhaps the strangest race boat I have ever seen.
She's
stuck together out of two smaller boats and is just listed
as a
"Schooner 31". Her owner and builder is Roger Horton, from the
Ft. Myers area, who is reported to be a retired nautical
engineer. I understand that he has two other boats, all equally
strange, and that it is almost certain that Wicked, Wicked Ways will be
radically modified before her next regatta. With that long bow
sprit and the boomkin, she must be close to 40' LOA. WWW finished
3rd out of the 7 boats in True Cruising B. I'm glad that she
wasn't in Cruising A with Summertime!Here's WWW sailing next to the beautiful Tartan 34 BraVo. BraVo was the runaway winner in True Cruising A with three bullets. In the first race we were pretty sure she was in the class that started 5 minutes in front of us as she finished over 12 minutes ahead.
The Prettiest Girls at the Ball
Several viewers
asked to see pictures of the classic Herreshoff Lea, so I offer three pictures of
her. There was also another classic beauty, the Alerion Express
28, Bonnie Lass.
Unfortunately, both of these boats are dark green which was not the
best color to photograph in the bright sunlight.
Lea, a 1974 Custom Herreshoff 41
owned by Gerald Crowley her only owner ever. She sailed in True
Cruising A.
Bonnie Lass is an Alerion Express
28, the first of the very modern, but classic looking and expensive
"Day Sailors" that have recently come to market. Bonnie Lass was
built in 2004 and is owned by Tony Newing of Platinum Point YC and she raced in
Non-Spinnaker B. You can read about the Alerion
family of classic beauties here. Hold onto your wallet!
All Pictures by Lois Abrams