Come join us. An open beachcat start is included in this race. We are the last ones to start and we try to be the first to finish passing 170+ monos on the way. Nacra 20s are the largest open beachcats sub fleet. Tygart Racing, the NACRA-20 of Doug Kirby and Andy Herbick reset the fastest elapsed time record, beating their own record from the previous year!
I'm in. It's always fun picking off million dollar lead sleds.
It'd be nice if some other folks(I will name names) would come out and play.How 'bout it Trey, Tad, Trey's roommate with the great looking boat, Jake, Chris Z., and a bunch of others I'll leave nameless (you know who you are).Gather up your B***S and make the drive. Let's put a swarm of cats on those monos.
Word on the street is there might even be some A cats racing if it's not blowing the dogs off chains.
Tawd
p.s. Tad I'm countin' on you for most creative excuse, and where my rings, beeeeaahhccchhh.
I'm working on it. If my crew's in, then I'm in.
And Todd, your rings are going out tomorrow.
Is there more than one Annapolis to Oxford race?
My father seems utterly convinced that the race is happening this coming weekend.
The big race this weekend is the Governor's Cup. That starts tonight outside of Annapolis and runs to Saint Marys. No beach cat start on that race, although in the past I think some have shadowed it. There is a multi hull class, bunch of beach cat locals crewing on those.
Tad,
Any chance of you sharing with me where you found the rings? I have looked everywhere and no luck. The supply has seemed to have just dried up...
Hey Phillip,
Me Too, I looked and looked.I did find a nice aluminum one that I have on the A cat for now. These were his old ones.Ya wanna sell yours?
You oughta come up and do this race. There will be a bunch of I-20s . Come on and bring it.
Todd
Just found out my crew is going to be flying to Greece or something that weekend. I'm in the process of finding a replacement 😛
As for the rings, I bought them at the local REI. They were just
titanium belaying rings
and were like $5 a pop. I can't find them on their website anymore, and I can't find them locally anymore, so I'm willing to bet they aren't made anymore. I just sent the last three of them I had to Todd.
Todd and Tad,
I haven't given up on the rap rings. I've been talking with the head procurement/distribution guy at REI and the folks at Campmor and we are trying to locate some NOS. On Monday I will be speaking with the manufacturer that has supplied the rings to see if there is any stock or to consider the option/costs to get more made. I wonder if there is enough interest here to justify an order ??
Philip:
I personally don't prefer them to the EZ-grab rings. They weren't big enough for me to get a paw on to get them out of my hook when tacking, so I ditched them. Todd on the other hand loves them as apparently you do too.
Hey Philip,
I'm in for 9 or so.Let me know if you get anywhere. I talked to some manager type at REI and they said they didn't think they would get anymore in, but that was as far as I got.
Now that you've got a boat and all ya need to come do this race. We used to race through the same fleet on the old Chesapeake 100 , and it was a blast using the big monohulls for a slalom course. Plus there is this little itty bitty party when you get there. <img src=
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Todd
What is so special about this ring?
Just a titanium ring. its a pretty decent size and its light as a feather.
what was the cost? I know where to get some but they're pricey.
mine were like $4. The were belaying rings.
They seem to be hollow. However, even with my
heft
I wasn't able to dent them. They seem more than up to the task but I don't know how much I'd trust them if subjected to the elements for a long time.
Anybody know who is sailing the Rudee's Nacra 20 these days.
Saw them doing the Gov cup as an unregistered boat Friday night.
$4 !!!?!!! FOR A TITANIUM RING? My source was more like $45 each but I see now that they are discontinued.
Yeah man.
My wife went and bought like 6 of them. Lost all of them but 4. 1 of which Philip got for lending me a pin at Spring Fever and I just bagged up three of them for Todd.
Back on Topic ....
The NASS Race : Annapolis to Oxford, Starts at R2 (Annapolis/Severn River) .... Finishes at R2 Tred Avon (Oxford) It is the outstanding event w/ usually 150+
Big Boats
. W/ a HUGE PARTY!!!!! The crews of the A0 boats have mellowed over the years and now cheer their
Little Brothers
as the beach cats charge by .... even
DONNYBROOK
!!!!
Mark Schnieder and I were the FIRST Beach Catters to do the event on Mark's Tornado .... unfortunately both him and I will not be able to do it on a beach cat this year .... We will be on TRIPLE THREAT, a 43' Corsair Tri ... we start 5 mins in front of the Beach Cats ... last year two I20's managed to pass us ... Kirby and Sievert .... so come and give it a Go ....
And who owns I20/RUDEE'S .... you owe me a BEER ... you didn't pull your boat up high enough for the incoming tide at Governor's Cup/St Mary's .... as tired as I was ....
For photo's of the Governor's Cup go to
photoboat.com
and pull up TRIPLE THREAT ... there are some awesome pic's ... notice the Thunderstorms come in at the finish ... that sky is
Black
not blue
Sail Safe, Sail Flat, Sail Fast
Harry Murphey
H18mag
P19MX
Triple Threat/crew
It's Precious!!!
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Uhh Harry?
Is this a picture from the 43' tri?
Look deeeeep into the picture. That is the third N20 puttin the spank on the Naval Academy's 66'er Zaraffa (sp?)
Thanks again for the picture,
Guys, just to get you a feel for the event .... here are some pic's from last years NAS Race
Joe's Pics:
http:/
Ali Soylu: of Don Sievert's I/20
http:/
http:/
Chris Boltons from Fitness Resource
http:/
From my Triple Threat E-Mail files are some of the pic's we took while in the race. I don't know how to do an attachment ... so I'm sorry for making you have to do it the hard way.
I know you I/20 drivers loved the
youtube
videos
FYI: The large Baltimore Clipper is:
THE PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II ... and is our locale flagship of the Chesapeake Bay
Harry Murphey
your youtube and flickr linkies no worky.
I quess the
youtube
videos are in my E-Mail file as I can still view them there ...
Can someone PM me w/ the procedure to post them here on Catsailor?
Harry
view the video on youtube but use the link provided in the dialogue box next to the video...not the one in the internet explorer/mozilla window.
Let's try:
you tube-Annapolis to Oxford Sep 07
you tube- Oxford Race-Inter20
Harry
If you wish to see pic's of the same fleet that will be in the NASS Race go to
photoboat.com
... look at the
highlights
... then go into the individual boat index and look for
Rudees
,
Triple Threat
,
Triangle
,
Temple of the Wind
... the photographers took some great pic's of the Multi's!!!!
In the Triple Threat shots take a look at the pic's of the finish ... you will see a great shot of a handsome devil (sic) holding onto the port shroud, notice the sky in the background (grey) ... then look at the pic from behind looking in the other direction.... see the color of the sky??? That was what we were looking at .... I'm going to call it "Trouble Is A-Coming!!!! It hit us just as we crossed the finish line ... we were soaked to the skin in seconds!!!
Harry
Repost. HARRY, all the above, see picture. Don't forget to look Deeeeeep into the picture.:)
You found them!!!!
How do you like the soundtrack in in Oxford Race-Inter20 ... that was/is the actual wind ... we were doing approximently 14kts when Don Sievert charged by us ... Zaraffa was maybe 200-300yds behind us both as we had just passed her before the turning mark into the Choptank ... she was waiting for the last leg (upwind on the Tred Avon to BOUNCE !!!! and is she an upwind machine!!!!!) When we had passed Zaraffa, surfing down her HUGE stern wave, under chute we hit 21kts .... or 24mph if you preferr!!!!
WOOF WOOF WOOF
FYI: the pic's I referred to above @
photoboat.com
are The Governor's Cup 08' ... there are a couple of Rudee's w/ the setting sun behind that are FANTASTIC!!!!
Harry