This isn't a strictly catamaran race, but I know a buddy from Wrightsville and I are going to go. Sounds like it could be a lot of fun. We are both on single handed H16's and I think one or two more are going to be there. Depending on how many show up we may get a cat class, or we'll be sailing portsmouth with the dinghys. Might be something to check out. It's next weekend.
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Well, Pirates on the Pungo turned out to be a pretty fun race. The wind was light on Saturday for two races, but picked up on Sunday for three more. It is just off the Pamilico Sound in Belhaven, NC. Camping was free, registration goes to support the local hospital (in a small community), there were multiple launch areas, and the mono's were very welcoming of the fleet of cats, all two of us. We ended up sailng with the spin mono's. There needs to be a fleet of cats there.
Looking on the schedule for events in July turned up little on the EMSA site. This has the potential to be a good cat regatta in July. The keel boats and dinghy's really seemed to enjoy us trapped-out, single-handed, and flying hulls on our H16's while we waited for races to start today. (Not to say they didn't enjoy watching us race eachother, but we were able to get in a little
show off
time also, which is always fun) They asked us to bring more cats at the awards ceremony.
My personal highlight was watching the performance of the
B-25. In the lighter stuff they were beating us around the course with no problem. They held their own agianst the mono's in the heavier stuff too.
Keep an eye on this race next year.
A friend of mine raced his (new to him) Mutineer 15 out there. I'll havea boat of my own next year and will come out for sure.
James,
I hated I didn't join you. I was wrapped up with some stuff at home. I'd spoke with the organizer of that event last year and tried to get some cats there, but was not sucessfull. I'll try to make it next year. We do need an event in July in NC, so hopefully it will grow with cat classes.
Where was the launch area for multihulls? I know last year he was a little concerned about that. I think they were planning to use a city park and there was a power line at the entrance??
Finding a good launch area for a bunch of cats would be something to work out for next year. The buccanneer class launched from a site that has a ramp set up similar to Nor'Banks in Duck, although not as shallow. Thomas and I ended up launching from one of the organizers houses and sialed a short distance through a canal. It wouldn't be ideal for a bunch of boats, it wouldn't have worked out for us either had the wind not been cooporating. But, I think with a little extra attention to the logistics of launching cats this could be a cool event.
I wish I could have gone. I was PRO for the PHRF course in 2000 but haven't been able to make it back since. This year, I was already committted to RC for the CSC Championship Series at Kerr Lake (12 Isotopes on the water). If I can make it next year, I'd like to. Brett Auer is really trying to get the dinghy course reestablished and it should be fun.
Regards,
Eric