Maris Stella Yacht Club and Crabbing Society
Overall April Capri 22 Race Results
1st Place - David Christie
2nd Place - Dennis Burks
3rd Place - Clay Karmel
Friday, April 28, 2006
Friday, April 14, 2006
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Hot Sailing Action!
Last Sunday was the annual Opening Day Race at Harbor Sailboats, a random-leg race all over San Diego Bay in which boats of all classes are welcome to compete. You’ve heard all that before. This year, though, there was a twist: the race committee brought along a video camera and got some exciting footage of the start.
It focuses, at the outset, on a couple of boats already rather out of things, then pans to our great friend and archrival, Steve McNally. He, unlike the others, has lined up his start beautifully: sailing in a boat called Echo just off the wind on starboard, he turns up at just the right moment, trims sails, and looks to reach the line with clear air right as the horn sounds. But suddenly, from nowhere, comes Alpha — its crew constisting of Emma, Ross, and Dave — and smokes him, taking the windward position to win the start.
We may have led at the start, but Steve smoked us at the finish, after a really great race that saw the lead change many times among us, Steve, and a professional sailor named Ray Treppa. At the end it was Steve in first, with us taking third, some two and a half minutes behind him after three and a half hours of sailing. FUN!
The video’s pretty cool. To see it, click here. (And, as we say in the computer biz, the file may take a few moments to load. Please be patient.)
It focuses, at the outset, on a couple of boats already rather out of things, then pans to our great friend and archrival, Steve McNally. He, unlike the others, has lined up his start beautifully: sailing in a boat called Echo just off the wind on starboard, he turns up at just the right moment, trims sails, and looks to reach the line with clear air right as the horn sounds. But suddenly, from nowhere, comes Alpha — its crew constisting of Emma, Ross, and Dave — and smokes him, taking the windward position to win the start.
We may have led at the start, but Steve smoked us at the finish, after a really great race that saw the lead change many times among us, Steve, and a professional sailor named Ray Treppa. At the end it was Steve in first, with us taking third, some two and a half minutes behind him after three and a half hours of sailing. FUN!
The video’s pretty cool. To see it, click here. (And, as we say in the computer biz, the file may take a few moments to load. Please be patient.)
Saturday, April 08, 2006
It's Raining, It's Pouring . . .
And all of it is backing up in front of our house!
This is in front of our neighbor's house. The hazard cones are in front of our house.
The right-hand side is sort of what it's supposed to look like.
Many, many years ago, Myrtle Avenue had cobblestone gutters to handle all of the rainwater that flowed down the street. They worked, but not terribly well. We complained to the town, because the street was collapsing in front of our house, creating a hazardous circumstance (along with many of the neighbors, our cobblestones had long been paved over) (one of our other neighbors had a far more dangerous circumstance as well). Eventually, the town came in with a plan to put underground pipes to carry the water, and belgian block curbs to make the street look nice. But the head of the historic preservation group lives two houses up from us, and so the project had to be reengineered to restore all of the gutters. This would have required an additional assessment, but the town was going to get an historic preservation grant from the state. So far, everyone was reasonably happy (the project was delayed a year, but we could live with it). Then came March, and the town announced that it didn't get the grant but it would do the project anyway. They came in, start taking down trees and digging four - five foot deep trenches. We were all confused, but figured they knew what they were doing. Then they started laying cobblestone (actually - very large rocks) and we realized that this was it - the plan was for a four foot deep trench (or moat, as we all like to call them). Imagine the cars falling in and not being able to get out! Imagine small children falling in and not being able to get out! Imagine the (literally) hundreds of emails circulating among the neighbors and the town! Long story (relatively) short - the mayor comes to view, issues a 'stop work' order, the plan gets (again) reengineered, and they should be starting up again this week. In the meantime, since they're half done (of course, the 'stop work' order came through after digging our moat, but before installing the cobblestones), all the water rushes down the street and now deadends in front of our house. Instant swimming pool!
This is in front of our neighbor's house. The hazard cones are in front of our house.
The right-hand side is sort of what it's supposed to look like.
Many, many years ago, Myrtle Avenue had cobblestone gutters to handle all of the rainwater that flowed down the street. They worked, but not terribly well. We complained to the town, because the street was collapsing in front of our house, creating a hazardous circumstance (along with many of the neighbors, our cobblestones had long been paved over) (one of our other neighbors had a far more dangerous circumstance as well). Eventually, the town came in with a plan to put underground pipes to carry the water, and belgian block curbs to make the street look nice. But the head of the historic preservation group lives two houses up from us, and so the project had to be reengineered to restore all of the gutters. This would have required an additional assessment, but the town was going to get an historic preservation grant from the state. So far, everyone was reasonably happy (the project was delayed a year, but we could live with it). Then came March, and the town announced that it didn't get the grant but it would do the project anyway. They came in, start taking down trees and digging four - five foot deep trenches. We were all confused, but figured they knew what they were doing. Then they started laying cobblestone (actually - very large rocks) and we realized that this was it - the plan was for a four foot deep trench (or moat, as we all like to call them). Imagine the cars falling in and not being able to get out! Imagine small children falling in and not being able to get out! Imagine the (literally) hundreds of emails circulating among the neighbors and the town! Long story (relatively) short - the mayor comes to view, issues a 'stop work' order, the plan gets (again) reengineered, and they should be starting up again this week. In the meantime, since they're half done (of course, the 'stop work' order came through after digging our moat, but before installing the cobblestones), all the water rushes down the street and now deadends in front of our house. Instant swimming pool!
Saturday, April 01, 2006
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