John McKnight is soliciting stories about the race below. He does this annually, and submits them to me. And we then run them in the magazine.
Here is John's email to CABB Members:
Hey,
I would like to send you some Miami to Key Largo Race stories from the race
yesterday. But I have a problem...........I don't have any stories. This
is where you come in. I would like to hear about your adventure, and I am
sure the other sailors would like to know what happened to you. Anyone on
the crew can tell their story, it does not have to be the skipper. In fact it
is often interesting to hear from both the skipper and the crew to get two
perspectives on the same race.
I only know my story and I just heard a few snippets of some other sailors'
stories after the race at Gilbert's. It was a windy exciting race so let
me know how you did. Kenny, how do you make that classic Stiletto 23 go so
darn fast? Bill Stolberg, you won the H-16 class and beat many other faster
cats. How did you manage that? What is your secret? Somebody flipped a
H-16 at the Featherbeds. Who's story is that? Gustavo, I heard you flipped
your fast P-19 right at the finish line. Did that cost you a trophy? Lenny,
how was your race? Did you trophy? Dick, how did your "secret weapon"
crew work out on your H-16? Mike and Nelson, you guys had that P-19MX smoking,
how did it go? Gary, did your daughter enjoy the race? Jofre, I saw you
got a great start, how was the rest of your race? Jamie, how was the race
with your son? It looked like you had a good finish. Oscar, how was that
skippering for the first time in the MKL and with a crew you had never met
until race day. Josh, how did your race go with Oscar? How was that sailing a
round trip? Mike, how did the new curved daggerboards work on you M-20.
Bret, were you able to beat the curved daggerboard M-20? Is the new
technology overrated? I don't know how that two boat Marstrom 20 dual turn out.
Clive, how do you pull up the daggerboards while sailing solo on your A-Cat?
We were right on your heels all day, but couldn't catch you. Julian, your
assignment for today is to write me an essay about your adventure. Coop, how
was your race on your G-Cat 6.1? How was your new crew working out? Terry,
it was fun dicing with you all day. How was your race? Steve and Jay
(Inter 20), awesome job guys, I think you said you were 4th overall. How did
you manage that? Chris, how was your race on the I-20. Taylor and Mac, how
was your
H-16 race. You didn't let those old guys from Ft. Lauderdale beat you, did
you? Scot, how did your new H-16 fare in the race. I saw that sail number
44 motor by me before the Featherbeds. Nice! Carlos, you do very well for
a guy who only races one race a year. How did it go? Does anybody know of
an all day baby sitter for the Beckmanns? Chris, I never saw your F-16
Blade, how was your race? Jack, how did your Stiletto 27 perform? Eric and
Bill, what is it like to be the first boat to finish? Does anyone have Eric's
or Bill's new email address?
I would like to hear from the big multis also. Victor, did you win your
class again this year? Tom, how were your new sails working for you? Mike,
how did the floating condo do? Did your large crew behave themselves?
Robert, was that you on your
F-28R tearing up the class? How about that F-31, Lucky Star? I don't have
Alex's email on the CABB list, but wow, what a performance they put in.
That thing was hauling butt. Andy, how did you and John do on your F-24?
Rick, how did things go on Matador?
Please send me your story to pass along. At the top of the story, put down
who all was sailing on the boat and what boat you were sailing. Tell me
what your race was like. What did you feel? What did you see? What did you
hear? Did you enjoy the race? Did you have enough wind? Were you cold?
Did you run aground? Did you flip? Will you ever do that race again?
Please let me know.
John
John McKnight
Commodore, Catamaran Association of Biscayne Bay (CABB)
(305) 251-7600
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