A discussion at North Sails
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anigoDropped the vang off at North Sails this afternoon.
Walked in straight from work wearing a black skirt, white blouse, black strappy high heels and the hair cut. Hey, I looked ok, I'm not modest.
Anyway, I marched in with this big assed piece of aluminum over my shoulder and said "anybody want a vang"?
There were three guys there and they looked at me like I had rocks in my head.
"Are you returning it?" says one "Is there somethign wrong with it?"
"No" says I, "we borrowed it while ours was getting fixed, It's Sandy's. I'm just bringing it back."
"Oh," says another, looking at me dubiously.
"I need a harness, do you have any here?" says I (needing a harness for the Convoy Cup to keep me in the boat should I fall over... it's manditory, you know)
"for YOU??" says the first man?
"Yes, for me" says I, patiently.
"Bob, show her where the harnesses are" Says the first man.
So I go over to look at harnesses.
"What boat did you say this was on?" Says the man, looking at me dubiously over a mound of sails.
"I didn't, but it was on Dance Me Loose. We broke ours during the Metro regatta when the cunningham got wedged under the gooseneck during a reef. Sandy loaned us that one until ours was repaired"
"Oh" says the man, who is really starting to annoy me by now.
"I saw Dance Me Loose yesterday... Racing..." He says again, giving me another dubious look.
"Yes," says I. It was the One Guinea Cup. We came in second.
"oh?" He says, still not convinced, "Who beat you? you looked pretty far ahead when I saw you."
"10" says I. "They got us on corrected time by about 57 seconds."
"oh" he says.
"yes" says I. "We had a bad windward douse that lost us about 30 seconds. We might have had it otherwise."
"You've got the same handicap my boat did, don't you? I had a J-32" Still obviously not convinced.
"What's that rated," says I "About 133?"
"Yeah," says he, starting to look a bit abashed.
"We were 133 but we dropped down to 130 after cutting back our number 2 jib and taking some lenght off the spin pole."
"oh" he says, further abashed.
"I'll take this harness, thank you very much" Says I.
"Convoy Cup this weekend" says he?
"Yes" says I.
I paid for it, and left, leaving three guys with their mouths hanging open.
Dammit, I love when I know what I'm talking about.
Walked in straight from work wearing a black skirt, white blouse, black strappy high heels and the hair cut. Hey, I looked ok, I'm not modest.
Anyway, I marched in with this big assed piece of aluminum over my shoulder and said "anybody want a vang"?
There were three guys there and they looked at me like I had rocks in my head.
"Are you returning it?" says one "Is there somethign wrong with it?"
"No" says I, "we borrowed it while ours was getting fixed, It's Sandy's. I'm just bringing it back."
"Oh," says another, looking at me dubiously.
"I need a harness, do you have any here?" says I (needing a harness for the Convoy Cup to keep me in the boat should I fall over... it's manditory, you know)
"for YOU??" says the first man?
"Yes, for me" says I, patiently.
"Bob, show her where the harnesses are" Says the first man.
So I go over to look at harnesses.
"What boat did you say this was on?" Says the man, looking at me dubiously over a mound of sails.
"I didn't, but it was on Dance Me Loose. We broke ours during the Metro regatta when the cunningham got wedged under the gooseneck during a reef. Sandy loaned us that one until ours was repaired"
"Oh" says the man, who is really starting to annoy me by now.
"I saw Dance Me Loose yesterday... Racing..." He says again, giving me another dubious look.
"Yes," says I. It was the One Guinea Cup. We came in second.
"oh?" He says, still not convinced, "Who beat you? you looked pretty far ahead when I saw you."
"10" says I. "They got us on corrected time by about 57 seconds."
"oh" he says.
"yes" says I. "We had a bad windward douse that lost us about 30 seconds. We might have had it otherwise."
"You've got the same handicap my boat did, don't you? I had a J-32" Still obviously not convinced.
"What's that rated," says I "About 133?"
"Yeah," says he, starting to look a bit abashed.
"We were 133 but we dropped down to 130 after cutting back our number 2 jib and taking some lenght off the spin pole."
"oh" he says, further abashed.
"I'll take this harness, thank you very much" Says I.
"Convoy Cup this weekend" says he?
"Yes" says I.
I paid for it, and left, leaving three guys with their mouths hanging open.
Dammit, I love when I know what I'm talking about.
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Date: 2004-09-07 06:41 pm (UTC)I understood less that one word in ten there...
Besides, it's been years and even then it was nowt bigger than a laser...
Even then all I did was just mess about in the bloody things from time to time. if'n dad said pull on t'bloody rope, I pulled on t'bloody rope! I didn't ask him what it was called.
Gina m'dear, you show 'em, and how!
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Date: 2004-09-07 08:36 pm (UTC)I was a racing skipper on a mighty 19 foot centerboarder. We had a hiking strap instead of a harness. Never could get the vang to work. I was never in Anigo's league.
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Date: 2004-09-07 06:45 pm (UTC)I love it when you speak sailing...
It's so...MASTERFUL!!
Your Belle--headed for a cold shower.
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Date: 2004-09-08 06:53 am (UTC)(Where any of them sporting mulletts????)
That's why i stick to One Design Racing
Date: 2004-09-08 01:27 pm (UTC);)
Re: That's why i stick to One Design Racing
Date: 2004-09-09 08:37 am (UTC)One design racing is good, but most of it tends to be smaller boats - J24's, Kirby 26's etc. It's a myth when they say "size isn't everything". I'd rather live by "go big or go home"
:)