Apollo11
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ORIGINAL: Apollo11 John, so the job is not as good as you hoped it would be? It's lunchtime, and all the Union pukes are on 'break' so we're schlepping some enchiladas and doing some down time. See that MO's been out there, so thought I would hijack myself back. Job is fabulous. It's a dream come true and will open a lot of new doors. I get to be as iconoclastic as I wish, and think (hope) I can get a boat out there with my particular views as to shape. MO is refering to old history. First time I did this was doing a new keel design for Doug Mungeon. It was costly and Doug couldn't get insurance to pay for it. So there was this Catalina Island race where we burried him in the Isthmus hole and were miles ahead of him at West End, and we were quarter mile ahead of him at the bight. Doug's Swiftsure rated -21, our Shadow rated 17. He was pissed and talked his tactician (from a sail loft that will forever be nameless) into running the boat hard up onto the San Juan Rocks (which every 12 year old from SoCal knows where they are). "Damn it xxxxx, I broke my keel!" "Ok, let's take it to Dana Point Shipyard and get it hauled out. Maybe we can get a new keel!" And so he did. Big boat sailors know this story very well. Doug marched to a different drummer back then. Most people nowdays aren't quite so cavalier with the rules, but when $hit happens to them, they do tend to recall Darling Douggie and his magic new keel. MO is just being a little pissy. He takes a cynical view of big boat owners. But just because somebody runs their boat up against a bar, and needs a keel job, doesn't mean they meant to do it. Ciao. John Good to hear John! Leo "Apollo11"
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