Aquarius Sail Owners

I just put a photo album of the Barbados Race online for Bill since he was having problems getting his photos to post on Catsailor.
The album can be found at http://owners.aquarius-sail.com/photo_a ... index.html
Enjoy!

This past January Bill Roberts had an opportunity to race an RC30 in the Around Barbados race. I have attached the article he has written which recaps the race.
I hope everyone enjoys the article, please feel free to post any questions you might have, I am sure Bill wouldn't mind answering them ...

Well after having a week of sub-zero temperatures and waking up to -22°F (not wind chill either :? ) this morning we decided to take a litte trip to the St. Paul Winter Carnival this evening.
Here are some of the sights we enjoyed! :D

For those of you in the southern states, YES that is ICE. Over ...

Bill Roberts tabulated this data for us a few months ago, here is a list of all the years that a ARC, RC or SuperCat has won the Mug Race. I thought a few of you might enjoy this.

Here is the history of the Mug Race winners from the trophy at the Rudder Club.

Year - Winner - Boat Type

1981 ...

I have posted the schedule in the Announcements Forum.

Mark your calendars:!:
Here is the 2004 ARC event schedule as provided to me by the ARC-22 Class Association.
At this time please direct all questions to Mike or Glen Marsh here on the forum.
If you have any corrections to make, please let me know and I will update this schedule.

April 3
ARC ...

Liam,
There are several things that can make mast stepping easier.
The first thing is to set the boat with the bow sitting slightly downhill so gravity works for you once your on your way up. This also helps to hold the mast upright when your crew is putting the pin in the forestay. The second ...

Liam,

The "daggerboard retainers" you refer to are actually a shock cord assembly that attachs to the tramp. You loop the retainer around the daggerboard and adjust the tension of the shock cord to prevent the board from "slipping" down. The carpet in the top & bottom of the trunk is just that ...

Glen,
My wife was flying Delta via Atlanta recently and figured she probably crossed your path. I asked her what made her think that and she presented me with this picture

Thom,
The rudder discussion is located in the technical forum.
I also moved the "crew of 3" discussion to the technical forum since we are trying to keep the 22 forum focused on 22 class discussion.

Well the snow pictured above is still here, but the rough water is gone! The lake looked like a sheet of glass tonight when we took a walk down there. Although this picture was not taken today, this is what we can expect to see in a few weeks if the snow doesn't mess things up.

I received this from a well known source in the Florida. Does anyone care to guess who the proud owner is? Maybe we should setup a poll?

Thom,
You can try visiting http://www.aae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/ads/coord_database.html the database hasn't been updated for over a year, but none of the NACA sections have changed.

I was just in the process of posting some photos on the Aquarius Web Page of the spinnaker Retrieval system we used on the ARC-17 this past summer. Thought some of you might be interested in seeing them.

Glen Marsh wrote:Bet you guys don't ever wear out a barbercue grill

Thats how we stay warm in the winter