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Post by hoppy on Jun 4, 2017 22:50:56 GMT
When I was in my 20's I used to play in the work golf competitions every month. I was a real hacker starting with a handicap of 40 which blew out to 44 (the club max) and eventually improved to 35 or so.. Back in the really bad hacking days all I ever needed was one good hole or even one good shot, the thrill of landing on the green close to the pin on a par 3 or even from a fairway wood would motivate me to go to the driving range and come me back competing the following month. I'm finding the yacht racing is the same and I also noticed that my brother in law who crewed his first race looks like he found the same one good shot thrill. Even though we came 3rd last, there were a few fun moments in the race that were like that "one good shot" in a poor round. Bring on the next race  |
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Post by MartyB on Jun 5, 2017 5:19:20 GMT
Sounds about right!
Marty
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Post by optimystic on Apr 21, 2018 0:52:56 GMT
The only way to lose a race is to not race. We race nearly weekly and every race has moments of glory regardless of how we place. Full disclosure we place well, those dam j boats just won’t give in!
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Post by zaphod on Aug 27, 2018 17:21:01 GMT
Absolutely, when you are starting out, you find your victories where you can. Winning the start, beating your nemesis to the mark, having a clean mark rounding etc.
But like any sport, once you get the bug, you might start to care more about the end result. When that happens, you better break out your wallet, because you can spend a LOT of money trying to win one of those $10 dust collectors. It goes far beyond buying a high end set of clubs to improve your game. In Sailboat racing money really can win races!
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Post by alenka on Sept 3, 2018 21:41:30 GMT
Yacht racing is like golf....For one awful moment I thought you meant it was played by men with little balls! At least that is the description of golf told to me
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Post by hoppy on Sept 4, 2018 13:29:42 GMT
Yacht racing is like golf....For one awful moment I thought you meant it was played by men with little balls! At least that is the description of golf told to me Have you been on Sailing Anarchy? |
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Post by MartyB on Sept 5, 2018 3:36:45 GMT
Yacht racing is like golf....For one awful moment I thought you meant it was played by men with little balls! At least that is the description of golf told to me Have you been on Sailing Anarchy? Lets not, and say we did!?!?!?!?!  I'm registered over that way, been awhile since I posted anything..... Marty |
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Post by MartyB on Sept 6, 2018 0:56:27 GMT
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Post by hoppy on Sept 6, 2018 22:50:32 GMT
The name Anarchy is very appropriate. I enjoy it there much more than I ever did on Cruisers forum where they moderate way too much. Som mods there seem to love the opportunity to wheld their power and have their own interpretation of the rules. |
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Post by tarn on Nov 8, 2018 8:31:57 GMT
Hi Yes I have never thought of it like that. I think to improve break it down into its elementsWork on starts ,hit the line as the gun sounds , mark rounding , boat speed , tactics etc Good luck and enjoy Tarn
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Post by hoppy on Nov 9, 2018 22:36:08 GMT
We are very focused on the pursuit race starts at the moment as you get a bottle of wine for starting closest to your start time.
On my old boat we never even got a mention in the best start times except when I did a race with my dog and I won the wine for 1 second off my time.
After 3 races on my uncles 36i "Liberty" with my old crew, we have had an OCS, won the best start (1 sec) with my uncle starting and then came equal 3rd (2 sec) with me starting.
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