The A cat class is hosting the world championship at Islamorada, FL. The tropical storm “Sandy” is causing trouble for them.
I was at Cape Canaveral, FL now many years ago, in November 1977, I believe, for a Tornado class championship. We got blown out as well, for part of the regatta. As you can see from the photographs. we could not even launch without genuine risk to the boats.I added a photo of our cold moulded hull construction, which at the time produced the stiffest, lightest boats possible.
I keep a memory of sleeping with the wet sails in a van during a torrential thunderstorm. Everything was wet all the time.
