Happy to report the entire TAKEOFF crew is well. Nobody got hurt, just
disappointed. TAKEOFF lost her rig around 6 AM around Pissmo Beach area.
The crew was having a blast, happily surfing down waves, and doing fantastic
when the rig broke apart. It was a great race up until that point. The boat
is now at Avilla Beach. After the Coastal Cup, my plan was to sail TAKEOFF
down to Long Beach and race in the Long Beach YC regatta, and then the North
Sails/Gollison regatta, returning on June 25. I would still like to attempt
to race in those wonderful regattas. So right now I am busy trying to borrow
another Laser's rig, and yet another Laser's main (oh yes, sob, sob), we also
lost our brand new main, and spinnaker when I rig went bye, bye. I will keep
ya all posted; wish us luck, please.
The happy ending to this story is that no one was hurt and the crew had one
hell of an exciting E ticket ride for over 20 hours. - WOW
Cioa, Joan, TAKEOFF
Received on Tue Jun 12 11:32:20 2001