Freedom 25 Dauphin Island Race 2005

Posted by Charlie L. (clivaday@…>)

Out of 200+ boats in the DI Race on Mobile Bay last month, Freedom
25, # 257, “Church Lady” beat all but 4 boats on corrected time.
This is an 18 mile race from Mobile Alabama to Dauphin Island on the
Gulf of Mexico, and is the largest single day point-to-point race in
the USA. Racing in the Spinnaker Fleet, Church Lady won the Fairhope
Yacht Club Trophy for finishing first on corrected time in the
Fairhope Yacht Club fleet of 100+ yachts, including 2 Olson 40s, J
boats of various sizes including the scratch boat J 105, S2s,
Pearson Flyers, etc. Winds were 20-30 knots all day, and Church
Lady, sailing under a reefed main and not flying her staysail or
spinnaker, handily beat the true racing boats which were flying
genoas and spinnakers. It was reach and run from start to finish,
and a true “cat boat” day to shine. Church Lady was crewed by two
ol’ guys—myself, and friend Emery Davis of Rogers, Arkansas. We
sat in the cockpit and enjoyed the ride, surfing over 10 knots at
times, watching many wipeouts, deathrolls, blown out sails, broken
rigging and general havoc occuring among the other yachts. Two other
cat boats-a Freedom 40+, and a nonsuch 30, handily won their
divisions, but did not beat Church Lady. I love my Freedom 25, and
race her every week of the year. Charlie

Posted by lance_ryley (lance_ryley@…>)

Excellent, and congratulations!

Lance
(still waiting for his new Main)

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Charlie L.”
<clivaday@y…> wrote:

Out of 200+ boats in the DI Race on Mobile Bay last month, Freedom
25, # 257, “Church Lady” beat all but 4 boats on corrected time.
This is an 18 mile race from Mobile Alabama to Dauphin Island on
the
Gulf of Mexico, and is the largest single day point-to-point race
in
the USA. Racing in the Spinnaker Fleet, Church Lady won the
Fairhope
Yacht Club Trophy for finishing first on corrected time in the
Fairhope Yacht Club fleet of 100+ yachts, including 2 Olson 40s, J
boats of various sizes including the scratch boat J 105, S2s,
Pearson Flyers, etc. Winds were 20-30 knots all day, and Church
Lady, sailing under a reefed main and not flying her staysail or
spinnaker, handily beat the true racing boats which were flying
genoas and spinnakers. It was reach and run from start to finish,
and a true “cat boat” day to shine. Church Lady was crewed by two
ol’ guys—myself, and friend Emery Davis of Rogers, Arkansas. We
sat in the cockpit and enjoyed the ride, surfing over 10 knots at
times, watching many wipeouts, deathrolls, blown out sails, broken
rigging and general havoc occuring among the other yachts. Two
other
cat boats-a Freedom 40+, and a nonsuch 30, handily won their
divisions, but did not beat Church Lady. I love my Freedom 25, and
race her every week of the year. Charlie

Posted by amcclung@…> (amcclung@…>)

Good going. Makes me want to add an F-25 to my fleet. I know of one for sale. I
already own a F-21 and an International 210. Plus, those J boats are always
cleaning my clock in lake races.

From: “lance_ryley” <lance_ryley@…>
Date: 2005/05/11 Wed AM 11:35:06 GMT
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Re: Freedom 25 Dauphin Island Race 2005




Excellent, and congratulations!

Lance
(still waiting for his new Main)

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Charlie L.”
<clivaday@y…> wrote:

Out of 200+ boats in the DI Race on Mobile Bay last month, Freedom
25, # 257, “Church Lady” beat all but 4 boats on corrected time.
This is an 18 mile race from Mobile Alabama to Dauphin Island on
the
Gulf of Mexico, and is the largest single day point-to-point race
in
the USA. Racing in the Spinnaker Fleet, Church Lady won the
Fairhope
Yacht Club Trophy for finishing first on corrected time in the
Fairhope Yacht Club fleet of 100+ yachts, including 2 Olson 40s, J
boats of various sizes including the scratch boat J 105, S2s,
Pearson Flyers, etc. Winds were 20-30 knots all day, and Church
Lady, sailing under a reefed main and not flying her staysail or
spinnaker, handily beat the true racing boats which were flying
genoas and spinnakers. It was reach and run from start to finish,
and a true “cat boat” day to shine. Church Lady was crewed by two
ol’ guys—myself, and friend Emery Davis of Rogers, Arkansas. We
sat in the cockpit and enjoyed the ride, surfing over 10 knots at
times, watching many wipeouts, deathrolls, blown out sails, broken
rigging and general havoc occuring among the other yachts. Two
other
cat boats-a Freedom 40+, and a nonsuch 30, handily won their
divisions, but did not beat Church Lady. I love my Freedom 25, and
race her every week of the year. Charlie

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Posted by agoodco@… (agoodco@…)
Hooray for you. 'Where there any 21’s out there? I did it several times on a Columbia 22 years ago. Where is your old boat? Regards, Pat Goodhew #95 F 21 Grand Cru.

Posted by Michel Capel (mike_c_f35ck@…>)

Well done!

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Charlie L.”
<clivaday@y…> wrote:

Out of 200+ boats in the DI Race on Mobile Bay last month, Freedom
25, # 257, “Church Lady” beat all but 4 boats on corrected time.
This is an 18 mile race from Mobile Alabama to Dauphin Island on
the
Gulf of Mexico, and is the largest single day point-to-point race
in
the USA. Racing in the Spinnaker Fleet, Church Lady won the
Fairhope
Yacht Club Trophy for finishing first on corrected time in the
Fairhope Yacht Club fleet of 100+ yachts, including 2 Olson 40s, J
boats of various sizes including the scratch boat J 105, S2s,
Pearson Flyers, etc. Winds were 20-30 knots all day, and Church
Lady, sailing under a reefed main and not flying her staysail or
spinnaker, handily beat the true racing boats which were flying
genoas and spinnakers. It was reach and run from start to finish,
and a true “cat boat” day to shine. Church Lady was crewed by two
ol’ guys—myself, and friend Emery Davis of Rogers, Arkansas. We
sat in the cockpit and enjoyed the ride, surfing over 10 knots at
times, watching many wipeouts, deathrolls, blown out sails, broken
rigging and general havoc occuring among the other yachts. Two
other
cat boats-a Freedom 40+, and a nonsuch 30, handily won their
divisions, but did not beat Church Lady. I love my Freedom 25, and
race her every week of the year. Charlie

Posted by Charles Rush Arasim (crarasim@…>)

Congrats Charlie…way to go…
We too have been enjoying winning some trophies out here in New
Mexico.
The Rio Grande Sailing Club RGSC finsished the Spring Series two
weeks ago and I took 2nd place in my class (single handing) and I
took a 1st for the SpringTime Regatta.
We just did our anuual Joshua Solcum single hander, taking another
1st place and even correcting over an Etchells.
In our Jack and Jill race the next day, my wife and I took yet
another 1st, correcting over a well sailed Catalina 25FK and a S2
10.3.
I’ve managed to fiqure out that if I can be to windward of these guys
on the start, and be at the line on time, I can stick with them to
the windward mark.
I’ll tack before they roll me, to keep in clear air.
After turning the mark I’ll throw my spinnaker (usually ahead of
their 4/5 man crews and then just pass them by.
I’ll then do all I can to keep my boat between them and the next mark
or the finish line, giving them all the dirty air I can.
We are running the Portsmouth rules, so we have headsail and wind
modifiers, this gives me a better chance of correcting over them.
If they make one mistake I’m always right there to take advantage of
it. These little/light Cat-Boats are great on the lakes, where the
air can be fluky and shifty.
Last summer our club took 14 boats out to Santa Catalina Island
We had a Catalina 25, a Catalina 30, serveral Magregors of various
sizes, and 2 J/24s. Even in the swell and waves (force4 conditions)
the only boats that passed us were the J/24s. I could not beleive
how my little boat would excellerate down the swells (10kts under
main alone) and then just ride over the waves.
Congrats on the “big win” again…and GO GO Freedoms
Charlie A
WindRush F21DK #104

Posted by Medium Al (hjulbyhavn@…>)

Congrats…

You do know that a 234 rating is a gift?

Posted by Charlie L. (clivaday@…>)

Not true. The Freedoms, as with the Nonsuch and other basic cat
boats, are not competitive with the Performance PHRF boats if there
is a beat in the race. The typical PHRF race has two hard beats. The
Dauphin Island Race was a 17 mile Reach and Run in 20-30 knot, and
was a rare dream day for the cat boats. The base PHRF for the round
mast (not the rotating Wing Mast) F25 here is 222, plus 6sec for an
inboard engine, and 6sec for a fixed prop (=234). I’ve searched
the “net” for a few years looking for any Freedoms winning true PHRF
races (ex. triangle/windward/leeward) and have not found any. Reach
and Run beer can races are sometimes a different story, but the
ratings are not based on those. 234 is not a gift for an inboard,
fixed prop, round mast F25; but if someone has a lower rating for
his round mast F25, perhaps he should race it often, and keep
records, and formally apply for a fair rating, rather than
continuing to finish at the back of the pack. Hope this helps
someone. Charlie


— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Medium Al”
<hjulbyhavn@y…> wrote:

Congrats…

You do know that a 234 rating is a gift?