Hello All,
Briggs Cunningham was a childhood hero of mine via Popular Mechanics
or Science magazines. I only knew of his sports car fame, however,
since I grew up far from anything to do with a sailboat. I spent
hours drawing Cunningham's speeding around corners on imagined grand
prix courses and even built a balsa wood model of his car that used a
CO2 "fizzie" cartridge stuck in a hole drilled in the rear to propel
it down a taut string. The cartridges were expensive for a farm
boy, however, and I think I only did that 6 times, the number of
cartridges in a box. It was a quick run, over sooner than later,
and not that interesting for a 12 or so year-old after a couple of
runs - and no corners for the car to careen around.
It was only later that I learned the strange hole in my Coronado 25
sail was designed to have a rope run through it to tension the luff
and that it was named for that same man. Even that knowledge never
allowed me to sail that boat with much racing success.
Pat Broderick
ex-"Cibola" (Coronado 25 #4766)
On Jul 2, 2008, at 10:22 AM, Michael Andrews wrote:
> My boom has a cast aluminum end with a stainless steel pin that
> secures the tack in place near the goose neck. My main's have been
> built with a tack ring accordingly.
>> Regards,
>> Michael Andrews
>> From: tuna-bounces at myfleet.org [mailto:tuna-bounces at myfleet.org] On
> Behalf Of Wayne
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:16 AM
> To: tmc664 at comcast.net; Sally Richards
> Cc: List Satanna 22
> Subject: Re: [Santana 22] Ookers
>> Does anyone have a gooseneck with a tack fitting on your boat?
>> -------Original Message-------
>> From: Sally Richards
> Date: 7/2/2008 12:59:45 PM
> To: tmc664 at comcast.net> Cc: List Satanna 22
> Subject: Re: [Santana 22] Ookers
>> An Ooker is a Cunningham. The term is used by those who think Mr.
> Cunningham should probably not get the credit for having invented the
> trim device.
>> Sally Richards
> Pineapple Sails
> On Jul 2, 2008, at 9:34 AM, tmc664 at comcast.net wrote:
>> > Just checking the class rules on mainsail construction and the term
> > ookers is used a couple of times. What is an ooker?
> > Thanks in advance
> > Tom
> > Fun Zone #664
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