Only person to ever have a class win at Le Mans and win (or defend in
this case) the Americas Cup.
There are your Jeopardy questions (answers?) for the day
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From: tuna-bounces at myfleet.org [mailto:tuna-bounces at myfleet.org] On
Behalf Of Nancy & Pat Broderick
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 3:12 PM
To: Michael Andrews
Cc: List Satanna 22
Subject: Re: [Santana 22] Ookers
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
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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?
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From: Sally Richards <mailto:sally at pineapplesails.com>
Date: 7/2/2008 12:59:45 PM
To: tmc664 at comcast.net
Cc: List Satanna 22 <mailto:tuna at myfleet.org>
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
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