Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Craig - When the J24 came out it became my #1 wish to own one. Sad to say, when "I tried one on" I discovered I couldn't sit up in the cabin (I'm a tall guy) and that ended that. I wanted a boat I could race and overnight on and the J24 just didn't fit (literally - sorry for the pun). Maybe not a good choice... I've chartered one a few times since and had a ball sailing it. It's a wonderful boat and fast, fast, fast! Unfortunately, I understand it fell prey to a problem that got other nominally "tightly- controlled" one-designs and ended up as a money sink if you wanted to race competitively. Custom keels became essential, etc, etc... A wonderful sailer, nevertheless, and that J160? ... a definite object of boat lust - as bad as any Leica, to get back on topic. Regards, Dick On Jul 28, 2008, at 7:19 PM, Charlie Meyer wrote: > A very big J. They look fast tied to the slip; three quarters of a > million bucks as I recall for a J160. Probably has a M8 for show:) > > I remember around 1981 or so, Johnstone J24s hit the races. In the > Around Oahu, the little suckers flew. A world of difference between > those little old J24s and a speeding palace like the J160. > > The words sail and sailboat are conspicuously absent in W.V. Code. > > Charlie > > > On Jul 27, 2008, at 10:14 PM, Richard S. Taylor wrote: > >> Most modern sailboats are ugly as h*ll but occasionally one comes >> along that I think is truly beautiful. Part of that allure is >> performance and this J160 caught my eye immediately when I first >> saw her a mile of so behind us. She was doing 9-10 knots in the >> day's 25+ knot Southerly and almost flat water in the lee of >> Naushon Island on Cape Cod. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/SAILING/300_1521.jpg.html >> http://tinyurl.com/6bnw9p >> (116 mm, f4.5@1/8000th) >> >> We were only doing about 5 knots under a double-reefed main and a >> small jib, so she quickly overtook us and sailed on, close reaching >> for Cuttyhunk or beyond. It was only after I pulled this picture >> up on the computer at home that I noticed the senoritas on deck. >> The image in the finder was bouncing so much they were invisible. >> The one under the dodger is checking me out big time. The D300 >> with the big 70-200 f2.8 zoom gets attention. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/SAILING/300_1532.jpg.html >> http://tinyurl.com/6gc5dm >> (280 mm, f4.5@1/5000) >> >> Leica D300 with 70-200 f2.8 zoom and 1.4 Teleconverter. >> >> C&C always welcome. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information