It's hard to give a sense of just how great of a boat Valis is. I tried to find one picture that could show it. For me it really boils down to her lines, beautiful teak and ocean-going Pacific Seacraftiness. This picture with Camille shows a lot of it, the graceful curve of the gunwhale, the beautiful wood and the well used jackline. And the fact that the boat is pointing more or less towards Hawaii in this picture. That's kind of Valis' pre-disposed direction in my opinion.
So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, I'll be blogging from the Bay on January 30 and beating that pesky Morning Star for line honors well before 6:45PM!
6 comments:
whoot!
Wait. Didn't you post here yesterday as well? Is this a late run at another Tilly award?
early run at next year's award. I respectfully request that the committee consider it 2010 already.
I think it is already 2010 in Australia isn't it?
I wouldn't stand a chance against a boat with a varnish job like that!
I hereby concede and withdraw from competition.
Actually, my wife is taking sailing lessons in Richmond that weekend and Morningstar will be serving as support vessel. There's a chance I might be sailing around off Richmond on Saturday. If so, I'll come out to meet you and we can reenact the famous crossing incident.
Whatever Zen said, right?
Verification word (for people who spend too much time in ivory towers or lost in space and not enough at sea level):
oxyyrob
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