What makes Schooner racing fun?
It is said that if there are two schooners in sight of each other, there is a race. The race is not to win a prize but to see just how good we can get our boats to sail. And maybe, just maybe, sail faster than the other boat.
It is competition, yes, but friendly competition. If I lose, so what, I had a good time trying. But if I win, by gosh I’ll toast the other schooner with a tot of rum. And let him finish the bottle.
The America’s Schooner Cup is sailed for glory. Sure, if you sailed good enough to win the Cup then good for you. But for the rest, it is for the glory of sailing the world’s most beautiful boats ever built among a fleet of like vessels. And for those on shore watching, we are giving them a bit of nautical history. Our hats are off to honor the schoonermen and women who lovingly care for their boats and grace the bay for all to enjoy.
This year we are looking at some great competition among both the Class A and the Class B boats. Curlew, Dauntless and Rose of Sharon, all closely matched, will be trying to take the Cup away from Skookum III but will have to sail better than Martha. Fame and Martha, both designed by Crownenshield about the same time but with vastly different waterlines will be in a duel of their own. In Class B there will always be the friendly competition between Maid of Kent and Scrimshaw but look out for Lively. Among the gaffers there is the fast America being chased by the handy Regulus, both trying to outdo the Californian and Bill of Rights.
The history of the Schooner Cup has proven that any boat of any size can win the cup. All the rest have had a lot of fun trying.
It is said that if there are two schooners in sight of each other, there is a race. The race is not to win a prize but to see just how good we can get our boats to sail. And maybe, just maybe, sail faster than the other boat.
It is competition, yes, but friendly competition. If I lose, so what, I had a good time trying. But if I win, by gosh I’ll toast the other schooner with a tot of rum. And let him finish the bottle.
The America’s Schooner Cup is sailed for glory. Sure, if you sailed good enough to win the Cup then good for you. But for the rest, it is for the glory of sailing the world’s most beautiful boats ever built among a fleet of like vessels. And for those on shore watching, we are giving them a bit of nautical history. Our hats are off to honor the schoonermen and women who lovingly care for their boats and grace the bay for all to enjoy.
This year we are looking at some great competition among both the Class A and the Class B boats. Curlew, Dauntless and Rose of Sharon, all closely matched, will be trying to take the Cup away from Skookum III but will have to sail better than Martha. Fame and Martha, both designed by Crownenshield about the same time but with vastly different waterlines will be in a duel of their own. In Class B there will always be the friendly competition between Maid of Kent and Scrimshaw but look out for Lively. Among the gaffers there is the fast America being chased by the handy Regulus, both trying to outdo the Californian and Bill of Rights.
The history of the Schooner Cup has proven that any boat of any size can win the cup. All the rest have had a lot of fun trying.
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