Trifoilers met at Chrissy Field July 19 and 20!

Saturday: 5 Trifoilers took over the beach!

Dan Ketterman's write-up of this

Wow! more trifoilers than I've ever seen in one place! Braving the cold, foggy, typical SF Bay "Slot" ebb-tide washing-machine-chop were:

• #37, Dan Ketterman
• #42, Randy Devol
• #56, John Schulthess
• #85, Robert Andrews
• #117, Cliff Sojourner

We had a good time yacking on the beach, chasing around Il Moro, the '95 A-cup boat (link is 40kb), screaming around the 11-meters and Olsen 30s and 49ers(!), and generally causing a ruckus.

Total damage for the day:

• 1 steering cable
• 1 shock lower bracket
• 1 shock, bent the rod and crushed the housing
• 1 small chip in the ama gel coat

(the following pix are thanks to Robert)

• #42, #85, and #117(74kb)
• #85 on the beach, #117 drifting in(64kb)
• #85 drifting off the beach(54kb)
• #85 launched. Note the retracted sensor arms, tiller steering, side nets(46kb)
• #85 heading north(42kb)

(my Saturday pix)

• Charles getting #117 ready; the other 4 boats behind (43kb)
• Another view of five boats on the beach (37kb)
• Blue sails on the beach... (32kb) (check out the cat-trax with trifoiler cradle, in front of #37. might be nice to have.)
• Look at that fog!!! Check out Randy and Sandy's cool helmets! (32kb)
• Man, it's rough today! (26kb)
• Me after a vigorous sail... (33kb)
• Robert steering #85 with a tiller. (21kb) (check out the retracted sensors and the trampolines too!)
• Check out the canopy Dan put on his boat (32kb) (he says it doesn't work very well. fogs up inside and doesn't shed water on the outside. And, is a lot of trouble to put on and take off... hmm...)

Sunday: 3 Trifoilers sailed in formation!

Only Cliff, Dan, and John returned for Sunday sailing. While the fog never really burned off, it was warmer, and less windy, and the max ebb was an hour later in the afternoon so we had some very nice smooth sailing in the morning and early afternoon.

Total carnage for the day:

• another steering cable
• foil lock-down latch casting

(my Sunday pix)

• #37 with the GGB behind - take my picture too Annie. (43kb)
• #37 coming at speed! (43kb)
• #56 coming back in (26kb)
• A stern looking Dan Ketterman at the end of the day... (32kb)