Photo Caption Contest
This photo of Chuck Luscomb sailing USA19 "on" Plattwood pond near Deep River, Connecticut this winter needs a caption! The person who submits the winning caption will receive a free 18-month subscription to the CRonicle (or an 18-month extension of her/his current subscription). Since all submitted captions will appear under this photo in the spring issue of the CRonicle so the winner can be selected by a vote of CRonicle subscribers, all entries must be received on or before March 20. All captions must be submitted by using the link that appears below the photo. [added 2/15/10: There are lots of captions by now. Please read them all before submitting your entry to be sure that it does not duplicate an earlier one.]
So far the following entries have been received:
"That's not fast!"
"It was either drop the 'man purse' or drop the boat..."
"Practice Practice Practice"
"Ernest Shackleton's worst Nightmare"
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"Winter X Games: Extreme Frostbite Racing"
Note the frozen marks of the course in the background
"Another inconvenient truth. Where is Al Gore when you need him?"
"Is this what they mean by 'hard' a lee?"
"Patience...patience, it'll thaw if I stand here long enough."
"And I thought the conditions at the Marblehead Nationals were bad!"
"But Dave said that one rig was good for ANY conditions...."
"Damn! Overstood the layline big time!"
"Aw come on TACK!!"
Note direction of rudder
"Don't worry. Be Happy, and come sail in South Florida"
"Did anyone bring the water softener?"
"Bugga..."
"Damn metric thermometer!"
"But the calendar says it's the first day of spring."
"Classic beginner's tidal blunder!"
"Come on boys, the water's fine!"
"This airplane doesn't look anything like the picture!!"
"Let's see, I'm on a port tack so I guess I don't have the right of way."
"Get up damn it!"
"HMMMM maybe 3 more ounces in the keel will do it."
"Houston, we have a problem!"
"...I think my keel has too high a lift-to-drag ratio..."
"Your sail trim looks great but you have too much port rudder."
"Guess I'll wait for spring."
"Flat water usually means no wind."
"Global warming my ass."
"I think I am stuck on this rock."
"A little more port rudder should do it."
""That is all these things can do?"
"So much for calm water sailing."
"And therein lays a problem."
"I think I put in too much weather helm!"
"Hey, could someone please get me some water softener!!!!"
"Chuck quickly realized that RC sailing was not a Winter Olympic sport."
"I said starboard, dummy!"
"Being marooned on a small tropical island and no bottle at
hand, Chuck's hopes ride on old #19 reaching help."
"Lead is overrated, go steel."
"Opps"
"I think I can lay the mark on this board!"
Something isn't working....here, hold my radio... I'm going in!"
"Chuck, are you in Connecticut or sailing with the new fleet in Anchorage, Alaska?"
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Click here to open an email form on which to submit your entry. Multiple entries are permitted. You do not need to own a registered CR 914 to be eligible; 914er wannabes are welcome!
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* Intrepid cold-weather sailors Having lost the race to the South Pole to Roald Amundsen in 1912, the famous antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton two years later launched the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, attempting to cross Antarctica from sea to sea via the pole. Disaster struck the expedition when its ship, Endurance, was trapped in pack ice deep in the Weddell Sea in January 1915, became frozen fast and was slowly crushed. Amazingly, no lives were lost. |
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