LOOSE LIPS "D
ive, dive, DIVE" was the seasonal flavor of this month's World Famous Latitude 38 Caption Contest(!). And, indeed, it looks as if this 18-ft Skiff (aka Aussie 18) is trying to dive like a pelican chasing a fish. Without further ado, here's this month's winner, aaaaannnnnnnnd the top 10 entries:
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"Hey boys! Just using my neti pot!" — Milly Biller
"I told you the brakes work." — Rob Sesar "I'm telling you, captain, this is the shortest route to China!" — Scott McMillen "This is what you meant by 'duck', right? Shake those tail feathers!" — Remy Joy "Captain Ahab and Trimmer Jonah aboard the SV Carbon Whalemouth." — Blake Wiers "Pretty sure that's Winslet and DiCaprio out on the water again." — David Gruver "When you're at the top, you have a long, embarrassing way to fall!" — Rosann Allenbaugh "Darts, anyone?" — George Hughes "This is not the way to Hogwarts." — Phill Armstrong "So you're saying the leeward mark is under water?" — Latitude 38 Magazine "Glad to see the image of us making the rounds again!" — Mikey Jan Radziejowski. Wait, seriously? "That is in fact me," Radziejowski wrote us. "I was driving. It was my first 18-ft skiff regatta on the Cityfront helming (not my first 18 Cityfront regatta though). It was also right when we started campaigning for the very first Youth America's Cup. My crew was Ian Andrewes and Evan Sjostedt, who were part of the American Youth Sailing Force. It was probably the gnarliest day of the week-long event. We'd just gotten off the beach at Crissy Field and we were trying to make the bear-away to get down to the start line, but we couldn't find a flat enough spot to do it. This picture was actually the third or fourth attempt (all the previous ones ended with the same result). We were pretty much at the South Tower by then. We made the bear away after this shot (once we sorted ourselves), and made it to the start line for the first start of the day. We had a killer start, but broke our self-tacking jib track in half after the second or third tack, so that sent us back to the beach." Page 50 •
Latitude 38
• March, 2020