Recently I had noticed that blogs are not the game of the day anymore, really one should write on Substack. Maybe there is some easy money to be made or it must have some other reasons which I haven´t discovered yet. Anyway I had subscribed to Rule 69, Magnus Wheatley and to Paul Strzelecki who both are reporting about the Americas Cup and other sailing related themes.
It happened during a mail conversation that I had offered my AUSTRALIA II shirt from `83, bought actually in Newport from the AUS team base to a real AC enthusiast. And this happened before I read that the Aussies challenged for the AC37. Maybe not smart but the shirt is in good hands now and well appreciated by the new owner. What came to my mind before sending the shirt off had been an idea to take a photo about the shirts which I had purchased during my visits to the AC over the years. Here is the photo taken in my workshop in the morning.
To get access to the SUBSTACK one should give a short description about oneself in order to help communications with like minded. A bit like in SA. Therefore I wrote the following and maybe I will back it up with some stories about my sailing adventures which happened by 90% on race courses. Coming from last places to be on top sometimes. A lot of "Kieler Woche" as you can see also in the photo above, plaques pinned to the board. Anyway here is the summary:
Sailor on soft and hard water. Through the 58 years of sailing I did own boats and sailed them in the following order: FDs, Laser, DIV 2 Boards, Windsurf Waveboards, H-Boats, IMS 36‘, Bull 7000, ORC 38‘, Seggerling, Foiling Moths & DNs and now an Albin Express for the beercan races during the week.
It all started with my first own boat, an old Flying Dutchman, G-500 in 1970. I had no idea about the development which happened in this class during my first weeks of ownership, overhauling the old lady. Than in 1971 entering my first Kiel Week I had to realize that G-500 was old, was about the laughing stock as developments had taken place and one needed at least G-931 (LEDA) which featured a much fuller bow profile. Two FD´s later I had ordered a brand new HEIN boat, G-1308. This boat featured the latest hull shape, mast and appendages as well as "all the ropes". I took part in the 1974 WC in Weymouth, England and due to some reasons ended up with a NZ crew, Lindsay Kennedy who later became a great Contender sailor. Lindsay taught me much. The most important one to me had been his words: "Manfred, be concentrated", whenever I started to fiddle with the ropes. "This is my job" he said than. Great times. Unforgettable. And after the WC had ended, me and my wife had been asked by Rodney Pattison if we would join him to deliver his ENDURANCE 35 from Weymouth to Torquay. Of course we did but that is another story. In the autumn of 1974 I had won my first FD regatta. It was the "Seglerhaus Preis", sailed in Berlin on the Wannsee.
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