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Corsair Nationals 2003
Storms Don't Matter to 3-Hull Sailors
Stories and Images Copyright by Roy Laughlin 2003
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A good recipe always works, regardless of variations in ingredients and preparation conditions. The recipe for Corsair Nationals 2003 is one such good recipe. It worked in the past and it worked again this year.
This year the organizers, Randy Smyth and his Smyth team, held one less day of racing to allow informal sailing activities on Wednesday, previously the first day of organized activity. This abbreviated schedule seem to work, with many small fleets of 1-5 trimarans cruising Okaloosa Bay either serious preparation or leisurely perusal of the Bay. On Wednesday evening, the race committee held a final registration session and event organizers offered the event’s first big social: a Bayside beer and barbecue dinner. The weather was perfect and the multihulltude was primed for the next three days of fun. Old friendships were renewed yet another year while organizers put the finishing touches on the event’s organization. The only loose end was a weather report for poor weather predicted on Thursday evening and perhaps Friday morning. On Wednesday, it had hardly any adverse influence on the mood. Corsair sailors planned to sail regardless.
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What Roy was doing: I had the good luck to get a ride on the Corsair 36 with Bob Gleason and his crew. It was this trimaran’s second day on the water in spite only a little tweaking we cruised back at 15 kn with bursts as high as 20 kn. The trimaran remained so stable that two kids slept below the whole way back. Covering multihull events rarely provides opportunities to sail in an event this year the ride on the 36 make things a whole lot different and better. The Corsair 36 is a fast stable performance cruiser.
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