Bermuda Fitted Dinghy Races (miniature pirate sloops)

[Beach-Hunter]

cool looking little boats!! counting the days till I reach your Island again BDA!! Look forward to seeing you in October!

[anne]

Sounds like good fun

[Steve in PR]

Thanks fe pics, Eric. Sailing is one of the passions of my life and I have seen and read accounts of the Bermuda races. I understand that if they have too many people (ballast) on board they are allowed to jettison people!

Some nice pictures. They are beautiful to watch, no doubt.

[bdahunter]

Originally Posted by Steve in PR

Thanks fe pics, Eric. Sailing is one of the passions of my life and I have seen and read accounts of the Bermuda races. I understand that if they have too many people (ballast) on board they are allowed to jettison people!

Some nice pictures. They are beautiful to watch, no doubt.

You are correct, Steve. If the captain wants to jettison members of the crew to make the boat lighter he is within the rules to do so. There are so many power boats following, leading and in amongst the racers that it's no problem to have an crewman pulled out of the water by some of the spectators.(so long as they don't run the poor guy over) This has been going on for centuries in Bermuda, Mark Twain wrote about it in one of his articles and it was old then.
I haven't gone sailing in years as I got tired of always waiting on the wind and switched to power a long time ago. I still keep an Albacore sailboat at my house in Canada but I think it's been at least 5 years since I took it out myself. A lot of fun with a stiff breeze blowing on the lake but I just haven't had the time.

Cheers Mate,

[Dugday]

Then I dont want to go. knowning my luck the Capt. toss my butt overboard in a heart beat.

[bdahunter]

Originally Posted by Dugday

Then I dont want to go. knowning my luck the Capt. toss my butt overboard in a heart beat.

Don't worry, Mate! There are few sharks and lots of spectator boats so your odds of getting picked up before getting eaten are pretty good.
I do hope you're a good swimmer though because if you look at the pics there are no life jackets in evidence anywhere.

Cheers,

[RingDancer]

Looks like yall had a good time!!! Nice pics and looks like fun!!!

RingDancer

[Dugday]

I swim just like a rock.

[wyeiwyr]

Sure is great to see. We watched similar boats race in the Bahamas. Lots of fun. Thanks for shareing them. Happy 4th of July to everyone!