Re: Alden Mistral TI leaves tomorrow in the Marion to Bermud
Legacy V is a 54' Alden Yacht ketch, designed by the late Niels Helleberg and owned by Mike Wiseman out of Stonington, CT. She is moored just down the harbor from our Caravelle, Bounding Home. Legacy V responded to the nasty conditions like a Hum Vee. Although we were all wet, bumped and less than comfortable, I never once asked myself what the "H" I was doing out there.
I had dreams of doing next year's Newport - Bermuda Race on Bounding Home. It is not only the 50th Newport - Bermuda Race, it is also the 50 year anniversary of the first time Bounding Home did the race under the command of her first owner Jack Merrill, then Commodore of the CCA. After the pounding we took this year, I'd really hate to un-do 19 years of restoration and love in five days of racing. I will be on the start line, again ailing aboard Legacy V in June 2016.
BTW - I recently read that Restive, the 49' Helleberg designed, Brooklin Boatyard built boat, developed a bad leak around her rudder post on the trip home and had to be abandon. The crew was safely transferred to another north-bound yacht. A salvage tug was sent out to retrieve her.
And we say this yachting business is fun?