Talking About Adventure In Small Boats
Paddlemaker
Member
Many kudos to Sandy Bottom, Kiwi Bird, Dances with Sandy Bottom and the Cheif,
I have completed several of the everglades challenges, but this was my first NCC. You guys did great! no bugs, enough excitment and a full moon. Our evening sail/paddle was just perfect. I look forward to returning to the coast!
Once again many thanks for your work and dedication to the tribe.
paddletothesea
Member
i too want to thank everyone for an exciting weekend and all their hard work. as ballast for Stripbuilder's record setting 19+ hours i'm only glad he was patient enough to endure my whining and constant "are we there yet" questioning. it was a privilege to paddle with him and so many fine tribers!
CleanSlate
Member
As a first-timer, I'd like to especially thank Chief for the derby idea. I probably would not have successfully finished this race if not for taking the derby seriously and getting all those 20 mile practice runs in. I’d like to thank Sandy Bottom for organizing the "vacation to hell" practice run through the Harlow two weeks before the race. I was very happy I had a GPS tracing left on my GPS from that trip that I could follow Friday night during the race through the Harlowe. I'd also like to thank the organizers for manning the checkpoints at all hours (even at 3:30 in the morning).
On another note, I’d also like to thank DogsLife for suggesting that we fight the wind on that "vacation from hell" trip where one of my amas ended up cracking. I'm sure if it didn't crack then, it would have on the actual race. I was very fortunate that I had things break in the lead-up to the race so I could fix things and then not have any boat issues during the race itself. DogsLife also gave me some tips on improving sail shape that helped me point a bit better. There are a lot of really great people in the tribe.
Floatsome
Member
I'd like to extend personal thanks to Tony--sorry I forgot your WaterTribe name--for all the help, particularly at CP1. He was there until after dark on Friday and back first thing Saturday morning. Among other things, Tony made a grocery run when we ran low on coffee and spelled me when I went for breakfast Saturday morning. There were many people helping out behind the scenes, but Tony really helped me do a better job.
Dave
I'd like to add to that....
Thanks to Chief for creating and operating WaterTribe. Thanks to SandyBottom for bringing the NC Challenge into existence. Thanks to FatFrank and Scareman for their extensive contributions to race management this year and in previous years. Thanks to Jaybird for creating and quickly posting great videos of the 2012 NCC --including the start. Thanks to Tony for his multi-year support of the NCC. Thanks to many others helping out in numerous ways (e.g., inspections, photography, transportation, etc.). Great thanks to Floatsome for his brilliant efforts this year on inspections, then at CP1, and then back at Start/Finish. And always thanks to the Driftwood for hosting the NCC.
History of NCC Race Managers:
2009 -- SandyBottom and FatFrank
2010 -- SandyBottom and FatFrank
2011 -- Chief and Scareman with pre-race and post-race help from SandyBottom
2012 -- DWSB and Floatsome with great efforts from Scareman, FatFrank, Tony, Jaybird, Chief and SandyBottom.
Interested in contributing to the 2013 NCC efforts? Let Chief know!
--Paul
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