Looks very nice rollong over the competition!

I've heard about it but haven't seen it yet. One of the photographers that works there is part of the Rhapsody crew and gave me a heads up last week. I've got to get away from work so I can get a copy.

Congrats!

Thanks - I just saw the online version. Unfortunately it's a small image, so I'll have to wait until the real magazine is on the shelf. It's a picture of Rhapsody covering Time Bandit (MetalMast 30) in one of the Jamestown YC Tuesday night PHRF races.

Wonder why nobody on Time Bandit notices they're being rolled?

The redhead is a cutie.

Maybe Time Bandit overtook Rhapsody from clear astern so had no luffing rights. Ouch. Just kidding Bill. (-:

look at where the poles are ... I betting they are going as high up as they can ... racing around nav marks instead of WL can be more fun sometimes.

And it is just possible that Bill can run his spin a bit higher.

A Metalmast 30 taking a J to leeward? NFW.

but 348 running half crew ... I betting Bill was blowing past them to the mark after a "handicap hoist."

us J30s often do Handicap Hoists ... that's when we try to race spin with 2 or 3 crew.

Only surpassed by Delayed Douses ...

Bill, where is Epiphany in this shot?

I don't have a clue as I don't know what race it was. All I know is it's a course that took us north of the Newport Bridge with the Naval War College off in the distance on the stbd side.

I just spoke with Joe Ricci (spinnaker trimmer). This was the JYC race on Tuesday 10 Aug 2010 from Rhapsody website link. We raced and flew the spinnaker with just 3 of us. Bruce Miller who moved to Annapolis was the 3rd crew member. Kind of a short handed spinnaker race!

Bemus if it was 8/10 Epiphany won that race and was at least 2 - 3 minutes ahead.

And if I remember right ... that was the day after we convoyed back from Marblehead NA with a really tiring CC/Buzzard's Bay leg. Blue Meanie, Rhapsody, Vee Jay and Nemesis.

Congrats Bill! My issue arrived yesterday and only got my hands on it late last night... I saw the boat, then the name, and thought, "wait - that's Bill's boat! Cool!"

Congrats - with all of the remarkable work you've done on Rhapsody AND your fantastic efforts with Dave to supercharge the owner community - I can't think of anyone more deserving of a cover shot like that.

Made me very proud to be a J/30 owner!

Cheers!
- Jeff

Got my SW in the mail yesterday. Great to see one of ours on the cover--pretty sure this is a first for the class.

Outstanding!