[frers-list]Southern Cross has been sold
David Nauber
frers-list@lists.frers33.com
Sat, 3 Aug 2024 09:53:24 -0400
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Congratulations to both Brian (new baby Girl) and Chris (somewhat older girl=
Southern Cross), and welcome to the Frers 33 owners group, Chris! We=E2=80=99=
re looking forward to seeing you out on the water at DIYC.
Regards,
Dave
> On Aug 2, 2024, at 11:09=E2=80=AFPM, Brian Higgins <brian@sailingit.com> w=
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> As the subject says, Southern Cross, the full sail inventory of roughly 20=
sails, and it's full suite of B&G electronics now has a new owner, Chris Mo=
ore of Duck Island Yacht Club in CT. =20
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> I love the boat and didn't want to sell it, but this spring my wife and I h=
ad a beautiful baby girl, and so between the new baby and the challenge of c=
ompeting and finding good crew to operate a symmetrical spin race boat in we=
stern long island sound where almost all the boats are asymmetrical it was t=
ime to pass the torch onto someone new.
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> With Southern Cross we competed in a lot of events such as Edgartown Aroun=
d Martha's Vineyard race, Edlu & Stratford Shoals races, Stamford Denmark Ra=
ce, Around Long Island Regatta, and countless other small events and wed nig=
ht club races.=20
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> Southern Cross also took home plenty of trophies in the time I had her, wi=
th the most notable being an Around Long Island Doublehanded 1st followed by=
a 2nd the following year, and a season 3rd overall finish for the 2022 YRAL=
IS du Moulin Cup Double Handed Distance Racing award. I also cruised the bo=
at from Nantucket to New Jersey and all points in-between averaging around 1=
500nm per year on the boat.
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> The Frers 33 remains a very solid platform to compete and sail all these y=
ears later. I'm very sad to let her go, but happy it hopefully get a chance=
to do some one design racing, and to someone that I hope is able to take as=
good care of the boat as I did.
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utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Congratulations to both Brian (new baby Gir=
l) and Chris (somewhat older girl Southern Cross), and welcome to the Frers 3=
3 owners group, Chris! We=E2=80=99re looking forward to seeing you out on th=
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ltr">Regards,<div><br></div><div>Dave</div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><block=
quote type=3D"cite">On Aug 2, 2024, at 11:09=E2=80=AFPM, Brian Higgins <b=
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As the subject says, Southern Cross, the full sail inventory of roughly 20 s=
ails, and it's full suite of B&G electronics now has a new owner, Chris M=
oore of Duck Island Yacht Club in CT. </div>
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I love the boat and didn't want to sell it, but this spring my wife and I ha=
d a beautiful baby girl, and so between the new baby and the challenge of co=
mpeting and finding good crew to operate a symmetrical spin race boat in wes=
tern long island sound where
almost all the boats are asymmetrical it was time to pass the torch onto so=
meone new.</div>
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With Southern Cross we competed in a lot of events such as Edgartown Around M=
artha's Vineyard race, Edlu & Stratford Shoals races, Stamford Denmark R=
ace, Around Long Island Regatta, and countless other small events and wed ni=
ght club races. </div>
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Southern Cross also took home plenty of trophies in the time I had her,=
with the most notable being an Around Long Island Doublehanded 1<sup>st</su=
p> followed by a 2<sup>nd</sup> the following year, and a season 3=
<sup>rd</sup> overall finish for the 2022 YRALIS
du Moulin Cup Double Handed Distance Racing award. I also cruised the=
boat from Nantucket to New Jersey and all points in-between averaging aroun=
d 1500nm per year on the boat.<br>
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The Frers 33 remains a very solid platform to compete and sail all these yea=
rs later. I'm very sad to let her go, but happy it hopefully get a cha=
nce to do some one design racing, and to someone that I hope is able to take=
as good care of the boat as I did.</div>
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