Does anybody have current contact info for Timm Lessly, who owned the Cal 40 California Girl? I ran across a quotation from a post of his on the old group and wanted to reply.
Chris Campbell
Cal 20 #1220, Martha C
Traverse City, MI
Timm Lessley
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allen
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He is on LinkedIn. If you can't contact him there let me know and I will dm him.
Allen
L-36 #5
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Allen
L-36 #5
L-36.com
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I'm on LinkedIn but am completely inept at using it. If you could, tell Timm I'm a Cal sailor who had kept his quotation about his boat in my boat-quotes file and just wanted to send a comment. My email is [email protected].
Chris Campbell
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OK, folks, you have to excuse me for sitting here wiping my eyes. I'm at work and usually eat lunch while reading at my desk. I finished my last book and now have my 3-ring binder of boat quotes in front of me. It's winter in the Great Lakes and both of my boats are hauled for the season, so I can get all sentimental and weepy about sailing and boats.
Here's what Timm Lessley posted in a previous version of this list, about his Cal 40, California Girl. I've added the emphasis:
"That was a great leg of a great race. I believe that we won that leg, due to the strength of the Cal boat. The 'sleds' were stopped by the pounding seas, while the 45 year old Cal crushed the waves. In tough spots I am always in awe of this boat that does not have bad habits, and is braver than I could ever be."
I just can't read that out loud or type it without damp eyes and a catch in my throat. It's important to like your boat. People who don't are not generally people I like being around. My Cal is a 20, which I figure is half of a Cal 40, and she's equally blessed with no bad habits and a stout constitution that has always got me back to the mooring.
Chris Campbell
Here's what Timm Lessley posted in a previous version of this list, about his Cal 40, California Girl. I've added the emphasis:
"That was a great leg of a great race. I believe that we won that leg, due to the strength of the Cal boat. The 'sleds' were stopped by the pounding seas, while the 45 year old Cal crushed the waves. In tough spots I am always in awe of this boat that does not have bad habits, and is braver than I could ever be."
I just can't read that out loud or type it without damp eyes and a catch in my throat. It's important to like your boat. People who don't are not generally people I like being around. My Cal is a 20, which I figure is half of a Cal 40, and she's equally blessed with no bad habits and a stout constitution that has always got me back to the mooring.
Chris Campbell
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