I agree--you wouldn't think audio commentary on sailboat racing would be this fun & informative, but Jonathan and I listened to it on the way to Bayfield last weekend & were glued to the podcast the whole time. The material is specific for Mumm 30 & Farr 40 racers, but just about anybody who races will find interesting stuff. (Lots of personal opinion and rough talk though, so don't let your grandmother or your 4 year-old listen!)
<br><br>It is really worth checking out.<br><br>Heather<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/7/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jonathan McDonagh</b> <<a href="mailto:jonathan@mcdonagh.com">jonathan@mcdonagh.com</a>
> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>This is absolutely fascinating to listen to<br><br>Greetings;<br><br><br>
If you lack the time to read this whole page jump to the bottom and read<br>the "I don't have time for this crap summary".<br><br> I have watched with much entertainment and chagrin at the discussions<br>regarding the class management. I routinely receive a newsletter and book
<br>from the Star, Laser, j105 and J-24 class all of which i participate in. If<br>we will see a change remains to be seen. I have lots of input, but prefer a<br>receptive place to give it .<br><br> However i also i have learned that it is far better to create something
<br>than argue about how it is being done. This inspires people and good things<br>happen.<br><br> With that in mind i created a Podcast from the last mumm 30 event in<br>Annapolis. I dislocated my shoulder sailing my Laser in March, and has left
<br>me useless and rendered to the tender, albeit a comfortable one with a CD<br>player and bow thruster to play with.<br><br> I purposely asked about posting this on the web site, but was told it<br>would need content approval from the class. Bullocks!
<br><br> So here it the unedited non-stagg approved version of what<br>happened.......................please read this entirely!!!!!<br><br><br><br> Please Distribute to your list of owners and various race fans.<br><br>
Brought to you by Sputnik Racing<br><br> Racer Chaser Podcast of the Mumm 30 Fleet I have finished Day 1 & 2<br>editing and publishing...<br> Right now I am posted on Apple itunes.com..if you don't have it you can<br>
download it free...at....<br><br> <a href="http://www.itunes.com">www.itunes.com</a><br> Directions on Itunes<br> On <a href="http://Itunes.com">Itunes.com</a>, download itunes so you can download and transfer to your<br>
ipod or mp3 player Click podcasts on the middle left menu In the Search<br>box on the lower left search for Racer Chaser (or mumm 30, yachting, ) You<br>can Listen to it right there or you can download to your mp3 player or Ipod
<br>as intended...<br> Please SUBSCRIBE to the podcast, this will help up our popularity numbers<br>on itunes and increase traffic on the website for the class<br><br><br><br> RSS Feed<br> If you can't program your VCR (or you are adapted/wealthy/successful
<br>enough to pay someone to do your Tech crap for you I might lose you here,<br>but old dogs can learn new tricks) RSS feeds various home pages<br>automatically as I add updates. If you use Mozilla Firefox <a href="http://www.mozilla.com">
www.mozilla.com</a><br>as a web browser, it has a RSS plug in, giving you updates as I make them.<br>Google also has a reader that you can use if you use google as a hompage or<br>default search. Any RSS reader will accept the magical link below.
<br>Ultimately we will attempt to get the Mumm 30 page updated with this link,<br>so whenever I do a post it will appear. I will leave this up to the Class<br>to get this done as soon as possible. The more links and downloads the more
<br>traffic the site gets. Next move is to change the site to something a<br>little more exciting. I have a day job trying to help Bodo pay for our<br>sailing habit..so for now I will stick to podcasts..I will accept donations
<br>in the form of good will to the class, sailing and humanity in general.<br><br> Here is the rss feed...<br> <a href="http://sputnikvdw.audioblog.com/rss/racer_chaser.xml">http://sputnikvdw.audioblog.com/rss/racer_chaser.xml
</a><br><br><br> This is only the beginning, I have several hours of tape I will post in<br>the next few days including interviews and humorous stuff that took place<br>with other tenders, the race committee and being inviting to dinner at the
<br>White House for the Correspondence dinner on Saturday night.<br><br> I don't have time for this crap summary 1.Mumm 30 podcast called racer<br>chaser on itunes, download it <a href="http://www.itunes.com">www.itunes.com
</a>, click on fancy graphic for<br>Racer Chaser 2. rss feed<br><a href="http://sputnikvdw.audioblog.com/rss/racer_chaser.xml">http://sputnikvdw.audioblog.com/rss/racer_chaser.xml</a><br> 3. More content to follow in the next few days, subscribe, this will
<br>increase site traffic and ratings for the mumm 30 class 4. Try to actually<br>get something done at work today besides planning your next regatta 5.<br>contact author at <a href="mailto:sputnikvdw@gmail.com">sputnikvdw@gmail.com
</a><br> 6. Day 3 is better than Day 2 and 1, will follow shortly after I transfer<br>files...<br><br><br> Nick von der Wense<br> Mumm 30 Turbo Duck<br> "Racer Chaser"<br><br><br><br><br><br></blockquote></div>
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