<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I used to be able to roll a boat over, land on the centerboard, bring it back up, and never get wet. Now I would just fall in the water and stay there until help comes.<div><br></div><div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Joe Alexander<div>4505 Donald Dr</div><div>Cedar Falls, IA 50613</div><div>The-vintage-racer.com</div><div>Gasketinnovations.com</div><div>Cell: 319.464.4711</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 12, 2020, at 12:01 PM, Kas Kastner <kaskastner@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">What an amazing boat that the Contender is. Single man sailed from a trapeze. The hiking stick has a hinge in the middle of the two four foot segments. Tacking in a breeze is a bunch of quick work and not easy the first couple times. 210 sq feet of sail make this boat pound for pound one of the most powerful there is and a terrific ride on the waves in the ocean. It is a true hotrod. Joe and Breneden have done masterful job of restoration.<div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><p><strong><font color="#000099">Never be beaten by equipment.</font></strong></p></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 8:06 AM Joe Alexander via Fot <<a href="mailto:fot@autox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">FOT,<br>
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Kas also had a very successful sailing career. So much, that he was a consultant to a major sailboat manufacturer. He owns at least one National Championship.<br>
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Alexander Racing acquired one of his sailboats and had it shipped to Iowa. Hull repair, new gelcoat came first. Now, new hardware and lines, we are a couple of weeks from launching the restored boat.<br>
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The Contender. A highly technical single handed sailing boat.<br>
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Thanks to:<br>
Kas Kastner. Coordinated the purchase from Doug Brown’s widow, Polly.<br>
Brad Eells. Supported the shipping to Iowa.<br>
Cory Tiefenthaler. Hull Repair & new Gelcoat. <br>
Brendan Alexander. Rigging and Hardware<br>
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Ya. I did some stuff, too. <br>
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Sailing, in modest terms, is in its third generation for us.<br>
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Joe Alexander<br>
4505 Donald Dr<br>
Cedar Falls, IA 50613<br>
The-vintage-racer.com<br>
Gasketinnovations.com<br>
Cell: 319.464.4711<br>
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