JULY 8, 2025
ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY!
It has become our normal pattern in Santa Cruz: a healthy wind build building and blowing through
the afternoon. The question is always:
will the wind continue through the evening long enough to have a race? This
afternoon was no exception to the norm.
As we left the harbor at 5pm, my eyes focused on Aptos to see if there
was a fog line. No fog line, but there
was a thin band of clouds hovering over Aptos.
Someone on the boat reported that it was not very hot in San Jose today
and that higher temperatures in San Jose increase the effects of the Santa Cruz
Eddie and a developing Easterly. If it
was cool in San Jose, it increased chances that the wind would not die or
change? We determined the wind was
coming from 245 and set a start line square to this. I optimistically
called for ambitious courses for the night: W1 for Fleet A and W2 for Fleet B. In addition to posting the message on Regatta
Hero, we announced the courses on the radio and blew the traditional “10
minutes till 6” horn. We counted 32
boats out for the fun!
Fleet A got off the line for a clean start and tacked their
way to Schuyler followed 5 minutes later by Fleet B. It was interesting to see the wind increase
as the evening progressed and we sailed further out. It was a relief for me to see the wind hold until all boats
finished. It was just another glorious day of sailing in Santa Cruz!
Fleet B track can be reviewed at:
https://www.regattahero.com/mapviewer/?organisation=scyc&passcode=233793®atta=Tues%20Fleet%20B&race=8.7.2025%2018:00:00&language=en
PHRF
CORRECTED RESULTS:
PLACE BOAT PHRF ET CORRECTED TIME
FLEET A: COURSE
W1= 3.873 NM
1 ABORIGINAL 33 38:11 36:03
2 DOUBLE ESPRESSO 99 45:58 39:34
3 BLUE FIN 72 44:56 40:17
4 INTERLUDE 141 49:25 40:18
5 ABSOLUTE 25 48 44:16 41:10
6 ROSIE 162 51:42 41:14
7 SOPHIE 141 51:13 42:06
8 DUET 141 51:31 42:24
9 AMOR FATI 80 48:25 43:15
10 AQUAVIT 72 48:13 43:34
FLEET B:
COURSE W2=3.484NM
1 ZOOP 144 42:32 34:10
2 MAKANI 147 45:05 36:32
3 BIG MAC 222 50:21 37:27
4 SIMPATICO 165 47:16 37:41
5 SAILING PAIR A DICE 180 48:14 37:46
6 PACIFIC SPIRIT 165 48:47 39:12
7 WIND GODDESS 165 50:00 40:25
8 AVATAR 132 48:51 41:11
9 ETELLE 170 54:40 44:47
10 TOAD 150 54:34 45:51
11 NIDAROS 118 53:02 46:10
12 MYSTIC 150 1:00:53 52:10
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REGATTA HERO:
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I hope to see you sailing next Tuesday.
Barry Keeler
Sailing Pair A Dice