A NORTH WIND BLOWS
Tuesday October
21,2014
Finally, we got a good North Breeze and a chance to use one
of the courses on the “North Wind” part of the card! Even though the nights are getting shorter
and there was a big swell, we had 5 or 6 boats out for the fun. We decided on course #15. This course uses a start line between the
start mark and Blacks, around Gov and back to start. Since there was no designation in the course
for rounding Gov to port or starboard, the instructions at the beginning of the
card “all marks shall be left to port unless designated as SB” applied.
The start had Pair A Dice, Diver Down and Pacific Spirit
charging off the line. Pair A Dice started
with clear air but Pacific Spirit had better speed and was sailing windward of
us. Diver down got caught in a position
to leeward of both Pair A Dice and Pacific Spirit. When we started getting the shadowed by
Pacific Spirit, we tacked over for clear air.
Once we got in clear air, we tacked over again. By tacking over earlier, rather than later we
were able to take advantage of any lifts on our way to Gov. When we met up with Pacific Spirit and Kicks
again, Pacific Spirit was just ahead of us and Kicks had to tack over to avoid
T-boning us. Pacific Spirit went for a
starboard rounding and Pair a Dice took it to port.
The long run back to Start had Pair A Dice leading with
Pacific Spirit and Diver Down striving to outsail each other for clearer wind. It looked like Pacific Spirit was second over
the line and Diver Down was third. Kicks
had lost a piece of equipment overboard and were doing “man overboard drills”.
Winter sailing:
We are rapidly approaching the end of the season. Next Tuesday is the last Tuesday night sail
of the season. What are your plans for
winter sailing? There are many winter
sailing options. There are races sponsored
by Santa Cruz yacht club including the midwinter series of regattas. Find out
about these on their web site SCYC.org.
People frequently say “sailing
in the winter? Too cold for me!”. Of course
sailing in the rain is no fun, but frequently there are perfectly sunny days
with 12-15 knots of wind and NO FOG. I
absolutely love sailing in the winter here.
Frequently a few boats go out and race on either day of the weekend (whichever
day has the best weather). Let me know
if you want to be kept in the loop on these informal weekend get togethers.
_’) _/)
NEXT TUESDAY IS OUR LAST TUESDAY SAIL OF THE SEASON. THERE IS ALSO A BARBECUE AT SCYC AFTERWARDS.
BRING YOUR FAVORITE GRILLING FOOD.
See you next Tuesday for a short
sail and a great Barbecue!
Barry
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