JULY 11, 2017 DEJA VU, NOT AGAIN

July 11, 2017

DÉJÀ VU, NOT AGAIN!

Last week we did not sail because of the fourth of July being a family holiday, there was no interest.  Two weeks ago we sailed a marginal race with no wind on the inside and plenty of wind further out beyond Mile buoy.  Pair a Dice had attempted a track inside and fought our way through the transition zone between a northwest and an east wind painstakingly inching along until the call of the barbecue seemed more enticing than sailing and most of the boats retired early with us.

On this night it seemed like plenty of wind even in to the start mark until it came time to call the race.  We called for course W5 and gave a 5 minute horn.  As the clocked ticked to the start, the wind seemed to be dying even more and we finally canceled the race.  It seemed none of the boats were in position.  In exasperation Homer announced over the radio “let’s just go for a sail!”  With plenty of wind outside and nothing inside, it sounded pretty good to me.  We all motored out into the wind and had a wonderful sail.  The last thing I wanted to do was to limp along inside in no wind like two weeks ago.  My thoughts were “déjà vu, NOT AGAIN”

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Kudos to Mark on Kicks for organizing a race starting at mile buoy and it seems about 6 boats took part.  All I know is the northwesterly was blowing nicely and the transition to the Easterly was not bad at all.  We had up to 16 knots of easterly breeze and it felt delicious to be sailing again.

OTHER REGATTAS:

It is not too late to register for the Monterey and back regatta this weekend.  Race down to Monterey on Saturday.  Party at the club down there and race back on Sunday.  I have done this race several times and it is very fun.  It can be done with minimal crew since it is a 24 mile drag race.  There are virtually no tactics and buoy roundings.

Also keep in mind the Fall SCORE series put on by the yacht club.  It would be great to have more Jib and Main boats join in this series of races.  Get the details on line SCYC.org under regattas.

Barry Keeler

Sailing Pair A Dice