OCTOBER 27, 2020
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
WIND?
Predict wind had indicated that a weak Easterly would
develop. After last week’s disastrous
dying of the wind, I was encouraged as we left the harbor shortly after 5. There was an awesome 11 knot wind coming from
about 230 degrees filling the whole bay. It was going to be an awesome night for a sail! We set the line and counted 14 boats out for
the fun. We called for a rather
ambitious course W5 (to Schuyler and back to finish. We were counting down the time and getting
ready to blow the 5 minute horn when suddenly the wind died. All eye turned East looking for indications
of a new Easterly wind. We postponed for
5 minutes to see what developed, and then another 5 minute postponement with
nothing developing. Since it was such a
short night, we abandoned the race. We
motored out to the wind line for a short sail before returning to the harbor
ending the last Tuesday night sail for the season.
RACE QS:
Since there was no race, I did not upload my track for the
night.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON SAILING:
There has been a lot of interest expressed by the group to
continue sailing on Tuesdays through the winter starting early in the afternoon. Sailing in the winter is a little different
from sailing in the summer. I can think
of three differences that need to be considered.
1)
We get rain in the winter. Like most of us, I have foul weather gear but
do not like putting wet sails away with mildew presenting a potential
problem. I do not think anyone likes the
idea of sailing in rain during the winter.
In dealing with this, if the weather is not conducive to sailing, I will
send an E-mail blast or text by 9AM on Tuesdays only if the races will not
take place. There will be no notice
sent if sailing will take place as normal
2)
We get larger waves and shoaling of the harbor
entrance in the winter. We all must make
a judgement regarding safety of our boats.
For these races, if conditions are serious enough to present undue
hazard, I will also send out a notice by 9AM cancelling the race. Please be aware that when a swell is pouring
into the bay, you may need to time your exit and entrance to the harbor to avoid
breaking waves.
3)
The club’s marks that are set for the summer
races are pulled for most of the winter.
Once these marks are pulled, we will call impromptu courses over the
radio. The marks we have to work with
are: GOV, Mile, SC7, SC3 and Schuyler (Yellow Schuyler mark replaced with small
red buoy during the winter). My inclination
is to use Gov as the start buoy with various landmarks representing the other
end of the line. For instance, we could
use the extension of the line formed by the end of the wharf and Gov as a
start.
Let’s continue to meet at the start buoy until it is removed
for the winter. We will be blowing a 5 minute horn at 1:55 for
a 2pm start.
Currently
I have over 100 people getting the notice of the
blog. I do not think it is fair to
pester all of these people with notices of “no race” on Tuesday mornings. I have all of your contact information but
need to know if you prefer texting or email notifications. Also, there should be one person on each boat
that receives the message. Please fill
out the following form and either email it back to me or take a photo of the
completed form and text it to
831-234-0322.
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Name of boat;
_________________________ Person to be notified:___________________________
Text phone # _______________________ Email address:__________________________________
Please circle phone or email to indicate
preferred method of contact
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I am looking forward
to next Tuesday for a 2pm start.
Barry L. Keeler
Sailing Pair A Dice
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