JUNE 7, 2022
WINDLESS SUNSET
I have gotten accustomed to seeing the flags showing an Easterly
when I come to the harbor on Tuesdays. This
day was not different. I love Easterly
winds when they are strong enough to have a race and as we left the harbor, the
10 knot Easterly was filling the bay.
But would it continue? As we
approached the start mark, we determined the wind had a slight southerly twist
to it and set a line square to the wind. We waited until 5:45 before calling a
course to see if the wind would hold. With the wind strong enough to race, we
called for an ambitious course: Echo 2: Start, SC3, Blacks, Finish.
This evening was the first time we followed a new protocol,
splitting the fleet by PHRF rating. The faster boats with PHRF under 115 (division
1) started 5 minutes before the higher PHRF boats (division 2) with a horn
blown at 5:50 and 5:55. Five minute for <115 blown at 5:50 and 5 minute horn for
115^ blown at 5:55. The starts went off
well.
When I called for this course, I envisioned boats tacking
their way to SC3 but the wind veered more to the south and almost all boats
sailed to SC3 without having to tack. It
felt great to be sailing in some good wind again! The first of the class 1 boats to round SC3
was Aboriginal 15:18 followed by Sweetheart 17:00, Patricia J 18:31, Tusitala 20:14,
New Wave 21:10 and Frisky 22:39. Times are elapsed and the course distance was
1.5 NM.
After rounding SC3, most of the faster boats were able to round
Blacks and some even completed the whole course. With the wind getting very light and
unpredictable, I appreciated the boats that were able to finish the whole course
but as some of the boats retired, I thought it best to call the course to finish
at SC3 like we did for the division 2 boats.
PHRF ADJUSTED DIVISION 1:
PLACE BOAT ADJUSTED
SECONDS HIGH SCORE
1 ABORIGINAL 868 6
2 PATRICIA
J 962 5
3 SWEETHEART 1029 4
4 TUSITALA 1079 3
5 NEW WAVE 1121 2
6 FRISKY 1237 1
Meanwhile, the division 2 boats all got caught in a huge
BOB-fest as the wind died completely.
After waiting for close to a half hour and very little progress and no
hint of wind coming back up, I announced that the race finish was set at the
rounding of SC3. The first of the division
2 boats to round SC3 was Zoop 19:09, Perfect 36 20:15, Jersey Girl 21:49, Gold Rush
23:14, TOAD 23:41, Water Dragon 23:57, Avatar 24:33, Pair A Dice 27:13, Nidaros
29:42, Sea Quake 34:24. Times are elapsed and the course distance was 1.5 NM.
PHRF ADJUSTED DIVISION 2:
PLACE BOAT ADJUSTED SECONDS HIGH
SCORE
1 ZOOP 933 10
2 PERFECT
36 999 9
3 JERSEY
GIRL 1097 8
4 TOAD 1196 7
5 GOLD
RUSH 1205 6
6 WATER
DRAGON 1225 5
7 AVATAR 1275 4
8 PAIR
A DICE 1363 3
9 NIDAROS 1606 2
10 SEA
QUAKE 1795 1
While the beginning of the evening delivered great wind for
a sail, the wind died quickly as the sun set for a WINDLESS SUNSET.
RACE QS:
We had two races this evening with two starts split by PHRF. Division 1 had PHRF below 115. Division 2 had
PHRF 115 and up.
Division 1 <115
https://raceqs.com/tv-beta/tv.htm#userId=1011017&updatedAt=2022-06-08T03:08:35Z&dt=2022-06-07T17:45:00-07:00..2022-06-07T20:08:23-07:00&boat=SAILING%20PAIR%20A%20DICE&time=1654649700362&focus=Aboriginal&rival=Nueva%20Ola&tab=setup&view=manual&lat=36.951754&lon=-121.993048&tilt=1&range=443&heading=135
Division 2 PHRF 115^
STUCK ANCHOR:
Not that this affects all of us, but we had a problem with a
stuck anchor when we tried to retrieve the start line ball. We couldn’t even get the ball up to the rail,
it was stuck so badly. How to deal with
this? I took a line and tied a loop in
it which I dropped over the ball. I took
the line to a winch and winched it in until the line was straight up and
down. Once this was accomplished and the
line was kept taught, the wave action finally broke the anchor free from the
bottom. We have a mushroom anchor with a
line tied to chain attached to the anchor.
It is a mystery to my how a mushroom anchor can get stuck.
We will see you next Tuesday.
Barry Keeler
Sailing Pair A Dice
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