NOVEMBER 1, 2022 AFTER THE FRONT PASSED THROUGH

 

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

AFTER THE FRONT PASSED THROUGH

There were predictions for rain on Tuesday and I was apprehensive about sailing.  I checked the predictions, and all indications were that the rain would pass Santa Cruz be done by 3pm.  I left Pacific Grove at about 1 in driving rain and saw rain the whole way up to Santa Cruz. When we arrived at the harbor, the flag was limp, and it was still raining but there was a blue sky approaching from the north.  Once again, the wind was coming from various directions.   As we left the harbor around 3:20, the sky was blue and the predictions for 13 knot winds were vanquished with winds approaching 20 knots.  The wind direction was from the North, so we set a line square to the wind and called for a course of: Start, Gov and finish at the harbor entrance.  With such dire predictions, it was not surprising that we only had 3 boats out for the fun.

We blew a horn at 3:50 for a 2-fleet start with all three boats starting at 5 minutes till four.  We all romped our way through the waves on our way to Gov with Pacific Spirit being the first around Gov and New Wave being second around.  Pacific Spirit was First through the harbor entrance and as conditions started to get milder came back out for a pleasant sail under blue skies.

We went back to retrieve our start-line buoy and made our way to the harbor.   While it all started with raucous wind, the afternoon turned into beautiful sailing conditions after the front passed through.

I was surprised to see the number of people that came to the club with only 3 boats out.  Many came for Paul Tara's presentation on Seamanship.

PAUL TARA'S "SEAMANSHIP":

Paul put on an excellent presentation about many of the marine disasters that have occurred in the past as well as more recent events.  He talked about everything from the Titanic to smaller boats lost locally.  The discussion centered around errors made in judgement as well as design and race management. One critical aspect presented was the number of accidents that have occurred when people used autopilot without having anyone on watch.  The presentation was so all encompassing that even my visiting non-sailing sibling found it very interesting.

RACE QS:

The track for this evening can be seen at:

https://raceqs.com/tv-beta/tv.htm#userId=1011017&divisionId=85950&updatedAt=2022-11-02T00:20:08Z&dt=2022-11-01T15:42:06-07:00..2022-11-01T17:20:04-07:00&boat=SAILING%20PAIR%20A%20DICE&time=1667343962221&focus=SAILING%20PAIR%20A%20DICE&rival=Nueva%20Ola&tab=fleet&view=auto

Stay tuned for next Tuesday's afternoon sail starting at 4pm.

Barry Keeler

Sailing Pair A Dice