MAY 30, 2023 LAST RACE OF MAY

 May 30, Last Race of May

The fog had burned off earlier in the day and it was a bit windier than most of the weather

predictions as the fleet headed out for a glorious Tuesday Night end of May sail. We set

the line based on good westerly breeze of 11-13mph from 245 degrees. When deciding

the course we took bets among the crew about if the wind would hold for the full race or

die on the way home as with last weeks race. The crew as pretty split. Since it was

Barbecue Night and the priority is to get everyone to the bar earlier, the choice was made

for a shorter course with a better probability of getting everyone finished quickly. It was

probably just a bit to short for the fastest boats but seem to work well for the back half of

the fleet. Tough to keep everyone happy, but we try! ;-)

Course was W6, distance 2.6NM with starts for the fleets going off smoothly at 17:55 and

18:00. The line had become slightly skewed to favor the yellow buoy leeward end of the

line as the start time approached.

In PHRF A, Aboriginal port tacked the fleet at the yellow ball and got away quickly from

the other 7 boats in the first fleet who were up the line and moving fast.

Raceqs was mostly cooperating for the this fleet with the exception of Tusitala (primary

tracker did not start, and backup tracker started late) and Double Expresso (Tracker only

ran for a brief period near the windward mark)

Being a windy night, the the boats mostly went around the course in the order of their

rating with Perigon being the exception and putting in a great race to move up in the

standings

Rating, Finish time, Elapsed time, Rating Adjustment, and Corrected time listed below

ABORIGINAL SYDNEY 38 33 18:21:39 0:26:39 0:01:42 0:24:57

PERIGON J105 81 18:25:54 0:30:54 0:04:11 0:26:43

SWEETHEART SANTA CRUZ 52 -6 18:22:35 0:27:35 0:00:19 0:27:54

Aquavit JEANNEAU41i P 72 18:27:09 0:32:09 0:03:43 0:28:26

TUSITALA C&C 40 90 18:28:18 0:33:18 0:04:39 0:28:39

WATTS MOORE MOORE 24 150 18:32:12 0:37:12 0:07:45 0:29:27

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In PHRF B the end of the line near the yellow mark appeared to get pretty crowded with a

parade of boats on starboard and a few boats getting there a bit too early. Simpatico timed

the start well at the leeward end with Zoop in heavy pursuit. Kicks arrived at the end of the

line early and Perfect 36 appeared to not be able to point high enough in some dirty air to

make the mark. With a couple of nicely executed quick circles they both went around and

started on port tack. Makani and Big Mac were up on the line and moving fast up the line

near the red ball. It was a pretty tight race among the boats in this fleet with Zoop leading

the way and Pacific Spirit and Simpatico virtually tied on elapsed and corrected times with

Raceqs giving the slight nod to Pac Spirit.

ZOOP ISLANDER 36 141 18:31:25 0:31:25 0:07:17 0:24:08

PACIFIC SPIRIT CATALINA 320 165 18:36:48 0:36:48 0:08:32 0:28:16

SIMPATICO CATALINA 320 165 18:36:51 0:36:51 0:08:32 0:28:19

BIG MAC MacGreggor26 222 18:40:14 0:40:14 0:11:28 0:28:46

THE PERFECT 36 CATALINA 36 144 18:36:14 0:36:14 0:07:26 0:28:48

MAKANI CATALINA 34 147 18:36:31 0:36:31 0:07:36 0:28:55

SWEET PEA CATALINA32 165 18:39:15 0:39:15 0:08:32 0:30:43

KICKS CATALINA C30 180 18:41:52 0:41:52 0:09:18 0:32:34

NIDAROS II SANTANA 30/30 108 18:39:44 0:39:44 0:05:35 0:34:09

THANKS TO NGUYET FOR THE PHOTO

Starts are the best part of Tuesday Nights! Its always good to review the some key things

that can lead to good starts before the 5 Minute warning goes off or before. Here are some

ideas for some things that can be on your list to figure out and discuss with the crew.

1) Make all your final trimming adjustments to sails for the first leg.

2) Determine which end of the line is favored.

3) Make some estimates about where the rest of the fleet will be wanting to start and

how that might affect your starting plans

4) Know how long it takes to sail down the line

5) Know how long it will take from the point where you want to make your final

approach the to the point on the line where you want to start the race.

6) Get back to that final approach point on time

7) Sail as fast as you can to the start point on the line that you had predetermined

8) Make sure the crew is on the look out for other boats, or situations that are

developing, and be ready to communicate and change the plan quickly based on

changing conditions or the need to follow the rules, etc.

9) Try to have the sails trimmed well and boat moving at top target speed as you come

off the line.

With the recent problems and inconsistencies in Raceqs we have developed a spreadsheet

to check and correct scoring results using course card distances, the rating supplied by the

PHRF committee, and finish times that we pick off from Raceqs or any other sources, The

spreadsheet we are using is at

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YnbaaWcSD1XLoZgLfc-D9ZfRBlbGEu8c3-

CG3owB-O0/edit#gid=781166502

If Raceqs isn't working in general, or for individual boats, we should

now be able to accept and enter finish times to calculate results into

the spreadsheet. It's now, and when ever racing, a good practice to

note and record your finish time as you cross the line. Then email it

to Barry or Chris after the race or if you spot some error on the

spreadsheet.

THANKS TO CHRIS HOFMANN  FOR THE GREAT RECAP!

Barry Keeler

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