JUNE 6, 2023 WILL SUMMER EVER ARRIVE? WILL RACE QS EVER WORK?

 June 6. Will Summer Ever Arrive? Will Raceqs Ever Work?

After a drizzly day it started to clear a bit around the bay and there was a pleasant 8-11mph breeze out of the west and south west as we arrived at the starting area. There was some chop leftover from storms that had been passing through the area earlier in the day making steering a bit tricky going up wind.

I was hoping the wind would hold out for a slightly longer course than last week and called for W3. Boats got off to good starts at 17:55 and 18:00 and the beat to Schuyler mark started well for most boats with many boats crossing tacks and fewer going to the right corner of the course with the wind around to the south a bit from our normal 240-260.

As the middle of the fleet approached the weather mark the wind started to taper. At least one boat was pinching hard to lay the mark but got stuck in irons trying to round. On the run down to Black's the search was on for the best breeze as the wind died and became more shifty.

Seeing that the wind was continuing to die, I called for a shorten course at the S/F to avoid having the fleets sail further into the hole that was developing closer to Black's Mark.

The fleet split with some boats going outside with wing on wing sail trim, others going inside on a tighter port tack reach closer to shore looking for puffs off the beach. Still others tried to sail the rhumb line on a bit broader reach towards Blacks. The boats jockeyed back and forth with each of the strategies working at times.

We had some problems with Raceqs loading any track this week and requested that all the skippers report finish times to scyc.race.results@gmail.com with Boat Name, finish time, Start Fleet/Time, and recollection of any other boats nearby at the finish. This process worked fairly well with 7 boats having good finish times and others pitched in with relative finishes to other boats. But just as all the results were compiled on Friday morning Raceqs decided it was time to rise from the dead and report results.

We will continue to gather times in this fashion until Raceqs seems to get more stable so be sure to record your finish and send it in. This also helps to verify Raceqs results when it is reporting.

Raceqs recordings should now be available at

PHRF A

https://raceqs.com/tv-beta/tv.htm#userId=1011074&divisionId=90522&updatedAt=2023-06-09T15:47:49Z&dt=2023-06-06T17:49:52-07:00..2023-06-06T19:14:24-07:00&boat=Tusitala&model=Bavaria40&time=1686099215001&focus=Tusitala&rival=PERIGON&tab=fleet&view=follow&lat=36.951837&lon=-121.993883&tilt=1&range=1080&heading=360

PHRF B

https://raceqs.com/tv-beta/tv.htm#userId=1169353&divisionId=90523&updatedAt=2023-06-07T02:18:29Z&dt=2023-06-06T17:40:02-07:00..2023-06-06T19:18:03-07:00&boat=Zoop&time=1686099642798&focus=Zoop&rival=P36%20(alt)&tab=fleet&view=auto

Here are the results for the evening with combination

of reported times and times pulled from Raceqs

now that it is back up.  Hopefully this will go smoother

next week

Boat	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Time to Lead
Aboriginal	18:36:13	0:41:13	39:47:00
Aboriginal 2	18:36:14	0:41:14	39:47:00	0:00:00
Yellowbelly	18:48:21	0:53:21	47:13:00	0:07:26
Flexi Flyer	18:49:40	54:40:00	50:30:00
Double Exp	No Report
Sagittarius	18:53:03	0:58:03	52:50:00	0:13:03
PERIGON	18:53:59	0:58:59	55:28:00	0:15:41
Tusitala	18:54:40	0:59:40	55:45:00	0:15:58
Zoop	18:54:39	0:54:39	48:24:00
Nidaros II	18:54:54	0:54:54	50:12:00	0:01:48
Perf36	18:59:43	0:59:43	53:28:00	0:05:04
P36 (alt)	18:59:46	0:59:46	53:31:00	0:05:07
Sweet Pea	19:00:51	1:00:51	53:49:00	0:05:25
TOAD	19:03:32	1:03:32	57:09:00	0:08:45
Big Mac	19:07:05	1:07:05	57:26:00	0:09:02
Pacific Spirit	19:07:53	1:07:53	1:00:51	0:12:27
Makani	19:08:02	1:08:02	1:01:39	0:13:15
Wind II	No Report

Thank you Chris for all of your work on the Race QS issue and for your alternative approach.  I have not had access to WIFI for a few days but am hooked up now.  Seems like the remote corners of Bora Bora do not have WIFI.  Keep up the good work. 

Barry Keeler

Sailing in Paradise

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