JULY 18, 2023 DEJA VU SAILING

 

JULY18, 2023

DÉJÀ VU SAILING

Once again, predictions were for light breezes for the evening.  As I watched the flags through the afternoon, there was a mild northwesterly blowing which changed to an Easterly as 5 o’clock approached.  As we left the harbor, there was an Easterly starting to build by the beach, but a light northwesterly blowing further out.  As boats were leaving the harbor, we needed some indication as to what the wind was going to do.   On Pair A Dice, we have found that mother nature makes her final decision one minute after we have deployed the start line buoy. This night was no exception. It looked like the westerly was filling in and we set the start line  mark outside of the yellow mark to be more in the westerly breeze.  Sure enough, one minute after we set the mark, the Easterly started blowing which required a minor mark-set change which we accomplished, and announced the course: Start, Blacks and finish at GOV just like last week.  We blew the “10-minute horn” at 5:50 for a Fleet A start at 5:55 and a B Fleet start at 6pm.  Both fleets got off with a clean start and all boats made their way to Blacks.

The first A fleet boat to round Blacks was Watts Moore, followed by Frisky, Aquavit, Flexi Flyer, Sagittarius, Good Timin’, Perigon and Rosie.  B fleet was led around Blacks by Gold Rush followed by Zoop, Simpatico, Pair A Dice, Toad, Big Mac, Perfect 36, Pacific Spirit and Kicks.  The rounding of Blacks this week was much more controlled than last week.

On the long run to the Gov finish line, some boats made some time on other boats.  The first A Fleet boat to cross the finish line was Flexi Flyer 23:46 followed by Watts Moore 24:36, Frisky 25:31, Sagittarius 26:42, Aquavit 26:46, Good Timin’ 28:02, Rosie 29:46 and Perigon 30:05.  B Fleet was led by Zoop 23:57, followed by Gold Rush 24:45, Wind II 25:25, Nidaros 25:48,  Schock Therapy 26:19, Simpatico 26:26, Toad 26:29, Pair A Dice 26:38, Big Mac 27:56, Perfect 36 28:14, Pacific Spirit 28:15 and Kicks 31:12.  All times are elapsed and the course distance was 1.92 NM.

In the end it was amazing how similar conditions were to last weeks sail: a perfect example of “Déjà vu sailing”.

PHRF ADJUSTED RESULTS

PLACE   BOAT                                     PHRF                     ADJUSTED TIME

FLEET A:

1             WATTS MOORE                150                        19:48

2             FLEXI FLYER                    96                           30:41

3             FRISKY                               81                           22:51 TIE

3             SAGITTARIUS                   120                        22:51 TIE

5             GOOD TIMIN’                    141                        23:31

6             ROSIE                                  162                        23:34

7             AQUAVIT                            72                           24:27

8             PERIGON                             81                           27:29

FLEET B:

1             SCHOCK THERAPY           243                        18:32

2             WIND  II                               213                        18:36

3             ZOOP                                    144                        19:20

4             SAILING PAIR A DICE        180                        20:32

5             GOLD RUSH                        126                        20:43

6             BIG MAC                              222                        20:49

7              SIMPATICO                          165                        20:59

8             TOAD                                    150                         21:41

9             PACIFIC SPIRIT                   165                        22:08

10            NIDAROS                             108                        22:20

11           PERFECT 36                         144                        23:37

12           KICKS                                   180                        25:26

RACE QS:

The track for this evening can be found at:

https://raceqs.com/tv-beta/tv.htm#userId=1147771&updatedAt=2023-07-19T01:53:52Z&dt=2023-07-18T17:46:08-07:00..2023-07-18T18:53:52-07:00&boat=Aquavit&time=1689730272008&focus=Aquavit&rival=Sailing%20Pair%20A%20Dice&tab=setup&view=follow&lat=36.958510&lon=-122.011995&tilt=9&range=294&heading=150Race QS:

LONGER RACES:

Multiple people have asked why I called for such short courses for the last two weeks.  I called each of these races for the conditions that we were experiencing at the start: light Easterly.  I agree that we could have extended the race back to start/finish mark but the confusion after indicating to finish with GOV to SB and the normal port rounding for a longer course could be very dangerous, especially for an impromptu course not listed on the course card.

RACING OR SAILING?

We have several boats that come sailing with us and participate in our “races” that are not registered and do not upload Race QS tracks.  I do not own the ocean and cannot exclude unregistered boats from sailing with us.  This is a non-issue UNTIL the racing rules of sailing are not being followed and right of way boats must steer clear of non-participating boats to avoid collision.  After such an occurrence it is not exactly Corinthian conduct to express a single finger salute to the right of way boat.  Once again, I do not own the ocean and cannot exclude participation, but please follow the rules.  It is a big ocean and bay. Is it really necessary that you sail in the midst of our impromptu races and not follow the rules?

BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER:

Another reminder of the big regatta for the year.  This regatta occurs on August 6 this year.  It is an awesome event with food and music after the short race.

NEXT TUESDAY IS BARBECUE NIGHT AT THE CLUB

This is always a fun event, bring your best grilling food to the club and enjoy visiting with other competitors.

Barry Keeler

Sailing Pair A Dice