NOVEMBER 28, 2023 PERSEVERANCE WITH AN AWESOME SUNSET

 

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

PERSEVERANCE WITH AN AWESOME SUNSET

After 3 weeks with no wind for a race, I was looking forward to the end of No-Winder (November).  As we left the harbor at about 2:20, we were encouraged to see some indication of a Northwesterly breeze over by Gov.  As we approached Gov we determined the wind was coming from 230 and  set a rather long line square to this. We considered the wind strength and called for a course: start to Schuyler and finish with Gov to port.  We blew one five minute horn at 5 minutes till three for a single fleet start.

All boats charged across the line on time and made their way toward Schuyler and about halfway out, the wind absolutely died with all boat bobbing motionless, all eyes on the beautiful wind line outside.  If only we were there rather than HERE!  The faster boats were the closest to the wind line and broadened their lead as they entered the wind.  The further back you were, the further you were left behind.

At Schuyler, the first around was Interlude followed by Rosie, Avatar, Big Mac, Pacific Spirit, Kicks AND Pair A Dice. After rounding Schuyler all boats sailed downwind to the finish line.  Interlude was the first to cross the line 1:02:45 followed by Avatar 1:09:22, Wind II 1:10:52, Rosie 1:11:39, Simpatico 1:15:10, Big Mac 1:18:41, Pacific Spirit (New Perspective) 1:27:30, Kicks 1:36:50  and Pair A Dice DNF as the wind died.  All times are elapsed and the course distance was 1.46 nautical miles.

It was amazing to see 10 boats out bobbing for over 45 minutes and only 1 boat retired in addition to Pair A Dice not finishing.  While it was not comfortable sitting motionless in the water while racing, I can think of worse places to be.  In a normal world, boats would retire and head to the bar.  It was an incredible display of perseverance capped with an awesome sunset. 

  

PHRF ADJUSTED RESULTS (SINGLE FLEET RACE):

PLACE   BOAT                     PHRF     ADJUSTED TIME

1             INTERLUDE         141                        59:19

2             WIND II                213                        1:05:41

3             AVATAR                132                        1:06:09

4             ROSIE                    162                        1:07:42

5             SIMPATICO         165                        1:11:09

6             BIG MAC              222                        1:13:16

7             NEW PERSPECITVE  147                 1:23:55

8             KICKS                    180                        1:32:27

Race QS:

The track for this evening can be seen at:

https://raceqs.com/tv-beta/tv.htm#userId=1011017&divisionId=95965&updatedAt=2023-11-29T01:16:01Z&dt=2023-11-28T14:45:37-08:00..2023-11-28T17:14:33-08:00&boat=SAILING%20PAIR%20A%20DICE&time=1701212496803&focus=SAILING%20PAIR%20A%20DICE&rival=Kicks&tab=fleet&view=follow&lat=36.954441&lon=-121.999653&tilt=5&range=2980&heading=225

Lets pray for better wind next Tuesday!

Barry Keeler

Sailing Pair A  Dice