APRIL 16,2024
CONFUSED WIND AGAIN
Since I am on vacation, Stefan
Berlinski was kind enough to set the course for this evening and provided the
following recap.
When I got to the boat,
Sam was there and soon Scott and Steve showed up. Betsy came last and I put
Alex on board as Kicks, which he had hoped to sail on, was not at the dock yet.
The breeze had been 10 to 12 from the southwest all day. It stayed there as we
sailed around waiting for a change. At 5:30 or so we dropped the pin for a 230
wind. Five minutes later it began to back and was soon at 100. We picked up the
mark and streamed it to the new position. The breeze was very light, so I
called a course Start, Blacks, Start to starboard, Blacks and finish to
starboard with the line an extension from Black’s Point through the Start buoy.
I got a call on the radio from Homer about doing the first rounding of start to
port, but replied that if I shortened course, that would be a better way to
finish and there would be no rounding conflicts. We had 27 boats and two fleets
for a 5:55 A fleet and a 6:00 B fleet start. Ten minute horn and the breeze
began to fill in. We policed the line for the A fleet start and all were clear.
Then I thought we were in good position to do a port tack start and be on lay
line for the windward mark. I had badly miscalculated and we were stuck in a
cluster of slower boats with no hope of getting free for a while. We finally
were able to break out into clear air. The breeze had filled in to a nice 12
knots apparent. I got on the radio and announced a course change before the
first A fleet boats had gotten back to Start. The first rounding of Start was
to leave it to port. That way the rounding issues would be resolved. I heard
from Aboriginal that they had turned the radio off after the start and didn’t
get the message. I had to wonder how they would have known if the course was
shortened. We had a nice windward rounding and tried to set a pole. There was
some delay, then we couldn’t get it down so we could gybe back and wound up
going a hundred yards or so past the mark. Got that sorted out and started our
second lap. The next rounding was done perfectly and we deployed the pole, then
gybed right onto the lay line for the finish. Betsy took our finish time:
18:37:15.
We found out later that
Makani and Big Mac had a collision. Big Mac had the inside at the leeward mark
and Makani gybed right next to them and hooked Mac’s backstay. Makani had a
cleat on the end of their boom for the topping lift and this engaged Big Mac’s
backstay so that Mark had to jump om Makani, release the backstay and jump back
on Big Mac. Wish we had been close enough to see that! Stuart took a turn, but,
technically, he should have retired. They talked it over and I think they came
to an agreement about the damage. Betsy has a fuller story. This could be a
great learning experience. A number of sailors came up at the club and said how
they were happy with the course. The check had cleared at the last minute.
Stefan
Thanks Stefan. Paul Tara also sent out an excellent piece
about rule 18 and rounding marks which would be good for
review.
The course was 1.9nm for this
evening and the results are as follows.
PLACE BOAT ELAPSED TIME CORRECTED PHRF
FLEET A:
1 ROSIE 32:08 27:20 162
2 FLEXI
FLYER 30:59 27:56 96
3 ABORIGINAL 39:01 28:00 33
4 WATTS
MOORE 32:50 28:05 150
5 INTERLUDE 32:55 28:27 141
6 SWEETHEART 28:54 29:05 -6
7 SAGITTARIUS 33:51 30:03 120
8 GOOD
TIMIN’ 35:10 30:42 141
9 TUSITALA 34:12 31:21 90
10 SOFIE 38:36 34:08 141
11 AQUAVIT 36:49 34:32 72
FLEET B
1 AVATAR 31:14 27:03 132
2 ZOOP 31:38 27:04 144
3 BIG
MAC 35:04 28:02 222
4 GOLD
RUSH 32:35 28:35 126
5 PACIFIC
SPIRIT 34:13 28:59 165
6 KICKS 35:07 29:25 180
7 NIDAROS 33:00 29:34 108
8 MAKANI 34:48 30:08 147
9 PERFECT
36 35:41 31:00 144
10 SAILING PAIR A DICE 37:10 31:28 180
11 SWEET PEA 36:48 31:34 165
RACE QS:
The track for this evening’s sail can be viewed at:
Lets all hope
for good conditions next Tuesday!
Barry Keeler
Sailing Pair
A Dice
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