JULY 8, 2025 ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY!

 

JULY 8, 2025

ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY!

It has become our normal pattern in Santa Cruz:  a healthy wind build building and blowing through the afternoon.  The question is always: will the wind continue through the evening long enough to have a race? This afternoon was no exception to the norm.  As we left the harbor at 5pm, my eyes focused on Aptos to see if there was a fog line.  No fog line, but there was a thin band of clouds hovering over Aptos.  Someone on the boat reported that it was not very hot in San Jose today and that higher temperatures in San Jose increase the effects of the Santa Cruz Eddie and a developing Easterly.  If it was cool in San Jose, it increased chances that the wind would not die or change?  We determined the wind was coming from 245 and set a start line square to this.   I optimistically called for ambitious courses for the night: W1 for Fleet A and W2 for Fleet B.  In addition to posting the message on Regatta Hero, we announced the courses on the radio and blew the traditional “10 minutes till 6” horn.  We counted 32 boats out for the fun!

Fleet A got off the line for a clean start and tacked their way to Schuyler followed 5 minutes later by Fleet B.  It was interesting to see the wind increase as the evening progressed and we sailed further out.  It was a relief for  me to see the wind hold until all boats finished. It was just another glorious day of sailing  in Santa Cruz!

 

                                      THANKS TO JENNIFER KINSMAN FOR THE PHOTO

 The track for A Fleet can be reviewed at:

https://www.regattahero.com/mapviewer/?organisation=scyc&passcode=233793&regatta=Tues%20Fleet%20A&race=8.7.2025%2017:55:00&language=en

Fleet B track can be reviewed at:

https://www.regattahero.com/mapviewer/?organisation=scyc&passcode=233793&regatta=Tues%20Fleet%20B&race=8.7.2025%2018:00:00&language=en

PHRF CORRECTED RESULTS:            

PLACE                 BOAT                                   PHRF                   ET                          CORRECTED TIME

FLEET A: COURSE W1= 3.873 NM

1             ABORIGINAL                                   33                          38:11                  36:03

2             DOUBLE ESPRESSO                       99                          45:58                  39:34

3             BLUE FIN                                          72                          44:56                  40:17

4             INTERLUDE                                     141                       49:25                  40:18

5             ABSOLUTE 25                                  48                          44:16                  41:10

6             ROSIE                                                162                       51:42                  41:14

7             SOPHIE                                              141                       51:13                  42:06

8             DUET                                                 141                       51:31                  42:24

9             AMOR FATI                                       80                          48:25                  43:15

10          AQUAVIT                                            72                          48:13                  43:34

FLEET B: COURSE W2=3.484NM

1             ZOOP                                                  144                       42:32                  34:10

2             MAKANI                                            147                       45:05                  36:32

3             BIG MAC                                            222                       50:21                  37:27

4             SIMPATICO                                        165                       47:16                  37:41

5             SAILING PAIR A DICE                     180                       48:14                  37:46

6             PACIFIC SPIRIT                                165                       48:47                  39:12

7             WIND GODDESS                              165                       50:00                  40:25

8             AVATAR                                              132                       48:51                  41:11

9             ETELLE                                               170                       54:40                  44:47

10          TOAD                                                   150                       54:34                  45:51

11          NIDAROS                                             118                       53:02                  46:10

12          MYSTIC                                               150                       1:00:53              52:10 

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REGATTA HERO:

If you are having problems with this app, open and look over this file:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=e4ab764cce&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1837193572740371577&th=197f05d20ed21479&view=att&zw&disp=inline

I hope to see you sailing next Tuesday.

Barry Keeler

Sailing Pair A Dice