DECEMBER 16, 2025
AWESOME WINTER SAIL
Check out the Zoop Scoop below for an excellent recap of this
awesome winter sail.
To view the Regatta Hero track:
Jennifer Kinsman photo
PLACE BOAT PHRF ET CORRECTED TIME
1 FLEXI
FLYER 96 37:05 33:14
2 ABORIGINAL 33 34:49 33:30
3 ZOOP 144 41:18 35:32
4 WIND II 213 45:16 36:44
5 ROSIE 162 43:36 37:07
6 NIDAROS 118 42:09 37:25
7 SAILING
PAIR A DICE 180 45:56 38:44
8 MAIN
SQUEEZE 72
42:39 39:46
9 PERFECT 36 144 47:24 41:38
10 OLD ENOUGH
TKB
243 51:37 41:53
11 AQUAVIT 72 45:36 42:43
ZOOP
SCOOP BY PAUL TARA
WOW, WHAT AN EVENING!
This
Tuesday’s race was spectacular. You could have fooled me — we almost
didn’t sail. When I was at the Harbor on Monday, there was thick fog and
practically no wind, and Tuesday’s forecast was for more of the same. I had
already made up my mind to pull the plug if I couldn’t see the Crows Nest flag
from our slip. But instead, Tuesday dawned clear, and by 1200 there was a
nice southwesterly filling in. And it was warm. Which made me suspicious.
Inside
or outside, which to choose? Course was W-5. We figured go right.
We were wrong. There was slightly more breeze outside and the wind was
starting to hint at backing or shifting left. Remember how I said I was
suspicious? Didn’t matter — we were about to get rolled after the start —
we had to bail and go right anyway. But the duck was a big one, and it cost us.
Meanwhile the boats on the outside were launched. If you look at
the track, the whole fleet is gradually lifted on port, with Nidaros II smiling
all the way to the starboard tack layline.
On
the run to the finish, the breeze held, but still continued backing. We
started the run DDW on port tack, jibed onto starboard about half-way
down the leg, and finished up barely being able to carry the pole on starboard.
In fact, we probably should have dropped it, and jib reached the final portion.
That’s a big shift — and not the first time.
After
we finished, the conditions were so perfect that we took another lap,
rendezvousing with Chardonnay at MB, where her skipper, Krista Swedberg, took
this shot.
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Dock just became the first dock in the Harbor to install a sea lion deterrent
system on every slip, including (attention SC-27 fleet) the entire end tie.
So far, it seems quite effective. But it’s non discriminatory — it can
shock humans just as easily. As long as you don’t touch the thin yellow guard
wire and the water at the same time, you’ll get just a tickle. But, if you do,
watch out. And, before we have an environmental hue-and-cry, it’s
important to know that it’s NOAA approved, and MBARI just installed it on their
docks in Moss Landing. So, say good bye to buckets and paintballs, and ….
1.
Don’t step on the wire if you can avoid it, especially if barefoot.
2. Beware when folding sails, they don’t catch on it.
3. Don’t leave dock lines in the water and let them lay on the wire.
4. Report problems to either me (831) 251-3622 , or Neils
Kisling (831) 332-7454
5. Controller is at D-4 (Zoop). Off switch is on the bottom of the SW corner.
6.
DON’T FALL IN
Thank you Paul Tara!
Barry Keeler
Sailing Pair A Dice
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