JUNE 11, 2024
TUESDAY WITH A
SOUTHERN TWIST
Through the early afternoon there was a steady westerly wind
blowing with the flags showing good breeze.
Maybe the predictions for light wind were wrong? As we left the harbor at 5 o’clock there was
wind coming from the south. We made our
way to the start area and sure enough there was a light breeze from 180 degrees
(due south) with hints that the wind was decreasing. We set a windward mark about a third of the
way toward Mile Buoy and set the start line.
We called for a course around the temporary windward mark, then Blacks
and back to S/F with the finish line being an extension of the line from the
jetty lighthouse through S/F. We blew
the 10-minute horn for a 5:55 A Fleet start and a 6pm start for B Fleet.
Fleet A started with 2 boats OCS and with nobody announcing
it, they both returned to start over. Fleet
B started with one boat OCS and they also turned back to start correctly, All
an excellent display of the Corinthian spirit!
All boats slowly tacked toward the first mark in a 5-6 knot breeze. Around the first mark, the first A Fleet boat
to round was Pegasus then Aboriginal,
Sweetheart, Yellow Belly, Interlude and Double Espresso. B Fleet was led by Nidaros then TOAD, Pair A
Dice, Sweet Pea, Makani, Animal House, Simpatico, Big Mac, Zoop, Kicks, Perfect
36 and Hot Tuna.
After rounding Blacks, all boats made their way back to
S/F. When I set the finish line as an
extension of JLH and S/F I was trying to set a line square to the direction
from Blacks but with the direction of the dying wind changing, it made it
easier to cross the line further out, which several boats did. The first A Fleet boat to cross the line was
Aboriginal 20:32, then Pegasus (closer to S/F) 21:37, Sweetheart 21:56, Yellow Belly 23:19, Double Espresso
24:05, Geronimo 24:36 and Interlude 24:39.
B Fleet was led by Nidaros 22:10, then Animal House 22:50, Makani 23:12,
Zoop 24:45, Simpatico 26:04, Perfect 36
27:05, Sweet Pea 29:36, Hot Tuna 30:28, Big Mac 30:44, Pair A Dice 31:00, TOAD
31:13, and Kicks 32:42. All times are
elapsed and the course distance was 1.22 NM
With fog off in the distance to the East and our usual light wind
Tuesday, the only thing that was different was the direction of the wind. It was Tuesday with a Southern twist.
PHRF ADJUSTED
RESULTS:
PLACE BOAT PHRF CORRECTED TIME
FLEET A
1 ABORIGINAL 33 19:51
2 PEGASUS 78 20:01
3 YELLOW
BELLY 141 20:27
4 INTERUDE 141 21:47
5 SWEETHEART -6 22:03
6 DOUBLE
ESPRESSO 99 22:04
7 GERONIMO 87 22:50
FLEET B:
1 NIDAROS 118 19:46
2 MAKANI 147 20:12
3 WIND II 213 20:25
4 ANIMAL
HOUSE 108 20:38
5 ZOOP 144 21:49
6 SIMPATICO 165 22:42
7 PERFECT
36 144 24:09
8 HOT TUNA 243 25:31
9 BIG MAC 222 26:13
10 SWEET PEA 165 26:14
11 PAIR A DICE 180 27:20
12 TOAD 150 28:10
13 KICKS 180 29:02
RACE QS:
The track for this evening can be found at:
I learned something about Race QS this evening. I preset the start as usual but left my phone
on the chart table face down with the top of the phone pointed to the
stern. When I uploaded my track, the
message on my phone said “track
successfully uploaded 100%”. On the track, my avatar was stationary and
never moved. Race QS suggests mounting the
phone face up close to the centerline with top of phone pointed toward the bow
for recording the track. I have heard of
people keeping their phone in their pocket or casually tossing it down below. This indicates to me that the stable position
of the phone as described is critical to recording a good track.
Barry Keeler
Sailing Pair A Dice
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