JUNE 4, 2024 TYPICAL TUESDAY

 

JUNE 4, 2024

TYPICAL TUESDAY

I was encouraged, once  again, by the building  Easterly as the afternoon progressed.  Even as we left the harbor at 5pm the Easterly was strong enough that we were considering a course to SC3.  Knowing how wind can die, we set an offset mark to round after Blacks just in case it was needed. As boats filed out of the harbor the wind started dying and as the start time approached the wind was dead so we postponed for a few minutes to see what would happen. A suggestion was made to have a very short course: Start>Blacks> return to S/F line.  Within 5 minutes it seemed the wind was trying to come back so we blew the horn at 5:55 for an A fleet start at 6:00 and B fleet start at 6:05 with the wind building enough to propel boats slowly around the course.

The first A Fleet boat around Blacks was Sweetheart followed by Sagittarius, Interlude, Double Espresso, Duet, Perfect 36 and Aquavit.  B Fleet was lead around Blacks by Zoop then Avatar, Nidaros, Makani, Animal House, Kicks, Sweet Pea, Toad, Simpatico,  Pair A Dice, Big Mac and Wind Goddess.  As boats clawed their way slowly back to Blacks, the waves on the bow made progress even slower than usual.

The first A Fleet boat to finish was Aboriginal 20:01 then Interlude 23:49, Sweetheart 24:08, Double Espresso 26:27, Duet 26:20, Sagittarius 26:46, Aquavit 27:33, Perfect 36  37:37.  B  Fleet was led by Avatar 26:28  then Zoop  27:52, Nidaros 29:09, Sweet Pea 31:26, Animal House 31:52, Makani 32:15, Big Mac 36:14, Pair A Dice 36:23, Toad 36:42, Simpatico 36:53, Kicks 37:28 and Wind Goddess 43:56.

Despite the lack of good wind, it was a beautiful, warm evening on the water.  With just enough wind to slowly sail the short course, it turned into what has become a typical Tuesday.

PHRF ADJUSTED RESULTS:

PLACE                 BOAT                                   PHRF                  CORRECTED  TIME

FLEET A:

1             ABORIGINAL                                   33                         19:29

2             INTERLUDE                                     141                       21:36

3             DUET                                                 141                       24:03

4             SWEETHEART                                -6                           24:13

5             SAGITTARIUS                                 120                        24:53

6             DOUBLE ESPRESSO                      99                          24:54

7             PERFECT 36                                     144                       25:21

8             AQUAVIT                                         72                          26:25

FLEET B:

1             AVATAR                                              130                       24:43

2             ZOOP                                                  144                       25:36

3             WIND II                                               213                       27:08

4             NIDAROS                                           118                       27:18

5             SWEET PEA                                       165                       28:50

6             MAKANI                                            147                       29:56

7             ANIMAL HOUSE                              108                       30:10

8             BIG MAC                                           222                       32:45

9             PAIR A DICE                                     180                       33:33

10          SIMPATICO                                        165                       34:17

11          TOAD                                                  150                       34:21

12          KICKS                                                 180                       34:38

13          WIND GODDESS                               168                       51:18 

 

 RACE  QS:

It is inexplicable how this app works so well so often, then does not work.  I encourage everyone to record their finish time at the finish in case Race QS fails.  All finish lines are extensions of a line so it is easy  to sight and get your time.

The track  for this evening can be found at:

https://raceqs.com/tv-beta/tv.htm#userId=1011017&divisionId=99183&updatedAt=2024-06-05T02:17:17Z&dt=2024-06-04T17:46:45-07:00..2024-06-04T19:17:04-07:00&boat=SAILING%20PAIR%20A%20DICE&time=1717549501154&focus=SAILING%20PAIR%20A%20DICE&rival=Makani&tab=fleet&view=match

 

MARK OR FINISH LINE?

While designing  the course cards for this year, we discussed the fact that in the past we have always used the rounding of a mark as a finish which we thought was not appropriate.  A finish line should be a finish line!  For this reason we changed all courses to end  on a finish line that is  an extension  of two items such as Jetty Lighthouse through S/F.  This should help in crowded situations: use the finish line rather than round the mark.  Because Race QS is so hit or miss, this use of an extension makes it easy to record the time of your finish in  case Race QS fails.

Barry Keeler

Sailing Pair A Dice