JUNE 17, 2025
QUESTIONABLE WIND
Predictions were for 7 knot winds
with gusts to 26 knots, but when I arrived at the harbor early in the afternoon
the flags were limp, showing very little wind.
From the beach, you could see a wind line on the water further out. As we left the harbor at 5pm, there seemed to
be a little more wind from a south-easterly direction. I took this as an indication that an Easterly
was developing and set up for a race to Blacks including an off-set mark. It would have been encouraging to see a fog
bank in Aptos to confirm an Easterly wind, but there was no fog. As we returned to the start area, there was a
definite wind line showing on the water about 100 yards from the S/F mark so we
changed the course from E4 to S5 and moved the start line mark to be more square
to a Southerly direction. Conditions at
the start were very tricky resulting in several of the A Fleet boats starting
with B Fleet boats 5 minutes later. I
was one of the boats stuck in no wind
and didn’t cross the start line until `10 minutes after the B Fleet start. It was amazing to be stuck in no wind and
watch some of the boats get just enough wind to get out into the real but still
light wind outside.
We were about a third of the way
to Mile when the Easterly filled in with a relatively strong 8 knot wind and we
were sailing once again beam reaching straight toward Mile. Then as luck would have it, the transition
zone was centered right around mile and we were adrift with several other
boats. After using my engine to avoid a
collision, I was haunted by the prospect of retrieving the offset mark I had set
for the E4 course and retired from the race to take care of business. As we
motored back inside, there was a healthy Easterly blowing. Who could have predicted this? This is what happens with questionable
winds.
PHRF CORRECTED RESULTS
PLACE BOAT PHRF ET CORRECTED
FLEET A:
1 ABORIGINAL 33
59:05 58:01
2 TRUE
LOVE 72 1:04:02 1:01:43
3 INTERLUDE 141 1:23:08 1:18:37
FLEET B:
1 SIMPATICO 165 1:17:35 1:12:18
2 SWEET
PEA 165 1:20:48 1:15:31
3 AVATAR 132 1:20:40 1:16:26
4 PERFECT
36 144 1:24:17 1:19:40
5 PACIFIC
SPIRIT 165 1:31:33 1:26:16
TIE
5 BIG
MAC 222 1:33:23 1:26:16
TIE
7 TOAD 150 1:33:38 1:28:50
8 NIDAROS 118 1:35:06 1:31:19
9 MYSTIC 150 1:51:01 1:46:13
You can review the tracks for
this evening at this web site. Choose
which fleet and which date you want to review:
REGATTA HERO:
We are all learning this new
system. In the registration section
there is a field labeled “sail number”. Enter
your boat name in this field. This
allows everyone to identify boats when watching the replay.
It is also a mystery why some
boat tracks freeze in the middle of the race.
It turns out that when conditions are very mild with little or no boat
movement, the track will freeze. If you
wear the phone on your body, your body motion may keep the track going.
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NEXT TUESDAY IS THE LAST
TUESDAY OF THE MONTH! BARBECUE POTLUCK
AT THE CLUB AFTER THE RACE. BRING YOUR
BEST GRILLING FOOD TO GRILL, ENJOY AND SHARE!
Barry Keeler
Sailing Pair A Dice
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