Rolex Big Boat Series 2010 – notes…
Things to remember on the 2010 Rolex Big Boat Series at St. Francis Yacht Club: We were very competitive going into the RBBS with the division breaks, our main competitor going in was Tupelo Honey, but there were also other boats that could be a threat such as Hawkeye, who had (Bill Colombo) from Doyle Sails aboard and a J-109, Electra, from Southern California sailed by Harry Pattison of Elliot Pattison Sails. Going into the third day of racing, 3 boats tied for first place. Unfortunately for us, Saturday was a light wind day and we were somewhat under canvased to be able to race...
Read MoreHandicap Chart for 2010 BBS – IRC Division D
This is the handicap chart for the IRC Division D… At the end of a 3 hour race, we have to be 6:10 ahead of the slowest boat. We give Tupelo about 2:30 to finish at the end of 3 hours…
Read MorePracticing starts…
I found a nice little write up on practicing starts that I sent to Timothy, but decided that I should save this on the ships log to recall later. Unfortunately, I didn’t make a note of the author. But I thought the routines he described makes sense, so I posted here with some minor edits and formatting to make it clearer… Later, when I have some time to spare, I might make some diagrams to illustrate the maneuvers… There are 4 primary things you want to accomplish in a start: Start NEAR the favored end of the line Start On Time Start with 110%+ of upwind target boat...
Read MoreSouth Beach YC – IRC Invitational
August 21, 2001 Race 1: RC called for a course one which is a simple windward and leeward sausage. No time to do much except to follow the faster rated boats. Short race. Shorter comments. The only notable is that due to shifty winds, I overstood the windward mark, but also over estimated the current. Nonetheless we finished second.. August 21, 2001 Race 2: RC called for course 2 which is now a twice around windward and leeward…. We favored the right side of the line because of better pressure. Tupelo went left but in lighter air. Looking at the track, we were...
Read MoreStFYC: Aldo Alessio Perpetual Trophy Regatta
Aldo Alessio Perpetual Trophy Regatta - Friday, 07/30/2010: 2010-07-30 10:52 PDT 0.00 knots Slack, Flood Begins 2010-07-30 13:54 PDT 2.94 knots Max Flood 2010-07-30 17:06 PDT -0.00 knots Slack, Ebb Begins The first race of the Aldo Alessio is an ocean race. The RC set up the starting area just west of Treasure Island and set a course for the SF lightship Buoy then to Blossom Rock and to the finish. Winds at the start was steady at 8-12 knots. Given the start time of 11:00, our start will be at slack with maximum flood occurring at 1354 at 2.9 knots at the Gate. Given...
Read MoreNOOD Regatta
The first race of the IRC season series took place in conjunction with Sailing World’s NOOD regatta. WE had missed the beginning of the IRC racing season because of Timothy’s travels and our decision not to do any IRC Ocean races. So it was the first time all of us will be sailing together as a team even though most of us have sailed with each other at some point or the other, but in different roles and circumstances. The crew consists of Chris at the bow, with Bret at the mast, Pete in pit, David Smith at mainsheet, Edda, Miha, and Joe are in the cockpit with Ted as the pit...
Read MoreThe Great Vallejo Race, May 1, 2010
May 1, 2010 – Based on Julie’s request, Joan rounded up a pick up crew consisting of Trevor (Bowman), Caxton (mast), Julie (pit), Calvin & Keith (jib and spinnaker trim), and Shannon, Joan and I (alternating on main sheet and helm). We met at the Alameda Marina at 0900 sharp and loaded up her Laser 28 with coolers filled with her famous bloody mary’s and margarita and half a dozen bottles of wine and champagne. Add to this liquid cargo, and add the bags of food she had provisioned, you’d think we were provisioning for a trip to Hawaii, not Vallejo. We...
Read MoreBBS 2009 – Day 3, Race 6
Day 3, Race 6 Race six is a critical race. If Tupelo wins this, it would be mathmatically impossible to knock them off first place as going into the sixth race, Tupelo had 5 points, we had 10 points, and the third place boat had 17 points. Our division started at 14:20 just a little after slack water (13:42 PDT) with possibility of early flood starting to fill into the South Bay. Usually the flood starts by a small counter current close to shore building up wider and stronger from the shoreline out. Had this been clear in my mind, my tactical choice would have been to sail towards...
Read MoreBBS 2009 – Day 3, race 5
Day 3, Race 5 Sailing Weather Forecast • Rolex Big Boat Series • San Francisco Bay, CA • Issued 0700 LT 12 September 2009 WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES: A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY is in effect from 1200 today through 2300 tonight. The National Weather Service expects winds of 15-25 kts with gusts of 25-30 kts in the bay, primarily north of the Bay Bridge and especially close to Angel Island. Please continue to monitor NOAA All Hazards Radio on your VHF for the latest warnings and advisories. Tides: 2009-09-12 10:51 PDT -1.39 knots Max Ebb 2009-09-12 13:42 PDT 0.00 knots Slack,...
Read MoreBBS 2009 – Day 2, Race 4
Day 2, Race 4 Race 4 start was at 15:00 North Course Starting area. At this time we are in a flood current with max flood at 15:44 PM. The weather mark is a temporary buoy near Harding Rock, so there’s not much relief anywhere. The only relief I can think of is to sail into the current relief behind Alcatraz. We started on the committee boat side about mid line with Kuai just to leeward. Tupelo was somewhat late to the line close to the pin end. We tried to climb up on Kuai but it was slowing us down, we decided to tack to port to get clear air. After sailing for a few...
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