Double Handed Race

Beautiful day for the SMSA DH race. Sun was out, too bad I did not wear sunscreen, now I look like a lobster. :) Wind was from the southwest around 10 at the start, diminishing to zero at the top of the course. Decsions, Decisions.... Follow Splash or Riddler. We chose poorly and ended up on the wrong side of a weird north shift when it finally filled back in. We tried hard and managed to pull off a second behind Riddler I think. Plot of the day is here: http://www.tqci.net/~jkriz/08DoubleHand.htm

Also updated the photo page with a cool new look here: http://www.tqci.net/~jkriz/photo/C-30 Photos.htm

Sharps Island 08

Beautiful run up to the light made for a nice day. Steady winds from the Southeast made coming back under the #2 pretty nice also. Opening day rockfish season complicated the upwind leg near the gas docks and we lost some time there. The fleet also fell into a hole there, which was very dissapointing. Our track is here: http://www.tqci.net/~jkriz/08SharpsIsland.htm

2007 SMSA Frostbite #1

Beautiful weather and a northerly breeze made for a quick trip up to the bridge and back. Course was KMZ. Route is here: http://www.tqci.net/~jkriz/07Frostbite1.htm

Hooper - Point no Point Race

Yesterday was the SMSA Hooper Isalnd Light - Point no Point Light race. It was a beautiful day with high clouds, cool breeze, and flat water. Only problem is that the race was downwind for a three legs of the 30 mile triangle!! A day of no-hiking racing (more like cruising) was a relaxing change of pace to what has been an otherwise windy season. I've posted an interactive google map plot of our course here: http://www.tqci.net/~jkriz/hoopernopoint07.htm

We should have a couple nice photos posted soon!

GovCup 2007

Wow, what a slog upwind!! Winds were 24-27 from 180, 2-6' waves with caps. Lightening after 2AM with a big shift west. Uphill all the way to St. Mary's. Reef and a #3, shifting to #1 after 2AM. Emergency avoidance / near miss on a beefy fishtrap in 25' water, 10 loud horns - 3 ship crossings, blown front bulkhead, head rolled a 3 and opened up, two bent stanchions, and Steve barfed. Planned for and made the shift on the correct side of the course. Crossed in front of Hendonism at Pt. No point. Could not catch Kestrel. In at 09:54, 6th place. Big boats did great, lighter boats slow in the waves. 1 Multihull dismasting, 77 DNF! I looked back at the results and in classes Multi, B, CD and N, only 18 boats finished out of 90. In A-0, A-1, A-2 and A-3, 55 out of 60 boats finished. I guess the A classes have better prepared boats for this stuff!

Click on the map for a Google Map View of our course.

http://www.smcm.edu/govcup/documents/prelim_results_2007_govcup.htm

All had a great time!!

Slowwww

Great weekend of racing!! Sharps was about as long as they come, we raced up the bay upwind at a whopping 2kts against the current making a mere .8kts VMG most of the way...we got to the Sharps Light around 6:30PM only to have the wind shift around for another slow upwind leg. Fortunately, the current was in our favor on the way back. We finished the 38 miles on Sunday at 12:40AM. No clue how we did with respect to the other boats that stuck it out and finished. At least 4 of our competitors dropped out about the time we threw the anchor out to stop from drifting backwards! Sunday was a better day for sailing, winds from the south at 10-15...ended up doing two races back to back. Fun!

Low Tide From Noreaster

With everyone talking about flooding, this was the last thing I thought I would need to worry about: