Mother Nature took a break this week and if your boat didn’t break in the last 2 races, you were extremely lucky. This series so far has been a challenge to racers and Race Committee alike.
Race Committee members Heather Tempske, Terra Bowers, Neil Harris, Alan Hudon, Maggie Royal and John Fredrico did an excellent job of getting 45 boats started, giving participants a square starting line, and a great course to sail (if I do say so myself). You will have to excuse the 3 horns that went off about 6:30, we were trying to change the setting on the Istart system and hit the wrong button. Looking at a race from the RC’s perspective is quite an awe-inspiring sight, especially for RC members that are new to racing. My favorite picture was watching 15 cruisers cross the starting line. It would have been scary watching those huge 30 footers coming at you, if you were in something less than our sturdy LLSC barge (courtesy of Randy Baker and friends). I am sure this race was a different challenge to everyone with the wind appearing at different times all over the race course. My biggest concern was D mark because it looked like everyone was going very slowly in that vicinity, but my chase boat reported that many of the cruisers and the Melges 24’s said “hello” to each other (politely) as these 2 fleets rounded the weather mark at the same time. I want to give a “shout out” to everyone that thanked us for doing this task which keeps us from sailing. We tried to make it the best possible race for everyone. So gather together your crew and some of your friends to experience this job which gives you a different perspective of the complexities of running this race. See you on the race course, Dana _______________________________________________________________________________________ Somebody threw too much money into the wind bank for this race. Last night had to be a challenge for Race Committee of Tony Cellamare, Stefan Schulze, Ben Harbin and their crew. Because RC had the most difficult of racing conditions and probably 30+ boats to watch, there may have been some confusion about starters and finishes. So please look at results and if you think they are in error, please email me with your sail # and who finished in front and behind you.
See you on the race course, Dana _______________________________________________________________________________________ We were off to a shaky start for this first day of the Championship series with rain in the forecast for Saturday and light winds predicted, but I had high hopes for this 2021 sailing season. The plan was to complete multiple races and RC did an excellent job in getting in 3 races. The wind shifted all day, but RC changed the course as needed between each race during the day to give us great racing conditions. The day started by going to D and back. But as the day progressed the wind started to spread and pick up in velocity and we went to X and back to A twice for the second race. With increased wind velocity we had a nice 5.1 nm race to H mark and back for our last race.
Thanks to race committee, Warren Collier, Kyle Wheatley, Jim Chambers, Ansel Parker, and Mary Lyons for an excellent race day. The next PHRF Championship race will be on Sat. June 12, weekend after the Reggae Regatta on June 5-6. See you on the race course, Dana _______________________________________________________________________________________ And... we're off! It was a bang-up night. People were so eager to start racing they started colliding with each other. I don’t think I have ever heard of so many near misses and there were at least 2 collisions on the race course last night. But it was a great start of the season with 48 boats registered and last night there were 36 boats cruising around race committee, despite the rain forecast and the sprinkles we received. Race committee did a great job in posting and broadcasting the courses for the different fleets (that is if you had your radio on and went and checked the course board after the cruisers started). It was a great night for a sailboat race with steady winds bordering on whitecapping at the start of the race which died gently as the race progressed. A big thanks to our first race committee of the season consisting of John McCarthy, Ken Blackenship, William Ruland, Doug Early, Joey Duran, Eric Brown, Randy Baker, Randy Phillips and Tim Thompson. They had a lot of boats to keep track of. Just a reminder to make sure you have a sail number on your sail. Also, radio communication from boats should be kept to a minimum once the races have started. These broadcast by the RC is meant as a courtesy before the race and emergencies or retiring boats during the race. Anyone wishing to do Race Committee for a Wednesday night, please contact Jonathan Stewart ([email protected]) , 2021 1st fleet captain. See you on the race course, Dana |
Results by Month
September 2024
Results by YearScorekeeperDana Stewart | She Devil |