We took Speedy to Bayview for the Wednesday Night Races. The crew was running a bit late, so Jojo and I sailed her down there by ourselves. It was actually very nice and we got into the groove of handling the boat by ourselves quite quickly. Read more…
Apparently Rush Creek marks are not the same as the Bayview/Chandler marks. Learned this one the hard way.
One of the newest members at Rush joined us last night for the race. David hopped on the an Olson for the first time and learned how uncomfortable the boat is real quick. One of the cup holders that broke during DRW cut a pretty good chunk out of his calf. Sorry Bro.
As I was saying, we were to race to the the Sunnyvale mark, then to heath and finish at RCYC. At B/C the Sunnyvale mark is the third buoy from the shore, but RCYC uses the fifth buoy. We rounded the mark last needless to say. But thanks to David’s skills we did not finish last. We ended up right in the middle of the fleet.
I now have in my possession, both sets of what marks are what. The RCYC and the B/C versions. We were too busy to take pics.
And this thing is about a 20% slower than GPS speed...If you ask me, we were going around 13 knots. Yeah, 13 sounds right.
And actually, the fastest I saw on the knot meter was 7.3…but we are just splitting hairs now! Wednesday night we were prepped to go race and kick some Swale ass! We got the boat in the water and it was all rigged and ready to go! There was a little concern over some harsh weather that was kinda heading our way. We risked it and headed out…Thankfully we got a tow out of the marina, since I could not manage to get the boat out by myself. There was a western wind, and the path is so narrow I coiuld barely pick up any speed and tack…. Read more…
We were ready for the race this week. We had 4 out of 5 crew on the boat when we left the dock at RCYC. Even picked up Bruce from Swale before the prep warning. I am telling you, we were on the right track.
OK, we were on the right track until they announced the course. Downwind start? With 16 boats…a little hairy. We went against the grain and started on a Port Tack and Gybed soon after the mark…not exactly what you would call GENIUS tactics. We didn’t hit a boat, and we actually got out pretty good. Read more…
Anyone that has spent some time with me knows how much I hate being late…well, last night I was late to the start line. I am not talking a few seconds, I am talking about what seemed like an hour! Ok, so it was only like 5 minutes, but that is a lot of time in sailing. Worst than that, the race committee started the race a couple of minutes early. BAH! I was not a very happy camper…Sherrill, Dwight, and I were to pick up Bruce from Swale before the race…well that didn’t happen. Not that I really feel bad for him…he knows why! Read more…
Bryan Calk was in from Kuwait on leave. He wanted to get out on the water…there was a race on the lake, so we went to BayView to race the Wed Night Series…Bryan, Dwight, and I sailed her to the north side of the lake and picked up Peter at the dock. We were a bit light on crew, but we handled it. Read more…
