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Written by Richard Magner
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011 16:27 |
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Yesterday was a precursor of autumn with highs only in the 60's. With a forecast of rainy weather for the remainder of the week (which is proving true today), I drove down mid-day, disassembled the boat and floated her on the trailer with Brian's help around 1830 and had her home in G'Bury by 2010 hours. On my next seven off (weather permitting) I hope to move her to the back yard, lift her off the trailer and on to the stands and get set pretty much for the winter. This morning I threw a small tarp on.
I'm still working on the off-season to-do list, and need to decide how much to consider over winter. The keel needs to come off for re-painting and there are a few blister areas on the bottom demanding attention. Time will tell how much more I'm willing to tackle.
Ready for Old Man Winter
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2011 11:57 |
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Thames YC - Commodore's Trophy 2011 |
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Written by Richard Magner
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Monday, 12 September 2011 19:21 |
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64th Commodore's Trophy Race - 09/11/2011
Current: ebb – 1036 North Hill
Crew: Brian, Seth & RW
Winds: ESE, avg 10 kts, gusts 18, lulls 4
Weather: sunny, occasional clouds
Start/Finish: just south of Vixen
Start time: 1115; Finish: 1426; ET: 191 minutes
Course: s/f-IR-SE-CR-V-IR-s/f; Distance: Distance – 14.4 nm
Shrouds: Base - +4, +7, +3.5; dropped to +3, +6, +3 on last windward leg
Again as in years past, our class start followed the Ensigns by five minutes. Following a clean start (in the upper third of line) at the gun, we continued on starboard towards the shore. Short of Bluff Point, a tack to port took us across Gnat’s stern. We then continued offshore anticipating a more favorable current in the deeper water; and mistakenly overstood just a bit for our starboard into Intrepid, requiring us to bear off slightly. Closing on Intrepid, I noticed Arabesque, Ursa Minor, Plain Vanilla & Gnat had pulled farther ahead than I had anticipated, causing me to think there may have been more wind nearer their shore route.
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Written by Richard Magner
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Sunday, 04 September 2011 19:15 |
55
TH ANNUAL ROUND ISLAND R
ACE
55th Annual Round Island Race - 09/03/11
Crew: Brian, Jeff & RW
Course: Counter- Clockwise around Fishers
Current: flood - 1000 Race Point
Wind: SW 8 kts avg, peak gust 16
On the leg to North Hill, I found it difficult to maintain a clear lane in the light air, traffic and the chop from the flood along the island. Once around North Hill, we continued out a ways as there appeared to be little wind along the shore and stayed out the whole length of the western shore which appeared to be a good choice. It may have paid off to work in a little closer south of Silver Eel, though we chose not to.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 29 October 2011 15:13 |
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Written by Richard Magner
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Thursday, 01 September 2011 12:55 |
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Crew: Brian, Dan & RW
Winds: S 2 to 4 kts
Weather: clear
Current: flood – 1943 North Hill
Start/Finish: GLP Starting Area
Course: s/f–DM–s/f , Bearing 179, Distance: .8 nm
Shrouds: +0, +0, +0
We had a very good start windward of the fleet neat the RC, with Sans Souci to our lee, with Cosmic and the rest farther down the line. Our pre-start wind checks along with an expected ebb lift led to a port favored strategy. Sans Souci was the first to tack, followed shortly after by Cosmic (while Jolly Mon and the rest continued on out on starboard). I delayed till we were well to windward of both, and we were fortunate to end up in a much better wind band.
We could see a slight ripple on the water ahead and left near the finish. About two-thirds of the way out, Cosmic tacked to port, while Sans Souci hung on to the layline. Looking at our GPS chart, shows that that may have worked at about 1815 had we done so also; though I was hesitant to do so in the extremely light air, keeping our tacks to a minimum.
Breakin’ Wind having initially gone left was nearly the first to finish, though tacked too soon for the layline and got hung up at the pin.
Link to chart
Last Race of the season results
Summer season results
2011 Season Class results |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 September 2011 18:03 |
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