Saturday, July 16, 2011
Race 1
Winds: SW (198 avg), avg 5.5 kts, gusts 9, lulls 3
Weather: Sunny, Temp 79 F; Current: ebb - North Hill 1210
Start/Finish: between Horseshoe & Vixen
Course: s/f–WM–LM-WM s/f; Distance: 6.0 nm
Shrouds: +0,+0,+0
Race 2
Winds: S (181 avg), avg 7.7 kts, 4-10 kts, gusts 12, lulls 3
Weather: Sunny, Temp 79 F;
Current: ebb - North Hill 1210
Start/Finish: between Horseshoe & Vixen
Course: s/f–WM–LM-WM s/f; Distance: 5.0 nm
Shrouds: +0,+1,+1
With the wind slowly backing all day, port was the favored tack for both races. Yet the smart move and had I been alert to the back, would have been to take a starboard hitch to the east on both starts & leeward roundings taking advantage of fresher air on the left. Other than that, I can think of little we could have done better in these relatively light conditions, with an adverse current on the windward legs. Our Pfactor average regarding TgtBS was in the mid-nineties all day.
Thanks to all the folks that chipped in to assist the SeTherin crew in supporting Hospice, especially the following honorable crew:
Kevin & Erin Gentile
John Nauer
John & Meghan Kranyak
Patricia Margarido
Melanie Folcik
Susan Thibeault
Carmen Macca
Ferenc Osvald
Link to crew photo
Euphoria (5th) & Salud (3rd) photo
Salud - 3rd Place
SeTherin - 4th Place
Euphoria - 5th Place
Greg's Report
Link to Race 1 chart
Link to Race 2 chart
Link to Results
Interestingly, in the last race only a minute 12 seconds separated 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th places. Finishing in 4th, we were 29 seconds out of second and only 6 seconds behind Salud in 3rd.