The photo sys it all.
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Thursday, 22 August 2013
August 21, 2013
Everyone seems to like to take holidays in August. This creates a problem for getting crew. On the 21st I had Ryan and Nick. A bit short handed but it was a good day.
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
August 14, 2013
On the way out to the start, Wes practised doing foredeck.
Nic helmed while Kev did sheets
The line was somewhat skewed and there were a few boats over early. i anxiously watched to see that the individual recall flag was lowered. We were OK.
Kevin did sheets. The boat seemed to perform well. The wind was northwest. boats tended to stay on the north side. Harrier beat to the windward mark. They lead throughout the race.
On the downwind leg we stayed on starboard. About half down Kev pointed out that we were sailing by the lea. Very slow. We were lost especially to Harrier on this leg. Jazz seemed to have some problems with dousing at the leeward mark. We did good; tacks seemed to work well with helm trying to allow trimer just enough time to sheet in before the tack was complete.
On the second downwind we gybed onto to port. this went much better. (The key lesson here is that I need to questions things more; just because it seems we are doing OK doesn't mean we are.) The important thing was that we learned from the first downwind leg and adjusted accordingly to the second.
It felt good to have the boat well crewed. Harrier was first. and we failed to beat Jazz on corrected time. Still a fun race.
August 7, 2013
We motored out. The wind was from the south but the PRO still sent us a long way south to set the start. The wind was 185ish. The line was long and fairly set. There was a good wind with a bit of chop.
We had a good start on the left side of the course. We waited for Windburn to tack; we were clear ahead of Windlight. We were second boat rounding the windward mark (a J 22, which had not registered for the series, was clear ahead). There was a good hoist after rounding. We gybed to keep clear of windlight. We sailed pretty much dead downwind to the leeward mark. Windburn caught up. Perhaps I waited too long for the takedown. It did not go well and Windburn took the lead
The course was changed; the wind had shifted west we had a good rounding shooting the mark ahead of Windburn i e we had once again were ahead. Winburn was able to pull away on the downwind and finished clear ahead. The J22 was lead boat well ahead of the fleet
We knew we lost to Windburn but it would be close with Windlight . Jazz, although well behind, won on corrected time with Windburn second and Aristosera. Third. Very fun race.
Rain
July 31
The forecast did not just call for rain but it was raining. No doubt about it. Wes called to report its raining and therefore he wasn't sailing! after OOPS I and II _I_ wasn't not going sailing.
We had a good start. Windlight was ahead. The main problem was downwind. We could not get the chute to fly. As a result Jazz was able to catch us and for a short time was ahead we finally managed to get the chute to work enough to get ahead. i was impressed with Hardtack; they had a full chute and were able to 'motor' through the fleet. At least we didn't let Jazz beat us in real time (but that is a sad state of affairs). There were only three boats out so another third.
On the back I realized that I was wet and decided to put on my jacket. Not a great day.
The forecast did not just call for rain but it was raining. No doubt about it. Wes called to report its raining and therefore he wasn't sailing! after OOPS I and II _I_ wasn't not going sailing.
We had a good start. Windlight was ahead. The main problem was downwind. We could not get the chute to fly. As a result Jazz was able to catch us and for a short time was ahead we finally managed to get the chute to work enough to get ahead. i was impressed with Hardtack; they had a full chute and were able to 'motor' through the fleet. At least we didn't let Jazz beat us in real time (but that is a sad state of affairs). There were only three boats out so another third.
On the back I realized that I was wet and decided to put on my jacket. Not a great day.
oops times 2
July 10th, 17th and 24th
The forecast called for possible severe thunder storms. Toronto had a major storm two days earlier and I decided to be a bit cautious. We consulted with the other boats and decided to not go out. We had supper while watching Windburn and Jazz leave.
The weather clear. Perfect conditions. I felt like an idiot. My default decision is always to leave it to the PRO to decide. DNC. OOPS I
The next week conditions were good. We had a nice practise hoist with the spinnacker. Our start was OK. We had a good first windward leg. As we rounded the offset the spinnaker halyard got caught. We could not raise or lower the chute! After some debate I decided to bail. We motored by the RC and informed them of our decision. At the club we had lots of time to use the masting crane as a ladder to check out the top of the mast. The halyard had jammed itself between the sheave and the bracket. There was no way we could sort this out without the mast coming down. On Sat. we got the mast down and used some washers to fill in the gap btween the halyard and the sheave. This seem to be Ok but we got DNF. OOPS II
We finally got racing again. Winds were light. We had a good start. I tried to head up as much as i could but it only resulting in stalling the boat and having to bear away to gain back way. Windlight was clear ahead and maintained their lead for the race. The RC finished us at the windward mark (Great relief). We got another third but that is a lot better than the DNC an DNF!
The forecast called for possible severe thunder storms. Toronto had a major storm two days earlier and I decided to be a bit cautious. We consulted with the other boats and decided to not go out. We had supper while watching Windburn and Jazz leave.
The weather clear. Perfect conditions. I felt like an idiot. My default decision is always to leave it to the PRO to decide. DNC. OOPS I
The next week conditions were good. We had a nice practise hoist with the spinnacker. Our start was OK. We had a good first windward leg. As we rounded the offset the spinnaker halyard got caught. We could not raise or lower the chute! After some debate I decided to bail. We motored by the RC and informed them of our decision. At the club we had lots of time to use the masting crane as a ladder to check out the top of the mast. The halyard had jammed itself between the sheave and the bracket. There was no way we could sort this out without the mast coming down. On Sat. we got the mast down and used some washers to fill in the gap btween the halyard and the sheave. This seem to be Ok but we got DNF. OOPS II
We finally got racing again. Winds were light. We had a good start. I tried to head up as much as i could but it only resulting in stalling the boat and having to bear away to gain back way. Windlight was clear ahead and maintained their lead for the race. The RC finished us at the windward mark (Great relief). We got another third but that is a lot better than the DNC an DNF!
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