tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21194335840886344032024-03-17T23:04:04.720-04:00Alberg 30 RacingCapturing the adventures of racing a true classic on the Chesapeake Bay. Come join us!J Bergquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14176406992869493612noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-73893183124137949102019-01-13T15:53:00.000-05:002019-01-13T15:53:06.669-05:00February 2019 SeminarsThis is all in the Mainsheet for December, but I just want to put it out here as this may be easier for folks to get to.<br />
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<b><u>February 2 – A30 Specific Topics</u></b><br />
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<li>Long Range Planning Committee report and discussion</li>
<li>Cruising Schedule</li>
<li>Specific A30 Maintenance topics</li>
<li>A30 Bones – Salvage/Inventory plan for A30 parts</li>
<li>Kids’ Network</li>
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<b><u>February 9 – Racing</u></b><br />
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<ul>
<li>2019 A30 Schedule</li>
<li>Panel discussion of rules, tactics and sail trim</li>
</ul>
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<b><u>February 16 – Some Bay History</u></b><br />
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<ul>
<li>History of the Emma Giles Steamboat (popular side-wheel passenger steamer)</li>
<li>Environmental Topics</li>
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<b><u>February 23 – Maintenance</u></b><br />
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<ul>
<li>Marine Technology Course in AA County School System (CAT – South)</li>
<li>A marine surveyor’s perspective</li>
</ul>
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All of these are at PSA.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-70694585034192606882018-11-06T15:05:00.003-05:002019-02-07T08:33:52.923-05:002019 Racing Scheduling Meeting<br />
at PSA on 2018-11-11 at 2PM.<br />
<b>Note: </b>Date was incorrect, read "2019-11-11". Date corrected to "2018-11-11" on 2019-02-07.<br />
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Agenda:<br />
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">NOOD -- race as before -- no changes suggested. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Annapolis to Miles River</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Suggested options:</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Combine with the Memorial Day Cruise as a JAM (Jib and Main) with the expectation that the cruisers will join. Still a sanctioned, highpoint event. JAM and Spin would race together as the A 30 Fleet and each Fleet awarded separately. </li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b>OR</b> Delete from the schedule.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Moonlight -- race as before -- no changes suggested. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Ted Osius -- race as before -- no changes suggested. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Boomerang -- 48NM at night is a long and painful race. </li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Suggested options:</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Delete from the schedule. Replace with the MRSA July Race to Baltimore and the Rock Creek Racing Assoc Francis Scott Key Regatta. Good party on Saturday night.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><b>OR</b> Have EYC shorten the race to 25NM.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">NASS Oxford -- race as before -- no changes suggested. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Hammond Regatta -- race as before -- no changes suggested. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Rankin Regatta -- increase the number of highpoint races that are widely attended</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Suggested change:</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Make each race (if possible) 4NM to meet the CBYRA Highpoint requirement.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Rock Hall</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Suggested change:</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Make the race a cruiser/racer event by being JAM to get “everyone” out for a great party at the end.</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Fall Cruise Regatta -- Fall Cruise and Race Meet Up</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Suggested change:</li>
</ul>
<ol><ul>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">A sanctioned event where the race is to the 1st rendezvous point for the Fall Cruise. The “PRO/Signal Boat” anchors/hovers near a government mark to start the race and then joins the race with a one (1) minute “handicap”.</li>
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Jonathan Breslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536636932592303038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-59781031805594088702018-09-13T08:11:00.000-04:002018-09-13T08:11:10.025-04:002018 Rankin Regatta<i>The Canandians are coming! </i><i>The Canandians are coming! </i><br />
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The Alberg 30 Association is happy to announce this year's edition of the Bruce Rankin Regatta.<br />
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<li><b>When: </b>the weekend of 21st through the 23rd of September</li>
<li><b>Where (on water):</b> Sillery Bay on the Magothy River</li>
<li><b>Where (on land): </b>Potapskut Sailing Association (PSA), 283 Cove Road, Pasadena MD</li>
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Essential Documents:
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<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CCoOqRiBlRMt0_ZrXfs0aNy4nCyYinxo">Announcement and Schedule of Events</a></li>
<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kKd61Vmq2d7WRJKVBi28ck4VSyTyPS5C">Sailing Instructions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Lgvv47ik1lRZcYrG4f355Km3Kti5z1un">Team Racing Sailing Instructions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1C6-MDaClxLNf0bydxmxwP4ayez-B5894">Table of Marks</a></li>
<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fDn1YkOMEqqrEfP1e81xnVouoW4AKkMi">Chartlet of Marks</a></li>
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We look forward to racing with you there!</div>
Jonathan Breslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536636932592303038noreply@blogger.com2283 Cove Rd, Pasadena, MD 21122, USA39.0856244 -76.50016210000001113.5635899 -117.80875610000001 64.6076589 -35.191568100000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-21627707189669556642018-07-23T14:35:00.002-04:002018-07-24T16:26:15.739-04:00Boomerang Race <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At SSA Prior to departure while waiting for the rest of the team to show up.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This was a tough race.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The course is 48+ miles long, and half of it is up wind, and the wind was blowing a fairly constant 20 knots. We sailed a total of 60 miles. From Annapolis to the point we headed back took us from 7:20pm to 3:00am – almost 8 hours. From the turn back to the finish line took us four hours – we finished a few minutes before 7:00am. The eight hours up wind was a pretty rough ride in the scheme of things. Not rough in that the waves were big, but rough in the sense that the waves are precisely the wrong shape for a boat with a 21 foot waterline.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Three of us crossed the starting line. We crossed the start line on port tack with Woodie (Latika) and Mike (Skybird) both on Starboard. We did not have a particularly good start, with Skybird ahead, but the way the line was set, the move on port tack heading towards Back Creek put us upwind of everyone when we tacked over, and we managed to get ahead at that time. Skybird had some technical issues and dropped out before the first mark off Tolly Point (Bay Ridge), and Latika and us went off to the mark off Hacket Point, and then from there essentially down to the mouth of the Choptank by Sharp Island where we turned right (2:00 am) and crossed the bay close hauled to another mark (3:00) and then back to Annapolis (7:00). Apparently we were fairly close at times as Latika was able to see us when we used the flashlight to check the sails. When the sun came up, we had headed to the wrong #1 mark on the way back so we took a detour too far to the west and Latika made up some ground on us. We crossed the finish at 7:00 and Latika about 30 minutes behind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">So we went up wind in 20 knots of wind for 8 hours, and then downwind for 4 hours with the last three with the spinnaker up. The RaceQ tracks are below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">These take a little
while to load. The funny thing is that the phone was upside down, so the boat
shows as being capsized the whole time, and right at the finish you can tell
when we get tied up as the phone is put right side up, and the boat rights
itself! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Last year was a
gorgeous easy race. This year gorgeous, but a bit of a ride. You take em as
they come; wind no wind, shooting stars or clouds. While we do not do it for
the stories we could tell. These are the stories we tell (Apologies to Jimmy
Buffet).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-26203733025746677362018-04-20T11:44:00.000-04:002018-04-20T11:44:47.709-04:002018 Annapolis NOOD RegattaThe racing season is about to begin!<div>
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Six boats are registered for the 2018 Annapolis NOOD Regatta: Argo, Constance, Latika, Laughing Gull, Second-2-None, and Windswept. The field is a bit smaller this year due to one skipper having to attend his daughter's graduation from college, another skipper delayed in boat prep due to the unseasonably cold months of March and April, and another boat in the midst of a repair. <div>
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Nonetheless, the Albergs will race in this the 30th edition of Annapolis NOOD Regatta. Due to fewer boats registered, six this year vs nine last year, they competition may be fierce. Committed racers have been making sure that they have ride. Each skipper will be bringing their A team. Might be needed. Last year, winds blew quite strongly, making the skipper forego the use of spinnakers on some of the downwind legs. Given the unusual weather patterns so far this year, its anyone's guess as the weather we will encounter.</div>
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Less than 14 days to go!</div>
Jonathan Breslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536636932592303038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-33519823390615656552017-01-11T09:15:00.001-05:002017-01-11T09:15:39.241-05:002017 February SeminarsThe schedule and locations for the 2017 February Seminars has been set:<br />
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<ul>
<li>04 Feb 2017: Racing Seminar at Riviera Beach Library</li>
<li>11 Feb 2017: Cruising Seminar at Eastport Library</li>
<li>18 Feb 2017: Maintenance Seminar at Riviera Beach Library</li>
<li>25 Feb 2017: Potpourri Seminar at Riviera Beach Library</li>
</ul>
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All seminars will begin at 1:00PM.<br />
Speakers and topics to be announced.</div>
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Riviera Beach Library is located at 1130 Duvall Hwy Pasadena MD, (410) 222-6285</div>
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Eastport Library is located at 269 Hillsmere Dr Annapolis MD, (410 222-1770</div>
Jonathan Breslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536636932592303038noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-75772296598996593332016-01-17T12:48:00.000-05:002016-01-20T16:48:32.234-05:002016 Racing SchduleWhile its winter outside with Annapolis temperatures in the 30's, <a href="http://www.cbyra.org/">CBYRA</a>, the clubs and the fleets have been active preparing for the upcoming racing season. CBYRA will hold a meeting this Saturday, January 16th, to set the racing schedule for the Chesapeake Bay. While the schedule will not be set in stone this week, it is time to settle on the races in which the Association will take part this year. Without further ado, the tentative 2016 racing schedule, with other activities added to minimize the need to check multiple sources, is<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">02/13 Racing Seminar with Racing Tips & Secrets by Towney Townshend at the <a href="http://www.aacpl.net/location/eastport">Eastport Library</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">03/21 CBYRA Green Book published</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">04/29 - 05/01 <a href="http://www.sailingworld.com/nood-regattas/annapolis">Sailing World NOOD Regatta</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">05/07 Spring Rendezvous at Bay Ridge Clubhouse</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">05/14 Spring Regatta, </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://giys.gibsonisland.com/">Gibson Island Yacht Squadron</a> (GIYS) </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(non-High Point)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">05/15 Spring Classic, <a href="http://www.magothysailing.com/">Magothy River Sailing Assoc.</a> (MRSA)</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(non-High Point)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">05/28 Annapolis to Miles River, <a href="http://www.milesriveryc.org/">Miles River Yacht Club</a> (MYRC) </span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">06/04 - 06/05 Children's Cruise, Rhode River</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">06/11 Moonlight Race, <a href="http://www.psasailing.org/">Potapskut Sailing Assoc.</a> (PSA)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">06/24 - 06/26 Syronelle Regatta, <a href="http://www.alberg.ca/">Great Lakes Alberg Assoc.</a> (GLCC)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">06/26 Ted Osius Memorial Race, <a href="http://www.scc1944.org/">Sailing Club of the Chesapeake</a> (SCC)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">07/09 Boomerang Race, <a href="http://www.eastportyc.org/">Eastport Yacht Club</a> (EYC)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">09/10 Race to Oxford, <a href="http://nass.sailregattas.com/">Naval Academy Sailing Squadron</a> (NASS)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">09/11 Hammond Memorial Race, <a href="http://www.tayc.com/">Tred Avon Yacht Club</a> (TAYC)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">09/17 - 09/18 </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bruce Rankin Memorial Regatta </span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">09/24 Race to Rock Hall</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.psasailing.org/" style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">Potapskut Sailing Assoc.</a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (PSA)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">09/25 Rock Hall Race Back</span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.psasailing.org/" style="font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">Potapskut Sailing Assoc.</a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (PSA)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">10/01 Fall Rendezvous</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">10/01 - 10/09 Fall Cruise</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">10/22 Football Cruise (Tentative)</span><br />
<br />Jonathan Breslerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536636932592303038noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-9164289256914568102015-06-22T11:01:00.001-04:002015-06-23T09:29:50.522-04:00Victory on Lake OntarioThe Chesapeake A30 Association sent 8 sailors north to try to win the Syronelle Trophy. We had two days of great wind and great one-design sailing, and the victory was on the edge, but in the end we won and the trophy is heading south for the first time in 20 years.<br />
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Details will follow but here is the bottom line. Towney and his team got 4 bullets in 4 races aboard <i>Jazz</i>, and George Dinwiddie and team went 6-5-4-6 out of 7 aboard <i>Le</i> <i>Papillon</i> . We were tied with the team of <i>White</i> <i>Opal</i> and <i>Gemini</i> but took the trophy because of Towney's 1-1-1-1<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18101700460937863220noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-63404229130088868282014-12-22T11:19:00.001-05:002014-12-22T11:19:57.992-05:00A few 2014 pics from the Wednesday Night Races<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-76507203884243666902014-02-17T11:34:00.001-05:002014-02-17T11:34:15.809-05:00The 50th Anniversary 2014 Calendar is up on the<a href="http://alberg30cruising.blogspot.com/"> Cruising Blog</a> - including all the racing events.<br />
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The first CBYRA High Point event of the year is now in the books with Tim Williams and the crew of LinGin providing a solid performance to win the 2013 Annapolis NOOD Regatta. The Maple Leaf Trophy was on display at the awards ceremony on Sunday. In addition to the NOOD Regatta trophy, Tim was presented with the Maple Leaf Trophy at the same time. Congratulations to Tim and his crew on their hard fought victory. For complete results please visit <a href="http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eid=754&RaceClass=Alberg%2030">Yacht Scoring</a>.<br />
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The racing was close throughout the weekend. Going into the last race, Argo and Windswept were tied for second with LinGin in first with a comfortable lead. LinGin only needed to not finish last to secure the regatta victory. The last race was shortened due to the dying breeze. By winning the last race, Argo and crew edged out Windswept by only one point. LinGin's third in the last race was enough to win the regatta but it did complete the weekend with the top three boats all tied for High Point.<br />
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High Point scoring is a very complicated formula. In general, you get a point for starting a race and another point for each boat you beat in a race. There are also bonus points for races over 25 miles. For regattas with more that one race in a day, the combined score for the day is used to compute the scoring. Multi-day regattas like the NOOD score each day individually.<br />
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So it's all square for the top three spots going into the Mile River Race on May 25. Once again, it looks like it's going to be a close battle for High Point.<br />
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The 2013 Alberg 30 Racing Schedule includes 11 days of High Point racing with two events on the calendar which are non-High Point. Two changes of note this year is the return of the EYC Solomons Race to the High Point Schedule. Another change finds the Albergs starting first for the Hammond Memorial.<br />
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Please let me know if there are any questions and feel free to comment on the schedule. Perhaps next year we can make the Rock Hall event High Point.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-72125009300968531842012-10-17T00:09:00.002-04:002012-10-17T00:09:34.612-04:00Queenstown Race Weekend, or "Why you need cash even for a weekend anchored out"<br />
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As Tim Williams noted in an earlier post, we had good winds of 15 knots or better for this year's PSA Race to Queenstown. I learned a lesson the previous week when I did not reef the mainsail during the Oxford Race in similarly strong winds. This time we put the reef in on <i>Skybird</i> before turning upwind at the Chester River nun buoy, only to have a jib car fail during our second tack. While trimming in the genoa we heard a loud bang and I saw the jib sheet running directly from the clew to the winch. Not good. Examining the pieces later it looked like the delrin sheave cracked and broke. This loaded up the bolt attaching the jib block to the car, promptly snapping the bolt. Luckily nobody was hurt, and after tacking back
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race. Whew! After getting through something like that what else could go wrong....<br />
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Sunday morning came with winds from the north, not quite as strong as the day before but still good racing weather. On the way out to the start I got careless, trying to do a bunch of little things to prepare for the race while driving, and I ran <i>Skybird</i> aground. Hard. We revved the engine, tried heeling the boat and using the sails, all to no avail. Tim brought <i>LinGin</i> as close as he dared, took a line and tried to pull our bow around with all his engine's might. After numerous attempts that only succeeded in ripping apart one of my bow chocks (oh yeah, that was the chock with the crack in it - really should have used the other one - sorry Tim, not your fault), <i>LinGin</i> had depart in order to reach the starting area in time for the race.<br />
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Eventually one of the workboats from the previous night's party, <i>Dipping Time</i>, came by and offered their assistance. While they helped us we heard a call for us on the radio. Apparently after leaving us <i>LinGin</i> went to assist another Alberg that had grounded (due to engine trouble I think), and since we were the last start the PSA race committee decided to hold the start until the Albergs were ready. I had not seen a race committee hold a start in a multi-class regatta for a couple of late boats, but I am most grateful, as is the rest of the Alberg 30 class. <br />
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To get <i>Skybird</i> off the mud the two-man crew on <i>Dipping Time</i> went above and beyond the call of duty. Between when <i>LinGin</i> left and <i>Dipping Time</i> came upon us we had tried just about everything, including tossing an anchor off to the side to try and pull the bow around. Nothing worked. As our anchor rode was our longest line, <i>Dipping Time</i> pulled up our anchor (a difficult task in itself) and used the anchor rode to try and pull us off. After about a half hour they finally got <i>Skybird's</i> bow to turn and pulled us back into the channel. Free at last! I just had to give the <i>Dipping Time</i> crew something in appreciation. Unfortunately I had very little cash in my wallet. After all, we had just spent the night anchored out. Why would I need cash? After taking up a quick collection I handed the <i>Dipping Time</i> crew what we came up with as they returned our anchor. Given all they did for us it wasn't nearly enough. <br />
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Finally all the Albergs reached the starting area and the race was started. <i>LinGin</i> had to recover from being over the line early but had rejoined the leaders by the first mark. After rounding, <i>Argo</i> worked far up to north side of the river while <i>LinGin</i> stayed on a more westerly tack. By the time the fleet approached Love Point <i>Argo's </i>move had paid off. They held a huge lead and just loosely covered <i>LinGin</i> and the rest of us while cruising to an easy win. On <i>Skybird</i> we shook out the reef and tried playing shifts and avoiding foul current to get back in the game and somehow managed to reach the Chester River nun buoy "2" in third. We closed on <i>LinGin</i> while crossing the bay but couldn't catch them. <i>Argo</i> had such a lead that I never saw them finish. <br />
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Congratulations to <i>Argo</i> for a commanding win and thanks to the PSA Race Committee for holding the start for us. Most of all, thank you <i>Dipping Time</i>. If not for you <i>Skybird</i> might still be at Queenstown.<br />
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<br />Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423462882644416853noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-87318895017470578442012-10-01T22:55:00.003-04:002012-10-01T22:55:28.954-04:00Great Finish to Annapolis WNR SeasonHoly cow! Has it really been a whole month since AYC Wednesday Night Races have wrapped up? I really need to write these sooner....<br />
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The wind was very light as <i>Skybird</i> loitered near the starting area for the final Wednesday Night Race. <i>LinGin</i>, <i>Second-2-Nun</i>, and most of the others Albergs looked to be trying for a pin-end start so I came down the line from the boat end, hoping just to have clean air with which I could build speed (OK, momentum - these are Albergs after all). One smaller boat seemed to be heading right for me on port. I called "starboard" but this J/22 still came on and tacked directly in front of us as the gun sounded. I had to luff up sharply, then as we slowed I turned down to keep moving in the light winds, all the while thinking "Really?!? What are you doing here? Wasn't your start 10 minutes ago?!?" I'm still shocked I didn't hit their stern. Finally they tacked away. <i>Asylum</i> looked like she had a clean start at speed between us and the pin while the other Albergs were in a crowd at the pin end. <br />
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After tacking we worked up the right side of the course. <i>Asylum</i> tacked but looked to be short of the mark so we stuck it out a bit longer. Extra tacks seemed like a bad idea in these light winds. As the wind faded further I feared being left behind in a hole, and when we also hit a header it was time to tack back. <br />
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Heading back to the mark we encountered a huge wind shift that eventually lifted us all the way up to the mark and left <i>Asylum</i> over-stood. I had long since lost track of the other Albergs, but somehow it looked like we would be first to the windward mark. Just to make things more fun, on our final approach a PHRF boat tacked below us then pointed up to make the mark. We were ahead but just couldn't break the overlap in time. Having already prepared for a gybe set, the mark rounding seemed to last forever as we waited for the PHRF boat inside us to turn downwind before gybing. When we finally gybed there was <i>Asylum,</i> sailing right past our stern at speed and about to hoist her spinnaker. As I looked back I saw at least two other Albergs beyond <i>Asylum</i> hoisting, so it was still anyone's race.<br />
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The downwind leg was a drag race to the nun buoy, with <i>Skybird</i> and <i>Asylum</i> a couple of lengths apart. As the little puffs came and went we would pull away a bit, only to get reeled back in by <i>Asylum</i>. My sheet trimmer Laura and guy trimmer Jim did a great job getting the most our of our chute and we managed to hold them off, the RC finishing us at the nun just four seconds ahead of <i>Asylum</i>. <i>Second-2-Nun</i> and <i>Laughing Gull</i> both finished less than a minute later, followed by <i>LinGin</i> and <i>Argo</i>.<br />
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During the run Tim Adelman was able to take some great pictures as Asylum fought us all the way to the finish line.<br />
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Well done to all those who participated in the Annapolis Yacht Club Wednesday Night Races. Here are the final series results.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2012 AYC Wednesday Night
Race Results</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Place</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Series I</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Series
II</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Series III</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Boat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Skipper</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pts</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Boat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Skipper</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pts</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Boat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Skipper</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>LinGin</i> (244)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tim Williams</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>LinGin</i> (244)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tim Williams</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Skybird</i> (550)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mike Nikolich</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Argo</i> (247)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">TC Williams</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Argo</i> (247)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">TC Williams</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>LinGin</i> (244)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tim Williams</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Skybird</i> (550)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mike Nikolich</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Skybird</i> (550)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mike Nikolich</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Asylum</i> (308)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Allan Adelman</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">13</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Second-2-Nun</i> (484)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Harry Gamber</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">13</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Second-2-Nun</i> (484)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Harry Gamber</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">15</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Laughing Gull</i> (197)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jonathan Adams</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">14</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Laughing Gull</i> (197)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jonathan Adams</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">14</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Laughing Gull</i> (197)</span></div>
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At their awards ceremony AYC graciously awarded trophies down to fourth place, so I have a few glasses I need to pass along to their rightful owners.... Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423462882644416853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-90250374279049614822012-09-23T22:43:00.001-04:002012-09-23T22:43:40.565-04:00Queenstown Races<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had a great race this weekend with 7 Albergs participating in the race to Queenstown and back. I did a short write up on my blog for those interested.<br />
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<a href="http://lingin244.blogspot.com/2012/09/south-winds-and-fair-skies-race-to.html">http://lingin244.blogspot.com/2012/09/south-winds-and-fair-skies-race-to.html</a><br />
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LinGin#244Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16230537847956809570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-51919547165584134392012-08-21T18:52:00.000-04:002012-08-21T18:52:16.102-04:00A youngster's view of a Wednesday Night Race<br />
Here's a interesting insight into the July 25th Wednesday Night Race aboard Laughing Gull from a youngster's perspective:<br />
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For those interested, we had a great race this past weekend. Five Albergs participated in a beautiful night of sailing. I did a write up on my blog for those interested.<br />
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--TimTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16230537847956809570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-63020600595827182752012-05-10T19:46:00.000-04:002012-05-10T19:54:40.244-04:002012 WNR Series 1 Race 3 [LinGin]<a href="http://annapolisyc.org/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="http://www.glenbecker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ayc_logo.gif" title="ayc_logo" width="400" /></a><br />
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It was grey, high chance of rain, with likely thunderstorms. Light winds were promised for the evening, except "wind and waves higher in thunderstorms".</div>
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With Tim on work travel, crew was TimP, Garrett, and Brian. We made it to the start with enough time but not a lot of time. (We don't know how to act when we have a lot of time.) We got the new D1 course with four other Albergs: Argo, Asylum, Second-to-Nun, and Skybird.</div>
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We started comfortably on starboard at the boat end, which I fervently hoped was favored, with Asylum to leeward. Skybird got a good start, closer to the line, on port but tacked over close in front of us just after the gun. I think Argo started toward the pin. Winds were South at about 5kts.</div>
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The wind was light but steady for the beat to drop mark A. We got lifted slightly nearing the mark and did well on the fleet, including a close pass with Argo on port which forced them to duck right at the mark. I think they might have crossed cleanly but with light wind and short crew, TC opted for the safe option. We rounded in first and rolled into a bearaway set followed by a quick gybe. On the rhumbline to G5 we had clear air with Argo setting up shop slightly higher and 6-8 lengths back. After rounding G5 we found a boat slower than the Albergs. Unfortunately they were too far away, and the leg too short, to get above them but close enough to spoil our air and hold us back. Argo closed the gap a bit.</div>
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Rounding the red nun and dousing the spinnaker I did a poor job getting on course and we were slow. Argo rounded cleanly with good momentum and rolled over us while we trundled back up to speed. By this time the breeze had gone all shifty and I played catch-up trying to find a groove. Argo moved into a 3-4 length lead on our tack while Skybird split with us after rounding the nun. The breeze got shiftier and puffier and we gained some on Argo's double-handed crew. Halfway to the Academy seawall Argo tacked and we ducked them to continue on port. Further out Skybird was looking good, having crossed Argo and I think leading the race at that point. Getting closer to the wall we started to see big puffs swirling around, mostly coming out of the harbor, and generally increasing breeze. (This worked in our favor. Though we didn't know it then, the wind was busily changing its colors from S at 5kts to NW at 18kts.)</div>
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We tacked to starboard at the wall and soon converged with Skybird on port. They were slightly ahead before tacking back to starboard a length below us. We had just gotten back up to speed when the really big gusts came with gusto and the right shift showed itself in earnest. Within sixty seconds it shifted so far right that we were now reaching straight at the finish. With Garrett on the main and Brian, who happened to be on the jib at the moment, working hard to follow the 30 degree shifts and 15kt gusts we blasted through the harbor dodging a bit of moored traffic with Skybird close astern and Argo close to them.</div>
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We took the gun nine seconds ahead of Skybird, after only 50 minutes racing!</div>
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That's the quickest WNR I can remember. And we all finished within minutes of each other; thirty seconds separated 1st and 3rd.<br />
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We quickly dropped the jib and motored out of the fray. A few minutes later we also dropped the main and motored home in light rain, increasing wind and 23kt gusts.</div>
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Fun times!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-76907093486515906922011-07-01T10:24:00.004-04:002011-07-01T11:14:30.920-04:00Annapolis WNR 6/29/11 - Photo FinishOnce again we had good winds (8-10 knots) for the Wednesday Night Race in Annapolis. However this time it was from the Northwest, meaning a spinnaker start. Five Albergs were racing this night but apparently everyone had a different idea on where to start. Calliope won the start, running the line towards the boat with a smart turn downwind a quick spinnaker set at the gun while I was still turning the boat back downwind. By the time we crossed the line to leeward of Calliope and started setting the chute, she was several lengths ahead. LinGin started down by the pin but was on the line with her chute up and drawing at the gun, while Second-2-nun and Argo had their own spots on the line.<br /><br />I felt good during the run, as we were gaining on Calliope. When I told my crew we were hoisting the jib at the next mark my spinnaker trimmer (Jen) at first didn’t believe me. To her it seemed the race had just started, yet we really were well past “A” and approaching the outer mark. Then I looked back to leeward and saw LinGin coming up towards us, closing fast. How do they do that? Approaching the mark I briefed the crew on the plan: gybe the chute, then hoist the jib and douse the chute. After watching LinGin hoist her jib before the mark and remembering how badly we screwed up that same rounding sequence the previous week [my fault, but that's a whole other story], I too decided to shift to the jib before rounding.<br /><br />Calliope round first, followed by LinGin just ahead and inside me. We did a good job getting the jib up and chute down, but the jib hung up on the topping lift when we jibed. After cleaning that up we were several lengths behind Calliope and LinGin, in their bad air and that of a J/30, so we tacked away.<br /><br />On the way back into the river the wind started to fade and got a bit spotty. Calliope and LinGin had tacked and crossed ahead, while I stayed on port, with a friendly wave across from a J/30 (thanks, Deck Works). After threading through the Etchells and other classes converging on the red daymark “4” from their own rounding mark, it looked like the boats far ahead were getting headed more and more the further in they went. Looking to stay in better breeze and not end up so far to the right of the nun, I took a hitch left shortly after passing the daymark. Also the fathometer, which had read over 20 as we passed the daymark, now suddenly said 8.7....<br /><br />By the time we reached the nun LinGin and Calliope were well on their way to Spa Creek. LinGin had stayed on starboard towards EYC while Calliope went over to port and headed towards the Naval Academy seawall. As we approached the creek we seemed to be gaining on Calliope, but I couldn’t see LinGin. Why hadn’t they come back and crossed us yet? Finally, I found them. They were to the left of EYC and had been forced to hold an impromptu swim call....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEZTqaVKd4Nh3XA4OpBZIr6IGBkyVnyh6X0zGnnpdaPG8NsJJtgSqTHOzRZ2DJQBUOhfrVPtzuTZj-4dGXeknqhhseL_ENLA2yv_v-Y6SkARtpeMYmxp-uWwgH_rjZVHUW35uKOmtCwku/s1600/IMGP0086.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEZTqaVKd4Nh3XA4OpBZIr6IGBkyVnyh6X0zGnnpdaPG8NsJJtgSqTHOzRZ2DJQBUOhfrVPtzuTZj-4dGXeknqhhseL_ENLA2yv_v-Y6SkARtpeMYmxp-uWwgH_rjZVHUW35uKOmtCwku/s320/IMGP0086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624396497990581026" border="0" /></a>Unlike the last few weeks when I went through the mooring field, this time the direct path from 1SC to the finish looked clear. Calliope had gone to the right through the moorings so I had a chance, if only I could make the mark without another tack in the fading breeze. I thought we were doomed when some waves hit us about a length from the mark, but we were just able to shoot up and around it. Now we just had to keep our speed until the finish. As Calliope and another boat came around the corner of the Annapolis Yacht Basin and headed up for the finish we were closing from astern and about half a length to leeward. Could we catch them in time? After what seemed like an eternity thinking “are we there yet? are we there yet?...” the RC called “550, over!” I never heard them call 287 over, it was that close. A crewman of mine sitting just aft of the mast said he was even with Calliope’s mast at the horn, so that’s a margin of what, 18 inches? Does AYC have the photo gear set up to record a photo finish? I have never been in a closer race. Oh, and if anyone thinks a clean bottom isn’t that important, Skybird’s hull had been cleaned that morning - there’s no way I could have passed Calliope without a fresh bottom. As Calliope and I headed back out there was LinGin heading to the finish, amazingly recovering to finish third. Tim certainly owes a beer to whichever crew member dove in to push the boat off the mud that fast.<br /><br />Wow, what a way to head into the July fourth holiday and WNR off-week. Next comes the Race to Solomons. Who’s joining us?Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423462882644416853noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-30756368438386413002011-05-29T14:05:00.003-04:002013-05-19T17:57:12.753-04:00A perfect day: 2011 Annapolis to Miles River Race [LinGin]<div><a href="http://www.glenbecker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/0528111849a.jpg"><img align="right" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-725" title="0528111849a" src="http://www.glenbecker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/0528111849a-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Continuing the<a href="http://www.glenbecker.com/2011-annapolis-nood-regatta/" title="LinGin wins 2011 Annapolis NOOD Regatta" target="_blank"> astoundingly sailor-friendly weather</a> trend this year, the 2011 Annapolis to Miles River Race was treated to...well, astoundingly sailor-friendly weather. Here I make a distinction between sailor-friendly and race-friendly; we're often presented with race-friendly conditions that are uncomfortable, at best, for the sailor or sailor-friendly conditions that are difficult to race in. I might start calling this "sailing weather": our local prevailing breezes south-southeast at 10-15kts, air temperatures 70-75, water temperature 73, clear skies.</div><div><br /></div><div>I was lucky to make it to the race. First, after a long ten days of "too much work and too little sleep makes Glen a dull boy" I was spent both mentally and physically. Second, thanks to Linda's generosity in driving down to pick us up it worked out my wife Emily was able to go with us, too. Along with Scott, we made it a fun family day with Tim and Andréa and their kids Mackenzie, Darcy, and David. Spending time with my wife and great friends is a way to recharge, no matter the depth of my zombie-tude. I was definitely sucking more energy out of the environment than I was putting in. I'm lucky to have these people in my life.</div><div><br /></div><div>At the start, with no race preparation, I was below reading the Notice of Race, checking the course, searching for GPS batteries, firing up & figuring out the new chartplotter and generally playing catch up. It is saying something about my lack of mental agility when you realize I was struggling to keep up with the movements of a 9000 pound, full keel sailboat on a 17 mile race.</div><div><br /></div><div>What I heard was that LinGin started not at the favored end but on the line with speed and going the right way. The ebb tide made the deep water on the left (east) side the place to be for going south quickly. We kept heading left until forced to tack by the large obstruction known as an anchored freighter, in this case named Vega Dream. This tack proved our lucky break. As the rest of the fleet was able to continue on starboard toward deep water, the separation/leverage from our tack put us significantly to right of the fleet when the breeze gave us a gift 10-degree right shift. This thrust us way ahead of the other boats and put us in the comfortable position of simply doing a loose cover of the nearest boats for the rest of the 7-mile beat to Bloody Point light.</div><div><br /></div><div>After Bloody Point and the reach to the second mark we popped the chute and sailed in a relatively clear lane until the last turn. We two-tacked in increasing breeze up the Miles River and took the gun.</div><div><br /></div><div>I went below and napped, i.e. collapsed, for the 45 minute sail into St. Michaels where we rafted with Calliope and Skybird. In the perfect weather and perfect anchorage we immediately commenced hanging out, chatting, swimming, eating, and the innumerable things that make up those times which we all look back on as perfect moments. I sincerely hope my comically ragged mental state doesn't affect the clarity and longevity of the memories I will keep of this day.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-68185271259467337802011-05-26T00:08:00.004-04:002011-05-27T00:06:47.192-04:002011 WNR Race 4: Finally, a course that isn't A1...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkHT_4aG7xGB_LihdOORPMwNZRUKHu03kYLh-tUcT3ChewuNsdHL3dgb9CR8YjUM1neguEtsD-HB6dHAxSWdEjQQZD4pneDe6yW6Zc4Sp1Tj2BK6ouy4790Oznd3QvNsvzJ7OG9NR_5T1/s1600/IMG_0301.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkkHT_4aG7xGB_LihdOORPMwNZRUKHu03kYLh-tUcT3ChewuNsdHL3dgb9CR8YjUM1neguEtsD-HB6dHAxSWdEjQQZD4pneDe6yW6Zc4Sp1Tj2BK6ouy4790Oznd3QvNsvzJ7OG9NR_5T1/s320/IMG_0301.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611242487164903202" border="0" /></a><br />4 boats braved the expected light conditions to start race 4 of the 2011 AYC Wednesday Night Series. In a light 5-10 knot southeasterly, we started on course B3 which meant we were going to have a nice long sail out into the bay, giving us plenty of time to enjoy the beautiful evening. During the prestart, we determined that the boat end of the line was favored. We expected there to be a right shift during the first beat, so we wanted to be able to go right. We made a timed run at the boat and started with good speed. We had Second-2-Nun on our leebow with Argo on their leebow. Skybird started on port at the pin and was behind all of us, but going right. We quickly forgot our overlying strategy as we focused on driving the boat fast. We rolled Second-2-Nun and they tacked away and we were left trying to match course and speed with Argo. As soon as we felt that we could head back to the right without running into the shallow water off Bembe Beach, we decided to go, and Argo went with us. Well, the right had turned out to be the right side of the course after all as we came across, Skybird was now ahead of us by several lengths (they had been several lengths behind when we crossed them initially). The good news is we had good speed and had managed to work up on Argo and Second-2-Nun had not gained. We tacked on the starboard layline to the red mark and with a good tack and good speed, passed Skybird back to gain the lead at the first mark.<br /><br />The course to the 2nd mark was about a beam reach. Rather than using the kite (we felt it was a little too tight for that sail to be good), we elected to stick with the jib and dropped our leads forward. Skybird had the same thought after rounding several lengths behind us. However, Argo and Second-2-Nun decided to go with their kites and this paid off for them as they were definitely faster than we were on the reach. Second-2-Nun was able to pass Skybird but didn't quite catch us, rounding about 2 lengths behind us.<br /><br />The next leg was a beat. Skybird tacked out early to clear her breeze, while we went left with Second-2-Nun following close behind us. As the beat wore on we were able to gas them and work ahead. We went all the way to the port tack layline and came into the mark in first by several lengths. Second-2-Nun was next, followed by Skybird, then Argo.<br /><br />The last leg was a broad reach in to the nun at the harbor. About 3/4 of the way down the leg, they announced that we would finish at the nun. No positions changed on this leg as the steady southerly breeze propelled us all through the gate in the order we had last rounded.<br /><br />All in all it was a great night of sailing and a beautiful sunset! Look forward to seeing y'all at the Miles River Race this coming weekend!<br /><br />Full results available at:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.race.annapolisyc.org/RegattaModules/ViewRegattaResults.aspx?RegID=351&mid=281&tabid=10">http://www.race.annapolisyc.org/RegattaModules/ViewRegattaResults.aspx?RegID=351&mid=281&tabid=10</a>J Bergquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14176406992869493612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-74591390247421086532011-05-13T19:47:00.003-04:002011-05-13T21:01:10.475-04:002011 WNR Race 3: Finish at the Nun6 boats showed up for the 3rd edition of the WNR series of 2011. We were greeted by a dying southeasterly breeze at about 5 knots. The water was very high when I got to the boat, and I assumed the current would be ebb. However, I didn't detect much current in the pre-start. The line was way pin favored and all fleets before us started on port at the pin. On board Calliope we decided to do the same and because the air was so light we elected to do a Vanderbilt timed run start so as to avoid making any big slow-down maneuvers and killing our speed in the last minute. This would have been a good strategy if we had been more able to execute it properly. As it was we ended up early and to windward of Skybird and Argo who were coming from leeward and behind us. We arrived about a minute too early to the line and ended up having to sail down it while scrubbing off speed to keep from getting too far from the heavily favored pin. After what seemed like forever we were finally able to sheet in and go but meanwhile Argo and Second-2-Nun had snuk in to windward of us and had better starts with more speed. We were too late pressing the bow down and ended up getting rolled, never fun. Argo was looking very strong with her new jib she was pointing high and going fast. We were sailing lower but faster than Second-2-Nun in the drag race to the short starboard layline. We got there first and made a pretty aggressive layline call which had Second-2-Nun crossing about 2 lengths ahead of us. We were able to force Laughing Gull (who had started just behind Second-2-Nun) to duck us. We were barely able to stick the mark rounding and since Second-2-Nun overstood by several lengths they came in just behind us. Meanwhile, toward the top of the beat we came across LinGin who had inexplicably started the race on starboard at the boat (every member of my crew was scratching their heads to try and explain that one...) The tactic didn't work out too badly for them though as they managed to come into the mark looking not too bad at all. From starting deep in last, they had worked back into 4th place.<br /><br />Once around the mark, the breeze really shut off. There were two schools of thought. We decided to go high, stay above big boat wind shadows and hope for some pressure coming off the north shore of the river. Other boats gybed early and headed for the south shore, seeing a breeze line over there. Second-2-Nun followed us and we basically matched speed with them. We sailed just a little too far though and after the gybe they got the new pressure before we did. We tried to take them up and clear our breeze, but that didn't work and they just rolled us. In hindsight, instead of doing that, we should have sailed deep and headed for the boat end of the finish line (which was well favored) instead of the Nun. Hindsight is 20/20. Thankfully, the RC decided to finish us at the Nun instead of making us wait it out for the long slog into the harbor...<br /><br />Congratulations to Argo who sailed an excellent race with only 2 people aboard. They won the start, had great upwind speed, didn't make any downwind mistakes, and led the race from start to finish.<br /><br />The standings are quite tight right now, with a tie for first place between LinGin and Second-2-Nun, making the series interesting. Full series results at:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.race.annapolisyc.org/uploads/results/2011_Wednesday_Night_Race_Series-2011/2011WednesdayNightRace.html">http://www.race.annapolisyc.org/uploads/results/2011_Wednesday_Night_Race_Series-2011/2011WednesdayNightRace.html</a><br /><br />One thing that is different about the series this year is that we have our own start. I have mixed feelings about this, because I kind of enjoyed the bigger fleet tactics that got employed in years past when we have had multi-class starts. However, I think it's worth pointing out that we have this situation because we are kind of victims of our own success. We have a 7 boat fleet, which give us more than the Farr 40 class (4 boats), J/22 (4 boats), Herreshoff (5 boats), or Harbor 20 (2 boats). The Catalina 27's and Cal 25's have been assimilated into PHRF because they can no longer field a large enough fleet to justify their own start. The J/35 class has equivalent numbers to us. Only the Etchells, J/30, and J/105 fleets are larger than us. I think this really makes a strong statement about the health of our class and the vitality of our racing association on the Chesapeake Bay. Nearly 50 years after the founding of our association, we still have healthy active one design racing. We have a great reputation for camaraderie among skippers in our class, our racing is level - based on a one-design class rule, and our fleet is relatively deep with at least half of our race participants capable of winning any given race (looking at the NOOD scorecard will show you that). Folks, this is what great racing is all about - level, competitive, and fun. Our class association is doing a great job with it. Frankly I think that dollar for dollar, we deliver some of the best racing on the bay, and all in a boat that you can legitimately use for cruising as well!J Bergquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14176406992869493612noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-54037167889450636282011-05-02T22:55:00.017-04:002011-05-03T02:13:02.835-04:002011 NOOD RegattaThe 2011 NOOD regatta is in the history books. 3 great days of sailing in a wide variety of conditions saw 4 different boats win races. The regatta winner, Tim Williams, demonstrated an extremely consistent record, with no finish worse than 3rd. With the regatta's emphasis on consistency by not providing a throwout, there is a premium on being able to consistently place in the top of the fleet. Here is a race-by-race synopsis from my view which varied from way in the front to way in the back, so I got all perspectives.<br /><br /><strong>Friday, April 29</strong><br /><br />Four races were sailed on Friday in a fresh breeze that started out over 20 knots, waxed and waned as the day went on and the last race was sailed with lulls below 15 knots and puffs in the upper teens.<br /><br /><strong>Race 1:</strong> The course bearing was approximately 280 if I remember correctly. In the fresh breeze, we considered reefing but felt that we would be underpowered in the lulls, so we kept the full main and #1 jib. We dropped the leads all the way to the back of our tracks, and kept the traveler down most of the time. Cunningham and outhaul were both very tight and we maximized our backstay tension. In the pre-start of Race 1, we perceived that the line was extremely boat favored and there was a left shift on the course. So we elected to start on port at the boat. We were not the only boat that utilized this tactic as Laughing Gull and LinGin did the same thing. The tactic worked beautifully as we won the race to the top mark by playing the shifts in the oscillating breeze. Being the furthest right of the boats that started on port, we were both the furthest upwind (on the boat favored line) and the first to reach the right shift that we knew would be coming. This put us in an ideal position to control the first beat. The run was relatively square and we were sailing deep and trying not to deathroll or broach in the huge blasty puffs that came down the course. Keeping the keel under the mast was key and having a good astern lookout helped. With a relatively clean and early douse at the left gate, we again worked the right side of the course on the 2nd beat, covering our competition and being conservative. The last run was similar to the first, relatively uneventful for us although it did look like some other boats were having trouble in the puffy breeze. We got the gun in race 1.<br /><br /><strong>Race 2:</strong> With breeze and course axis basically unchanged, we maintained our sail settings from Race 1. The line was still boat favored and there was still an early left shift. We basically copied our strategy from race 1. I was surprised that I think there was only one other boat who did this the 2nd time around. To me, it had worked so obviously well the first time, I was surprised more people did not catch on. But whatever, we took it and ran. Just as in the first race, there were 3 boats who started between us and the boat on starboard and we crossed all 3 of them. This time, we did not have as much a lead at the top mark as in race 1, but the boats behind us went around in a pack and ended up in a downwind fight which we managed to avoid. With a clean leeward rounding again, we went around the left gate in first and were in a position to control the 2nd beat. Our lead extended during the beat and the final run was uneventful.<br /><br /><strong>Race 3: </strong>By this time, the RC had picked up on the fact that so many port tack starters might mean they should re-set the line and they'd done so. With a square line and no obvious reason for us to go either left or right, we elected to start on starboard with a timed run to the middle of the line. We had a decent start but were a little late and found ourselves in less than ideal position, receiving some backwind from boats on our leebow, and prevented from tacking by boats on our hip. Eventually we were able to work up enough that we forced the windward boat to tack and we were able to bail out in a left shift. For us, this beat was all about getting our wheels turning and trying to claw our way to the top. We went around the windward mark narrowly behind Argo with LinGin, Windswept, and Laughing Gull in a pack close behind. After the rounding we headed down hard and got the inside lane. With a better set than Argo, we managed to work even with them. We sailed the rhumbline as they sailed far out to the right. As we converged on the leeward mark, we had the clear inside lane, but the rounding was complicated by another race that had recently started and featured boats in the other fleet sailing upwind through the leeward gate. We had a disastrous mark rounding, with a delay getting our kite down taking us well below the gate and by the time we got the boat turned around, we had been passed by all but one boat. We managed to claw our way back past one boat but could not pass the pack ahead to finish this race in 5th.<br /><br /><strong>Race 4: </strong>We were late getting ourselves organized for this start. By this time, the wind had died off significantly and we had decided to ease off on our outhaul and cunningham as well as dropping our jib leads forward a good bit. We were sailing mostly with the traveler on centerline and just playing the mainsheet. The line was square and by this point we were expecting the sunshine to cause a developing bay breeze resulting in a left shift going up the course. Therefore, we elected to go left on the first beat in anticipation of the big lefty. We made a timed run at the pin which we JUST BARELY were able to lay. Second-2-Nun started on our hip but we were fortunately able to extend underneath and start backwinding them early in the beat, forcing them to tack away. We went as far left as we dared without going all the way to the corner and as we came back out of the left corner, we could see that our strategy had paid off handsomely. Not only were we coming back right in a nice left shift, but we had better pressure than those on the right as well. We rounded the windward mark about a quarter mile ahead of Second-2-Nun who was our closest competitor. This time we favored the left side going downwind and actually managed to pull of a last minute gybe-douse to go around the right gate and head left again. Second-2-Nun clearly realized that this strategy had paid off on the first beat and followed us. Since LinGin was our closest competition in the regatta, we did not go as far left as we had on the first beat, electing to come back right and cover them loosely, we let Second-2-Nun head all the way to the left corner. By the time we reconnected with them, they had gained significantly but had not passed us. They were quite close to LinGin though, who was gaining on us as well. The top part of the beat was maddening as the finish boat kept moving around and I was very worried that we would be caught by LinGin before we got to the finish line. Fortunately, that didn't happen and we held on for the win.<br /><br /><strong>Saturday, April 30</strong><br /><br />Three races were sailed on Saturday in a much stronger than forecast 15-25 knot northwesterly that shifted persistently further right as the day wore on. The first course of the day was set at 240 degrees, and by the end of the last race, the course axis was 020 and the pressure had dropped off to 5-10 knots. The bay breeze never developed as forecast.<br /><br /><strong>Race 5: </strong>We had a terrible view of race 1 because we had a pre-start snafu with our VHF radio and while we were practicing sail handling, we thought that a postponement had been announced when in reality there was an on-time start. Suffice to say we were 10 minutes late for the start of Race 1 and never caught up. Sorry I don't have a better summary of what happened in that race, but it is what it is. We were finished in place in 7th position.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Race 6: </strong>As the breeze began to shift persistently right we felt that being on the right side was going to be the way to go. The pressure was still quite strong in general with sustained winds in the upper teens and some vicious puffs into the 20's that were still causing some folks (including us) to have trouble with downwind sail handling and occasional risk of broaching. My crew were nervous about using the kite, but we persisted. At the top of the first beat, we were in the hunt but toward the back of the pack. During the run we maintained position but a tough leeward rounding including an accidental jib drop set us back from the pack. In the end, we wound up 6th and we broke our kite halyard on the last downwind leg. Each beat of this race had to be shifted successively further to the right. So the right was definitely the place to be on the beats.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Race 7: </strong>With the breeze now shifted well to the right of the original course heading of 280 all the way to a new course axis of 020, we felt that the new northerly breeze had finally settled in and that we could expect some stability from the right shifts. Consequently, we thought that going left to get relief from the current would be advantageous. The pressure had dropped significantly and we had accordingly eased our outhaul and cunningham as well as dropping the jib leads back forward. Coincidentally with our decision to go left, we decided to start at the pin and we made a timed run on starboard tack with plenty of room to leeward and only one boat on our lee bow. We managed to obtain a good start on time and with speed and took the left side of the course along with Argo. Boats on our hip including Second-2-Nun, Laughing Gull, and LinGin all eventually bailed out and headed back right. This proved to be the wrong tactic as Argo, who had won the left side of the beat, ended up first at the windward mark, with us a couple of boat lengths behind them. Unfortunately, because we had broken our kite halyard and decided to use the jib alone, in the light pressure we were working at a significant disadvantage and were easy prey for passing boats. Fortunately, many of the boats around us had trouble with their sail handling and were not able to make up much distance because of their mark roundings. We elected to take the right gate and go left again because it had worked well on the first beat. Unfortunately, there was now more pressure filling from the right side of the course, coupled with a little more right hand shift and we were on the wrong side of it this time. So the boats on the right gained and we watched our chances to hang in this race disappear with the freshening right hand shift. We rounded close astern of Second-2-Nun and Windswept but watched them extend away from us on the run. We were able to hold off Laughing Gull for a 5.<br /><br />After racing on Saturday, we all gathered to enjoy the spring rendezvous at the Bay Ridge Clubhouse. Windswept, Laughing Gull, and Calliope all were docked in Lake Ogleton, and many of our crew members enjoyed meeting folks from the A30 association and enjoying the food, drinks, friendship, and live music at the party. A good time was had by all, and many thanks are due to all those folks who helped to organize and put on the party.<br /><br /><strong>Sunday, May 1</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />The final day of the regatta was cool and cloudy. The predicted bay breeze southerly was already in effect by the time the race started at 11 AM, but conditions on Sunday were much lighter than either Friday or Saturday had been. We expected a building bay breeze, shifting left through the day, with a strong current running down the bay and out of the river. Given the location of the course, we expected that being on the left side would be the place to be.<br /><br /><strong>Race 8: </strong>Although we thought the left would be the advantaged side of the course, as we watched the S2 fleet converge on the top mark, we noticed that boats who had gone right early had done really well. We therefore changed our starting strategy from our original plan of starting in the middle or at the pin to starting at the boat and going right. In the pre-start, we perceived a strong ebb current which was going to be pushing us over the line and would make things tough for us. The pressure in the pre-start was pretty light and we were caught trying to get down to the line just to make the start. Fortunately there was not a lot of traffic at the boat and we were able to squeeze in before Second-2-Nun could close the door on us otherwise we might have been caught barging. As it was, we ended up with a perfectly timed start at the boat end with speed and 3 of our main competitors having been called over early. We were then able to protect the right side and get there first. This tactic worked great as the right gave us ground on boats that had gone left and we managed to BARELY lay the windward mark in first place. Unfortunately, just after we had laid that mark, we got into irons and Skybird, capably skippered by Larry Morris, slipped by us before we got to the offset mark. Once we rounded the offset mark, things got crowded and there was a good deal of jockeying for position on the run to the gate. Getting through the gate was quite a challenge with the current again sweeping us down course it was difficult just to get through the gate at all. We ended up going to the left gate and taking the left side of the course again. This was a bad decision as by now the current had become the dominant force in the race and the left side was highly favored because of the strong ebb current on the left. In addition, the breeze had started to shift left, making the left side even more favorable. By the time we got to the 2nd windward mark, we were well in last and our only hope to hang on to 3rd place in the regatta was that neither Laughing Gull nor Second-2-Nun would finish in the top 2 places. Sadly, Laughing Gull finished 2nd and we finished last and were knocked out of 3rd by 1 point.<br /><br />Overall, it was a great regatta, 3 amazing days of sailing. Congratulations to Tim Williams for sailing a consistent 3 days of strong finishes, and to Lanny Helms and Jonathan Adams also for great sailing. I would be lying to you if I didn't own up to the fact that watching the awards was bittersweet for me. Full results follow:<br /><br />Division: Alberg 30 (7 boats) (top)<br /><br />Pos Sail Boat Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total<br />Points Pos<br />1 244 LinGin Tim Williams 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 14.00 1<br />2 562 Windswept Lanny Helms 4 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 25.00 2<br />3 197 Laughing Gull Jonathan Adams 3 5 3 5 4 4 6 2 32.00 3<br />4 287 Calliope John Bergquist 1 1 5 1 7 6 5 7 33.00 4<br />5 484 Second-2-Nun Harry Gamber 6 6 7 3 3 2 4 5 36.00 5<br />6 247 Argo T.C. Williams 5 7 4 7 5 5 1 6 40.00 6<br />7 550 SKYBIRD Michael Nikolich 7 4 6 6 6 8/DNS 8/DNS 1 46.00 7J Bergquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14176406992869493612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119433584088634403.post-75960412555464161032010-10-20T19:52:00.010-04:002010-10-21T11:51:23.681-04:002010 Bruce Rankin Regatta<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYZdn8yFef7LzfLVPU3qnPXFXgxtlb34Iv0_YHt3FiWXx7Z6p2Dm8p9RXZkibjTQrvpzqMUw_Psuuytklkli0KwO_jRjK7LVHAbDuZyTW03EZiFgqMDVeSlKJIxSEjr79iNnmXXvD7ysV/s1600/SI852297.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530486044918506834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYZdn8yFef7LzfLVPU3qnPXFXgxtlb34Iv0_YHt3FiWXx7Z6p2Dm8p9RXZkibjTQrvpzqMUw_Psuuytklkli0KwO_jRjK7LVHAbDuZyTW03EZiFgqMDVeSlKJIxSEjr79iNnmXXvD7ysV/s320/SI852297.JPG" border="0" /></a> Skybird fends of Windswept and Calliope in a tight race on Sunday. (Photo courtesy Mike Lehman)</div><div align="left"><br />The Bruce Rankin Memorial Canadian Friendship Team Race Regatta went off last weekend with great breeze, excellent parties, and great company. A good time was had by all especially at the Friday night pot luck, which I described to one bystander as 'a very lucky pot luck' because there was a lot of excellent food prepared by the attendees! The sailing was great too, and yours truly did so much hollering that I ended up hoarse which was tough to explain when I had to do my case presentation at Family Medicine on Tuesday.... But I digress from discussing the racing. </div><div align="left"><br />Saturday was WINDY. There were some puffs over 30 and most of the day the wind was sustained in the 20's except near the windward mark where there would be lulls into the teens. There were big shifts as well and differences in pressure. With the westerly breeze, the south shore of the river seemed to have favorable pressure and angle for most of the day. 2 races were sailed on Saturday. Tim Williams won both of them going away. No spinnakers were used, which made sail selection a challenge because if you picked the #2 then once you went around the windward mark, you were underpowered. A variety of sail combinations were tried, but Tim stuck with a reefed main and #1 and that seemed to be fast. He was really able to keep the boat going even with being overpowered. I asked him and Glen about it afterwards and he said they felt like the #1 was the right sail for the day but that they had to drop the leads way back to flatten the bottom of the sail, they used a lot of reef tension to get good outhaul effect on the main, dropped the traveler down, and went super tight on the backstay. We tried using a #2 on board Calliope, but our #2 is small and the clew is high. We felt like it was not a good sail combination and we were not fast in the race where we used it. The one big loss we had on board Calliope was a winch handle which failed a float test. This would be a key problem later in the regatta.<br /><br />Tactically, the racing on saturday basically involved keeping close to the south shore of the river (left side of the beat) because there was more pressure down there and fewer holes in the breeze. This was Team LinGin's tactic all day and it really worked as they won both races going away. Fortunately for us they were our teammate, but even their 2 bullets were not enough to salvage our lackluster performance and the team of Laughing Gull and Second-2-Nun were ahead of us by 1 point on Saturday.<br /><br />Saturday's party was excellent with barbecue from Adam's ribs and the famous Alberg 30 bar. We had a long evening eating and drinking and chatting around the fireplace at PSA and I didn't head back to the boat until nearly midnight.<br /><br />Sunday dawned bright and clear and after a breakfast of leftover coffee and apple pie and a shower in the AWESOME new heads at PSA, I was ready to take on the day! Jon and I had decided on Saturday night that we were going to focus on going fast from the time we left the dock so on the sail out to the course, we got the spinnaker up, did a bunch of practice gybes, practiced sail handling and got the crew comfortable with their respective positions. It was a good way to warm up. Fortunately we got to the starting area early, were able to get some numbers on different tacks, and figure out what the course was going to be like. With a much lighter 10-15 knots of breeze, we knew we would be using spinnakers and we felt like that was good for us. The breeze was still out of the west but was further to the left than it had been on Saturday, making the setting of the course axis a bit of a challenge for the RC. Once they got the line set we realized that it was highly skewed and nearly impossible to lay the pin on starboard even if you sailed close aboard the stern of the committee boat. We spent some time discussing start tactics because this was obviously going to be a challenge. We considered a port tack start because that was obviously going to be the favored tack, but I felt that if we did a really good job of timing the starboard run, we could do well by making a timed run at the boat, then hardening up on starboard and sailing down the line. If we could manage to win the pin we would get a favored start by several boat lengths and it would put us in control of the race. So this is what we decided to do. We spent a good bit of time sailing down the line in the pre-start and making timed reaches at the committee boat. By our watches, the line was about 1:30 on a close hauled course, so we wanted to go around the committee boat stern with that much time left on the clock. We managed to make this work out quite well in the pre-start. I thought for a second that John Maliszewski would be able to close the door on us at the boat as he was below us but it turned out he was too low and couldn't quite get there so we were saved from the barge. Then we had only Harry in front of us on starboard, but I knew that he was too early and he looked like he would not lay the pin anyway as he had not sailed close enough aboard the boat. TC was coming in from port, but he went below us so was not an issue. All looked perfect until Harry tacked at the pin. I yelled starboard, but he didn't tack back so we had to tack to avoid a collision, which was extremely close. No matter, we still won the pin, got the boat going on port, forced Harry to take a penalty and were in control of the race.<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530281500699296610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7wHCHKkj01PwSPQzE9N5dAj2pQslLBBTEXBTWD6fNDLvQNQdzujUwoXdPnO2hgozPyYSWs-OpqM0E3yx-d0BTbUC5R4esRkbWDwJp13vE0DsU8tXj7CWKai6xNtb6EzuJTm9bcHjLLkWC/s320/SI852262.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Calliope and Windswept approach a windward mark. (Photo courtesy Mike Lehman)</p><p>Beat 1 was highly skewed such that it was basically a one tack beat. Skybird was going fast and high and had a really high lane that we were not able to match. We went around the mark close with them and with Windswept. They both took a relatively high lane on the run which was also highly skewed and we never gybed. By the bottom mark, we had managed to gain the inside track and with a good takedown, we claimed the lead. The next beat was equally skewed. Windswept and Skybird would tack away to clear their breeze and we covered them all the way up the beat. As we passed the middle of the course, we noticed the committee boat had moved to the top and we thought that they would shorten the course and we would be finishing at the windward mark. This was not to be however, because they signaled a course change. Since we had assumed this was going to be a finish not a mark rounding, we were totally unprepared for the course change and had a complete Charlie Foxtrot getting around. Ultimately we got around the mark and got the kite up but not before Windswept and Skybird snuck past us.<br /><br />The run was once again quite skewed and we had close racing with Windswept and Skybird. Toward the bottom, Skybird went very high and sailed pretty far from the mark, which confused us. We again got the inside track and were set to regain the lead with a good mark rounding which was all fine and good until we noticed that we didn't have a winch handle. It must have fallen overboard during the kerfluffle to get around the windward mark. Now we had a real challenge on our hands. We lost both Windswept and Skybird at the mark and we were sailing out to the left while I tore apart the boat looking for the winch handle and yelling at myself. We couldn't get the jib in all the way so our pointing was awful and we were in danger of being passed by LinGin, Laughing Gull and Rinn Duin. Something had to be done. At one point, while I was standing on the jibsheet to try and close down the leech, someone suggested that we use our adjustable jib leads to close down the leech. Bingo, we started dropping our leads to the back of the track, tacking, then pulling them forward, and this worked. We managed to hold on for a 5th place finish, which, combined with Tim's low scores, was enough to win us the trophy.<br /><br />A huge crab feast after the awards hit just the spot. Thanks to Mike L for taking the awesome photos aboard Glory on Sunday. And thanks to PSA, Larry, Tim, John M and everybody else who made this year's Rankin Memorial Canadian Friendship Team Race Regatta a great success! </p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCZWiMNDzau1qHzJKhrflJoRYb2jjHIJfyEevo87gIhBpjPaZFwNIHLSTcgnauu4OS0IzYmhGNf1ZiLSVOtcTvcWy6VXuxCq-4V9ufJKpU7PQIXlukG0hVc8rtLkQYVWqArF5Mzmajyrm/s1600/SI852305.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530281520759353090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCZWiMNDzau1qHzJKhrflJoRYb2jjHIJfyEevo87gIhBpjPaZFwNIHLSTcgnauu4OS0IzYmhGNf1ZiLSVOtcTvcWy6VXuxCq-4V9ufJKpU7PQIXlukG0hVc8rtLkQYVWqArF5Mzmajyrm/s320/SI852305.JPG" border="0" /></a> Close quarters on the run: Gentleman sailing at its best! (Photo courtesy Mike Lehman) </div>J Bergquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14176406992869493612noreply@blogger.com0