Series 4 Race 5

What a strange night. We sailed short of crew, but that seemed manageable in the light air before the start. Breeze filled in from the hard right at about 2 minutes to go. We were already committed to starting at the pin. Somehow we fit between Poppy and the mark and were forced to sail high because of the boats to leeward. The course was so crooked and we were so overstood that we sailed a broad reach to the weather mark and a tight reach back to the pin.

We finished 6th (I think). The rig was at base, but that didn't matter.

Crew

Ted
Jerry N
Vin
Muffy
Anna
me

 

Last Night

Yesterday was a beautiful night on the water.  We managed to hold our own in light air, even with a light crew (Ted and Muffy can you please come home!).  Next week is the last race of the series.

This weekend is Fall Series.  If you’re going to be around and want to be involved let me know, we’re race committee and could use some extra help and there are a few boats still looking for crew.

Thanks!

-A

Series 4 Race 4

Last night the current continued to run out long after the tide change. We had a good start in the middle of the line and held starboard for about three minutes. That put us on the wrong side of the first shift and, somewhat surprisingly, in bad current. The boats that went right made big gains.

It was shifty enough and just breezy enough for us to gain back most of what we lost and stay in the hunt. After a close encounter with Slice (What is wrong with that guy?) we rounded the weather mark just ahead of For Sail. The masthead 29s pulled away at the end of the run when the breeze lightened. We played the left again on the second beat, which allowed Jim and Mojo to leg out and cover their time.

The rig was tuned at 36/31. I think that's base -1, which worked out fine given our light crew weight. We seemed to have enough power upwind and could keep pace with the mastheads.

Crew

Anna
Roger
Jerry N
Bob
Ethan
Vin
me

Series 4 Race 3

Hey Guys –

No sailing for us tonight, I’m pulling the plug.

I’ll see everyone next Wednesday.

                            

Have a great week!

-A

 

The Holiday Race

Only three boats came out to race yesterday (us, Mojo, and For Sail), everyone was light on crew and it was blowing, so a decision was made to sail B with only blades.  It worked out for us and we corrected easily over the masthead 29s to win the race.

We are not sailing this week (Jerry, Dawn and Bob are sailing the Viper NA’s and Meredith’s on vacation), but we’ll be back next week on September 12 .  The start will be moved up to 5:45, but if we’re all at the club by 5 as usual we shouldn’t have an issue.

Thanks!

-Anna

Labor Day

Yesterday was a Fract 29 kind of day. We sailed in breezy (15-18kts) Easterly. There was a two foot chop.    The  fleet was small; just three 29s: ForSail, Mojo and us. We agreed to sail "B" and only use blades, which worked out well for us being short handed.

The course was Z, Y, T, A, Z, RYC. The first leg was a broad reach. The only beat was from Y to T. The start reminded me of when we used to sail JYs on Friday nights. The committee boat was moored somewhere in the fleet. Horns sounded at random and no one could see the flags never mind understand their meaning. It was a fiasco. Jim hit the mark and we restarted thinking we were over early. It looked like Mojo would run away with things.

Somehow Jim and us managed to round Y within a boat length of Mojo. They tacked immediately. We sailed towards South Amboy for another minute or two. We felt wound up on the inside when we tacked and were  about a length behind at the first crossing halfway up the leg. From there we went left into the channel tacking just shy of the port tack layline. We tacked into Mojo lee bow; they and Jim over stood the mark, which allowed us to round second.

We surfed our way past Mojo and to about even with ForSail. Jim worked  inside us at the lighthouse and gybed first. We held low. Mojo rolled us and then sat on ForSail. This allowed us to round the final within a boat length of both of them. We won on corrected time.

We added six turns to the uppers and lowers from base. The backstay was maxed.

Crew

Ted
Wayne
Ruth
Muffy
Steve S
Anna
me  

Last Night

The race was light and shifty and called after two legs. Needless to say I was not much fun, but I’m looking into group discounts on anger management for sailors.

The takeaway: if you have ham and you have eggs, then you have ham and eggs.  Unfortunately we had neither, but we had rum and everyone finished the race with a smile.

We’re planning on doing the holiday race on Monday, start is at 1; on the boat by noon.  Please let me know if you can make it I need to get a head count.

See everyone Saturday night at the Gassman’s!!!

-Anna