Sometimes I think the weatherman is just torturing us with his predictions. The wind last night was perfectly acceptable. A little light at the start, but plenty of breeze as the night went on. We might just have to make our own wind predictions. Let me know when you get your degree in meteorology.
Congratulations to Palmer and Gauthier in the Star class for a first-place finish. I think it's their first racing on Wednesday night with us. Also having a great night coming in first was Willem and crew on Javelin and the Crew on Ful Dek!
You can see all the results >here<
How is your summer series coming along?
Remember you can always check the season standings >here< On the website, the like is on the right.
Jun 27, 2019
Jun 20, 2019
Video from 6/19
Want to relive all the excitement from the multiple recalls? Maybe make fun of your friend who was clearly 2 boat lengths over? (I mean, come on - 2 boat lengths?)
https://player.vimeo.com/video/343489487
Bucky Buchanan was nice enough to take the video from last night and render it into something we can post up for everyone to watch. Thanks Bucky!
So who gets the vote for "Most likely to be heading the wrong way at the Start"?
Incidentally, we happened to catch Aunt Evelyn in the first frame out of pure coincidence. Or maybe we didn't. I can't really remember now. maybe volunteering gets your photo prominently displayed? But no, it was a coincidence.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/343489487
Bucky Buchanan was nice enough to take the video from last night and render it into something we can post up for everyone to watch. Thanks Bucky!So who gets the vote for "Most likely to be heading the wrong way at the Start"?
Incidentally, we happened to catch Aunt Evelyn in the first frame out of pure coincidence. Or maybe we didn't. I can't really remember now. maybe volunteering gets your photo prominently displayed? But no, it was a coincidence.
Results from 6/19
Well, that was crazier than expected. That starting line was just all messed up. We're working on it.
Still a nice night to get in some racing. It was the longest night that we'll see for the year, so it seemed fitting to stay out and use up all the evening's surprises. The storms stayed comfortably to the north and the wind even came back up after an attempt to drop out.
Thanks to Bob and Sewell for stepping up last minute to help with mark boat. We needed it!
Remember to sign up for mark boat helper now:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a48a4aa2caafc1-20182
We still need someone for next week.
Everyone should try to get in a week. If you took home an award last year, you should definitely be signing up for mark boat without my prompting. If you do mark boat, we give you an average score so it won't hurt you. And you should let others have a chance to come on first!
So how did everyone do? Not bad at all! Congratulations to John Jenkins and Rowan Perkins for a first place in the Star class. Coming in first in the A class was Willem Roosenburg and crew on Javelin and in B class it was the crew on Ful Dek. Awesome sailing everyone!
You can see all the results >here<
So several people asked about starts and general recalls.
Rule 26 talks about the starting sequence and how it should work. When you read it, you might notice that all the signals involve one sound. Rule 29.2 talks about general recalls and how that works. You might notice that the sound signal for a general recall is two sounds.
This "two sounds" is important. Two sounds mean that something unusual is happening. You might remember that a postponement also has two sounds. Even three sounds mean something special. This is by design. The designers of the rules wanted you to have audible queues about what is happening. One sound means normal things are happening in the sequence. More than one means something special is happening.
If you just started, then two sounds mean general recall. If you're in your sequence (like the PHRF classes were last night) then two sounds mean postponement. You can see how this would be confusing if we tried to continue the sequence for the PHRF classes (they just sounded two horns, so I thought we were in postponement). The rule makers knew this would be confusing, so that's why general recall means all clocks stop and we restart the recalled class.
Just part of the fun!
Still a nice night to get in some racing. It was the longest night that we'll see for the year, so it seemed fitting to stay out and use up all the evening's surprises. The storms stayed comfortably to the north and the wind even came back up after an attempt to drop out.
Thanks to Bob and Sewell for stepping up last minute to help with mark boat. We needed it!
Remember to sign up for mark boat helper now:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a48a4aa2caafc1-20182
We still need someone for next week.
Everyone should try to get in a week. If you took home an award last year, you should definitely be signing up for mark boat without my prompting. If you do mark boat, we give you an average score so it won't hurt you. And you should let others have a chance to come on first!
So how did everyone do? Not bad at all! Congratulations to John Jenkins and Rowan Perkins for a first place in the Star class. Coming in first in the A class was Willem Roosenburg and crew on Javelin and in B class it was the crew on Ful Dek. Awesome sailing everyone!
You can see all the results >here<
So several people asked about starts and general recalls.
Rule 26 talks about the starting sequence and how it should work. When you read it, you might notice that all the signals involve one sound. Rule 29.2 talks about general recalls and how that works. You might notice that the sound signal for a general recall is two sounds.
This "two sounds" is important. Two sounds mean that something unusual is happening. You might remember that a postponement also has two sounds. Even three sounds mean something special. This is by design. The designers of the rules wanted you to have audible queues about what is happening. One sound means normal things are happening in the sequence. More than one means something special is happening.
If you just started, then two sounds mean general recall. If you're in your sequence (like the PHRF classes were last night) then two sounds mean postponement. You can see how this would be confusing if we tried to continue the sequence for the PHRF classes (they just sounded two horns, so I thought we were in postponement). The rule makers knew this would be confusing, so that's why general recall means all clocks stop and we restart the recalled class.
Just part of the fun!
Jun 17, 2019
Need Mark Boat Help
Ack!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a48a4aa2caafc1-20182
We really need your help on Mark Boat. We definitely need someone on 6/19 (yes, two days from now, but we also have a lot of openings left this summer.
Why not sign up now?
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a48a4aa2caafc1-20182
I can help you find a week. There is still plenty of time to help out. If you know your crew will be gone then helping with mark boat saves you some points!
Sign up now so I don't have to make a list. If you received a trophy last year, then you should be jumping on mark boat sigh up!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a48a4aa2caafc1-20182
We really need your help on Mark Boat. We definitely need someone on 6/19 (yes, two days from now, but we also have a lot of openings left this summer.
Why not sign up now?
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a48a4aa2caafc1-20182
I can help you find a week. There is still plenty of time to help out. If you know your crew will be gone then helping with mark boat saves you some points!
Sign up now so I don't have to make a list. If you received a trophy last year, then you should be jumping on mark boat sigh up!
Jun 15, 2019
Results from 6/12
Sorry, I forgot to post! My only excuse is that I was working on Junior Sail all week and completely spaced. Just too many moving parts and one fell off my to-do list.
It was still a great Wednesday! Gotta love a nice windy night to stretch out a race.
Congratulations to Matt and Eric on Maddie in the Stars, Jeff and crew on Ostinato, and all the crew on Ful Deck. They all managed a first for the evening. The PHRF even got in a 6-mile course.
You can see all the results >here<
It was still a great Wednesday! Gotta love a nice windy night to stretch out a race.
Congratulations to Matt and Eric on Maddie in the Stars, Jeff and crew on Ostinato, and all the crew on Ful Deck. They all managed a first for the evening. The PHRF even got in a 6-mile course.
You can see all the results >here<
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