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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 04/11/2006 :  19:11:26  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Scroll to the bottom, you'll see the entry for Indiscipline sail number 97992

http://www.nosa.org/06_races-entries.html


I'll be getting the inspection in the next few days.....

Indiscipline 1978 FK SR #398
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Response Posted - 04/11/2006 :  21:14:53  Show Profile
Cool! Looks like only a couple of higher PHRFs there--should be an opportunity to kick ass on corrected time! Just don't get run down by that maxi... Go get 'em, Commodore!
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 04/12/2006 :  15:33:24  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
passed safety inspection today at lunch time. 2 weeks to go and counting!!!!

By the way, there are no slower rated boats in the PHRF classes. There is another 228 (must be a C25) and a 224 (don't know what). There are two slower boats (mid 230's) but they are in the cruising classes and will be motoring at night most likely.

The big Ericson 38 I've been racing on owes me over 6 hours on this race.

Since I think Indiscipline is far faster than her rating I should be able to do well on corrected time. Lets hope for calm seas and 12 knots of wind all the way down.
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djn
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Response Posted - 04/12/2006 :  16:02:26  Show Profile
Good luck Jim. Take a lot of pics. Cheers.
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 04/12/2006 :  16:14:49  Show Profile
Man... thats a lot of boats, your gonna need a lot of film.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 04/12/2006 :  21:30:55  Show Profile
Who's your crew, Jim? (Or are you... Nah!)
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 04/12/2006 :  22:02:20  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Crew for this great adventure are: Joe Wergers, C25 owner of Utopia in Oceanside and my buddy boatlast summer on a voyage to Catalina, and
Wes Tankersly, friend from the office, sailed on Indiscipline to the Coronados, former US Navy helmsman and rescue swimmer. Wes and I have been through some tough times at the office and I know this guy can stay up all night!

I was tempted to go in the doublehanded division, maybe next year.
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 04/12/2006 :  23:05:16  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
To whet your appetite, some photos from last years race that did not make my web pages....
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 04/12/2006 :  23:08:23  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
A few more
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PZell
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Response Posted - 04/13/2006 :  12:53:08  Show Profile
Gruess glueck. Looks like you have a chance in that fleet.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 04/13/2006 :  13:40:15  Show Profile
Who knows--Jim could correct over Stealth Chicken (with her negative PHRF).
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 04/13/2006 :  14:53:48  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
I have the slowest boat entered (on paper). The fastest boat entered so far is Magnitude 80 in MAXI A class. She has a PHRF of -165 (thats negative). Magnitude 80 owes me 13.6 hours.

She will most likely finish Friday night, riding the NW afternoon winds all the way down. I expect to finish Sunday morning, about 30 hours after Magnitude 80 after sitting through 2 nights and dawn calms.

But keep in mind I'm racing in PHRF L with Catalina 27s and 30s and the like. PHRF 190 and higher.

My friend on his S2 28 footer owes me 2.2 hours. Thats the race I care about, we have a side bet, first boat to Ensenada gets Sunday breakfast from the other crew. He's in one PHRF class ahead of me but we are starting at exactly the same time (him on the offshore start line, me inshore).

I'm waving the handicap on this side bet, first boat, lowest elapsed time, wins.

Besides, I think it takes a lot more seamanship, more will to compete, and more mojo to enter a Catalina 25 with a crew of 3 compared to a 86 foot ULDB sled with a crew of 20 and a $5 million/year racing budget. For those guys its a day sail for professional sailors. For us its 5 days at sea, taking vacation time from government jobs.
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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 04/13/2006 :  15:08:00  Show Profile
<font color="blue">... Besides, I think it takes a lot more seamanship, more will to compete, and more mojo to enter a Catalina 25 with a crew of 3 compared to a 86 foot ULDB sled with a crew of 20 and a $5 million/year racing budget. For those guys its a day sail for professional sailors. For us its 5 days at sea, taking vacation time from government jobs. - Jim</font id="blue">

Well said!

We're rootin' for you, Commodore ... go get 'em!
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/13/2006 :  19:37:39  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
Couple of words for you on long distance races

Fresh air at the start is better than any position you can find you will be getting rolled by all the faster boats and that first half hour can be a PITA. A quarter mile at the start being a bit out of position with clean air is way more advantageous than any other alternative.

You aren't there as the photographer, so keep the camera in the hands of one of your crew.

give up your women, give up your crew, give away your spare sails, give up the helm (albeit sparingly) but never, never never give up your alcohol or your handicap....

Good Luck, Have fun, Be Safe

Oh....and that darn scratch sheet has a few big names on it....about 10 or 12 to be specific
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 04/14/2006 :  12:12:55  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Duane, I'll do that. Remember the boats start in fleets 10 minutes apart. I'll be about 1 hour and 20 minutes later than the PHRF A boats - they'll be 20 miles away by then. Last year I avoided the "favored end" for the inshore end. We had a clean start in good air. I was tactician and had us reach away from the line 3 minutes before the start, gybed at 2 minutes, reached back, luffed a little, and crossed about 30 seconds after the gun at full speed. I plan to do something similar. All the cruising class boats start after us (we are the last PHRF class) and some of these are big and fast so I expect to be getting overtaken for the first hour or so. Last year we were almost always in sight of a boat or two. By Saturday morning we were the only boat in sight on a big ocean.

Hopefully we'll have normal NW winds which will mean reaching out to sea for 10 or 15 minutes, then up spin for the next 2 days.

Indiscipline MOVES in good wind with the big spin up. If that gets too much, we'll go up with your old one. I'm experimenting with that flown as an asym to see how much I can flatten the luff and point.

If its light air, I plan to close with shore at dusk and try to catch the "land breeze" which often results in a weak 5 or 6 knot NE.

I do want to avoid being inshore close to Dana Point where we ran into such a hole last year.

Otherwise the planned course is outside the Coronado Islands, Todos Santos Islands W of Ensenada, then gybe for the finish.
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