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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 03/13/2007 : 11:32:54

San Diego Fleet 7 sailors - how about a cruise and race? We could leave Friday night, sail to San Diego Bay, dock at Bali Hi dock, walk up to Fiddler's Green for dinner, go anchor in La Playa Cove. On Saturday we could help Gary by doing a practice Bay race on one of Cortez Racing Association's bay courses, then race home. Shelter Island start, SD1 to Port, and finish at the Mission Bay 5 mph zone.

I am available Friday March 16 - Saturday 17, or March 30 - 31.

Also willing to consider doing this on a Saturday and Sunday.

Part 2.

I'd like to do an overnight out to the Coronado Islands. US Passports required for checking back in. Let me know if you are interested, sometime in April. We can race down and back.

Indiscipline 1978 FK SR #398

Edited by - JimB517 on 03/19/2007 23:48:01

Ben
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Response Posted - 03/13/2007 : 13:11:39

I'm very interested!!! I just wish I lived in San Diego. :-( Perhaps someday.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/13/2007 : 15:22:34

We are now considering a Fleet 7 race Mission Bay to Oceanside this Saturday (25 miles upwind), then Oceanside to MB Sunday.

Email me if interested.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/16/2007 : 13:44:52

Race 1 is on!

Meet at the dock tomorrow at 11:00. Depending on winds, Race Committee will set either 1 or 2 courses

Course 1 : Mission Bay Jetty - La Jolla Weather buoy to port - finish between Mission Bay Red Buoy and south jetty.

Course 2 : Mission Bay Jetty - La Jolla Weather Buoy to port - SD1 to Port - finish between Mission Bay Red Buoy and south jetty.

Course 1 is 14 miles. Upwind - downwind.

Course 2 is 28 miles. Triangle.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/20/2007 : 00:04:18

Results and photos !

Click below to see more

http://www.indiscipline.org/cat25/fleet7race.html

The Story

It was a dark and gloomy weekend. The San Diego NOOD races were going on, plus there were races in Mission Bay. There was little wind the whole weekend, what wind there was, was light and fluky - coming from all directions at once. We didn't have our normal "Southern California Trade Winds" (10 to 15 from the northwest).

Day 1 we didn't get the race off until about 3 PM. Course was 12 miles upwind to the La Jolla Weather buoy - about 10 miles offshore and straight upwind. We had 4 boats. By the time we called it off, 5 PM, we all had made about 4 miles to the good. Winds were very light and coming from every which way. It was like lake sailing. DNF for everyone. But Gary on Classical Cat was ahead by about a mile.

Dinner at the Brigantine in Shelter Island, Mt. Gay rum on C Angel. Breakfast and various boat chores. I sailed out first to check the weather/winds and found about 5 knots of air from the south.

We set a much shorter course on day 2, right through the middle of the NOOD fleet (National Off Shore One Design). The ocean is a big place - we never got close to their boats. Day 2 was mandatory single handed racing only. Jib and Main.

It was a downwind start in very light air. A 5 mile round trip leeward - windward course. We were letting our friend race is S2 - even though rated PHRF 164 its such a dog it is pretty much competitive with us. We had C25 WK TR Classical Cat, C25 FK SR Indiscipline, C250 C Angel, and the S2. I started out sandwitched between C Angel and the S2, Gary broke free in clean air gybing far offshore and very high of the mark. Eventually I broke free of C Angel and the S2 and set my whisker pole. Gary gybed down towards shore and had a commanding lead. I went wing and wing directly for the mark. I was making 3.5 knots to the good, he was sailing about 4 knots but on a wide angle. We converged near the mark and his lead was a couple of minutes. I had an excellent, tight, rounding.

Gary and I were neck and neck on the windward leg offshore. My fin can point significantly higher, his Tall goes better in the ultra light wind we were having (we were both flying 155%). The S2 and C250 were 5 minutes or more behind.

Both of us waited for the other to tack for the finish first. He finally went and I went right on his stern. It was very close, I was gaining sometimes, losing sometimes. Finally I was right up his rudder. I had to do something and could not climb to windward over him. So I broke down low of the mark intending to come up for the end.

I had to avoid another sailboat plus a kayaker. Gary rounded about 35 to 45 seconds ahead of me (he was giving 30 seconds on the 5 mile course).

It was a fun weekend. I sailed Friday, Saturday and Sunday and have now sailed 7 days in a row since Daylight Savings Time started (missed tonight due to the need to work late).

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Response Posted - 03/20/2007 : 06:34:49

Excellent narrative, Jim. Thanks so much for sharing! Less than two weeks before I get to splash my boat and your story just makes the anticipation greater.

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dmattlin
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Response Posted - 03/20/2007 : 20:49:03

Good job guys... I can't waite to finaly be able to make one of our races..
I will be around this weekend..

5 days sailing so far this year!!

Edited by - dmattlin on 03/20/2007 20:49:31

gnorgan
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Response Posted - 03/20/2007 : 22:36:20

Okay, here's my version. Hope it doesn't bore anyone

Ken, Charlie, and Fernando practiced on Endeavor Saturday afternoon, racing against, Jim on Indiscipline, Sel on....his Cal 27, and me on Classical Cat. It was a cold, overcast day. We decided to race all the way up to a yellow buoy somewhere off the La Jolla shore 12.5 miles up the coast from the red entrance buoy of the Mission Bay channel. It was a slow beat up the coast with a fairly strong current. After about 30 minutes of heading west Sel tacked toward the beach and I, upon seeing Sel and noting that we were drifting south and not making any VMG toward the mark, tacked to follow. This turned out to be the best tactic.
To make a long story short, I ended up way the heck out in front as Sel later tacked out and I continued to tack on every header and eventually ended up in position to tack directly for the mark having finally made it to above the La Jolla point. But everyone else way off in the distance to the south had turned so I called them up (my volume knob had accidentally been turned way down) and they said it was late and I should head back in to go to dinner.
We did, had a great dinner late at the Briganteen, then a BIG rum-drinking party on Charlie's boat to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. In bed by 11:30pm.
Sunday we did a single-handed race up the coast which turned out being a downwind first leg to the yellow pin off the Mission Beach pier. Ken on Endeavor, Charlie on C Angel, Jim on Indiscipline, and me on Classical Cat. We started at the red buoy, headed downwind, and pretty soon Classical Cat with the 150 up was way out ahead (again!!!). Jim made his move by poling out his 150 and heading dead downwind. Classical Cat kept broad reaching and driving to keep boat speed up. Jim was gaining. The other two boats kept losing ground. Classical Cat rounded first with the fin keel gaining constantly. Upwind was a fun run, Jim waiting for Gary to tack who was waiting for Jim to tack first so he could cover every move made by Jim (a sound race tactic). Jim never tacked. Gary tacked for the red buoy, the finish line. Jim tacked under but should have overstayed the tack which would have put him in a great position to drive over the slower wing keel boat. This slight error in tactics gave the very slim (corrected) win to Classical Cat with the other two boats finishing much later.
Back at the docks by 4pm and on the way home by 5. A great weekend as usual for L Dock. This is bound to be repeated over and over and over again.....the racing. I doubt Jim will allow me to win these races every time

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 03/21/2007 : 15:15:12

I practiced the new course last night, out of the slip at 5:15 PM. Against 2 knot tidal current with weak winds right on the nose, it took 45 minutes just to tack out of the channel from the 5 mph buoys to the red buoy! My VMG was under 1 knot. Then the wind came up nicely and it was a reach in rough seas for the yellow pole. I rounded the yellow and reached back for the red (2.25 miles). Rounded that right about dark and headed almost straight downwind for the 5 mph buoys. I was back in the slip by 7:30 and home by about 8:45

It was dark and stormy and windy and rough. I loved it and the rain held off until I was about 1/2 way home.

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