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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 04/26/2009 : 10:50:19

Hi, I'll write more later but we took 2nd in the Border Run Short Course PHRF D. 1st was a Capri 25 who beat me by 3 minutes 30 seconds. We finished at 1 AM, and averaged 5.1 knots over the 69 mile short course.

It was a long, tough 3 days - the toughest thing was sailing back to Mission Bay at 1 AM in 15 knots or more of wind. We were in and tied up by 4.

Click here to see photos/story

http://www.indiscipline.org/cat25/border09.html

Indiscipline 1978 FK SR #398

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piseas
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Response Posted - 04/26/2009 : 12:00:41

Jim, Congrats and way to go. But how did that Capri 25 beat Jim B!

Oh, that new burgee must have slowed you down.

Thanks for the pics. You finished faster than you thought. How did your buddy in the Cat30 do? I bet Craig must have been exhausted. He deserves a pat on the back as well.
Steve A

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dave holtgrave
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Response Posted - 04/26/2009 : 15:03:42

congrats on a great run.
just starting to get back into the season here in the midwest.

keep us posted.

grat photos

dave holtgrave
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sailing at carlyle lake in southern illinois

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 04/26/2009 : 15:22:21

Ccongratulations, Jim!!! One question: Is the Capri 25 owner a member of the forum?

If not, why not? Okay, I know, that was 2 questions.

Edited by - dmpilc on 04/26/2009 15:23:12

Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 04/26/2009 : 16:31:43

Here are the [url="http://www.theborderrun.org/results.htm"]official results[/url]. Great work, Jim! I see you crossed the line just a few minutes behind a Cat-36--crushed him on corrected time!

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 04/26/2009 : 16:45:38

Well done.

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 04/26/2009 : 17:17:45

Great work Jim. Those hours of practice are really paying off!

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 04/26/2009 : 19:43:24

My friend Brian on his Cat 30 Hakkuna Matata Cruising Non Spin finished at 4 AM one of the last boats to get in. I was back in Mission Bay when I heard his radio calls finishing. Don't know why he is so slow but the boat has bimini, dodger, fixed prop, old main and new 145% mylar roller furling jib.

My friend Cleve on his Cat 30 Sojurn won Newport - Ensenada over all.

Our corrected elapsed time of 9:09 was good enough to place 3rd in PHRF C and beat about half of the PHRF B boats. If there was a PHRF overall we would have been about 10th. I was real dissapointed because they did not give a double handed prize, but I believe we won that in PHRF short course (not counting the catamarans in the XS racing classes).

Those kind of things happen when the wind comes up strong real late. My friend on his Serendipity 43 was already almost in the barn when the strong night winds showed up. So I sailed the last 15 miles at hull speed, it gained us many places. We beat them easily on corrected time. This was predicted and I was in place to take advantage of it (wind was supposed to arrive at 8, arrived at 10).

Also, many boats "left wind to find wind". We had beam winds strong enough all day to be going 6 knots on the rhumbline. Why deviate outside or in to try and find more?

Craig was a good helmsman, excellent night spinnaker trimmer. If he had just a little more time on the boat we would not have done the night spin douse, we would have gybed at the mark and carried the spin to the finish. That would have gained us the 3.5 minutes probably. But it was a safe call at night, with lots of boat traffic, finishing in strong winds and rough seas. We were a little slow hoisting the jib due to some tangles and that was my fault. Committee boat was very hard to find and there were about 10 boats finishing at 1 AM so that cost us some time, too. We could have gone up spin 30 minutes sooner as well, also my call.

I tried to talk to the Capri 25 owner at the party but was not able.

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