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Sloop Smitten
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Initially Posted - 01/04/2010 : 09:30:50

Went out for a short sail on New Years Day. Beautiful day and a great start to a new year. Took a few pictures.

City of Oceanside from a mile out.

My new Asymmetrical. Haven't sailed with it yet but had to raise it to take a look.

Pelican wanted a closer look at that sail.

Sunset makes for some interesting hues.

Joe Wergers
Utopia
Fleet 7/Oceanside, CA
78 C25 FK/SR #381

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DaveR
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Response Posted - 01/04/2010 : 09:41:07

Thanks for the pics Joe! Looks like it was a nice day off shore.

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jerlim
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Response Posted - 01/04/2010 : 10:19:02

Glad for you...we had 8 deg windchill on NYD!!!

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 01/04/2010 : 15:02:16

On New Year's eve I only had to work 1/2 day. By 1 PM I was sailing out of Mission Bay, bound for San Diego. The wind was about 15 knots, I debated changing down from the 155 but my course was downwind. For the next several hours I was on a broad reach down the coast. It was a beautiful day and I was making good time. I didn't really want to head into San Diego so I set a course for the Coronado Islands and tried to catch up to the whale watching boats. I had seen my first Pacific Grey Whales of the season the Sunday before. Eventually I hardened up for the beat into San Diego Bay.

As I got under Point Loma the wind really intensified. I was rounding up. I flattened the jib and moved the cars way back. I put the flattening reef in the main and put the traveller down. This got the boat back on her feet. Soon I was in the lee of the point and shaking out the reef. I was running out of time to get anchored before dark and dropped the jib, centered the main, and got under power in about 10 knots of air right on the nose. I motored the last 3 miles and anchored in La Playa cove just at sunset.

New Year's Eve was dark and cold. I had my oil lamp going and a few candle lanterns. I had coffee and Baileys with an extra shot. This kept me warm. I watched a movie on the computer, ate a light dinner, and was soon asleep. Around midnight people at the yacht clubs set off cannons.

New Year's Day dawned bright and cold. It was 52 F in the boat, but warmer and sunny outside. I stayed in the sleeping bag with a big mug of coffee until it warmed up in the cabin. I picked up my race crew just as planned at 10:30 AM.

Pre race the wind was dead. It was tee shirt weather but we needed some breeze. About race time we got a couple of knots. With 22 boats in class ranging from PHRF 113 and up, Indiscipline was of course the smallest and slowest boat enterted. I decided on a pin end start in clear air. We got stuck in a major hole. As the fleet started, we drifted. About 5 minutes later we got going and basically started with the next class.

Needless to say, we never made up the 5 minutes. We did sail the course and flew the reaching spinnaker. On the downwind leg we were actually in sight of a couple of the other slower boats.

After rounding, the winds went way up and we had a beat back to the finish of about 2 miles. We were heavily overloaded and I got crew on the rail, flattened jib and travelled down. That seemed to do the trick. There was also about a 3 knot current ebbing towards the finish.

We finished strong but had to throw in a tack to keep from being swept onto the finish mark by the current. Finish 16th place, dead last, but had a nice day.

The winds were still up when I dropped off my crew about 3 PM and prepared for the 4 hour bash to windward to get home. So I changed down to the 110 before saying good bye to them. I sailed about 5 or 6 miles out of the bay and started tacking for Mission Bay. The winds were exactly on the nose and waves were too high to motorsail. I was sailing 5 knots over the ground but making about 1.5 VMG towards home. It was going to be a long cold night.

By dark I had on my fleece and foulies. I've found that I stay a lot dryier with the fleece on and no jeans or tee shirt. Just the fleece, then the foulies. That way it breathes like it is suppossed to. The wind went down 5 knots so I finally dropped the jib and fired up the motor to head straight home. I had about 6 miles to go. I don't like hoods so I had on my SDSU basketball watch cap (I'm a big fan).

I got in about 6:30 PM, did the minimum clean up and met my wife and her friends for dinner and desert in Hillcrest (only 45 minutes late).

Great way to start the New Year! (Forgot camera).

Edited by - JimB517 on 01/04/2010 16:14:40

JimB517
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Response Posted - 01/04/2010 : 15:04:53

PS today I went to the boat a lunch time to finish cleaning up and had to run the air conditioner in the car. Its about 80 F.

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