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dmpilc
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Initially Posted - 04/03/2011 : 13:58:11

I was Regatta Chair for our club's annual Force Five Regatta this weekend. Fortunately it was dry, but we had winds in the 15-25 range both Sat. and Sun., with projected gusts up to 35 MPH this afternoon (Sun.). The buoy fleets, J22 and S2-7.9, got in 5 races yesterday and 1 today. The distance boats, Spin and Non-spin Portsmouth, Northstar 500, and Catalina 22, got in 3 races, 2 on Sat. and 1 today. Everybody wanted to get back in before the 30-plus winds hit. Gusts Saturday peaked at 25 MPH.
I skippered the C-22 I usually crew on because the owner was training for a mini marathon Sat. morning, and I had 1 new crew lined up to sail with me, expecting the owner to not make it out in time for the start. He got there in time and we made it out just as our start sequence began. What luck, and he still let me drive the boat.
As I said, winds were forecast to be heavy. I had ordered the working jib instead of the 150 genoa, and thank goodness I did that. Several times Sat. we hit 8.5 MPH on my GPS. We ended up sailing with the working jib today (Sun.) as well. We would have been way over-powered with the genoa.
End result: we scored a clean sweep, 3 bullets!! I have to temper that somewhat because the second place boat, and our nemisis throughout the weekend, was very close to beating us at the finish today, sailing with a genoa up, when they did not see in time a starboard boat, a B25 sport boat, and collided with it. We were less than 100 yards from the finish, headed for the committe boat end of the line, and they were at the pin end when it happened. They did their turns, and we confirmed 1st place in the last race on their error. Although it would not have changed the standings if they took 1st, I still wish we could have pulled it off without their collision.
In any event, I can check off a clean sweep regatta from my bucket list!! It was a great weekend. Oh yes, temps yesterday were in the 60's and today in the 70's. Perfect!

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DavidP
1975 C-22 SK #5459 "Shadowfax" Fleet 52
PO of 1984 C-25 SK/TR #4142 "Recess"
Percy Priest Yacht Club, Hamilton Creek Marina, Nashville, TN

Edited by - dmpilc on 04/05/2011 08:50:41

DaveR
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 18:18:11

Great job David. And you put yourself in the position to win and took it when offered. It's all part of it and no less admirable in my mind!

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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 04/03/2011 : 19:06:49

Thanks, Dave. It was a tough weekend. We took water in the cockpit once (my fault for not releasing the main fast enough in a strong puff), there were several boats that broached, and several that experienced equipment failures. I think at least a third dropped out after or during the day Sat.
We flew a full main and the working jib only in all 3 races. I think that not trying to use the genoa helped us point a bit higher throughout the weekend, and keep the boat at least a little bit flatter, although we did wash the windows several times during the regatta.
We also had great food; scrambled eggs and sausage, biscuits w/gravy Sat. morning, grilled chicken, green beans and mashed potatoes Sat. night, and pancakes, bacon & sausage, & more biscuits Sunday morning.

Edited by - dmpilc on 04/03/2011 19:09:29

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Response Posted - 04/04/2011 : 06:26:46

Yeah one thing I'm learning (although I'm learning A LOT) racing with Tom Curran is not to overpower, well, to TRY not to over power the boat. Reef that main and put up the appropriate jib and she'll respond nicely!
I can understand the drop outs, 30mph is a lot of wind. Probably ripped some sails and snapped some stays/shrouds. And good food, oh yeah! Tom's retired Air Force and his marina is on Patrick Air Force Base. These guys have a great club and host breakfast before their races, sometimes BBQ's after, feel lucky he invites me. I never knew I'd like racing so much. Of course this is friendly racing by their own rules, nobody cursing or ranting.

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Response Posted - 04/04/2011 : 07:54:25

I think we finished Sunday before the winds actually got up to the 30's, that was the forecast, but we definitely saw 25. I know of at least 1 ripped sail, a broken main sheet block attachment, etc. There were times when I wish we could have reefed the main, but it wasn't set up for that. In C22, we very rarely reef the main, in fact, my Waters racing main doesn't even have reef grommets on it, just the cunningham and flattening reef.

Edit 4/5/11: wind chart for the weekend done by another C22 skipper
These are NOAA’s hourly observations from the airport…which isn’t affected by funneling, etc. that the shoreline can cause at the lake:

SAT 10:53 NW 15 G 21
SAT 11:53 W 18 G 30
SAT 12:53 W 16 G 28
SAT 13:53 W 15 G 25
SAT 14:53 W 15 G 28
SUN 8:53 S 10
SUN 9:53 S 15
SUN 10:53 S 16 G 25
SUN 11:53 S 25 G 32
SUN 12:53 S 28 G 35

Apparently we did get up into the 30's.

Edited by - dmpilc on 04/05/2011 08:52:38

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Response Posted - 04/05/2011 : 05:40:52

So this week-end is race week-end for me. Heading down to Tom's in Satellite Beach for I believe 2 races Saturday, 2 races Sunday and then a cookout. Hoping for semi light east winds. I've been down 3 times, each time finishing better until we got a 2nd last month (after handicap), 4th overall. Hopefully we'll beat that this time!

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