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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 01/24/2005 : 12:10:30

San Diego's Fleet 7 had a great weekend! Commodore Don Peet visited Friday. Some highlights:

- sailing Friday on Indiscipline with Don and Mike in light winds. The seas were way too rough to go outside. After turning back near the harbor mouth, we were enjoying lunch, downwind under autopilot. A boat was following us and once under the bridge caught up and passed. I asked him "what kind of boat?" The owner replied "Merit 25". I said "It sure is fast". He replied "Faster than you." So we hardened up and headed into Sail Bay hard on the wind leaving him 1/2 mile back in our wake.

- Slip neighbor Tim was broke down on his Bayliner 2455 flybridge power boat. I took him under tow doing just what I learned in Captain's class. Got him safely into his slip without a hitch. Real proud of my 8 HP boat towing something 3 times her size. Next time I'll tow from the cockpit winch (not stern cleats) and have a knife handy just in case. With all that weight on the stern cleat it was hard to turn Indiscipline (I learned that, too, but forgot to do it).

- great dinner at Yakimono's, the Fleet 7 japaneese food hangout. I think we had about 16 people!!!

- Saturday I couldn't make it but I know they had better winds, smaller seas and saw many whales.

- Sunday screaming winds, smaller seas - but choppy. Changed down from my 155 to my 110 at sea for the first time. 110 and 1st reef was balanced OK but the seas were just too choppy to be fun. I was getting wet spray in the cockpit. I was going to try my new 60 but I sailed back in and visited friends, then went out in the afternoon on the S2 we're going to race in Newport - Ensenada. Lighter winds, less chop, by sunset it was glassy and calm and we ended up under motor.

- Spent the night at anchor in Mariner's Cove, dreamed about the boat leaking and filling up with water. Up at 6:30 (no leak), watched the sunrise from a silent misty anchorage and then into the office on time!

Photos:

Click here to see more:

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

Oh yeah, Indiscipline with her new storm jib

Indiscipline 1978 FK SR #398

Edited by - JimB517 on 01/29/2005 17:49:28

Jeff McK
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Response Posted - 01/24/2005 : 12:23:50

Jim: Sounds like you all had a great time despite the wind. Good job on thrashing that Merit 25!!

I appreciate the report of your adventures, but you realize you're probably creating a lot of frustration among those of us who are not blessed with such good weather.

Saturday in Maryland: 6-10 inches of snow, wind chills around +3. Sunday, clear, NW winds 20-30 knots, wind chill -5 or worse. There is an inch of seawater slush in my marina.

Boston got around 2 feet of snow.

Hopefully the "iceberg patrol" can get back out soon & share your fun. Stay warm & safe.

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Ben
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Response Posted - 01/24/2005 : 12:26:59

Do I experience frustration? Yes.

But I love your stories Jim. Keep'em coming!

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 01/24/2005 : 15:52:15

Jim, don't ever bet against that Merit. He could have beaten you easily. He points significantly higher, requires less wind to get to hull speed and out accellerates you to the point of embarrassment. You were either being ignored or hustled.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 01/24/2005 : 16:29:30

I like to post the stories for a couple of reasons

(1) you're all welcome to visit and go sailing with us
(2) I figure you snowbound guys will enjoy sailing stories this time of year
(3) If you see how much fun Fleet 7 is having, maybe you'll form a fleet in your area

That Merit only had a 100% jib and it wasn't trimmed well. It told me they were novice sailors (but with big egos). He tried to point with us but failed. Indiscipline was running a 135, is fully race preped with a fresh bottom, I had a race experienced crew, and I rarely lose to anything under 30 upwind. The Merit was faster downwind in light air. I figured they needed a lesson. They weren't ignoring me until we were a long ways ahead.

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Earl Landers
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Response Posted - 01/24/2005 : 16:45:32

Jim,
What a difference a 100 miles makes. On Sunday at Marina del Rey, the day started with low overcast with good visability, We decided to sail down to Kings Harbor (Redondo Beach) for lunch. Outside the breakwater there was not enough wind to fill the sails, so we motored down to the harbor. Visablilty at that time was probably 3-4 miles. We tied up at the yacht club and walked to a nearby deli. After some excellent sandwiches

, we walked back via the bike path, which is always great for people watching

. While we were busy watching the various skaters, bikers, joggers, we weren't paying much attention to the dense fog bank that was moving in. As we rounded the corner toward the yacht club, we noticed that the few boats that were leaving the harbor were disappearing almost immediately

As we prepared the boat to leave, the visablity in the harbor was still about a quarter mile. We had a pair of GPSes on board, an older waypoint only digital readout, and my Garmin 176C, so we weren't too concerned about getting lost in the fog. Once we cleared the mouth of the harbor, visability dropped to about a boat length ahead and not a hint of a breeze. We motored back to MDR uneventfully with no improvement in the weather.
I have to add that I an very impressed with my Garmin. I am primarily a lake sailor, so I have been using my GPS as a speed indicator. After we rounded the harbor approach bouy, I entered a wayppoint for the "El Segundo 2" bouy, which is about 1/2 way back to MDR, and just followed the path right to within 50' of it. It is so cool when toys...err "important navigational tools" work

A slight course change and a new waypoint and we were into the mouth of the harbor.
I wish we could of shared some of your excess wind

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JJM
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Response Posted - 01/24/2005 : 17:34:50

Jim, Earl,

Go north another 50 miles from MDR and there I am on Sunday with my wife at about 1 in the afternoon at Channel Islands Harbor. I was concerned on the drive there that there would be enough wind to sail with, however the weather for January 23rd was gorgeous! Sunny and about 72 degrees.

Prepped the boat, motored out of the Harbor and just prior to the breakwater the wind had picked up! We easily sailed through all the debris in the water - put there by the recent rains in the area - and visibility was about, I'd say 7 miles. About 4-ish we turned to try a run back to the harbor and low and behold - the wind slowed to hardly a whisper. The water glassed over, and it was time to lower the engine and motor back to our slip.

A wonderful day with clear enough

weather, a bit of wind and a nice motor sail home. Can't wait for February!!

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 01/24/2005 : 17:39:13

Frank...in the picture, is that a C25 with a port mounted outboard and a starboard list?

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 01/24/2005 : 18:54:10

I forgot to mention that we had foggy conditions at times all weekend. Never bad enough to get worried.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 01/29/2005 : 19:30:10

The storm jib looks a tad large but very nice.

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