Nobody sailing around here can say the wind is predictable, especially this time of the year. Friday was even stranger than usual. At noon it was blowing 25 – 30 mph from the South, but by the time for setting up a race course it had dropped to where there were patches of wind to 5 kts. but the direction was constantly changing from SE to NW and points between. After a long while spent trying to discern a trend, the course was set for SYTF (which turned out to be a good guess for the eventual start). Fifteen minutes before the start the wind pretty much died completely, with the occasional puff coming from random directions. The postponement flag was hoisted with the expectation of having to change the course if the wind came back from yet another direction.
After a 20 min. postponement the fleet was getting restless and there was a hint of a breeze from the NW so the start sequence was begun. As the sequence progressed the wind continued to build to about 6 kts., for a while, then started to soften again and by the time the first boats had rounded the weather mark it was back to light puffs from all directions.
The RC decided to shorten the course and through a combination of flags, horns and Ch 68 managed to spread the message to come straight back over the SF line from the windward mark. This disadvantaged the leading two boats who were nearing the line but well to the right of the course to the finish, however this did not change their finish order. The rest of the fleet was still in the vicinity of the windward mark. The wind continued light and shifty. Boats carrying spinnakers were steadily hardening up as they approached the line then switching to jibs for the last few boat-lengths. Some boats had to actually tack (on a “downwind” leg) to clear the pin and two got carried past the outside of the pin and had to work their way back.
The weather record from the mill, below, shows clearly the difficult conditions encountered during this race. Of particular interest is the wind direction chart during the evening.
Fourteen boats came out for the evening, after the downpour passed. The PHRF fleet was doubled from last week and there were ten T-birds (another record). Mabuhey hasn’t been out for quite a while, welcome back.
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Spring White-cap 2015 
Race 2
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results saved: Friday, April 3, 2015 10:59:55 PM PDT
(Entries=14) PHRF – Thunderbird
Division: PHRF (4 boats) (top)
| Pos | Sail | Boat | Skipper | Rating | Finish Order |
Finish Time |
Time Allowance |
Corrected Time |
Time Behind |
Adjustments | Pts |
| 1 | 81 | Sparkle | Hupy, Guy, McGinn, Brian | 129 | 1 | 19:27:32.0 | 00:02:32.2 | 00:29:59.8 | 00:00:00.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2 | 1719 | Pacifica | Jones, Doug | 130 | 2 | 19:37:57.0 | 00:02:33.4 | 00:40:23.6 | 00:10:23.8 | 2.0 | |
| 3 | 39650 | pacemaker | Barcott, Ed. | 161 | 3 | 19:40:59.0 | 00:03:10.0 | 00:42:49.0 | 00:12:49.2 | 3.0 | |
| 4 | NM | Norma Mae | Arselich, James | 148 | 4 | No Time | 00:02:54.6 | -00:02:54.6 | -00:32:54.4 | RET | 5.0 |
Notes
| (1) | Start Date/Time = Friday, April 3, 2015 18:55:00.0, Length (nm) = 1.18 |
Division: Thunderbird (10 boats) (top)
| Pos | Sail | Boat | Skipper | Rating | Finish Order |
Finish Time |
Adjustments | Pts |
| 1 | 1144 | Blew Bird | Ginther, Dan, Dunlap, Piper | Thunderbird | 1 | 19:39:51.0 | 1.0 | |
| 2 | 1190 | Raven | Blackbird Assoc. | Thunderbird | 2 | 19:40:03.0 | 2.0 | |
| 3 | 448 | Tzieu | Walker, Scott | Thunderbird | 3 | 19:41:58.0 | 3.0 | |
| 4 | 542 | Thatuna | Lynes, John | Thunderbird | 4 | 19:43:25.0 | 4.0 | |
| 5 | 242 | Dorado | Daubenburger, Joe | Thunderbird | 5 | 19:46:49.0 | 5.0 | |
| 6 | 944 | Mabuhay | Barron, Greg | Thunderbird | 6 | 19:51:24.0 | 6.0 | |
| 7 | 173 | Boreas | Greene, Josh | Thunderbird | 7 | 19:54:04.0 | 7.0 | |
| 8 | 1106 | Kolus | Edwards, Ed & Sue | Thunderbird | 8 | 19:54:55.0 | 8.0 | |
| 9 | 1248 | Kuma San | Fisher, Larry | Thunderbird | 9 | 19:55:29.0 | 9.0 | |
| 10 | 840 | Rowdy | Fry, Jerry | Thunderbird | 10 | 20:06:05.0 | 10.0 |
Notes
| (1) | Start Date/Time = Friday, April 3, 2015 19:00:00.0, Length (nm) = 1.18 |
Principal Race Officer: DAB
Spring Whitecap 2015
Series Standing – 2 races scored
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results saved: Friday, April 3, 2015 10:59:55 PM PDT
(Entries=14) PHRF – Thunderbird
Division: PHRF (4 boats) (top)
| Pos | Sail | Boat | Skipper | 1 | 2 | Total Points |
Pos |
| 1 | 81 | Sparkle | Hupy, Guy, McGinn, Brian | 1 | 1 | 2.00 | 1 |
| 2 | 1719 | Pacifica | Jones, Doug | 5/DNC | 2 | 7.00 | 2 |
| 3 | NM | Norma Mae | Arselich, James | 2 | 5/RET | 7.00 | 3 |
| 4 | 39650 | pacemaker | Barcott, Ed. | 5/DNC | 3 | 8.00 | 4 |
Notes
| (1) | Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2013-2016 |
| (2) | Time limit expired (TLE) penalty is: Finishers plus 1 |
Division: Thunderbird (10 boats) (top)
| Pos | Sail | Boat | Skipper | 1 | 2 | Total Points |
Pos |
| 1 | 1144 | Blew Bird | Ginther, Dan, Dunlap, Piper | 4 | 1 | 5.00 | 1 |
| 2 | 542 | Thatuna | Lynes, John | 1 | 4 | 5.00 | 2 |
| 3 | 242 | Dorado | Daubenburger, Joe | 2 | 5 | 7.00 | 3 |
| 4 | 448 | Tzieu | Walker, Scott | 7 | 3 | 10.00 | 4 |
| 5 | 1190 | Raven | Blackbird Assoc. | 9 | 2 | 11.00 | 5 |
| 6 | 1106 | Kolus | Edwards, Ed & Sue | 3 | 8 | 11.00 | 6 |
| 7 | 173 | Boreas | Greene, Josh | 5 | 7 | 12.00 | 7 |
| 8 | 1248 | Kuma San | Fisher, Larry | 6 | 9 | 15.00 | 8 |
| 9 | 944 | Mabuhay | Barron, Greg | 11/DNC | 6 | 17.00 | 9 |
| 10 | 840 | Rowdy | Fry, Jerry | 8 | 10 | 18.00 | 10 |
Notes
| (1) | Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2013-2016 |
| (2) | Time limit expired (TLE) penalty is: Finishers plus 1 |
Principal Race Officer: DAB