Before the start the wind was varying between 340° & 010°M, 2 – 5 kts. By the start the wind had steadied on 330° and built to 6 – 7 kts with the occasional gust to 9. It was sunny and warm, a beautiful day for a race.
Unfortunately, as the fleet was approaching McCurdy Point, the wind died to the point that they were unable to progress against the building flood. Nobody finished.
Next up in the Distance Series is the ever popular P to P race and party on May 18/19 weekend
Distance Series 2019
McCurdy Point Race
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results saved: Monday, April 22, 2019 12:08:47 AM PDT
PHRF
Start Date/Time = Sunday, April 21, 2019 12:05:00.0, Length (nm) = 11.40
| Pos | Sail | Boat | Skipper | Rating | Finish Order |
Finish Time |
Time Allowance |
Corrected Time |
Time Behind |
Adjust. | Pts |
| DNF | 549 | Knot Raven | Bolling, Brian | 198 | DNF | No Time | 00:37:37.2 | No Time | No Time | DNF | 10.0T |
| DNF | 643 | Owl | Dunning, Dale | 198 | DNF | No Time | 00:37:37.2 | No Time | No Time | DNF | 10.0T |
| DNF | 944 | Mabuhay | Barron, Greg | 198 | DNF | No Time | 00:37:37.2 | No Time | No Time | DNF | 10.0T |
| DNF | 1069 | Magic Bus | Dunlap, Piper | 198 | DNF | No Time | 00:37:37.2 | No Time | No Time | DNF | 10.0T |
| DNF | C 36 | Norma Mae | Arsulich, James | 160 | DNF | No Time | 00:30:24.0 | No Time | No Time | DNF | 10.0T |
| DNF | 7019 | Pacifica | Jones, Doug | 123 | DNF | No Time | 00:23:22.2 | No Time | No Time | DNF | 10.0T |
| DNF | 226 | Martha | Schn Martha, Foundation | 111 | DNF | No Time | 00:21:05.4 | No Time | No Time | DNF | 10.0T |
| DNF | 18944 | Sir Isaac | Bailey, John | 93 | DNF | No Time | 00:17:40.2 | No Time | No Time | DNF | 10.0T |
| DNF | CS | Cloud Splitter | Osterberg, Stig | -48 | DNF | No Time | -00:09:07.2 | No Time | No Time | DNF | 10.0T |
Distance Series 2019
Series Standings – 2 races scored
Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results saved: Monday, April 22, 2019 12:08:47 AM PDT
PHRF
| Pos | Sail | Boat | Skipper | Bush Point | McCurdy Point | Total Points |
Pos |
| 1 | 18944 | Sir Isaac | Bailey, John | 1 | 10/DNF | 11.00 | 1 |
| 2T | 549 | Knot Raven | Bolling, Brian | 5/DNF | 10/DNF | 15.00T | 2T |
| 2T | 643 | Owl | Dunning, Dale | 5/DNF | 10/DNF | 15.00T | 2T |
| 2T | 1069 | Magic Bus | Dunlap, Piper | 5/DNF | 10/DNF | 15.00T | 2T |
| 5T | CS | Cloud Splitter | Osterberg, Stig | 10/DNC | 10/DNF | 20.00T | 5T |
| 5T | C 36 | Norma Mae | Arsulich, James | 10/DNC | 10/DNF | 20.00T | 5T |
| 5T | 226 | Martha | Schn Martha, Foundation | 10/DNC | 10/DNF | 20.00T | 5T |
| 5T | 944 | Mabuhay | Barron, Greg | 10/DNC | 10/DNF | 20.00T | 5T |
| 5T | 7019 | Pacifica | Jones, Doug | 10/DNC | 10/DNF | 20.00T | 5T |
Notes
| (1) | Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2017-2020 |
| (2) | RRS A9 (Series Longer than a Regatta) is in effect. |
| (3) | Time limit expired (TLE) penalty is: Finishers plus 1 |
Principal Race Officer: Dave B
So that’s 2 races, 13 entries, 1 finish, 12 DNFs — what’s wrong with this picture? The common factor is that both times, the fleet is sent off into a dead foul tidal current. It really doesn’t matter that there was too much wind for one race and not enough for the other; you can’t predict the wind. But you can predict the tides, so why aren’t these races planned to make use of the current, not to fight it? This is just discouraging for people who want to do races other than the up and down buoy races, and it just isn’t necessary.
I’ll post a longer discussion on the PHRF forum shortly with a set of suggestions for further distance races with dates and times that work with the tides, not against them.
cheers,
Lynn