Thanks, Piper, for the great tip. Eye candy indeed.
The J’s race at the 2013 St. Barths Bucket. from Onne van der Wal on Vimeo.
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Busy sailing weekend ahead The series that was too fun to stop continues Friday. The six race White Cap Series had a possible make up race scheduled for this Friday. All six races were run, the series scored and completed, but no one could think of a reason not to have a race this Friday (May 17). Look for a dock start.
Over 20 multihulls, from hot little Weta tri's to the Formula 40, DRAGON, are scheduled to be racing in PT this weekend. A number of them are looking for crew for a Protection Island race on Saturday, and in-shore bay races on Sunday. The skipper's meeting will be at 8 AM on Saturday under the marina facing porch by the Shanghai and Pt Hudson Cafe. If you'd like to crew, that's where you should be, too. |
 Photo by Craig Wester This week we were fortunate to have a committee boat (YEA!), Jon Kaplan’s Ramble. Thanks Jon! With Ramble between the I and T marks we could set a windward-leeward twice around course. The wind was about 12 kts gusting to 18 or so, pretty ideal conditions. Many boats ran the line for the start and it got crowded at the pin. Silent Way was forced over early but apparently didn’t hear the recall. An erroneous PHRF rating for Martha has been corrected. Everyone should check the ratings we are using in case other errors exist. Once again the regular results are followed by the “Golf Handicap” results. Based on last weeks race Raven and Thatuna each added 10 secs. and Sirocco and Second wind each added 5. Overall standings for the series will be calculated when the series is over.  This year the Swiftsure International Yacht Race is making an effort to encourage the entry of “classic yachts”. These boats probably don’t qualify as classic yachts but the Strait looks tame and the mountains lovely. The Swiftsure International Yacht Race is no ordinary yacht race; it’s a festival of four different race courses with excitement and camaraderie that draws as many as 200 of the Pacific Northwest’s sailboats and an international audience of thousands to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 2013 will see the Royal Victoria Yacht Club (RVYC) host the 70th Swiftsure International Yacht Race from May 23 to 27, 2013. This year’s ‘canvas to carbon’ theme celebrates the incredible change in technology that has occurred throughout the race’s lifetime. Although the older ‘classic’ sailboats have always been welcomed with open arms to enter Swiftsure, this year we are making a special welcome and appeal to owners and skippers of classic yachts to enter one of the races and show off their contribution to preserving our sailing history.. We hope to have many boats, old and new, to make this a truly classic event. From Ace Spragg, the hard working Waterfront Programs Manager at the Northwest Maritime Center Special thanks to the regatta sponsors:
Race Results – all boats entered are listed below, to reflect their commitment to sailing, despite the variable conditions! The wind and weather changed from sunny, warm and less than 10 knots of wind at 12:15 to cold, rainy and gusts to 30 with 3 foot waves by 12:45. Yikes! |
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