For the last afternoon of racing this year, the wind forecasts agreed on 6 mph. SE moving to SSE and adding rain as the afternoon progressed. Any forecast with an E in it is a worry for the RC when planning a course. If the wind is light it may die and slowly, but steadily, back to NW, if it is stronger and more established it may be unstable and oscillating by ±25° or more, or it may be wildly erratic.

When the CB went out to set the course it found, ½mile from the breakwater, a steady 7kt. breeze from around 120°M. The sea surface did not indicate any discontinuities around the bay so course STIF was set.

About 5min. before the scheduled start sequence the wind rapidly dropped below 4 kts. and backed to 60°M making the set course useless. While the RC was preparing to set out temporary marks and realign the course (no permanent marks are usable for this wind direction) the wind veered to its original general direction, oscillating between110°M and 130°M at 5kts., making the course reasonable again. After waiting a few minutes to make sure the general direction stayed put, the fleet was started.

Shortly after the start the wind at the CB backed to 90°M. and built to 10kts. Observation of the fleet as they went to windward suggested that they had the increased wind speed but a lesser shift. The wind at the tower appeared only a little on the fluky side. When the fleet passed the CB on the downwind leg the wind was 6kt. at 150°M then decreasing to 4kts. During the final upwind leg the wind built 9+kts at the finish. The wide spread of the finish times is indicative of the challenging variability of the wind over the course.

For the second race the wind had grown to 11 – 12 kts. but veered to130°M which made it appropriate to set G as the windward mark. The pin was moved to square the S/F line to the wind.

The first two attempts at a start resulted in General Recalls, possibly partly due to the line having been shortened when the pin was reset. After the successful start the wind backed to 130°M and oscillated ±10° at 11+kts., staying that way for the rest of the race. This made I a more accurate downwind mark than it had been at the start. The rain did not moderate the wind.

So the 2018 season ends with a pair of races challenging to Skippers, Crews and the Race Committee. It also ends with the most races, 11, sailed in a six week series since the formation of PTSA. Congratulations and thanks to all involved.

DON’T FORGET:   END OF SEASON AWARDS PARTY Thursday, November 15, 18:00 hrs. Pope Marine Building.

 


 

Fall Nightcap Series – 2018

Race 6A

Information is provisional and subject to modification. Results saved: Saturday, October 27, 2018 11:11:32 PM PDT

 

Class: A-Thunderbird

Start Date/Time = Saturday, October 27, 2018 13:14:00.0, Length (nm) = 3.10

Pos Sail Boat Skipper Rating Finish
Order
Finish
Time
Adjustments Pts
1 1190 Raven Blackbird, Associates 1 14:07:12.0 1.0
2 1069 Magic Bus Dunlap/Ginther, Piper/Dan 2 14:10:35.0 2.0
3 642 Owl Dunning, Dale 3 14:11:27.0 3.0
4 1177 Falcon Nikles, Roland 4 14:12:20.0 4.0
5 242 Dorado Daubenberger, Hans 5 14:12:30.0 5.0
6 944 Mabuhay Barron, Greg 6 14:14:52.0 6.0
7 542 Thatuna Lynes, John 7 14:15:13.0 7.0
8 173 Tsieu! Walker, Scott 8 14:20:42.0 8.0
DNC 255 Knot Raven Bolling, Brian DNC No Time DNC 12.0T
DNC 332 Coco Solo Carey, John DNC No Time DNC 12.0T
DNC 1248 Kuma San Canty, Dennis DNC No Time DNC 12.0T

 

Class: B-PHRF

Start Date/Time = Saturday, October 27, 2018 13:14:00.0, Length (nm) = 3.10

Pos Sail Boat Skipper Rating Finish
Order
Finish
Time
Time
Allowance
Corrected
Time
Time
Behind
Adjustments Pts
DNC 39954 Andiamo Again Anderson, Eric 220 DNC No Time 00:11:22.0 No Time No Time DNC 2.0

 

Information is provisional and subject to modification. Principal Race Officer: Dave B


 

Fall Nightcap Series – 2018

Race 6B

Information is provisional and subject to modification. Results saved: Saturday, October 27, 2018 11:11:32 PM PDT

 

Class: A-Thunderbird

Start Date/Time = Saturday, October 27, 2018 14:52:00.0, Length (nm) = 3.24

Pos Sail Boat Skipper Rating Finish
Order
Finish
Time
Adjustments Pts
1 1190 Raven Blackbird, Associates 1 15:40:38.0 1.0
2 1069 Magic Bus Dunlap/Ginther, Piper/Dan 2 15:42:55.0 2.0
3 642 Owl Dunning, Dale 3 15:43:35.0 3.0
4 944 Mabuhay Barron, Greg 4 15:44:40.0 4.0
5 242 Dorado Daubenberger, Hans 5 15:45:13.0 5.0
6 1177 Falcon Nikles, Roland 6 15:45:45.0 6.0
7 542 Thatuna Lynes, John 7 15:46:18.0 7.0
8 173 Tsieu! Walker, Scott 8 15:46:55.0 8.0
DNC 255 Knot Raven Bolling, Brian DNC No Time DNC 12.0T
DNC 332 Coco Solo Carey, John DNC No Time DNC 12.0T
DNC 1248 Kuma San Canty, Dennis DNC No Time DNC 12.0T

 

Class: B-PHRF

Start Date/Time = Saturday, October 27, 2018 14:52:00.0, Length (nm) = 3.24

Pos Sail Boat Skipper Rating Finish
Order
Finish
Time
Time
Allowance
Corrected
Time
Time
Behind
Adjustments Pts
DNC 39954 Andiamo Again Anderson, Eric 220 DNC No Time 00:11:52.8 No Time No Time DNC 2.0

 

Information is provisional and subject to modification. Principal Race Officer: Dave B


 

Fall Nightcap Series – 2018

Final Series Standing – 11 races scored

Information is provisional and subject to modification. Results saved: Saturday, October 27, 2018 11:11:32 PM PDT

 

Class: A-Thunderbird

Pos Sail Boat Skipper 1 2 3A 3B 4A 4B 5A 5B 5C 6A 6B Total
Points
Pos
1 1190 Raven Blackbird, Associates 1 1 [5] 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 15.00 1
2 1069 Magic Bus Dunlap/Ginther, Piper/Dan [12/DNC] 2 6 3 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 26.00 2
3 642 Owl Dunning, Dale 2 4 1 1 5 [7] 3 6 3 3 3 31.00 3
4 542 Thatuna Lynes, John 3 6 3 6 3 3 5 3 5 [7] 7 44.00 4
5 944 Mabuhay Barron, Greg 4 5 4 2 6 5 [7] 5 4 6 4 45.00 5
6 1177 Falcon Nikles, Roland [12/DNC] 12/DNC 2 4 8 11/DNS 4 2 9/RET 4 6 62.00 6
7 242 Dorado Daubenberger, Hans [12/DNC] 3 12/DNC 12/DNC 4 4 6 8 6 5 5 65.00 7
8 332 Coco Solo Carey, John [12/DNC] 9/DNF 7 8/DNS 9 11/DNS 8 7 9/DNS 12/DNC 12/DNC 92.00 8
9 255 Knot Raven Bolling, Brian [12/DNC] 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 7 6 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 109.00 9
10 173 Tsieu! Walker, Scott [12/DNC] 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 10 11/DNS 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 8 8 109.00 10
11 1248 Kuma San Canty, Dennis 5 9/DNF [12/DNC] 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 12/DNC 110.00 11

 

Class: B-PHRF

Pos Sail Boat Skipper 1 2 3A 3B 4A 4B 5A 5B 5C 6A 6B Total
Points
Pos
1 39954 Andiamo Again Anderson, Eric 1 1/TLE [2/DNC] 2/DNC 2/DNC 2/DNC 2/DNC 2/DNC 2/DNC 2/DNC 2/DNC 18.00 1

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
(4) Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts

Information is provisional and subject to modification. Principal Race Officer: Dave B


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