The CB found a seemingly windless bay when leaving the Boat Haven but a wind line was noticed out towards Port Hudson. The breeze at Pt Hudson was 3 – 4 kts from 300° M. As the wind line did not appear to be moving into the bay to give access to the marks there, temporary L & W marks were set out about a mile apart for a multiple lap windward/leeward course.

During the start sequence the wind veered ~60°, causing a postponement to reset the course. The new wind direction and the current CB position made “B” a viable windward mark. A volunteer from the fleet reset the pin (twice) and as there was still no wind to leeward an “L” mark was not set.

Course SBF2 (4.3 nm.) was posted. This caused confusion to some as the downwind finish with Pin to Stbd. does not jibe with starting the second lap by crossing the line with the Pin to Port as it was for the first lap. The course posted (and sailed by most) should have been SBFBF which still affords the ability to shorten the course if desired. This will be rectified in the next update of the SI’s.

For the start on the new course, the wind was still light and variable but generally from the windward mark. Times for the first lap were in the order of 45 min. The wind deteriorated for most of the second lap with occasional puffs coming from N thru E. Towards the end it stabilized at 3 – 5 kts from 090°M. Second lap times were double the first.

PHRF Night-Cap 2023 – Race #4 Oct 7
    Start Time 13:34:00     Course SBFBF     Course Dist (n.m.) 4.5  
Final Points Sail Num. Boat Name Skipper Name Boat Class PHRF Rating Finish order Finish Time Elapsed Time Correction Factor Corrected Time Adjust-ment Boat Name Final Points
1 642 Owl Dale Dunning T-bird 195 3 15:42:15 02:08:15 0.9091 01:56:35   Owl 1
2 1177 Falcon Roland Nikles Thunderbird 195 5 15:44:25 02:10:25 0.9091 01:58:33   Falcon 2
3 1248 Kuma San J. Lynes & J. Heumann T-bird 195 6 15:46:38 02:12:38 0.9091 02:00:34   Kuma San 3
4 None Starlight   ~28 ft Gaff Cutter 225 7 52:18.00 02:18:18 0.8725 02:00:39   Starlight 4
5 7019 Pacifica Doug Jones S & S 48ft. Yawl 123 1 15:38:25 02:04:25 1.0109 02:05:46   Pacifica 5
6 161 Salsa David James J29 FR 123 2 15:41:20 02:07:20 1.0109 02:08:43   Salsa 6
7 46217 Magdalena Greg & Lesley Barron J 120 48 4 15:44:20 02:10:20 1.1444 02:29:08   Magdalena 7
12 18944 Sir Isaac John & Anne Bailey CB 49’ Schooner 99   DNC   1.0501   DNC/12 Sir Isaac 12
12 None Murrelet Bertram Levy Spitzgatter 18 317   DNC   0.7766   DNC/12 Murrelet 12
12 39954 Andiamo Again Doug Young Bysteadt 30 194   DNC   0.9104   DNC/12 Andiamo Again 12
12 None Amsala Paul Rust Sweden 45 51   DNC   1.1384   DNC/12 Amsala 12
PHRF Nightcap Series 2023 – Standings – 4 Races Run
Position Sail # Boat Name Skipper Boat Model PHRF Race 1, Sept 16 Race 2, Sept 23 Race 3, Sept 30 Race 4, Oct 7 Race 5, Oct 14 Race 6, Oct 21 Race 7, Oct 28 Total Points Boat Name Position
1 642 Owl Dale Dunning T-bird 195 Excluded from series Wind Cancellation 1 1       2 Owl 1
2 1177 Falcon Roland Nikles Thunderbird 195 2 2       4 Falcon 2
3 161 Salsa David James J29 FR 123 3 6       9 Salsa 3
4 7019 Pacifica Doug Jones S & S 48ft. Yawl 123 4 5       9 Pacifica 4
5 1248 Kuma San J. Lynes & J. Heumann Thunderbird 150 DNC/12 3       15 Kuma San 5
6 None Starlight   ~28 ft Gaff Cutter 250 DNC/12 4       16 Starlight 6
7 18944 Sir Isaac John & Anne Bailey CB 49’ Schooner 99 5 DNC/12       17 Sir Isaac 7
8 None Murrelet Bertram Levy Spitzgatter 18 317 6 DNC/12       18 Murrelet 8
9 46217 Magdalena Greg & Lesley Barron J 120 48 DNC/12 7       19 Magdalena 9
10T 39954 Andiamo Again Doug Young Bysteadt 30 194 RET/7 DNC/12       19 Andiamo Again 10T
10T None Amsala Paul Rust Sweden 45 51 RET/7 DNC/12       19 Amsala 10T