This week there was good wind. When setting the course the wind was ~15 kts. gusting to 19 kts steadily from ~120°M. The sea state was well developed with numerous whitecaps.

The 120° wind aligned perfectly with marks G & Y for W/L legs. Reaching legs out to B were discarded as unnecessarily uncomfortable. The course set was SGCGYF, 6.72 nm. (once again the RC erred, SGCGYF would have been more logical and given a safer rounding of G on the return).

After the start the wind at the CB veered to ~140° at the same strength. About halfway through the race the wind generally started to soften, and by the finish was ~10 kts with gusts to ~13 kts, from 120°.The whitecaps disappeared as the sea state subsided.

Chance Bates Photos

Piper Dunlap Photos

PHRF Night-Cap 2023 – Race #5 Oct 14
    Start Time 13:06:00     Course SGCGYF     Course Dist (n.m.) 6.72  
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
1 161 Falcon Roland Nikles Thunderbird 195 2 14:29:57 01:23:57 0.9091 01:16:19   Falcon 1
2 1177 Owl Dale Dunning T-bird 195 3 14:30:41 01:24:41 0.9091 01:16:59   Owl 2
3 642 Salsa David James J29 FR 123 1 14:26:19 01:20:19 1.0109 01:21:11   Salsa 3
4 1248 Kuma San J. Lynes & J. Heumann T-bird 195 4 14:37:50 01:31:50 0.9091 01:23:29   Kuma San 4
5 39954 Andiamo Again Doug Young Bysteadt 30 194 5 14:42:05 01:36:05 0.9104 01:27:28   Andiamo Again 5
12 None Amsala Paul Rust Sweden 45 51   DNC   1.1384   DNC/12 Amsala 12
12 None Starlight   ~28 ft Gaff Cutter 225   DNC   0.8725   DNC/12 Starlight 12
12 7019 Pacifica Doug Jones S & S 48ft. Yawl 123   DNC   1.0109   DNC/12 Pacifica 12
12 46217 Magdalena Greg & Lesley Barron J 120 48   DNC   1.1444   DNC/12 Magdalena 12
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
PHRF Nightcap Series 2023 – Standings – 3 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     4 Owl 1
2 1177 Falcon Roland Nikles Thunderbird 195 2 2 1     5 Falcon 2
3 161 Salsa David James J29 FR 123 3 6 3     12 Salsa 3
4 1248 Kuma San J. Lynes & J. Heumann Thunderbird 150 DNC/12 3 4     19 Kuma San 4
5 7019 Pacifica Doug Jones S & S 48ft. Yawl 123 4 5 DNC/12     21 Pacifica 5
6 39954 Andiamo Again Doug Young Bysteadt 30 194 RET/7 DNC/12 5     24 Andiamo Again 6
7 None Starlight   ~28 ft Gaff Cutter 250 DNC/12 4 DNC/12     28 Starlight 7
8 18944 Sir Isaac John & Anne Bailey CB 49’ Schooner 99 5 DNC/12 DNC/12     29 Sir Isaac 8
9 None Murrelet Bertram Levy Spitzgatter 18 317 6 DNC/12 DNC/12     30 Murrelet 9
10T 46217 Magdalena Greg & Lesley Barron J 120 48 DNC/12 7 DNC/12     31 Magdalena 10T
10T None Amsala Paul Rust Sweden 45 51 RET/7 DNC/12 DNC/12     31 Amsala 10T