Senior citizens racing results

[J. Dillon]

Crewed on a boat racing wed evening. Skipper 91, helmsman 77,
Your's truly 77.

We slammed em all, aboard Leda.:D:D

JD

15-Aug 18:15:00








Class Overall Season 2007



delta delta Cruising Class Actual Handicap ADJ. Class Class TOT TOT Boat
minutes minutes Yacht Type PHRF Finish Applied Finish Fin. Points Factor Adj Time KTS behind behind Leda HR25 249 19:23:41 0:11:20 19:12:21 1 98 0.81352 0:55:53 4.72 0.0 0.6 Sea Wings C&C 99 123 19:13:26 0:00:00 19:13:26 2 92 0.96582 0:56:26 5.54 0.6 1.1 Brown Eyed Girl Jeanneau 38 143 19:18:35 0:01:48 19:16:47 3 88 0.93795 0:59:38 5.1 3.8 4.3 Nomade Dufour V35 154 19:20:55 0:02:47 19:18:08 4 84 0.9233 1:00:52 4.92 5.0 5.5 Magan Catalina 27 TM 215 19:27:36 0:08:17 19:19:19 5 81 0.84967 1:01:41 4.46 5.8 6.4 Impulse Frers 33 130 19:20:31 0:00:38 19:19:53 6 78 0.95588 1:02:38 4.95 6.8 7.3 Tre Scooch Catalina 36 185 19:29:48 0:05:35 19:24:13 7 76 0.88435 1:06:09 4.33 10.3 10.8 Summer Breeze Oday 30 197 19:31:06 0:06:40 19:24:26 8 74 0.87015 1:06:13 4.26 10.3 10.9 Paige Eileen Catalina 30 210 19:44:44 0:07:50 19:36:54 9 72 0.85526 1:16:45 3.61 20.9 21.4 She Can Dance Hunter 33 182 DNF 22:00:00 10





18:25:00 TOT TOT

Avg.











Racing Class Model PHRF Actual Handicap ADJ. Class Class TOT TOT Boat


d Applied Finish Fin. Points Factor Adj Time KTS
Park Place O'Day 34 151 19:24:39 0:02:31 19:22:08 1 100 0.92725 0:55:19 5.43 0.0 0.0 Smoke on the water Tripp 36 72 19:18:43 0:04:35 19:23:18 2 94 1.04502 0:56:08 6.03 0.8 0.8 En Charette Noe 27 142 19:25:16 0:01:43 19:23:33 3 90 0.93931 0:56:37 5.38 1.3 1.3 Spectre Peterson 34 111 19:22:41 0:01:05 19:23:46 4 86 0.98336 0:56:43 5.62 1.4 1.4 Golden Rule San Juan 30 166 19:28:58 0:03:52 19:25:06 6 80 0.90782 0:58:04 5.07 2.7 2.7 Meltemi X372 100 19:23:29 0:02:04 19:25:33 7 78 1 0:58:29 5.54 3.2 3.2 Flatline Evelyn 32-2 96 19:24:05 0:02:26 19:26:31 8 76 1.00619 0:59:27 5.48 4.1 4.1 Sagacious Express 34 98 19:25:21 0:02:15 19:27:36 9 74 1.00309 1:00:32 5.37 5.2 5.2 Ordered Chaos Morgan 36.5 94 19:25:01 0:02:37 19:27:38 10 72 1.00932 1:00:35 5.4 5.3 5.3 Bayou Bleu J30 135 19:29:51 0:01:05 19:28:46 11 70 0.94891 1:01:32 5 6.2 6.2 Banshee Peterson 34 120 19:30:04 0:00:16 19:30:20 12 68 0.97015 1:03:07 4.98 7.8 7.8 Committee Boat Seas 2



Wild Eyes Wind 14 SSW



Course E
Protest pending between Spectre and She Can Dance - Port/ Starboard resulted in








NM 5.4 steering damage for She can dance



Course Factor 1



Adjusted Length 5.4 Park Place on 6/13 had collided with L'Iroise and was found at fault after careful



TOT Numerator 650 examination of the facts presented by both parties



TOT Course Factor 550 DSQ applied to Park Place reflected in Overall results.

[Figment]

Will you also be aboard for the Faulkner race in October?

[Hwyl]

Nice job Jack, I had you pegged for at least a decade younger

[J. Dillon]

Well the seniors did it again.

We came in first on corrected time in the "Around Falkners race" last sat.

29 boats participated. It was a crowded start

Click on http://www.saltygrapes.com/gallery/3618514#206066364

Image courtesy of Mike aboard "Figment"

JD


Skipper David Seligison
Crew JD

[Figment]

So..... do you suppose that "Mule" gave you 11 minutes on that last leg? ;)

The start felt pretty good to me...
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k218/Julia_England/Fall%20Offsoundings/600_RFISR_07_070.jpg

(speaking of senior citizens, that little blue boat out in front is 48 years old, oldest in the fleet by at least a decade)

[J. Dillon]

Viewers, That's Mike skippering "Figment" the first boat in this image.:D

Actually Mike it was debatable:confused:. On the last half hour of the race that sail slowed us down. It caused weather helm slowing us.:mad: We debated taking it in but thought the fuss it would make we'd loose more time.:confused:

The "mule" is a difficult sail to set and lower for us ole pharts at least.:(
However we did come in first on corrected time so I guess we did the right thing.:D


JD

[Figment]

I need to get a closer look at that mule in action. It's hanked onto the backstay and sheeted to the head of the mizzen? Does it have a little wishbone boom like the jib of a knockabout?

Nah, you won that one with the mizzen staysail. You rounded the green at least 10-15 minutes ahead of me, and I couldn't make it up on the last leg.

Speaking of the mizzen staysail.... next time you're converging on someone with that sail flying, pass to LEEWARD. An unfriendly competitor would've had you eating that staysail with a luff. :D

[Hwyl]

Great pictures Figment, they are of a professional quality, the one of the beautiful young woman by the companionway is magazine cover stuff.

You're getting to be "The man to beat" JD.

[Wild Wassa]

Top result JD, good to see.

It really is good knowing that as we age as sailors and if good health remains on our side, that competitive sailing is one of the few sports that we can continue to do well at at a reasonably high level.

It was only a few years ago, I was looking up to the National Champions Peter Smith, Trevor Imoff and getting flogged by both of them and admiring Grahme Dennett's abilities on the water in big winds and all their beautiful boats ... yesterday my Skipper Lee Neilsen and I, had all three of them follow us home in shocking racing conditions during an ACT interclub regatta.

It is the final race of our Territory inter club regatta today. We are leading our Div by one point. Grahme Dennett (the 2007 National Hartley 18 Champion) is an excellent big wind sailor and might ruin our day today, although we hope not. He was running us down going for home yesterday, covering him was doing little to stop his surging. We were totally overpowered in the wind on the last leg so we cut behind an island for shelter while he stayed out in the big winds. Tactically, running for shelter was a good move as we watched Skipper Dennett and crew getting hammered, while we pulled away from them in slightly calmer conditions.

Yesterday was not a day for novices flying kites, the loads were huge, a few boats couldn't drop spinnakers and payed dearly ... if the wind howls again today, even better. The big off the beach cats yesterday were going ballistic, and the Sharpies were just as fast when they weren't pitchpolling. I saw one Formula 16 Skipper, possibly Bill Chadwick depart from his boat using a parachute. He was far too high to jump into the water without slowing his fall.

It takes years to learn to sail well ... I look forward to keeping my Skippers on track over the next few decades.

Warren.