Though sometimes forgotten, anchoring during a race is legal and can prevent the backwards drifting.Then the tide changed and we drifted backwards for about an hour. About 0345 a breeze of 4 knots started to appear. Thru the night we ghosted up to a a couple of the fast boats. A 42 Valiant and a 30 ft Beneteau. They were both caught in reverse currents. They drifted back towards us as we advanced.
Handy unless the water is 400 feet deep!Though sometimes forgotten, anchoring during a race is legal and can prevent the backwards drifting.
Yeah, I forgot, we don't all sail where the deep spots are 25'.Handy unless the water is 400 feet deep!
Almost 29 hours on the water. Ugh. Hope you are getting some sleep!It is 10:00. We are still at it.
Nope, we sail where the deep spots are 12'.Yeah, I forgot, we don't all sail where the deep spots are 25'.
We were in 300' to 500' of water and tried for over an hour to get over to where the Bene and Valiant were anchored. Once we got there we found that they were about 100 yards out from the Possession Pt shoal and also unable to get to anchorable depth. They had making just enough headway to keep from being flushed back to the start line by the ebb tide.Handy unless the water is 400 feet deep!
I have total empathy for boats and crew in these 60+ mile coastal races. I’ve done tons. They usually run about 24+ hours, and deal with shorebreeze and Seabreeze and all the zero knot transitions. Dead spots in the lees of islands. Add in the floods and ebbs, anchoring and general tiredness based on not being able to have a true watch rotation and it’s real work. Nice job!We were in 300' to 500' of water and tried for over an hour to get over to where the Bene and Valiant were anchored. Once we got there we found that they were about 100 yards out from the Possession Pt shoal and also unable to get to anchorable depth. They had making just enough headway to keep from being flushed back to the start line by the ebb tide.
All of my favorite races are long distance. I hold one of the record times for another favorite. The Northern Century has a trophy for Longest on Course which is the last boat to cross the line before the 40 hour timeline. I got the trophy several years ago with a time of 39:59:40. That should stand for a while. Of the 41 boats that started the race, only 25 finished and most of the DNF's had much lower PHRF's than mine so that year any finish was a tremendous victory. I was 2 seconds behind a J30 after 100 miles of racing. Win,win!Almost 29 hours on the water. Ugh. Hope you are getting some sleep!
And on this race, the tides run up to 4+ knots. Most of us that do this race on a regular basis count any finish as a victory. given that I am one of the highest PHRF's in the fleet, I count that as double. Last year I was 3rd in the Whidbey Sprint, which is the half-way race. I 2008 and 2013 I was 2nd <edit> in class in the Round Whidbey. Not bad for a cruiser.I have total empathy for boats and crew in these 60+ mile coastal races. I’ve done tons. They usually run about 24+ hours, and deal with shorebreeze and Seabreeze and all the zero knot transitions. Dead spots in the lees of islands. Add in the floods and ebbs, anchoring and general tiredness based on not being able to have a true watch rotation and it’s real work. Nice job!
Ward, are you referring to my single-line reefing that got much use this weekend? Or was it the offerings of my wife "The Galley Wench" (her self-proclaimed title) which drove the other racers crazy with the smells of lasagna and French bread wafting from the cabin about dark? Or was it the stellar efforts of our Crew Leaders, Claudette on helm for many hours and my wife at her normal station, main sail trimmer for almost the entire night?Fair winds to Pampillion. Hayden has a secret weapon on board so you guys will do well.