Thursday, February 2, 2012

Updated 3 bridge results

Crew: Nat, Scott

No change for us - we had a bad start (wrong side, had to fight an ebb in very light air, we lost some 15 min then) - the line was not restricted so we dipped it and went to Blackaller first, then Red Rock and finally TI.

Currents mainly drove our decisions.

We had some decent winds, we maintained a boat speed around 6 knots on average which was pretty good. In fact we had better boat speed and point with just the two of us than we had at the last midwinter with the entire crew.

Both of us remained engaged and focused, with our eyes on the prize. We took a wide turn around TI and we passed some 80 boats just with this maneuvre. I call it the 'Scott Maneuvre'.

Battle to the finish with Peaches on pure boat speed which we won, but not by much!!

If we hadn't had such a shitty start (my fault really) we would have been 6th in the fleet.

Like I said before I don't race just to win. I race to sail well. I'd rather lose in a competitive fleet by sailing very well, than win by sailing poorly. I think we sailed well on Saturday. We were really one with the boat, letting her tell us what worked for her and we just followed. We had a strategy which made sense, we made a couple of tactical calls. One that worked, one that didn't. We anticipated wind holes, looked around to pick good spots to be and overall worked well as a team. The boat felt good except for a couple of times.

We made quick adjustments to sail trim and she was off again. We were pointing extremely well, sometimes better than most boats around us, yet we were not sacrificing boat speed.

It was a very pleasant day out there. Flat water. Light but steady wind except in the TI parking lot and at the start (our luck...), warm day. Everything was so perfect.

I feel very lucky.

13 - Double Handed Express 27   Pursuit
Start Time: 01/28/12 at 09:00:00     Fleet:   21
      Started:   20
Sail #   Boat Name   Skipper   Rating   Finish Time       Corrected Time   Place   Club   Make   Comments
usa116    WITCHY WOMAN    Tom Jenkins / Eric Kownacki    129    14:51:50         14:51:50    1    morro bay    Express 27     
28050    EL RATON    Ray Lotto / Steve Carroll    129    14:54:05         14:54:05    2    st francis    Express 27     
0    DIANNE    Steve Katzman / Mike Pastrone    129    15:06:25         15:06:25    3    ltwyc    Expess 27     
67    SHENANIGANS    Nick Gibbens / John Collins    129    15:11:30         15:11:30    4    san franci    Express 27     
11    WILE E COYOTE    Dan Pruzan / Mike Herbert    129    15:15:43         15:15:43    5    encinal    Express 27     
70    WETSU    Phil Krasner / Phil Degaa    129    15:16:52         15:16:52    6    richmond    Express 27     
3    LIGHTN UP    Karl Gillette / Greg Paxton    129    15:17:55         15:17:55    7    ryc    Express 27     
85    SUMMER PALACE    Wolfgang Stehr / Bart Harris    129    15:21:57         15:21:57    8    ryc    Express 27     
101    ELISE    Nathalie Criou / Scott Tipper    129    15:22:36         15:22:36    9    stfyc    Express 27     
18364    PEACHES    John Rivlin / Stephen Woodward    129    15:23:50         15:23:50    10         Express 27     
18283    VERVE    Ron Snetsinger / Mike Molina    129    15:24:25         15:24:25    11    sss    Express 27     
18315    CHILE DOG    Richard Deveau / Scott Gordon    129    15:29:15         15:29:15    12    ryc    Express 27     
28031    TAKE FIVE    Donald Carroll / Alejandro Dorazio    129    15:29:46         15:29:46    13    sss    Express 27     
77629    THUMPER    Todd Olsen / Echeyde Cubillo    129    15:41:50         15:41:50    14    sss    Express 27     
32215    BOBS    Anthony Murphy / Sue Alexander    129    15:43:06         15:43:06    15    richmond    Express 27     
91    RISK    Neal Holmlund / Fred Konkel    129    15:45:45         15:45:45    16    ryc    Express 27     
40428    ERGO    Chris Gage / Erika Anderson    129    15:48:00         15:48:00    17    mpyc    Express 27     
28137    MOTORCYCLE IRENE    William Paxton / Bryan Moore    129    16:17:12         16:17:12    18    ryc    Express 27     
48    GREAT WHITE    Jp Sirey / Jordan Paxhia    129              DNF    21    byc    Express 27     
18070    OPA!    Peggy Lidster / Tom Hintz    129              DNF    21    st francis    Express 27     
51    FREAKS ONA LEASH    Scott Parker / Mike Devries    129              DNC    23    ryc    Express 27

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