LongPac Tracking is on Jibset, for a limited number of boats with DeLorme devices
LINK: http://sfbaysss.org/main/longpactracker
Position Reports will also be posted to this thread as available. And any other chatter you like.
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LongPac Tracking is on Jibset, for a limited number of boats with DeLorme devices
LINK: http://sfbaysss.org/main/longpactracker
Position Reports will also be posted to this thread as available. And any other chatter you like.
Here is the new place they moved all the radiofax charts, by the way: http://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/fax/ptreyes.shtml
Over the next 4 days winds are in a typical Summer pattern, NW in the 20s out on the course.
So I am a bit dismayed to see the tracked fleet all diving South! Maybe they just want to give the Farallones a big duck.
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They are tracking more Westward now, and maybe the wind won't allow it, but I would strongly advise the racers to put as much upwind into the bank as early as possible. Beam reaching in general sux, and you want to make the last quarter or third of the race as easy as possible as you will be tired and approaching the lee shore and dense traffic areas.
Six Brothers is past SE Farallon and sailing due west. Kynntana is sailing WSW and had not yet passed the island at her last ping.
The others look like they're headed to Tahiti. Tahiti is nice and all, but...
That must be fun on a Columbia 32 -- I notice that 6Bros is the ONLY DH entry this year. Did last year's sucky weather scare them all off?
Green Buffalo has AIS xmit I know, Jim must be in stealth mode for now... maybe he will start transmitting after dark.
Vessel Finder https://www.vesselfinder.com/ seems to have more our our targets at the moment. I'm not sure how long they will be visible.
Jacqueline has turned around, AIS showing 10 mm SW of GG.
Everybody else got off okay, though? First night out on the ocean for some. Always impressive. Thanks for keeping us in the loop, David and Rick. Do you have someone's boat there at the dock?
If Jim turns things on, I'll bet his track sows NW and then W near Pt. Reyes.
Jacqueline has retired and is back under the bridge. Heading for anchorage at TI.
No racers visible on AIS, but 6 now can be viewed on the Jibeset tracker.
Positions 05 July at 2000 hrs
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Position Report for 06 July 0800 hrs
No report for Green Buffalo.
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Listing so you don't have to keep going back to Jibeset
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Jibeset Tracker shows ALTHEA turned around? It is updated hourly, unlike the 2 per day official position reporting. Hope he is OK.
Go Carlianne! KYNNTANA likes a breeze, and there is more coming.....20-25 by tomorrow. KYNNTANA has good position being near weathermost in fleet....
ALTHEA definitely heading back for the barn. Nightmare has a weird little bobble, not sure what that was about. Others are trucking along, Tortuga doing ok to the West but at the same latitude as Moss Landing (!). Well, maybe that works for cutters.
Here is Six Brothers on July 6 at 1908 UTC: 37.67175 N/126.20386 W. Heading 272 at 6.3 kn.
Green Buffalo reports touching the line at 4:11pm at 37.19
he reports:
Sunny skies, 13Kn & mild seas.
changed to #1 Jib Top this morning
DH
A full main and JT might get the Buffalo to 20 degrees of heel in 25 knots.
And Philpott using the phrase "double handed carbon sled" makes me smile.
To be clear, Jim was just the first to ping me at the turn.
6 Brothers will update me shortly... I expect they will be headed back east.
DH
Brian reports from hilltop VHF that ALTHEA is app 30 miles from the gate, inbound.
ETA is 0100
Brett's Starboard chain plate is reportedly compromised, hence the turn and heading for home on the other tack
DH
Positions 6 July 2000hrs
ALTHEA and JACQUILINE retired; ALTHEA not yet returned from sea; no report but ETA 0100 Friday morning.
GREEN BUFFALO, RIFF RIDER, and SIX BROTHERS have all reached the turnaround line and are heading back. Possibly others as well but I don't think so.
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Detail from above so you can read the names
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This is way better than the Kentucky Derby because I know almost all the horses and most of the jockies. Ray Irvine says in Australia everybody bets on sailboat races. Maybe the SSS board could add a bookie position. Or a carbon bookie position.
Positions 7 July 0800
All boats have turned and are heading back.
ALTHEA in port. GREEN BUFFALO ETA 1930. GALAXSEA and SIX BROTHERS are visible on VesselFinder AIS. SIX BROTHERS ETA mid day, they are about 60 nm from the finish and doing 9.1 knots.
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9 knots? Smokin' along.
Arrived back at the dock in Alameda at 3am. Now rested, pretty bummed, Althea was humming along, closed hauled in 17kts when I heard a loud pop. "Muddy" water started spitting from my aft starboard chain plate and I went above only to see it had been pulled up a couple inches. With two shrouds left holding the mast up on the starboard side, I tacked onto port. Weighed the decision to continue the last 75nm to 126 40 for all of 5 minutes. Did not want to chance disaster.
Had an amazing sail back to the bay on a port tack - beautiful weather and kind winds - what a great course. Was happy to hear Brian raise me on VHF, 8 miles west of North Farallones. Thanks for checking in.
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Yikes!
Yes a bummer but you made the right call. No fun being dismasted 200 nm out.
At around 1500, GREEN BUFFALO is abeam SE Farallon Island, and 6BROS is about 5 nm W. of Point Bonita.
6B owes GB 57 sec per mile, or 6 hrs 20 minutes for TOD @ 400nm.
The Buffalo looks good to win on corrected!
Hi Brett,
Bummer about your chainplate but I guess it's better this year than last year about this time. Hope you get things back together soon.
Bill Meanley
Dolfin
SIX BROTHERS approaches finish doing about 6 knots. RC support vessel OWL shown moored near GGYC.
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FIRST TO FINISH
SIX BROTHERS finishes at approximately 1645 PDT. Congratulations!
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From the RC:
for a blistering 7.3 kt VMG average over 400 nm.Quote:
6 Brothers finish
16:46:18
Can GREEN BUFFALO make it in on time to beat the Bros on corrected time as the wind dies this evening??? The tide will soon swing to his favor, wind or no wind.
The time to beat is 2306 hrs PDT -- unofficial calculation.
TIDES
Quote:
San Francisco Bay Entrance (outside), California Current
37.8105° N, 122.5022° W
Flood direction 65° true
Ebb direction 245° true
2017-07-07 16:17 PDT -2.06 knots Max Ebb
2017-07-07 19:27 PDT Moonrise
2017-07-07 19:33 PDT 0.00 knots Slack, Flood Begins
2017-07-07 20:34 PDT Sunset
2017-07-07 22:19 PDT 2.56 knots Max Flood