Middle of Winter SSS cruise-out

[Philpott]

Um live dancing? Two persons per boat? We don’t want to mislead the nice lady .

[AlanH]

Awww, come on Jackie. We've been practicing so hard, it's time to show it off!

[robtryon]

Alan , if you see this, my boat is in Oyster Point. I would also like to come over to the raft up. 36' loa, 12' beam.

[AlanH]

You bet, Rob!

Heads up folks! I’ll be pushing for a final head count in about a week and a half!

[AlanH]

Turns out that the Sierra Pt YC is having a chili cook-off that Saturday. SSS'ers are invited to contribute a pot of their favorite concoction.



Please confirm that you're planning on coming by SUNDAY NIGHT... (that's earlier than in my last post. Their social chair is pressing me for some sort of commitment).

[Philpott]

[QUOTE=AlanH;19402]Turns out that the Sierra Pt YC is having a chili cook-off that Saturday. SSS'ers are invited to contribute a pot of their favorite concoction. QUOTE]

I'm in with a pot of chili. My dad's people were from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee. Wait'll you taste their recipe. Are we meeting up and sailing down together?

[robtryon]

I will sail-up to meet and sail back. The cove by the big sports arena?

[Philpott]

The cove by the big sports arena?

hahaha. y'all ain't from around here, are you, honey?

[AlanH]

"...cove by the big sports arena..." LOL

Nope. Northeast corner of TI. 10:30 AM.
Tides...Low is around 7:00 AM, High is around 1:00 PM, but these aren't big tides. So we'll start in some flood. The next low is 7:30 PM, which is a -0.1. So that ebb will be significant. We should have some flood helping us partway down the Cityfront and then slack for a while and then a building ebb as we clear Hunters Point.

Or something like that.

We'll do a "Rabbit Start" (I'll be the rabbit) at the north-east end of TI. I'll turn the corner and sail to windward on port. Y'all cross behind me on starboard and head for Blossom Rock. I know I wrote "Alcatraz" last time but it's winter. Let's cut a couple miles off the course. Blossom Rock.

Start - Blossom Rock to Port - Finish

Finish line is off the Brisbane Marina entrance.

[AlanH]

Rabbit Start:

The “rabbit” system.... One boat is designated the rabbit. It sails up to the start mark from the left side (looking to windward) and, after
passing below the start mark, steers onto a close-hauled course (i.e., pointing as close to the wind as possible while still sailing) on
port tack. The rest of the competitors have to approach from the right, on starboard tack, and sail between the start mark and the stern of the
rabbit. That’s it.

CURRENT CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS

Jackie on Dura Mater, Cal 2-27 (bringing chili)
Alan on Wildcat of Loch Awe, S2 7.9 (26 feet)
Rob on...?? What's your boats name, that's up here, Rob? Is that the boat the LaDonna's folks built?