New Boat 4 Sled

[Eyrie]

Prize, please? This guesticating is hard work.

A triplehanded helping of Trader Joe's Triple Ginger Snaps accompanying your Macapuno ice cream with pomegranate arils.

[Dazzler]

OK, I’m in (and back). I don’t have any crazy weather routing software, but given the revised start time, and that this is a deliver (i.e. let’s not break anything), I say 47 hours 45 minutes dock-to-dock.

[sleddog]

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And, seeing it fit to celebrate this most auspicious date of 2.22.22, we will most certainly be toasting the gods at precisely 2222 with something hot and chocolatey (and possibly a wee bit spiked).

So here's another prognostigating question for the bunch: how far will we be along our journey when we toast the gods at 2222?

As some know, 222 is a special number in my life. You can be sure at 2.22.22:22 tomorrow there will be a toast to a special boat: Here we are approaching Hanalei in the 1978 SHTP.



And here is the same team starting the 2008 SHTP;

[Dazzler]

Please tell. Is there a story of how you chose 222?

[sleddog]

Please tell. Is there a story of how you chose 222?

Yes, in the top photo, the original brown (yarn temper) main was a used Cal 28 main I bought for $100 in 1975. The sail # was 18222, but the sail was much too long on the boom. I cut 2' off the leach to make it fit, and with it the "18" went away, leaving me with 222. Seemed fitting, as I grew up sailing on our family L/36 #2.

[Dazzler]

Is that you at the helm?

[sleddog]

Eight "2's and all is well.



If you need your masthead worked on, CBC may be the only West Coast Boat Club with a 100 foot extension ladder on speed dial.

[sleddog]

New Bets:
Jackie = 10 pm tomorrow, Wed. Feb. 23
Ants = 9:21 pm Wed. Feb.23
SK and cat= 8:09 a.m. Thurs, Feb.24
sleddog = 10:46 a.m. Thurs, Feb.24
Dazzler = 3:59 pm Thurs. Feb.24
BobJ = 5:51 pm, Thurs, Feb. 24

UPDATE: ENVOLEE departed RYC slip at 4:14 pm and at 5 pm is transiting Raccoon Straits westbound. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...37.891/zoom:13

Current local wind at Monterey Bay Buoy 46042 is 20 knots from 310.

UPDATE: at 7:45 pm ENVOLEE has "20 knots TWS and 110 AWA with reasonable sea height and direction" as they head south at 8 knots. Looks like SK's cat has the inside nibble for finish time winner.



Good sailing to them!

[AlanH]

New Bets:
Jackie = 10 pm tomorrow, Wed. Feb. 23
Ants = 33 hours, 07 minutes after departure RYC
SK and cat= 39 hours, 55 minutes after departure RYC
sleddog = 42 hours, 33 minutes after departure RYC
Dazzler = 47 hours, 45 minutes after departure RYC
BobJ = 5:51 pm, Thurs, Feb. 24

UPDATE: ENVOLEE departed RYC slip at 4:14 pm and at 5 pm is transiting Raccoon Straits westbound. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...37.891/zoom:13

Current local wind at Monterey Bay Buoy 46042 is 20 knots from 310.

UPDATE: at 7:45 pm ENVOLEE has "20 knots TWS and 110 AWA with reasonable sea height and direction" as they head south at 8 knots. Looks like SK's cat has the inside nibble for finish time winner.



Good sailing to them!

OK, what's this all about? Is there a contingent casual-racing down the coast?

[sleddog]

OK, what's this all about? Is there a contingent casual-racing down the coast?

You can find the plot upthread, page 472, 2/17/22, post 4717.