Half Moon Bay Race

[Travieso]

Well, our trim was pretty out for the first 1/3, and we didn't peel to the #1 until way late (made a HUGE difference), but we did OK, and I had a great time sailing with my kid and socializing after.

Never set the spin, angles all wrong till the last mile or less.

Had too much to drink before dinner, so didn't join the afterparty -- next time, maybe.

You made us all have too much to drink before dinner. Over-proof rum, best left for college kids

Good times..

[Philpott]

Thank you, Pat, for being there at Land's End and again @ Fort Funston. You sounded like Voice of America to me. That big swell coming from two different directions just off Point Bonita? Very exciting. Dura Mater said, "Wha?" My crew had sailed once before - with me to Sam's and back to Berkeley. What a good sport! To the sailors who encouraged me to do this "fun race, really - just an easy run down and back": I know where you live. I would never have done this if not surrounded by so many supportive and knowledgable sailors. Thank you, SSS.

[abbarr]

Always enjoy this party. More so than the OYRA version. This was my wife's first double handed ocean race and it was a wee bit hard on her tummy. She only said yes because it was my birthday. I had a blast. That said, I'd rather loose by an hour than 19 seconds, as one can't help thinking about all the places you could have made up that 18s.

Thank you race committee.

Alan and Kate
Voyager

[abbarr]

You're a good sport, Bob. Kate and I were joking after hearing your initial hail that you were calling him to get your birdie back

[abbarr]

We have five boats with tracks uploaded. Let's have some more.

Alan

[BobJ]

You're a good sport, Bob. Kate and I were joking after hearing your initial hail that you were calling him to get your birdie back

Ha - that was the most expensive birdie ever! When I finally pulled the mast to replace it (plus the VHF antenna and tricolor), that led to a strip, repair and repaint of the entire rig, then wouldn't it be nice if the new deck nonskid matched the fresh "Greystone" Awlgripped spars? Then let's get the damp core replaced before we do the new nonskid (= all deck hardware was removed). Before you know it the topsides got new LPU too, and on it went. Result was a TOTAL refit in 2010.

All for a wind birdie that landed in your cockpit during the 2009 3BF!

[Philpott]

This is a formal petition to the SSS for a later time limit to Half Moon Bay next year. Dura Mater just needed a bit more time and she could have coasted gracefully past the finish buoy. DNF after all that: geesh!

[jfoster]

SNIP

BTW, does anyone know how to upload tracks to the jibeset thingie?

peace, out
bw
Cal 39-2 "Sea Star"

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[Critter]

Jackie, your input is welcome. I would guess that the early cutoff was originally put in place so that people could put their boats away and get their finish sheets to the RC in reasonable time, such that the results could be calculated and announced shortly after dinner.

A couple of years ago, to improve the odds of finishing, we changed the start time from 10:00 to 9:30, because we had two races in about four years when NOBODY finished!

Here's a crazy idea for next year: Everyone takes his time at Colorado Reef buoy, and again (if he makes it by 6) at buoy #3. Every boat that finishes at #3 is scored ahead of the boats that don't, but those that get to Colorado Reef are still counted as finishers. They can crank up the motor to get to the party, without blowing their whole race.

Anybody else have opinions/perspectives/proposals on the time limit?

Max

[BobJ]

My understanding is the HMB race was added to the SSS schedule several years after the other races and was always treated less formally - take your own times, no awards, etc. I like the "flavor" of the race that way, but...

It's a long race and takes some extra cost and commitment. It also affects the season results as much as any other SSS race. Maybe it's time to extend the deadline an hour (or more), have the R/C take finish times (like OYRA does*) at least until 1900, and score the race like the others. Then have regular awards later.

While it's nice to be able to tell everyone how they did after dinner, it invites confusion and possible errors to self-report the finish times and try to crunch the numbers so quickly. We're also getting a lot more boats than we used to.

I'd consider passing out the hats, new car keys or whatever we all get after dinner, and do the rest later. Way less pressure for the R/C too (I've done that job in HMB - not fun).

* I think the OYRA R/C was out on the breakwater. Alternatively the FTF boat could turn around and take times - a friendly "penalty" for doing so well!