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2019 Fiasco

Philpott

Philpott

Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
An ebb at the start? Circle Blackaller just because it's there so close? I'm not falling for that old trick.

And lookee here! Synthia will sail on Eyrie! What was her advice to me? "Clean bottom and be first to set."

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When nearly everyone thought clockwise was the way to go, Dirk went counter-clockwise and won the singlehanded division.

It looked wrong the whole time, until he won. So I asked Dirk what possessed him to go that way. His reply: "I always go that way." I may adopt this strategy.
 
My strategy is to take a sheet of paper rip it in half and write clockwise on one and counter clockwise on the other. I wad both up and put in my pocket. At my 5 min mark I put one out and that’s the way I go. I have a 50/50 chance of being right.
 
Lightspeed said:
My strategy is to take a sheet of paper rip it in half and write clockwise on one and counter clockwise on the other. I wad both up and put in my pocket. At my 5 min mark I put one out and that’s the way I go. I have a 50/50 chance of being right.
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Rick, I understand that non strategy w Lightspeed, but won’t you have more opportunities/strategies available to you w your new little speed demon?
 
More options yes. With Lightspeed’s hanked on headsails it was either a 110 or 135 stuck with dock pick, and with no windless no quick anchor hold in place. Now with both jib & screacher (spin/reacher) on furlers and a very small anchor shifting gears and holding in place opens opportunities. Also the tramps are great for suntanning in no wind..
 
Ray Irvine just emailed me asking why the Fiasco registration is down 40 from where it was this time last year. My reply? I DON'T KNOW NOTHING! I've heard nothing, nobody has told me nothing, and that's my story. Huh! I know two things: Boschma is out of the race, something about Scuttlebutt interviewing him up in Seattle. What is that all about and why is their timing so bad? Don't know. Also, I did see DaveH at Trader Joes over the weekend. He's been off the water and out of the competition for awhile now, so I think he was practicing barging at the start with his shopping cart. However, I had starboard so I didn't let him in. Hehehe.
 
This race perseveres mostly due to amnesia. But some still remember that sucking sound from last year and are waiting to see the forecast before signing up.
 
Not sure if this is a computer programing issue but for last few days SailFlow has shown little to no wind all day. Now and all of a sudden the early morning spiked to 11-12K with gusts 25-33K. Hard to believe but if it holds the slow boats will get a good send off.....
 
BobJ said:
This race perseveres mostly due to amnesia. But some still remember that sucking sound from last year and are waiting to see the forecast before signing up.
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I suppose that’s because a long day on the water with another person is a LONG day. Singlehanders seem to be out in force, though. No one asking, “Are we almost done?” or pointing: “I’m hungry. There’s room at Sams!”
 
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I went down to the boat and used the dock cleaner (PVC pipe "T" with indoor/outdoor carpet on the cross of the "T") and scrubbed the bottom. I got all the sludge off the rudder. Considering as I haven't done that for about 2 months, it wasn't bad. The hull and topsides were scrubbed. They don't gleam exactly, but nobody will catch a disease from sitting in the Wildcat's cockpit, now. I gotta say, dirt and algae just LOVE the S-2's antiskid. I know that I can scrub all day long and I won't get it all out. I'll rent a pressure washer late in march for the yearly antiskid blast. It's the only way to get that stuff out.
 
Unfortunately no. As former RC I got my ear chewed of many time over NOR/SSI #10a which defines you need compilation to win. Best I can hope for is a Participation Trophy = T-Shirt
 
Maybe it was your aftershave.

The bad news is our old <108 singlehanded division is almost extinct
The good news is I bought a boat that rates >108
The bad news is I now have to race against the WylieCats
 
Yep, I really miss our old Golf 108 and under group, you on Ragtime, Dirk multiple boats, David Temerity, Brian Red Sky and many other great racers. SSS is turning into the Doublehanded Sailing Society which I accept to keep short handed sailing alive but I was inspired by folks like Rob on Tiger Bettle and his generation...I guess I still suffer from Toxic masculinity
 
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