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LongPac 2017 Tracking and Position Reporting + Chatter

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
 
DaveH said:
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
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Ha! That Quanci Boy. He's some sailor. Big Green Buffalo outsails a double handed carbon sled. Im.Pres.Siv!!
 
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
 
ALTHEA Retires and Returning

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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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:

6 Brothers finish
16:46:18
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for a blistering 7.3 kt VMG average over 400 nm.

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

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
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