Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
Yes, we are at one with the Irvine.
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Yes, we are at one with the Irvine.
The only thing now between Kyle and ALOHA celebrating a "clean sweep," (first-to finish, first in class, first overall (corrected time) is HULA, Bill Stange's well traveled Westsail 32. ALOHA unofficially owes HULA approximately 2 days, 19.5 hours. You do the math, HULA needs to finish tomorrow morning around 8:15 a.m. PDST to have a chance. That's an 8 knot plus average for the next 100 miles.
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Note: The official results of the 2021 Singlehanded Transpac can be found here:
https://www.jibeset.net/show.php?RR=JACKY_T007588480&DOC=r1&TYP=html
The only clarification is RAINBOW's corrected time is based on a multi-hull handicap system (BAMA) and though Cliff and his 33' cat made a very fine passage, and will win her one boat class, RAINBOW is not eligible for the overall prize as she is not racing against the mono-hulls (except for first-to-finish).
Meanwhile we are pulling for Will on the Hinckley 42 SEA WISDOM to arrive safely at Hanalei with a compromised rudder bearing system. SEA WISDOM only has 100 miles to go, and that is downwind, so expecting him sometime early tomorrow. Also helping SEA WISDOM is the easterly tradewinds moderating from 20 to 15 knots. The forecast for Kauai's northcoast waters is;
TODAY:
East winds 15 knots. Wind waves 5 feet. South swell 5 feet. Scattered showers.
TONIGHT:
East winds 15 knots. Wind waves 5 feet. South swell 4 feet. Scattered showers.
WEDNESDAY:
East winds 15 knots. Wind waves 5 feet. South swell 4 feet. Scattered showers in the morning, then isolated showers in the afternoon.
https://www.jibeset.net/show.php?RR=JACKY_T007588480&DOC=r1&TYP=html
The only clarification is RAINBOW's corrected time is based on a multi-hull handicap system (BAMA) and though Cliff and his 33' cat made a very fine passage, and will win her one boat class, RAINBOW is not eligible for the overall prize as she is not racing against the mono-hulls (except for first-to-finish).
Meanwhile we are pulling for Will on the Hinckley 42 SEA WISDOM to arrive safely at Hanalei with a compromised rudder bearing system. SEA WISDOM only has 100 miles to go, and that is downwind, so expecting him sometime early tomorrow. Also helping SEA WISDOM is the easterly tradewinds moderating from 20 to 15 knots. The forecast for Kauai's northcoast waters is;
TODAY:
East winds 15 knots. Wind waves 5 feet. South swell 5 feet. Scattered showers.
TONIGHT:
East winds 15 knots. Wind waves 5 feet. South swell 4 feet. Scattered showers.
WEDNESDAY:
East winds 15 knots. Wind waves 5 feet. South swell 4 feet. Scattered showers in the morning, then isolated showers in the afternoon.
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Undoing spinnaker wraps at Hanalei anchorage is a tradition as old as the race. Here are Bill and Darlene on HULA attempting to liberate theirs. What is creative about this wrap is Bill finished with half the spinnaker, then purposely circled to wrap it fully so he could go into the Bay. Thanks to Lee Johnson, anchored nearby on MORNING STAR, for the photo.
Will, congratulations to you and Sea Wisdom on finishing the Singlehanded Transpac! Your perseverance and capable management of your boat’s systems was on display and we see that nothing short of a sinking was going keep you from sailing across the Hanalei finish line. Many stories to share from all. Your Buckle is well earned! - Commodore Joe
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Not the SHTP Halfway Barge. Rather a containership "rendering assistance" July 5th as requested by the 27' wooden yawl TANGO (father, son) who were short of food, water, and fuel after 21 days at sea from Hilo to San Francisco and still 850 nm from the Coast.
The crew of the ship expertly lowered 5 jugs of diesel, 3 cases of water, food, and fresh burritos using their small bunker transfer boom. In the smooth conditions, the ship and TANGO never made contact while motoring at 5 knots. The ship's Oakland arrival ETA was not impacted.
The white effluent TANGO is motoring through is organic cow dung from double decker, live cattle "cowtainers" being hosed out. That steak or veal on the menu is possibly from Hawaii as our animal friends make their weekly Transpac to the slaughterhouse.
Just another lazy day in the Pacific High.
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Update: it took nearly a full day aloft "bull riding" in the sun to cut off HULA's wrapped spinny in 18" sections without damaging the furled jib underneath. Nearby, NORTHERN STAR's wrap remains aloft, and that will likely take an equally sharp knife. Why so many spinnaker wraps?
Flying a spinnaker at night, in squally conditions with no one at the helm, or a bleary eyed driver, is asking for trouble, no matter how good the auto-pilot or self steering. Spinnaker nets may help. Or not. Their attachment to and/or around the forestay can cause unanticipated damage to the sail. If roller furling jibs are left hoisted when flying a spinnaker, then the spinnaker net must be loose luffed.
Kyle was fortunate his wraps weren't more severe and he was able to get the sail down undamaged. Otherwise...
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The first wave of 40 and 50 footers started the other Transpac yesterday, enroute from San Pedro to Honolulu. At the skipper's briefing, veteran NOAA weather forecaster Joe Sienkiewicz noted "the normal coastal northerlies seem to be in place to propel all the teams away from the coast quickly." Unfortunately, the Catalina Eddy phenomenon is in place, and Division 8 has been drifting slowly away from the coast in light southerlies with the transition still ahead...https://yb.tl/transpac2021#
Meanwhile back on shore, the Hyperion sewage treatment plant at El Segundo spilled 17 million gallons of untreated sewage overnight into Santa Monica Bay closing local beaches indefinitely.
Meanwhile back on shore, the Hyperion sewage treatment plant at El Segundo spilled 17 million gallons of untreated sewage overnight into Santa Monica Bay closing local beaches indefinitely.
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Paddelin' Madelin', my 8.5 foot Kiwi Kayak, out the Santa Cruz Harbor, never ceases to give entertainment.To starboard as I leave the dinghy launch ramp at F dock, is a collection of wildly diverse big boats. Left to right, the O'Neill Sea Odyssey 60 foot cat, a 65 foot Swan, a turboed Santa Cruz 50, the beautiful Murray Peterson schooner MARIE CELINE, a Columbia 50, the Alden schooner MAYAN, and a Westsail 42. These boats have little in common with each other except they are well maintained and infrequently leave the slip. MARIE CELINE even has brown canvas covers for her varnished masts.
Next to starboard is the first of several plastic coyote decoys standing on docks and aboard large powerboats to discourage sea lions and large birds. I'm guessing they work about as well as plastic owls as sea lions are slowly taking over docks and stern platforms.
Out the breakwater with a 90 degree turn to starboard aims me towards my rounding mark, a rarely used Coast Guard mooring ball. I have fond memories of this ball where before the 2006 and 2008 SHTP's I would moor WILDFLOWER, my 27 foot sloop, stern to and practice downwind techniques including spinnaker end for end gybing, twin jibs and alternating hanks, and downwind sail and cockpit shade selection.
Returning to the Harbor means paddling through a patch of anchored kelp where there are invariably a dozen otters wrapped up in their kelp blankets. Fortunately none are enthusiastic to hop aboard as one once did. Otters are big critters with sharp claws.
TBC
Next to starboard is the first of several plastic coyote decoys standing on docks and aboard large powerboats to discourage sea lions and large birds. I'm guessing they work about as well as plastic owls as sea lions are slowly taking over docks and stern platforms.
Out the breakwater with a 90 degree turn to starboard aims me towards my rounding mark, a rarely used Coast Guard mooring ball. I have fond memories of this ball where before the 2006 and 2008 SHTP's I would moor WILDFLOWER, my 27 foot sloop, stern to and practice downwind techniques including spinnaker end for end gybing, twin jibs and alternating hanks, and downwind sail and cockpit shade selection.
Returning to the Harbor means paddling through a patch of anchored kelp where there are invariably a dozen otters wrapped up in their kelp blankets. Fortunately none are enthusiastic to hop aboard as one once did. Otters are big critters with sharp claws.
TBC
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Back in the Harbor, I pass several coffee club denizens on the breakwater rocks, Rainer and Howard, feeding pigeons and gulls. Rainer, now retired, has the distinguished badge of having painted everything in the Harbor at least once, including the lighthouse, the dredge, the docks, and all the parking stripes.
Next we paddle past the other (newer) O'Neill cat, licensed to carry at least 60 passengers
Then the beautiful and famous S&S 33.5, MOLLY B, which along with MOONSHADOW, was one of the winningest boats on SF Bay in the early 70's when sailed by the Derek Baylis clan.
Last on this quick tour is my friend Steve, who paddles daily much greater distance than I. Steve had the unique experience of being attacked by a large great white and shaken out of his kayak. The carbon and kevlar kayak was totaled (ultimately repaired) but Steve had the presence of mind while treading water to call the Harbor Patrol on his handheld VHF who came out and pulled him aboard.
Those are some tough cookies, Steve, his kayak, and the shark.
Next we paddle past the other (newer) O'Neill cat, licensed to carry at least 60 passengers
Then the beautiful and famous S&S 33.5, MOLLY B, which along with MOONSHADOW, was one of the winningest boats on SF Bay in the early 70's when sailed by the Derek Baylis clan.
Last on this quick tour is my friend Steve, who paddles daily much greater distance than I. Steve had the unique experience of being attacked by a large great white and shaken out of his kayak. The carbon and kevlar kayak was totaled (ultimately repaired) but Steve had the presence of mind while treading water to call the Harbor Patrol on his handheld VHF who came out and pulled him aboard.
Those are some tough cookies, Steve, his kayak, and the shark.
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All Aboard! SIREN and SHARK ON BLUEGRASS about to be headed home tonight at 20 knots.
The blue stern is TEAM OCEAN SHEROES which 4 women recently rowed 2,084 nm from San Francisco to Hawaii in 35 days (2.4 knots) which TV news described as "harrowing." and "record breaking." I would remind them Capt. Bligh and 18 loyal crew rowed an overloaded launch 3,618 nm from the BOUNTY mutiny to Timor in 47 days, an average of 3.2 knots, in 1789 with no watermaker or internet access.
The blue stern is TEAM OCEAN SHEROES which 4 women recently rowed 2,084 nm from San Francisco to Hawaii in 35 days (2.4 knots) which TV news described as "harrowing." and "record breaking." I would remind them Capt. Bligh and 18 loyal crew rowed an overloaded launch 3,618 nm from the BOUNTY mutiny to Timor in 47 days, an average of 3.2 knots, in 1789 with no watermaker or internet access.
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DENALI 3, a Ker 46 from Michigan, looks like a nice boat, and yesterday led off the start line in her division in the Los Angeles to Honolulu Transpac.
12 minutes later, without any rigging failure, DENALI 3's carbon mast broke, ending their Transpac before it had barely begun.
Not the first mast to break in early Transpac going. The magnificent 83 foot M class WINDWARD broke her mast the first night of the '49 Transpac when a series of cleats all mounted exactly at waist height weakened the wood and caused the 110 foot spar to go over the side. In 1955, the big, blue 63' ORIENT broke her mast approaching Catalina due to operator error on a running backstay.
In the 1997 Transpac on the 70 foot sled MAGNITUDE we lost our new carbon mast 140 miles out and returned to Long Beach under power and using storm sails set from the spinnaker pole. After the mast broke 2 feet below the lower spreaders and went overboard, we had no means of radioing our shore team that we were returning. Fortunately, the lifelines were wire rope and I rigged up my ham radio to the lifelines as an antenna. After warning the crew on deck not to hang onto the lifelines while I was transmitting, the funny thing was the only ham I could arouse was a good old boy in Kentucky. I explained we were not in distress, our mast had broken, and to please call the owner's wife with our ETA. He didn't know what I was talking about, but did as requested. That was the only Hawaii Race of 29 I finished at the Honolulu Airport rather than Diamond Head.
12 minutes later, without any rigging failure, DENALI 3's carbon mast broke, ending their Transpac before it had barely begun.
Not the first mast to break in early Transpac going. The magnificent 83 foot M class WINDWARD broke her mast the first night of the '49 Transpac when a series of cleats all mounted exactly at waist height weakened the wood and caused the 110 foot spar to go over the side. In 1955, the big, blue 63' ORIENT broke her mast approaching Catalina due to operator error on a running backstay.
In the 1997 Transpac on the 70 foot sled MAGNITUDE we lost our new carbon mast 140 miles out and returned to Long Beach under power and using storm sails set from the spinnaker pole. After the mast broke 2 feet below the lower spreaders and went overboard, we had no means of radioing our shore team that we were returning. Fortunately, the lifelines were wire rope and I rigged up my ham radio to the lifelines as an antenna. After warning the crew on deck not to hang onto the lifelines while I was transmitting, the funny thing was the only ham I could arouse was a good old boy in Kentucky. I explained we were not in distress, our mast had broken, and to please call the owner's wife with our ETA. He didn't know what I was talking about, but did as requested. That was the only Hawaii Race of 29 I finished at the Honolulu Airport rather than Diamond Head.
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Pt. Richmond and Brickyard Cove, though in an urban setting, are blessed to have hawks soaring overhead, osprey families making new homes on the waterfront, owls nesting in the hills behind the marina, and occasional sightings of foxes, coyotes, even bobcats.
Unfortunately our wildlife is endangered from an insidious method of poisoning rats and mice with anti-coagulant rodenticides that cause internal bleeding in rats and other rodents, leading to a slow death over several days. Slow moving and dying rats are prime targets of hawks, owls, cats, and other scavengers who will eat the poisoned animal or return with the carcass to feed the kids in the nest.
This is called "secondary poisoning" and is lethal when the rat poison is ingested. I know this, as my beloved kitty Sequoia died of secondary poisoning. I have also watched (on a web cam) a nest of barn owl youngsters die a slow death inside their owl box alongside the rat carcasses the parents brought in at night. This is no bueno.
AB 1788, a new state law protecting animals from super toxic rat poisons, took effect this past January, 2021.
But few seem to know, or even care what is in the sealed black rat bait boxes with an entrance and exit passage past the internal "feeding station."
For several weeks I have been attempting to alert the powers that be at Richmond Yacht Club that two rat bait boxes recently placed outside the doorways to D Dock restrooms (and possibly other places on campus) is really not a good idea and there are other more effective and humane methods of dealing with the problem, if there even is one. So far, no joy, in my attempts at communication.
If you are a RYC member and love seeing hawks and other raptors in the skies, I urge you to contact the appropriate person or committee (Grounds?) and ask the question, "why are we poisoning wildlife in our backyard with rat poison when these beautiful birds are the very animals that control rat and mice populations?" Thank you. ~skip allan 831-475-0278 (not a RYC member, but occasional guest.)
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/n...xic-rat-poisons-takes-effect-2021-2020-12-29/
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For a bowl of Marianne's Old Thyme Vanilla ice cream with organic blueberries and strawberries, what do these two PYEWACKETs have in common? (Must name all commonalities)
1) They both have a sparred length of 81 feet.
2) They both carry all professional crew.
3) They both can cruise at 14 knots.
4) They both run their engines 24/7 when underway.
5) They both are eligible for the Transpac Race Barn Door Trophy for 1st-to-Finish
6) Neither has a swimming pool nor helipad.
1) They both have a sparred length of 81 feet.
2) They both carry all professional crew.
3) They both can cruise at 14 knots.
4) They both run their engines 24/7 when underway.
5) They both are eligible for the Transpac Race Barn Door Trophy for 1st-to-Finish
6) Neither has a swimming pool nor helipad.
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Jonathan Gutoff
New member
We'll talk to management about this. Thanks.
BobJ
Alerion 38 "Surprise!"
I normally do a little snooping around before trying to answer one of Sled's trivia quizzes but I won't this time - I'll guess all of the above.
Pyewacket (the sailboat) conveniently omitted the ISAF categories of the crew but I recognize most as industry pros, and Roy is loaded so I'll go with all pros on board.
As for #5, this is a classic Sleddog answer. It sounds wrong but I'll bet the NOR doesn't specifically exclude powerboats.
What do I win? (Oh, you listed that above.)
I might as well bring an ice chest full of Marianne's icecream and other treats to SURPRISE! for all the trivia quiz prizes BobJ is owed. Once again, he has hit the nail on the head: All 6 answers above about the PYEWACKET motor yacht and PYEWACKET motor-sailor are True.
PYEWACKET, the motor-sailor, is currently projected to be First-to-Finish tomorrow in the current LA-Hono Transpac Race, and will be awarded the Barn Door Trophy for the fastest elapsed time of 6 days and change despite their need to run their engine 24/7 to power their winches, hoist and trim sails, and keep the keel canted such that the all professional crew do not tip over. And indeed, there is no rule preventing a powerboat from entering and "winning" the Transpac, as PYEWACKET, the turbo-ed Volvo 70, is proving.
As the Barn Door Trophy has been redeeded to allow motor-sailors to win the best elapsed time, another trophy, the MERLIN trophy is now awarded to the fastest boat to use all manual power.
I do not see the sense in the Transpac Yacht Club in allowing such blatant use of fossil fuels to win such an historical and prestigious race in this age of obvious climate change. TPYC should be encouraging leaving a clean wake, not supporting entries that need an engine running all the time to sail to Hawaii. Tell me I'm wrong.
Philpott
Cal 2-27 Dura Mater
I'm coming to Capitola Friday. Maybe I can collect Bob's winnings, bring 'em back to RYC?
Eventually.
BobJ
Alerion 38 "Surprise!"
This, dear reader, is the operative word.
I mostly trust Larry - he used to send me Burger King coupons before Mel asked him to stop. But Philpott? To use the vernacular of the day, "not so much."
I plan to personally collect a sample of my winnings this Fall (if not sooner) on the premises of the CBC.