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New Boat 4 Sled
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Thanks, MAGICdreamer, for the awesome photo on page 612 above, of MARTHA in the Around the County Race. As you observe in the photo, Robert and Doug recently built a new mast for MARTHA that is nearly 8 feet taller than previous. What looks like a third reef on the new, taller, mast is actually the old main with a second reef. The new main, awaiting fund raising, is not yet built. It looks like a 3rd reef in the new main might be good call.
If you look closely in the photo, MARTHA is motoring past a sloop to windward with dark, carbon sails.,That would be RIPTIDE, the water ballasted, Paul Bieker 44 that as Team Pure and Wild, won the 2022 Race2Alaska.
Robert and Doug also headed up the crew that built TALLY HO's new spars. As well, MAGICdreamer, our CBC schoonerman/yacht designer from Los Osos, navigated MARTHA in the 2015 Transpac Race.
MARTHA's finish off Diamond Head light is celebrated above.
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Congrats to Stephen on his build and recent launching of SCOOT! Well done, Good Sir. (See thread New Boat 4 Tchoup if you haven't been following this inspirational story.)
Apologies for a prolonged absence from these pages. As we all know, "problem solving" as well as "having fun" can be time consuming. Interspersed were 3 extended road trips up and down the Pacific Coast (Port Townsend Wooden Boat Fest, East Side Sierra Color Ride, and S.Cal walk down memory lane to participate in the National Sailing Hall of Fame induction of good friends, including Sally Honey, Skip Etchells, Tim Hogan, and Bob Perry.
The Forum going offline for weeks did not help things, and I'd pretty much given up we would ever see it again. My truck's engine became problematical, and the phone died unexpectedly of an ailment Google knew about, but did not reveal.
Several things I do know is paddling early mornings on a empty sea, offshore a nearly deserted beach, has been good spiritual and physical exercise. "Deserted" may be too strong a word: there were and is all sorts of life at hand including otter moms with their adorable pups, dolphins, loons, scoters, pelicans, sea lions, cormorants, terns, and "flap-a-miles."
Santa Cruz Boardwalk Main Beach Empty
In the antipodes, a serious two boat challenge is playing out for who is most likely to be first home in the 2023/24 Global Solo Challenge. SSS friend and roving reporter Ronnie Simpson, aboard his 50' SHIPYARD BREWING, and Cole Brauer, on the Class 40 FIRST LIGHT, are slowly stretching their leads on the rest of the fleet as they enter the Southern Ocean in their communal east-about circumnavigations.
At 5 feet, Cole Brauer is the real deal, and looks to become the first American woman to solo circumnavigate non-stop. If you doubt her chops, check-out Cole's recent video of a broach that laid FIRST LIGHT on her side while Cole went aaft and below into the steering compartment to reattach the auto-pilot quadrant. Dame Ellen MacArthur remains a favorite of mine. Cole Brauer is every bit a tigress on the prowl, and Ronnie is going to have his hands full getting past.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0KY...d&ig_rid=1b9d5470-516d-42fd-b1d6-64ec2fcdf6d5
And here is the GSC tracker: https://cf.yb.tl/gsc2023
Apologies for a prolonged absence from these pages. As we all know, "problem solving" as well as "having fun" can be time consuming. Interspersed were 3 extended road trips up and down the Pacific Coast (Port Townsend Wooden Boat Fest, East Side Sierra Color Ride, and S.Cal walk down memory lane to participate in the National Sailing Hall of Fame induction of good friends, including Sally Honey, Skip Etchells, Tim Hogan, and Bob Perry.
The Forum going offline for weeks did not help things, and I'd pretty much given up we would ever see it again. My truck's engine became problematical, and the phone died unexpectedly of an ailment Google knew about, but did not reveal.
Several things I do know is paddling early mornings on a empty sea, offshore a nearly deserted beach, has been good spiritual and physical exercise. "Deserted" may be too strong a word: there were and is all sorts of life at hand including otter moms with their adorable pups, dolphins, loons, scoters, pelicans, sea lions, cormorants, terns, and "flap-a-miles."
Santa Cruz Boardwalk Main Beach Empty
In the antipodes, a serious two boat challenge is playing out for who is most likely to be first home in the 2023/24 Global Solo Challenge. SSS friend and roving reporter Ronnie Simpson, aboard his 50' SHIPYARD BREWING, and Cole Brauer, on the Class 40 FIRST LIGHT, are slowly stretching their leads on the rest of the fleet as they enter the Southern Ocean in their communal east-about circumnavigations.
At 5 feet, Cole Brauer is the real deal, and looks to become the first American woman to solo circumnavigate non-stop. If you doubt her chops, check-out Cole's recent video of a broach that laid FIRST LIGHT on her side while Cole went aaft and below into the steering compartment to reattach the auto-pilot quadrant. Dame Ellen MacArthur remains a favorite of mine. Cole Brauer is every bit a tigress on the prowl, and Ronnie is going to have his hands full getting past.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0KY...d&ig_rid=1b9d5470-516d-42fd-b1d6-64ec2fcdf6d5
And here is the GSC tracker: https://cf.yb.tl/gsc2023
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Oh thank Neptune you're back!!!
Could you elaborate on "flap-a-miles"?
Could you elaborate on "flap-a-miles"?
Thanks for the welcome. "Flap-a-miles" are what I call Common Murres, who seem to need a hilariously long runway to become airborne, if at all. Murres are better swimmers than flyers and can dive to 500 feet in search of prey, usually small fish. Murres lay their eggs on rocky ledges, no nest necessary as their eggs are pyriform in shape, causing them to roll in tight circles.
To watch a wonderfully inspirational story about rebuilding a decimated murre colony on Devil's Slide Rock, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yO4w7kCTE8
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Hey Group... I thought I would share some good press given to the SF-SSS group and the SHTP regarding my write-up about competing in the 2023 Singlehanded Transpac within this month's edition of the Saint Francis Yacht Club's monthly newsletter (the Mainsheet). See image links below.
The StFYC website newsletter has restricted access for non members so if interested in reading the article, shoot me an email and I will forward a pdf copy to you. It looks pretty cool in glossy print. Thanks again SSS group for putting this event on and giving the opportunity (and venue) for all of us to have so much fun!!! and Thank you StFYC for posting the article giving support to SSS as well.
Cheers,
Michael Polkabla
Cal40 Solstice#4
email: [email protected]
The StFYC website newsletter has restricted access for non members so if interested in reading the article, shoot me an email and I will forward a pdf copy to you. It looks pretty cool in glossy print. Thanks again SSS group for putting this event on and giving the opportunity (and venue) for all of us to have so much fun!!! and Thank you StFYC for posting the article giving support to SSS as well.
Cheers,
Michael Polkabla
Cal40 Solstice#4
email: [email protected]
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Just to show you don't need to be at Hanalei or Kaneohe Bays to see a double rainbow, Annie C. just sent us this photo from Hwy 92 above Half Moon Bay while she was waiting for an accident to clear. Unfortunately the colors are washed out. But you get the point. Enjoy where you are, not where you hope to be arriving.
Coincidentally, on the same day Annie was seeing the double rainbow, the sleddog was able to catch a sunrise green flash and sundog, the latter while kayaking.
For your trivia elucidation with Macapuno and pomegranate arils in play, when sleddog spotted the sundog from his kayak at 9 a.m. the sun's bearing was E. What was the bearing of the sundog, ENE, NE, NNE, N, WSW, or directly overhead?
PS: In the Global Solo Challenge, Ronnie Simpson on SHIPYARD BREWING is making 10.5 knots and rapidly overhauling Cole Brauer on FIRST LIGHT who is 217 miles ahead and drifting at 1.1 knots. They both have approx. 17,000 miles to go (only!). On the tracker, https://cf.yb.tl/gsc2023, they are both tracking east near 41 degrees south latitude.
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Macapuno plus - a wonderful incentive.
My experience with sundog sighting has been that have been on both sides of the sun. So, the ENE and NNE seem to be the appropriate answer. Clouds may restrict visibility.
All is well when the puzzles are offered up!
Cheers,
Ants
My experience with sundog sighting has been that have been on both sides of the sun. So, the ENE and NNE seem to be the appropriate answer. Clouds may restrict visibility.
All is well when the puzzles are offered up!
Cheers,
Ants
Hi Ants, (and others) There was only one sundog, on one side of the sun, not on both sides as Ants has seen. Therefore there is only one answer, not two as Ants has posited. Guess again Ants, and anyone else. Big hint: a sundog's bearing always lies 22.5 degrees from the sun's bearing.
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Racing in the Swiftsure on Rage a few years ago, we had just passed Cape Flattery in the late afternoon. The wind was dropping, but we were all still legs out on the rail. The sun was about 15' above the horizon, and there was a well defined ring around it. At 90' on either side, there were two perfect rainbow Sundogs. In the foreground, the nutrient rich Straits of San Juan de Fuca were merging with the water of the Pacific, and the visible marine life was breathtaking. Whales, porpoises, Salmon, and all types of birds were diving and leaping. The owner of the Rage- David Raney- sat down beside me on the rail and said " Milly, I guess this is why we do this " Just sayin'
Thanks, Milly, for the above memory. If readers didn't already know, there will be a new RAGE on the Pacific Cup start line this summer. At 80 feet, 10 feet longer than the old RAGE, both boats are steered with tillers. I wouldn't be surprised to see Milly at the helm.
A fun little sundog exercise is to take a magnetic or drafting compass and measure the angle of the sundog from the sun in the photo of post 6130. Yup, 22 degrees!
No one has yet won this trivia for the Macapuno Icecream with pomegranate arils. To sweeten the pot so to speak, the winner of the trivia will get his/her choice of Macapuno or Marianne Icecream's newest flavor: Otter 841 to honor Santa Cruz's famous surfing otter. Otter 841 icecream is cinnamon caramel featuring chunks of snickerdoodle dough. A portion of proceeds are being donated to ocean conservation efforts.
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Tchoupitoulas
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Tchoupitoulas
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These pics are fantastic !!!! I can't wait to see her on the water- let alone sail on her !!!!!!
Sundogs
It looks like from your diagram that Sundogs can occur on both sides of the sun at the same time. That is what I saw on Rage on that Swiftsure Race. I would totally agree on the 22'
It looks like from your diagram that Sundogs can occur on both sides of the sun at the same time. That is what I saw on Rage on that Swiftsure Race. I would totally agree on the 22'
Last call for sundog trivia answers before moving on! Here is the question again: sleddog spotted a solo sundog from his kayak at 9 a.m. during which time the sun's bearing was E. What was the bearing of the sundog, ENE, NE, NNE, N, WSW, or directly overhead? And we have learned sundogs always are located 22 degrees east or west of the sun's bearing.
In the Global Solo Challenge, northerly, pre-frontal winds have pushed Ronnie and Cole into the Ice Limit Buffer Zone According to the GSC SI's, sailing into the buffer zone is legal, but only for a max of 72 hours, and with the understanding that ice growlers, small and low lying chunks not visible on satellite cameras or shipboard radar, may be awash in the area. https://cf.yb.tl/gsc2023
In the Global Solo Challenge, northerly, pre-frontal winds have pushed Ronnie and Cole into the Ice Limit Buffer Zone According to the GSC SI's, sailing into the buffer zone is legal, but only for a max of 72 hours, and with the understanding that ice growlers, small and low lying chunks not visible on satellite cameras or shipboard radar, may be awash in the area. https://cf.yb.tl/gsc2023
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Sorry Milly, but NE is not correct for the bearing of the sundog from my kayak. Think 16 compass points on a compass rose as illustrated in post 6138.
Trivia with its yummy rewards closes today, 5 pm. PST. BobJ? Dazzler? Capt. Bob? Hedgehog? Dolfin? Morning Star? Magicians? Does anyone hang out here anymore?
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