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Ian Rogers
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This light was named after the Transpackers.
Given the offshore forecast for NW 25-35 and 10-14' seas, my guess is the RC will wisely postpone tomorrow's Long Pac. I well remember in 2014 when Cal-40 CALIFORNIA GIRL, reaching on port tack, was rolled down with the masthead in the water by a breaking wave outside the Farallones, stoving in the lee side cabin windows and filling the boat. The Lessleys got her bailed, but it was a near thing on their return from Hawaii.
PS: The Lighthouse above near Portland, Maine is the Bug Light. Thanks to Hedgehog for this little titbit
PS: The Lighthouse above near Portland, Maine is the Bug Light. Thanks to Hedgehog for this little titbit
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Not sure what I did to gain the ire of a psuedo-sailor who pretends to know how to navigate showing up on these pages presenting anything but Grace. I would say to you sir, you are insulting. You might learn how to spell before pretending to lecture on navigation.
I wrote that "if you reach 126.40 degrees W and turn back for SF, you will not have completed your SHTP Qualifier required distance and may have to do it all over again." That statement is correct as you will be 32 nautical miles short of 400 miles.
And yes, as has been proven, if on your SHTP Qualifier you reach 100+ miles offshore, break your rig, rudder, patience, or for whatever reason decide not to return to SF, you can jury rig your issue, get downwind to another port, say Santa Barbara, and put your boat on a trailer having completed your Qualifier.
Mr. Lacking Grace, you can't even hold a job as head instructor at OCSC. If you wish to regain some credibility on these pages, you might first join SSS. Otherwise, you are blowing smoke, not turning the wind.
I wrote that "if you reach 126.40 degrees W and turn back for SF, you will not have completed your SHTP Qualifier required distance and may have to do it all over again." That statement is correct as you will be 32 nautical miles short of 400 miles.
And yes, as has been proven, if on your SHTP Qualifier you reach 100+ miles offshore, break your rig, rudder, patience, or for whatever reason decide not to return to SF, you can jury rig your issue, get downwind to another port, say Santa Barbara, and put your boat on a trailer having completed your Qualifier.
Mr. Lacking Grace, you can't even hold a job as head instructor at OCSC. If you wish to regain some credibility on these pages, you might first join SSS. Otherwise, you are blowing smoke, not turning the wind.
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I have a friend who loves to sail, tutors youth, and is an aspiring author and photographer. Her Substack account are mostly short observations, poetic prose and beautiful photos. Many are love stories and some about wind, wave, and water.
Feel the wind on your skin, veering and backing. Locate yourself with the wind on your skin and trust what you feel. It travels from the northwest, now veers to the north, now backs to the west. It’s talking of a long journey. It traveled through a downburst, through highs, lows, gales, and storms. When I feel the wind I trim an invisible sail, starboard or port tack, a kind of pledge of allegiance to air.
And her is a link to 17 others https://sallyleestewart.substack.com/archive
I know she would greatly appreciate any comments, Likes, encouragements, even a small pledge to support her work. Thank you.
Each time I step under the walnut tree I am crowned by the leaves. A bumble bee appears and disappears into the orange bowl of the poppies. The Madame Alfred Carriere rose bush, a giantess after two years of heavy rain, is 15 feet high, fragrant, bobbing in the wind over the chicken run. The wind touches me, behind the right ear, slips through my hair, cools my right mandible, circles a bit in my ear, and says it all, departing as it arrives, gathering my vibrations for something I don’t understand, not yet.
Feel the wind on your skin, veering and backing. Locate yourself with the wind on your skin and trust what you feel. It travels from the northwest, now veers to the north, now backs to the west. It’s talking of a long journey. It traveled through a downburst, through highs, lows, gales, and storms. When I feel the wind I trim an invisible sail, starboard or port tack, a kind of pledge of allegiance to air.
And her is a link to 17 others https://sallyleestewart.substack.com/archive
I know she would greatly appreciate any comments, Likes, encouragements, even a small pledge to support her work. Thank you.
Each time I step under the walnut tree I am crowned by the leaves. A bumble bee appears and disappears into the orange bowl of the poppies. The Madame Alfred Carriere rose bush, a giantess after two years of heavy rain, is 15 feet high, fragrant, bobbing in the wind over the chicken run. The wind touches me, behind the right ear, slips through my hair, cools my right mandible, circles a bit in my ear, and says it all, departing as it arrives, gathering my vibrations for something I don’t understand, not yet.
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Daydreamer
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Good to see you posting Sled.
Hope you're feeling better.
Thanks for the link. Sally has a pleasant way of seeing the world and putting it to words.
Hope you're feeling better.
Thanks for the link. Sally has a pleasant way of seeing the world and putting it to words.
With the start of the 2024 Pac Cup fast approaching, and intense competition ahead for the Doublehanders, it's fun to remember back to some psychological warfare that generated pre-race concern, if not outright incredulity. Here's a couple.
Ron, wild-eyed skipper of the Olson 30 STILL CRAZY in the 1990 SHTP, caused much concern shortly after the start when a second crew member appeared on the weather rail..Many believed it was true..until Ron arrived at Hanalei with a well patched, but still inflated blow-up doll for interested parties to inspect. Ron also carried an honest-to-god saddle and spurs, claiming he would be riding broncs in Kauai rodeos.
On day 4 of the 2002 PacCup, when the whole fleet was listening just before 0900 roll call, Birdman on PUNK DOLPHIN radioed WILDFLOWER in an unrehearsed conversation :
"Skip, we have your stern extension Tom Wylie just finished. Should be overhauling you today about noon, over."
I replied, "Roger, Birdman, we will be standing by to receive stern extension on our port side. Hope Tom remembered the transom bolts."
"Roger transom bolts. Birdman out."
"WILDFLOWER clear with PUNKY."
In the 1967 Transpac there were 14 Cal-40's and Ted Turner on his custom VAMOOSE entered. We knew all eyes were on Class C favorite, our family's Cal-40 HOLIDAY TOO, especially Turner's (who had Tom Wylie in his crew)
My father had a clever and mischievious idea to get the competition's goat: the afternoon before the start we stepped a 30' Star mast at the aft end of the cockpit, turning HOLIDAY TOO into a mean looking ketch capable of flying a giant mizzen spinnaker. (Mizzens went unmeasured in those days.)
Word quickly spread to the nearby yacht club bar, and spectators began to gather as our crew huddled in semi-serious conversation in the cockpit. Sure enough, long time rival Turner soon appeared and said in his vociferous Southern drawl to no-one in particular, "they can't do that!" Followed by "Can they?"
We just grinned and kept mum, knowing we had Turner's goat before we even started.
Ron, wild-eyed skipper of the Olson 30 STILL CRAZY in the 1990 SHTP, caused much concern shortly after the start when a second crew member appeared on the weather rail..Many believed it was true..until Ron arrived at Hanalei with a well patched, but still inflated blow-up doll for interested parties to inspect. Ron also carried an honest-to-god saddle and spurs, claiming he would be riding broncs in Kauai rodeos.
On day 4 of the 2002 PacCup, when the whole fleet was listening just before 0900 roll call, Birdman on PUNK DOLPHIN radioed WILDFLOWER in an unrehearsed conversation :
"Skip, we have your stern extension Tom Wylie just finished. Should be overhauling you today about noon, over."
I replied, "Roger, Birdman, we will be standing by to receive stern extension on our port side. Hope Tom remembered the transom bolts."
"Roger transom bolts. Birdman out."
"WILDFLOWER clear with PUNKY."
In the 1967 Transpac there were 14 Cal-40's and Ted Turner on his custom VAMOOSE entered. We knew all eyes were on Class C favorite, our family's Cal-40 HOLIDAY TOO, especially Turner's (who had Tom Wylie in his crew)
My father had a clever and mischievious idea to get the competition's goat: the afternoon before the start we stepped a 30' Star mast at the aft end of the cockpit, turning HOLIDAY TOO into a mean looking ketch capable of flying a giant mizzen spinnaker. (Mizzens went unmeasured in those days.)
Word quickly spread to the nearby yacht club bar, and spectators began to gather as our crew huddled in semi-serious conversation in the cockpit. Sure enough, long time rival Turner soon appeared and said in his vociferous Southern drawl to no-one in particular, "they can't do that!" Followed by "Can they?"
We just grinned and kept mum, knowing we had Turner's goat before we even started.
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First time I encountered serious mischief was on the start line of a West Coast Star Class Championship in 1959 (age 14.) We had a perfectly timed start at the weather end when 1958 Star Class World's Champ and future America's Cup winning skipper Bill Ficker came barging in with his #3850 NHYCUSA.
I let "Ficker is Quicker" know I wasn't going to let him in when he replied in his soft, authoritative voice, "We have an 'Absolute' Skip, and we'll need room, thank you."
I was momentarily confused, never having heard the Rules term "Absolute." In addition, Ficker was my boss for a summer job at his architect's firm. My bear away allowed NHYCUSA to slide in sweetly at the choice end and sail away to windward while we floundered in his dirty air.
Later, after hauling our Stars onto their trailers, I asked Bill Ficker the definition of an "Absolute." Said Bill with a smile, "Oh," an "Absolute" means we have absolutely no rights."
Oh.
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WBChristie
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Love that story.
Will be fun to follow the Paccup with lots of past and present SSS sailors in the fleet
Will be fun to follow the Paccup with lots of past and present SSS sailors in the fleet
Daydreamer
SAILOR
First to start Monday morning at 10:20 is DH1.
Lee Johnson and Greg Ashby, each raced SHTP 2018, are on the Valiant 32 Morning Star.
Bill Stange and Darlene Woo are on the Westsail 32 Hula. Bill raced SHTP in 1988, 2021 and 2023.
Bill set the course record in 88 on the Olson 30 Intense and is still in the top 5 fastest boats.
2023 SHTP saw an epic battle between 3 Westsails.
DH2 starts next with Greg Nelson on Outsider. Greg won overall in 2000 aboard the BlackSoo, Starbuck.
Green Buffalo will be starting PHRF1 at 10:40. Jim Quanci raced in 2012,2021 and 2023, winning overall and in 12 and 23.
On his crew Jim has John Wilkerson, SHTP veteran of 21 and 23.
If I’ve missed anyone I apologize.
Let us know!
See you in Kaneohe, Aloha!
Lee Johnson and Greg Ashby, each raced SHTP 2018, are on the Valiant 32 Morning Star.
Bill Stange and Darlene Woo are on the Westsail 32 Hula. Bill raced SHTP in 1988, 2021 and 2023.
Bill set the course record in 88 on the Olson 30 Intense and is still in the top 5 fastest boats.
2023 SHTP saw an epic battle between 3 Westsails.
DH2 starts next with Greg Nelson on Outsider. Greg won overall in 2000 aboard the BlackSoo, Starbuck.
Green Buffalo will be starting PHRF1 at 10:40. Jim Quanci raced in 2012,2021 and 2023, winning overall and in 12 and 23.
On his crew Jim has John Wilkerson, SHTP veteran of 21 and 23.
If I’ve missed anyone I apologize.
Let us know!
See you in Kaneohe, Aloha!
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everydaysailor
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I’ll be aboard Velvet Hammer, see u there.
C Jordan (The Pork Chop Express, SHT 2023)
C Jordan (The Pork Chop Express, SHT 2023)
WBChristie
New member
Looks like a challenging start for today’s classes. Glad I’m not racing as Wednesday starters will almost definitely have a huge weather advantage
Kyle Vanderspek won 2021 SHTP Overall with ALOHA. He's on BLOOM COUNTY. DOMINO won 2016 SHTP overall with Hedgehog. Brendan Huffman is on CITY LIGHTS. There's more...The winner of the inaugural SHTP in 1978, Norton Smith, is currently at sea, headed for Oahu from Pago Pago.
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Has anyone noticed the incredibly divergent courses of the Monday starters now that that contingent has breeze? BLOOM COUNTY, furthest north, was heading northwest, above the GC. And Jesberg on Cal 40 VIVA was steering almost due south.
My money is on Jesberg and the southern fleet. Meanwhile, the Wednesday starters are licking their chops.
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