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The view from Inverness Yacht Club never ceases to delight the senses. Here we are Aug.24. If you look closely, you can see 12 Int. 110 sloops at anchor off the club, waiting for the second day of the Pacific Coast Championships. Inverness YC just reached a record 26 110's in the boatyard, each one a different color.
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It's that time of year again for whales, especially grey and humpbacks, to collide with yachts, and vice.versa. Everybody is heading south to warmer waters. Humpbacks are a dime a dozen in this neck of the woods. Bill and Melinda Erkelens had one flick its tail and dismast their Moore 24 when leading the Moore-24 Nationals at Santa Cruz a few years back.
Gotta say it would be pretty cool getting a kayak ride in a humpback's mouth like this harbor seal at Anacortes last week "Minimum danger," he says, as humpies can't swallow anything bigger than a grapefruit and will spit out foreign objects like my teal green, Kiwi kayak PADDLIN' MADELINE
Gotta say it would be pretty cool getting a kayak ride in a humpback's mouth like this harbor seal at Anacortes last week "Minimum danger," he says, as humpies can't swallow anything bigger than a grapefruit and will spit out foreign objects like my teal green, Kiwi kayak PADDLIN' MADELINE
The following two photos were taken by my kayak paddle partner, Steve Hanson on Thursday. Where was I? Getting the hell out of the way. For those unfamiliar, that is Santa Cruz Boardwalk in the background, home of the Big Dipper Roller Coaster, all wood, celebrating its 100th birthday..
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I think whale breath is worse than cow farts.
Dazzler
m/v PACIFIC LOON
That humpback can be identified by the unique tail markings. Check out https://happywhale.com
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Happywhale.com ID'd "our" local humpback as HW-MN0503436, a one to two year old. They use AI to quickly identify whales world-wide by their fluke (tail) shape, underside pattern on fluke, and other clues like entanglement cuts and orca bites.
The highest reported local whale ID's are in area of Cabo San Lucas, where both grey whales and humpbacks migrate close aboard. Goodness knows how many whale strikes have occurred in that vicinity, most unreported. Hitting a whale most often damages the prop/shaft/ and rudder.
All bets are off with sperm whales, which will attack a boat to protect its pod. An SSS member has seen that happen, and their 44 foot sloop sank in minutes. Ditto a J-120 racing to Cabo when the rudder was knocked loose and the crew abandoned to a raft.
The highest reported local whale ID's are in area of Cabo San Lucas, where both grey whales and humpbacks migrate close aboard. Goodness knows how many whale strikes have occurred in that vicinity, most unreported. Hitting a whale most often damages the prop/shaft/ and rudder.
All bets are off with sperm whales, which will attack a boat to protect its pod. An SSS member has seen that happen, and their 44 foot sloop sank in minutes. Ditto a J-120 racing to Cabo when the rudder was knocked loose and the crew abandoned to a raft.
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Dazzler
m/v PACIFIC LOON
DAGGERBOARD, Lost, Found & Returned to Owner!
Saturday September 21, 2024 - Members of the Marin Scuba Club (MSC) volunteered for the annual California Coastal Cleanup day by focusing their attention on the beach at Kirby Cove, located about one-half mile west of the Golden Gate Bridge. Volunteer Lilli Ferguson spotted something white and unusual floating close enough to the beach to retrieve and drag back to the group’s record keeping site. She didn’t really know what it was, but rightly so thought it should be removed. It wasn’t until we were all headed for the parking area, that I saw this mysterious object that was headed for a dumpster along with all the other beach trash. That’s when the story began to unfold. I knew from markings on it that I was looking at a Formula-18 catamaran daggerboard, and where to return it.
In addition to belonging to MSC, I’m also a sailor and member of the Richmond Yacht Club (RYC), Pt. Richmond, CA. I was aware that RYC was in the midst of hosting two catamaran regattas including the 2024 Formula-18 Americas Championship, a regatta with about two dozen entries from locations as far away as Chile, Argentina, Canada and from throughout the USA.
At Kirby Cove, Lilli let me take possession of the daggerboard and we all agreed getting it back to its owner would be a far superior outcome. On our way back to our East Bay home, we stopped by RYC. Most of the F-18 sailors were out on the water, but we quickly learned about the boat that had flipped on Friday and that that boat and skipper were still out on the water. We left the daggerboard in good hands to be returned to its owner.
Late on Sunday, while at RYC I met a very grateful Tom Seibold from Tampa, Florida and learned the rest of the story. It seems that Tom and crew Luka were out practicing late on Friday afternoon and had a spectacular capsize while running down wind not far south of the Pt. Potrero Reach breakwater near Pt. Richmond. Tom said that as they went over, the daggerboard was literally launched* and that when in the water he had two choices: swim for the daggerboard or for the boat. He made the wise choice considering the rock breakwater was not far down wind. Tom was very appreciative about getting the daggerboard back. He did say that he had a spare, but also that a new daggerboard for his boat costs $1600! And for those that may not know, a catamaran uses two daggerboards.
It’s interesting to realize that the daggerboard was in the water for about 20 hours and traveled (as the crow flies) about 7 nautical miles. Obviously, it didn’t travel the direct route. At the approximate time of the capsize, ebb tidal current was just getting started. During the entire journey there were two ebb tides, a flood cycle and on Saturday morning it was beginning to flood again.
Bottom line: The California Coastal Cleanup was a great success. We left the beach at Kirby Cove much cleaner than we found it, and we successfully returned the lost daggerboard to a visitor from Florida, and kept it out of the landfill. Bravo indeed!
~Tom Patterson
*I learned from one of the other F-18 skippers that the daggerboards are supposed to be tethered to the boat. I did not learn if Tom’s had been tethered or if a tether failed.
Saturday September 21, 2024 - Members of the Marin Scuba Club (MSC) volunteered for the annual California Coastal Cleanup day by focusing their attention on the beach at Kirby Cove, located about one-half mile west of the Golden Gate Bridge. Volunteer Lilli Ferguson spotted something white and unusual floating close enough to the beach to retrieve and drag back to the group’s record keeping site. She didn’t really know what it was, but rightly so thought it should be removed. It wasn’t until we were all headed for the parking area, that I saw this mysterious object that was headed for a dumpster along with all the other beach trash. That’s when the story began to unfold. I knew from markings on it that I was looking at a Formula-18 catamaran daggerboard, and where to return it.
In addition to belonging to MSC, I’m also a sailor and member of the Richmond Yacht Club (RYC), Pt. Richmond, CA. I was aware that RYC was in the midst of hosting two catamaran regattas including the 2024 Formula-18 Americas Championship, a regatta with about two dozen entries from locations as far away as Chile, Argentina, Canada and from throughout the USA.
At Kirby Cove, Lilli let me take possession of the daggerboard and we all agreed getting it back to its owner would be a far superior outcome. On our way back to our East Bay home, we stopped by RYC. Most of the F-18 sailors were out on the water, but we quickly learned about the boat that had flipped on Friday and that that boat and skipper were still out on the water. We left the daggerboard in good hands to be returned to its owner.
Late on Sunday, while at RYC I met a very grateful Tom Seibold from Tampa, Florida and learned the rest of the story. It seems that Tom and crew Luka were out practicing late on Friday afternoon and had a spectacular capsize while running down wind not far south of the Pt. Potrero Reach breakwater near Pt. Richmond. Tom said that as they went over, the daggerboard was literally launched* and that when in the water he had two choices: swim for the daggerboard or for the boat. He made the wise choice considering the rock breakwater was not far down wind. Tom was very appreciative about getting the daggerboard back. He did say that he had a spare, but also that a new daggerboard for his boat costs $1600! And for those that may not know, a catamaran uses two daggerboards.
It’s interesting to realize that the daggerboard was in the water for about 20 hours and traveled (as the crow flies) about 7 nautical miles. Obviously, it didn’t travel the direct route. At the approximate time of the capsize, ebb tidal current was just getting started. During the entire journey there were two ebb tides, a flood cycle and on Saturday morning it was beginning to flood again.
Bottom line: The California Coastal Cleanup was a great success. We left the beach at Kirby Cove much cleaner than we found it, and we successfully returned the lost daggerboard to a visitor from Florida, and kept it out of the landfill. Bravo indeed!
~Tom Patterson
*I learned from one of the other F-18 skippers that the daggerboards are supposed to be tethered to the boat. I did not learn if Tom’s had been tethered or if a tether failed.
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Ala Wai Yacht Harbor devastated by recent flash flood overflowing the Ala Wai Canal with debris. Here is the Waikiki YC.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/video...s-ala-wai-storm-debris-inundates-boat-harbor/
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/video...s-ala-wai-storm-debris-inundates-boat-harbor/
On our way up to 10,000 feet in the White Mountains to visit the ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, the Magicians and I overnighted at Bishop along Hwy 395. For a loaf of Schat's sheepherder bread, who is the well known gentleman in the brown fedora holding the ice cream cone in this mural on the Bishop Drug Store? Hint: Not Mark Twain, RL Stevenson, Jack London, nor Charles Lindbergh. But equally famous.
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Roger. Will it be the person born as ᏫᎵ ᏗᎦᏘᏍᏗ according to Wikipedia?
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner, at the Bishop Bowling Alley of course! Not well known, Will Rogers made the first civilian flight across the US in 1928 onboard a military plane flying mail. Two of Will Rogers better quotes: "Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke." Also: There are three kinds of men. The one who learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."