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R2ak 2019

BEAVER has finished first 2019 R2AK at 3:59 pm PDST. Big congrats to them!
I'm guessing PEAR suffered some breakage in last night's breeze-on.
 
I may be wrong (no surprise), but there is an ANGERY BEAVER - Richmond YC connection. I think it’s the former VELVET HAMMER owned/raced out of RYC by Zackery Anderson and Will Paxton. For part of the R2AK they had their AIS on and the former boat named showed.

Tom
 
Yes, this is the bfka Velvet Hammer (or Hamster, or other less post-able names). Now back to SECRET SQUIRREL, which was its name for most of its life, it's the black Schock 40 that for years sat alongside Glenn Hansen's old shop at Naval Air. Zack and Will fixed it up and did a bunch of races with it before selling it to the Seattle guys and buying a J/125, now named VELVET HAMMER.

SLAG just had to gybe out. SUAD should have them now.

Yep, SUAD now a half-mile ahead.

Now over three miles ahead. SUAD will also have to gybe out but for a shorter distance, closer to the finish.
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TRICKSTER, an F-28 tri, appears to have sailed into a black hole, turned 180 and has been sailing up Ogden Channel that leads in the wrong direction...

Still no word from PEAR SHAPE tri an hour after BEAVER finished.. ???
 
A comparison of the Figaro II (SUAD) and the Melges 32 (SLAG):

The Figaro (in stock config) is 6,724# vs. 3,988# for the Melges. The Melges has a much larger kite but it's asymmetrical - a disadvantage for the last leg up the river (if it stays DDW). Not that it matters for this race but the Melges rates 21 sec/mile faster in PHRF. It planes much sooner but that won't help in the dying breeze. I think SUAD has a better peddling system.

SUAD now over eight miles ahead and speeds are equalizing. Pear Shaped is about 30 minutes out.
 
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At 1820 SUAD is 16 miles ahead of SLAG.

Pear Shaped Racing just finished and won the steak knives.
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Nice movie! I hope there are more in the editing room.

I have a diploma with UVM on it, I must have been that young at one point in time (a half century or so ago).

Ants
 
Team Shut up and Drive

Some photos from Shut up and Drive

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Nathalie has promised to come with her crew (including "the Millennials") to Richmond Yacht Club to discuss the Race. Pear Shaped Racing has agreed to do the same. Details to follow.
 
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Team Given' the Horns

In Port Townsend, days before the start of the race, the small boat harbor was bucolic. I walked over to see if Mr Pelagic was still around, confirming that the software in his customers' autopilots were functioning as they should. Mr P had left already, so I introduced myself to the crew of the s/v Triceratops. Team Given' the Horns would go on to do very well during the first day of the serious race out of Victoria, as you can read below.

https://r2ak.com/2019-daily-updates/2019-day-1-go/

On this morning they were feeling relaxed and happy, as you can see here

https://vimeo.com/342179484

And then they had this experience:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezgbeTL3P0o&feature=youtu.be
 
SailingNat said:
yay!!! the kitty mug!!!!
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Congrats on your most excellent passage! We are proud of you and your crew.
2 questions: did you fly a spinnaker the penultimate night in the windy and loggy conditions that de-spreadered the Melges? Did you finish with everyone you started with? ~ skip
 
sleddog said:
Congrats on your most excellent passage! We are proud of you and your crew.
2 questions: did you fly a spinnaker the penultimate night in the windy and loggy conditions that de-spreadered the Melges? Did you finish with everyone you started with? ~ skip
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Coming from you, it is the sweetest compliment.

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More detail below. We only saw 32 knots of wind sustained. We did take a reef from time to time: https://youtu.be/gc6UZXegw0I. We had trained extensively for these conditions either gybing: https://youtu.be/09cDHXdn4K8 as an example or driving: https://youtu.be/huyAncIHMfk as an example so we were quite familiar with how the boat behaved in these conditions.

We had identified three drop off points for 2 cyclists. We organized team and gear for that possibility. We checked the forecast at each point but no solid weather system all the way up to Bella Bella made us decide to keep everyone on board - we biked 25% of the race time so that was a good decision. Afterwards, we didn't think that two additional crew would greatly affect boat speed in the expected conditions...and by then we really liked the idea of finishing together :)
 
wonderful videos, Nathalie! And scary ORANGE FAST! Staying focused for those long periods of time under those conditions required enormous discipline. Most impressive. Thank you for posting here, our own Little Wanderer.
 
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wonderful videos, Nathalie! And scary ORANGE FAST! Staying focused for those long periods of time under those conditions required enormous discipline. Most impressive. Thank you for posting here, our own Little Wanderer.
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Actually, this boat isn't very difficult to drive in those conditions...(ie I can drive it, not as fast as Tanguy can of course)
 
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