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When it was time for the drop the breeze came up, requiring a huge bear-away to have any hope of keeping the kite dry on the douse.
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Yep. If I had more balls I would have dropped the halyard and kept the course. As it was, I beared away and did a safe drop. Bummer.

Ragtime was looking great out there as well! We were keeping an eye on you as I told my buddy that you knew what you were doing and we might learn something. ;)
 
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The sailing was great (hey, we were out racing in mid-December!) but I also enjoyed the chance to putter around for a couple hours, meeting some new skippers and chatting with friends. I didn't get over to Roxanne - maybe next time - it's a great-looking dark blue Tartan. :)

That "downwind" leg was interesting. Fortunately I flew the 3A instead of the 2A; the reach just got tighter and tighter. When it was time for the drop the breeze came up, requiring a huge bear-away to have any hope of keeping the kite dry on the douse. That let Mirthmaker and Stink Eye slip by on the inside.

Thanks again to the R/C for hanging in there through all the shifts and finally getting a race off.


Edit: Can anyone access the next page of this thread? I know there are more posts but I can't get to them. Note you'll have to post elsewhere (like up in the "Forum Troubles" thread) so we can see your answer.
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Hi, bob, aha! the forum is back! Thank you, david, for doing this is your (free) time after working all day
 
sunol said:
I'm signed up for Dec. 14th in the shorthanded division. I'm a Berkeley YC member, but I'm hoping to do a few SSS races in 2015 and will likely join SSS as well when 2015 reg opens.
I'll be in the Tartan 4100 ROXANNE doublehanded. She's a heavy girl with a hack for a captain, so take mercy on us out there. ;)

Mike
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Beautiful boat! Hope you had fun at the Midwinters. We'll be looking forward to seeing you out there for the SSS races and at BYC for the post race parties.
 
Some Hot racing in the January Sunday Mid Winters

Temerity working out to weather in Sunday's BYC Mid winters. Note fine sail trim!
 

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Temerity working out to weather in Sunday's BYC Mid winters. Note fine sail trim!
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The sails might be waffly, but the boat itself was shiny and clean. Once across the line, Elise took off like a rocket, only to be rebuked by the wind gods when they decided to change from southwest to north then east and then - just when she needed them to STAY PUT! - due south, right on her nose. Alas! Nothing to be done about those changling winds. Pat Broderick taught me many things: get new sails, clean the bottom of your boat, unload several hundred pounds and add tell tales. Well! That explains everything! And while floating by on Outsider, Greg Nelsen commented upon Dura Mater's dirty rudder: It felt like the old days in Manhattan, walking past a construction site.
 
I'm told by others that you had a very vocal helmsman.

Edit per below: Yes, or crew. I know it's not your usual MO to take up boats with no steerageway or to point out dirty rudders.
 
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There was a pretty vocal exchange at mark 1 when someone a few boat lengths ahead of me kept pointing at the mark and yelling, "the circle". I mentioned to him I did nt see any circle and then asked my crew about crop circles. The leading vessel raised the volume level a few notches as the whites of his eyes came into view.
 
Greetings, BYC Midwinter Shorthanded fleet skippers!

This Sunday (2/15) is the last race of our series (unless you qualify for the winners' race on March 1). SSS Commodore Al and I went together and got a gift for each of you (and your crew if DH), to say thanks for coming out and racing. It would be great if all of you could come into BYC after Sunday's race to get your gift (and have a beer, etc.) but we know that depends on the schedule/postponements etc. ALSO, it will be a two foot (I think) minus tide on Sunday afternoon.

Therefore, I will bring your gifts to the 3BF awards meeting this Wednesday night. Please find me at the meeting and I'll give it/them to you. Hint: I'll need to know your boat's hull color (well actually I already do).

Thanks again for doing the series!
 
Regarding low tide this Sunday, it's a minus 0.3 feet at 1524 (in Berkeley). That's not as bad as I wrote above but still a problem for draftier boats.

It used to be that you'd stay fairly close to the Berkeley Pier and use the south entrance into the marina. Perhaps a current Berkeley Marina inhabitant can confirm this.
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BobJ said:
Regarding low tide this Sunday, it's a minus 0.3 feet at 1524 (in Berkeley). That's not as bad as I wrote above but still a problem for draftier boats.

It used to be that you'd stay fairly close to the Berkeley Pier and use the south entrance into the marina. Perhaps a current Berkeley Marina inhabitant can confirm this.
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Bob, you were really the organizing force behind so many singlehanders showing up to shorthand the Berkeley Midwins. Thank you for getting everybody psyched.
 
It was a bigger turn-out than I expected. We ended up with 20 shorthanders, and the nine-boat Shorthanded 2 was the largest division of starters last Sunday.

In retrospect I think it was good that Bobbi didn't specify singlehanded vs. doublehanded divisions and divided it by rating instead. Some boats switched during the series (racing solo for some and DH for others) and I think that flexibility was welcomed. It was very difficult to be competitive singlehanded on those short courses. I barely had the spinnaker up before it was time to take it down - it was a workout but really good practice.

Thanks again to all who came out.
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Thank you Bob, I should have tried singlehanded for the last race. I'd be willing to go next year singlehanded but someone I know very well wouldn't like it.
 
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