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Three Bridge Fiasco Initial Stats

Hi Bob,

This is what you have implied with this statement, "We have doubts that all the boats who went to Red Rock first, rounded Blackaller before finishing. ". I am handing you the tools to deal with your concerns in the appropriate fashion.

Brian
 
The protest notice deadline was 9 p.m. Saturday night and in this situation you'd need to see the finish times.

I'm just suggesting skippers do the honorable thing, if they did not make it around the third "bridge" but allowed their finish to be recorded.

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I saw many boat go inside the Richmond long wharf. I was able to hail boat to boat 4 of them on the sail to TI. I know of only one that checked his course on his chartplotter and dropped out right away, not sure about the rest. In my rounding group @ TI there were a handful of boats ahead of me but when I finished the RC said I was the first to finish in the CW direction so that group did go on to round Blackaller before finishing.
 
Jackie,

Thanks for your track which, essentially, was my track too since we were fairly close the whole way round.

My race by the numbers

1. No wind
1a. Stuck for an hour trying to get across start line
2. wind
3. Blackaller to stbd
4. wind to Tiburon
5. No wind
6. No wind
6a. Dura Mater passes Jacqueline
7. Prep for ignition and motor to avoid RSR pylon
8. Miss pylon - no engine start
9. Wind
10. Red Rock to Stbd
11. Wind
11a. Jacqueline passes Dura Mater
12. Treasure Island to stbd
13. No Wind
14. Yerba Buena to Stbd
15. No Wind
16. Yerba Buena still to STARBOARD and very close!
17. Wind
18. Finish


19. Jacqueline notes text from Dura Mater inviting to join group at RYC. Jacqueline is totally fried, goes to dock at Berkeley, is asleep by 8:00 PM.


Fantastic day. Many Thanks to RC.
 
0935 Berkeley pier CW start.jpg
My CW start off the Berkeley pier at 0935 (photo time stamped)

1015 Bay Bridge west span.jpg
1st Bridge at 1015, YB to stbd

1149 Blackaller approach.jpg
2nd Bridge at 1149, YRA 16 to stbd

1510 Red Rock departure.jpg
3rd Bridge at 1510, RR to stbd

1606 Berkeley pier finish.jpg
My finish off the Berkeley pier at 1606 (photo time stamped), 16:06:35 GPS

I kept moving fwd all day, even stuck in the windhole before the westerly filled in, thx to our esteemed SHTP vet Ruben Gabriel over at Berkeley Marine Center who splashed me the day before with a brand new hard bottom. We were moving like buddah! I gotta say that this was the least stressful 3BF ever, no crowds at the marks!! It was like I was just out of synch with everyone. Me likey :)
 
Winner of Division Spin PHRF 162 and over MW

We had an abundantly delightful day. Thx RC!!Division winner!!.jpg
 
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