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Vallejo 1-2

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Lanikai

Niagara 35 "Solo"
I'm hoping life stuff and the weather let me try this race for the first time. Silly question for advanced planning: do I need to reserve a slip at Vallejo Marina? Or do we just swarm the place and bumper-boat'em in against the side ties?
The SIs from 2013 don't provide any clues, so I assume the latter course of action.
 
Vallejo YC (not to be confused with the city marina next door) has usually been able to accommodate everyone who wants to squeeze in. A few lucky early arrivals get slips; everyone else rafts up in the fairways. After you finish and get your sails down, enter the harbor and follow the instructions of the nice people on the dock.

Slips are usually available at the city marina if you prefer. You pay a fee at the harbormaster's office.
 
A word of caution. The Vallejo Municipal Marina was badly silted in last year and for this year's YRA Great Vallejo Race. I haven't heard anything about it being dredged. If you decide to pay for a berth make sure you can get in and out. I hope some of our Vallejo members will share their knowledge for Oct. 11. The Vallejo YC has silting problems, too - especially at the entrance. But, I think the Sunday morning low of 2.4 feet makes it possible for all but the deepest draft boats. The big boats will probably anchor out in the strait. The overnight raft-up is part of the SSS Vallejo 1-2 fun, I think.
 
There will be 1 or 2 VYC inflatables directing traffic outside their marina. When it's your turn, be sure to line up on the middle of the entrance from some distance out before entering. It will be Flooding in the afternoon, so be aware of drifting to port as you get near the entrance. Keep away from the seawall outside the VYC marina.

If possible I like to back into the raft-up so in the morning it's a straight shot out, but that's not always possible due to the number of boats coming in near the same time.

Another caution. The east side of the Mare Island Strait is badly silted up. You'll probably see 1 or 2 boats finding this out. Watch your depth and favor the middle or west side.
 
FYI... The Vallejo 1-2 ASIs posted on Jibeset seem, to have references to last years and this years race???
Am I missing something?
 
P. Broderick - Elaine said:
I hope some of our Vallejo members will share their knowledge for Oct. 11. The Vallejo YC has silting problems, too - especially at the entrance.
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Just had lunch with the VYC manager, John. He said the VYC entrance has been dredged but nothing else yet. Apparently the guest dock is pretty shallow too. The Vallejo municipal marina has been nearly completely dredged from what I understand but you might want to check with the harbormaster to make sure. A safe bet is probably just tying up in the VYC raft. My boat is a the end of A-B fairway and I have never had any problems transiting with a 5'4" draft.
 
Thanks Mike. Here's a link showing the areas of the municipal marina that are being dredged. Dredging continues through the end of October so not all of these areas (in red) may be dredged yet:

http://www.ci.vallejo.ca.us/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=101077

Regarding Vallejo Yacht Club, Rags draws nearly six feet and I only had trouble in the entrance, which has now been dredged - but it's been over a year since I was in there.
 
She admonished me for running her through the mud. That's one of the reasons she's not kept there any more.

Word-wise, I still like "bucolic."
 
Updated wind forecast for Sat

Somewhat good news about the wind for Sat. The Sail Tactics Outlook forecast is calling for 5-8 knots at the start, rather than <5 knots like it was a couple of days ago. NOAA is predicting 9 knots at 11:00 am in the starting area. San Pablo Bay remains really patchy in the Outlook forecast, with patches between 5-10 knots. I just sailed from Vallejo to Richmond last night and there was plenty of breeze at around 10-12 knots, which was within 2 knots of what the model had predicted. The model also predicted the lovely left shift all the way across San Pablo Bay (from east-to-west), which kept from having to tack. :cool:

Here's the 1000-m resolution forecast map for the start tomorrow morning. This will certainly change in tomorrow morning's forecast and the Central Bay 200-m resolution will look different because it's more resolved.
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Since WylieCats only have one sail, you need twice as many of them to make a division.
 
Al had an engine oil leak Saturday morning. I invited him to come with me but the car part of it wasn't working out - so there were only 4 WylieCats.
 
Philpott said:
Probably because Al sailed singlehanded.
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I'm looking at the Saturday RESULTS and I find Al's boat listed among the PHRF 111-150 fleet as DNC. I also see 4 other Wylies listed: 1 dnf/3 finished. I don't know about "singlehanded". It's the Vallejo 1-2. All boats are singlehanded on Saturday. They have the option of sailing singlehanded on Sunday. That's what I did, although I ended up not finishing with almost all the others.

If the logic that he didn't show up on Saturday means no Wylie Division, then the Express 27s shouldn't have a division on Sunday since there were not 5 on the starting line.
 
Pat and I did talk after the race Saturday. He's right that signups, not starters, are what count for one-design, and so there should have been a WC30 class even though Bandicoot didn't make it. It appears that there was a hiccup in Jibeset's sorting of registrations, in that those who indicated they were going solo both days were not grouped with those who registered as SH Saturday and DH Sunday.

In my opinion it's a mistake to set up Vallejo registration with these options. After all, everyone is scored together Saturday, and everyone is scored together Sunday. If somebody wants to go SH Sunday, just let them enter "None" for the crew name.
 
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