NEWS

"After some OTW testing and careful setup, Nam & I had rigged up 008 to do double-hand races. The one key mod we did was to add an ATN spin sock to help the bow guy tame the beast. We used clip-on blocks for the sock control lines to allow the freedom of port or stbd hoists/douses.

The setup was put into use this past weekend in 8-12 kts TWS (PLYC "Crew of 2" Round the Island Doublehanded Race). Nam had more important things to do (G/F in town) so Marc stepped up to take his place. Normally, a reachy race turned into a W/L affair, thanks to winds staying from the South all day. We had a pretty comfortable 15NM beat in light chop. Must have tacked like 20 times as the wind oscillated between 180 and 220. However, we still got waterlined by the bigger boats in the class (40.7, S35) rounding North Island a distant 3rd out of 11 boats in the (faster rating) spinnaker class.

Marc had no issues hoisting the kite and popping it on strb gybe (the others in front waited until after their gybe before they popped their chute to avoid gybes). We held stbd gybe for a while to clear the lee of the island and then gybed to go after the boats ahead. That first gybe was not pretty due to a foot cleat but gave us confidence.

We worked the puffs and gradually pulled back the Schock 35 and then set them up for a pass below them. We then sailed our target speed and then hauled in the 40.7.

We must have gybed another 8 times in the 15NM downwind leg in shifty winds -- getting better every time. In fact, the gybes became better than our fully crewed ones (sorry team!) -- simply from needing to finesse the sail instead of "forcing" it.

After ~ 6 hours of uneventfulness, we got to 2 BL from the finish and I managed to broach the boat the first time all day (tight angles to avoid hitting a Gov buoy). How ironic! We rolled over the finish in a heap of flapping sails -- not pretty but still a gun. We ended up with first to finish (boat for boat), first in class (corrected time), and (unofficially) first overall (7 classes - multi hull, 2 non-spin classes, 2 spin classes plus 2 fully crewed classes)."

Tim

2008 Crew of Two Around the Coronados - Spin PHRF <= 149 Class

Start:Class D, Finishes:Finish time, Time:112000, Distance:30.5, Course:North Coronado Island to Port

Rank	Class	Boat	Mfg	SailNo	Helm	Crew	PHRF	Start	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Nett
1	Spin PHRF <= 149	Abacus	Flying Tiger 10M	USA 008	Tim Chin	Marc Simmel	48	112000	175020	6:30:20	6:05:56	0.75
2	Spin PHRF <= 149	First Light	Ben 40.7	56046	Gary Jorgensen	Mark Spencer	54	112000	180033	6:40:33	6:13:06	2.00
3	Spin PHRF <= 149	Vikktoreus	Beneteau 35	56370	John Dodge	Ryan Hunter	123	112000	184323	7:23:23	6:20:52	3.00

 

USA 80 - "Tigress" of  Ken Keiding and Dr. Laura Schlesinger won the PHRF sprit class and PHRF overall of the 36th Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race. One of the crewmember on "Tigress" reported that "We had a great sail... the wind kicked it up from Anacapa to Dume. We sailed flat out on a solid plane averaging 15 knots for about 45 minutes to an hour. We were passing Santa Cruz 50's boat for boat when the wind was up. We were overlapped with Santa Cruz 50's at the finish. (they started 5 minutes ahead of us)".  this is the first race entered by Tigress, after its delivery from China a few weeks ago. Well done!

Pictures: Joysailing

USA 80 - Tigress getting ready for the Race Photo Credit: Sailing Anarchy FT10 Forum

Tigress during the SB to KH Race Photo Credit: Sailing Anarchy Forum

P1 Fleet

Photo Credit: Sean Trew, Pacificfog Photography

Light conditions once again today for Race 13 of the CYCA Audi Winter Series, in fact so light that it was very difficult to get to the first mark, against a 3 knot tide. A couple of the early starters got around before the breeze really dropped out. The Three Tigers showed how well a Tiger goes in light breeze, could not quite match the Melges 32 but handled the M30's and everyone else without too much difficulty , Could not catch the early markers but Tigers 4th , 6th and 7th. As we go into the last race an all Tiger Podium is still possible, Tigers currently 1,2 and 3.

Standings after 12 Races: