Junior Waterhouse

[BobJ]

Yeah, it's always just like that.

Belly and all.

[Photoboy]

JR Waterhouse Result

Ran into CTT in the afternoon in the Estuary shortly after 3:00...Surprised to see them in so early...

They said the route this year was pretty much a lightship race with a RYC finish, good breeze outside...


Results

2016 - OYRA Series
Preliminary Results Race 5 07/16/16 - OYRA 5 Jr Waterhouse OYRA Fleets

01 - PHRO 1 Time on Time 650/(550+PHRF)
Start: 07/16/16 at 09:45:00 Wind: --- from --- Fleet: 7
Course: --- Distance: ---- Tide: --- --- Started: 7 Finished: 7
Sail # Boat Name Points Skipper Rating Finish Time Elapsed Time Corrected Time Club Make Comments
93204 CAN T TOUCH THIS 1 Rich Pipkin -12 14:01:09 04:16:09 05:09:28 eyc J 125
53522 BLUE 2 Ray Paul 33 14:51:30 05:06:30 05:41:43 tiyc Swan 53 Daggerb
168 JUNKYARD DOG 3 James Goldberg 72 15:49:05 06:04:05 06:20:28 yra J/109
28927 ABRACADABRA ** Ian Chamberlain 75 15:54:11 06:09:11 06:23:57 ryc Antrim 27 Cm Od SRE
35017 ZSA ZSA 4 Stanley Glaros 36 15:46:59 06:01:59 06:41:31 cyc Nelson Merak 1d
59995 VOID STAR 5 James Murphy 45 16:05:39 06:20:39 06:55:50 sss Santa Cruz 40
46933 ARGO 6 Gregory Demetrulias 54 16:27:34 06:42:34 07:13:14 presyc Beneteau 40.7
52878 CRUZSEA BABY 7 Brian Turner 81 16:51:10 07:06:10 07:19:00 scyc Beneteau 10r

02 - PHRO 2 Time on Time 650/(550+PHRF)
Start: 07/16/16 at 09:50:00 Wind: --- from --- Fleet: 6
Course: --- Distance: ---- Tide: --- --- Started: 6 Finished: 6
Sail # Boat Name Points Skipper Rating Finish Time Elapsed Time Corrected Time Club Make Comments
30980 AHI 1 Andy Newell 114 15:46:29 05:56:29 05:48:58 byc Santana 35
38022 SEA STAR 2 Bob Walden 117 16:03:56 06:13:56 06:04:24 byc Cal 39
38 YETI 3 Adam Mazurkiewicz 129 16:11:08 06:21:08 06:04:51 Express 27
49143 INISCAW 4 Max Crittenden 126 16:50:50 07:00:50 06:44:39 sss Martin 32
642 TESA 5 Steve Haas 102 16:55:37 07:05:37 07:04:19 iyc Catalina 42
97050 ERGO 6 Scott Cyphers 159 17:34:01 07:44:01 07:05:24 sss Ericson 35 Mkll

03 - Short-Handed Time on Time 650/(550+PHRF)
Start: 07/16/16 at 09:55:00 Wind: --- from --- Fleet: 3
Course: --- Distance: ---- Tide: --- --- Started: 3 Finished: 3
Sail # Boat Name Points Skipper Rating Finish Time Elapsed Time Corrected Time Club Make Comments
48 HANG 20 1 Moni Blum / Eric Ochs 129 16:44:33 06:49:33 06:32:03 byc Express 27
28890 NANCY 2 Pat Broderick / Ross Bliven 126 16:43:48 06:48:48 06:33:05 sss Wyliecat 30
135 J-TRIPPER ** Mario Wijtman / Tom Southam 78 16:28:46 06:33:46 06:47:34 sss J-105 SRE
98 SLIGHT DISORDER 3 Carmen Maio / Mark Pickett 150 17:18:19 07:23:19 06:51:39 byc Moore 24
18133 MESMERIZE ** Rune Storesund / Phil Krasner 117 17:17:36 07:22:36 07:11:19 ryc C&c 35 Mkiii SRE

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Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay
2016 - OYRA Series
Preliminary Results Race 5 07/16/16 - OYRA 5 Jr Waterhouse OYRA Fleets
04 - Single-Handed Time on Time 650/(550+PHRF)
Start: 07/16/16 at 10:00:00 Wind: --- from --- Fleet: 3
Course: --- Distance: ---- Tide: --- --- Started: 3 Finished: 3
Sail # Boat Name Points Skipper Rating Finish Time Elapsed Time Corrected Time Club Make Comments
158 GRACE ** Jindrich Dokonal 120 17:04:52 07:04:52 06:52:11 sss Beneteau First SRE
18 RAGTIME! 1 Bob Johnston 105 16:56:33 06:56:33 06:53:22 ryc J/92
67967 FUGU 2 Chris Case 120 17:19:54 07:19:54 07:06:46 ryc Wilderness 30 S
305 NIGHTMARE 3 Gregory Ashby 111 17:39:36 07:39:36 07:31:57 sss Wilderness 30 S

05 - Multihulls Time on Time 650/(550+PHRF)
Start: 07/16/16 at 10:05:00 Wind: --- from --- Fleet: 2
Course: --- Distance: ---- Tide: --- --- Started: 2 Finished: 1
Sail # Boat Name Points Skipper Rating Finish Time Elapsed Time Corrected Time Club Make Comments
201 TRIDENT 1 Damien Campbell 12 15:47:11 05:42:11 06:35:46 bama Corsair 31r
69768 RAVEN 2 Truls Myklebust / Mia Karine Myklebust 48 DNF bama Corsair F27


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Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay 2016 - OYRA Series Race 5 07/16/16 - OYRA 5 Jr Waterhouse Crew List
93204 CAN T TOUCH THIS Rich Pipkin, Mary Mcgrath, Tony Shaffer, Thomas Rankin, Kevin Clark, Matthew Morrissy, Sean Davis, David Miller, Arthur Korn, Karl Crawford
53522 BLUE Ray Paul, Carlos Badell, Mark Imus, Dennis Rowedder, Matthew Trethric, Inna Perez, Sven Rand, Delmar Badell, Janine Largen, Keith Stahnke, Virginia Boucher, James Crum, Joseph Crum
168 JUNKYARD DOG James Goldberg, Lana Chang, Leandro Correa, Mark Erdrich, Kerry Johnson, Connor Leech
28927 ABRACADABRA Ian Chamberlain, David Kuettel, David Van Houten, Dwight Harlander, Quillan Chamberlain
35017 ZSA ZSA Stanley Glaros, Dimitrios Kalessis, Austin Trombley
59995 VOID STAR James Murphy, James Jenson, James Smith, Jim Murray, Joaquin Delariva, Brandon Rankin
46933 ARGO Gregory Demetrulias, Blake Green, Theron Mccollough, Keira Koss-baker
52878 CRUZSEA BABY Brian Turner, Pete Calvert, Ken Brown
30980 AHI Andy Newell, Jeff Raby, Valerie Suzawa, Carl-johan Wehtje, Oded Haner, Hillary Johnson, Mark Schieble, Theo Gordon
38022 SEA STAR Bob Walden, Craig Charles, Amber Moffat, Alexander Mucci, Matthew Osborn, Graziella Solinas, Cindy Surdez, Kathleen Fitzgerald
38 YETI Adam Mazurkiewicz, Robert Laird, Ronald Snetsinger, Kevin Richards
49143 INISCAW Max Crittenden, Timothy Mccormick, Steve Ressler, Donald Dellis, Mike Stevens, Romain Clement
642 TESA Steve Haas, Ann Miller, Bruce Roberts, Jeff Walter, Sandy Wertanen, Suzanne Olawski
97050 ERGO Scott Cyphers, Hana Bauguess, Nora Von Sydow
158 GRACE Jindrich Dokonal
18 RAGTIME! Bob Johnston
67967 FUGU Chris Case
305 NIGHTMARE Gregory Ashby
201 TRIDENT Damien Campbell, Jeremy Boyette, Anthony Covarelli, Forbes Husted

[BobJ]

Tough day - I think all the singlehanders had one problem or another. Maybe that crew thing is not such a bad deal...

Jindrich ("Henry") and I both sailed with bad twists in our kites just to get past the Bonita Buoy. I didn't get mine down until after sailing under the Gate, all the while sure that things were going to go from bad to worse as the wind increased - then sailed with white sails back to Richmond with puffs into the high twenties.

The horizontal jib battens (that catch the kite on gybes) are going in the dumpster.

[Andy Newell]

That was a fun one. We made a plan, surprisingly stuck to it, and it actually worked!

Start with the #3, hug the north side, change to the #1 at Bonita, check. The forecasts had a lot of south in the wind outside so we figured we wanted to be on the left side of the course going out so we could be inside on the perceived lift and we were rewarded handsomely. We basically did not tack after Bonita and settled in to a long port tack all the way to the bucket. We were less than a quarter mile away when we got there and a quick tack got us around. We were thrilled that only Can't Touch This and Blue had rounded in front of us.

3/4 kite up, head for Bonita, check. Kind of a deep rolly run with little ability to surf, but it was OK. We weren't making Bonita so we gybed left to make the buoy and get current relief. At about the buoy we got to the next phase of the plan which was to peel to the shy kite before the gate due to the forecast of 20+ in the bay. My crew has tired of my crying like a little girl when we have the fish kite up in too much breeze. The shy kite is perfect because it is smaller and it's gotten smaller every time we took it to the sail maker in pieces. Anyway, smaller kite, check.

Once in the bay we were not disappointed. We took off like a rocket doing 8's on the low end and 9's and 10's frequently. We decided to go to blunt rather than through the straits. A little longer but better pressure (often too much) and if we could avoid crashing it was less of a risk. We had a lead to protect and the straits would have been a gamble. We were making the blunt buoy most of the way but the wind shifted as we got closer and it was apparent we would not make it without a gybe. Crap. Wind was in the mid to high 20's at this point so we opted for a chicken gybe, or actually two. We dropped the kite, gybed bald headed and got around the buoy while three of the crew (now known as our spinnaker bag men) held the kite on deck, gybed again and back up with the kite. We were only doing 7's and 8's bald headed, but it was the conservative thing to do. We knew Bob and the gang on Sea Star were not that far behind us, and they have a history of grinding us in from behind on windy runs like they did just last Saturday at the Westpoint Regatta.

You know that light spot behind Angel Island? It took the day off Saturday. We had solid breeze all the way to Richmond as we watched for competitors to sneak up on us from the straits. When we did see them it was apparent that there was no magic in the straits that day. Whew. We did see one boat closing really fast and started to worry until we realized it was the Trimaran Trident. They were flying!

One more gybe before the finish and we were all done for the day. Hand me a beer and help me pry my white knuckles off the tiller.

Sail without a crew? Madness. Yeah, crew are a bit of work to wrangle, but our crew work on Saturday was excellent, even with a couple of relative newcomers on the boat (experienced but only 4-5 races on Ahi each). Throw in a few that I have sailed with for decades from back when I was crew, and a few more somewhere in between and it's a delightful mix.

Our high scores for the day: top boat speed, 11.0 knots, top wind speed 34 knots! I guess I had a right to be a little tense.

[Wylieguy]

Great Jr Waterhouse! We sailed way too far north, but it still worked out pretty well - lost by 1 minute to the Express 27. High wind: Mid- 30+. Highest speed: 12+ knots just before the bridge and just after exiting Raccoon. Nearest whale: 15 feel alongside; whale "perfume" very intense. 2nd Whale" 25 feet directly ahead of the boat. Holy Shit! Crash round up. Major Excitement inside the Bay: "Wyliecat" round down in 30+ knots with the boom sticking straight up and the bow buried underwater (think giant Laser). Major question: Why is PB#2 a mark on this course? -- Pat & Ross on "NANCY"

[Andy Newell]

Truth is, PB is on the course just so it's not just another Lightship race, like when we did a couple per year.

I can't imagine a WylieCat 30 doing a death roll, but the conditions were right for it. Our spinnaker adds stability, really it does... Until it doesn't!

[Andy Newell]

Just to be clear, the PB I am referring to is Point Bonita. Photo Boy is always welcome on our race course!

[BobJ]

It looks like PB chose The Plastic Classic and its "T" mark for Saturday's photos.

[psycho tiller]

Wow, what a great race! It had all the "W"'s that make for a great one; whales, wind, whales, waves, whales, wipeouts, water and whales. Did I mention the whales?

For the most part we stayed with the fleet on the north side during the beat out to the lightship. The J/125 "Can't Touch This" lived up to it's name and was out of sight quickly as well as the Swan 53 "Blue" who also "Blue" past the rest of us. The remaining fleet seemed to trade tacks on the way out to the lightship searching for that ever elusive perfect combination of favorable current and wind.

On the way back with kites set it was business as usual with light to moderate winds except for the somewhat chaotic waves which made finding a groove challenging for us. The wind predictably picked up big time as we approached the Golden Gate Bridge. We saw gusts up to 38 knots on Junkyard Dog just east of Raccoon Straits and at times saw sustained boat speeds in the 10-12 range and a high of 13 knots. Unfortunately our speed dropped considerably during our many wipeouts. Too bad wiping out is so slow because it sure is exciting!

Plan "A" on the way back into the bay was to hold deep on a port tack and squeeze past the north tower of the gate and continue through to Raccoon Straits to the finish. That plan failed miserably when we hit a huge wind hole just past the north Tower where we somehow went from downwind to upwind in a matter of seconds. Plan "B" now that we were sailing upwind (sort of) was "tack" the kite and go back into the heavier winds of the slot, now with the goal of rounding to the south of Angel Island and around Pt. Blunt.

Later, a wipeout in the heavy winds of the slot led to a runaway spin sheet. Onto Plan "C" which involved untangling the sheet, jibe-dousing and setting the A3. Plan "D" revealed itself when we were too far south and sailing too high of an angle to set the A3 in the 25-30 knot winds. So now we're onto plan D which was reach across the slot then point deeper into Raccoon Straits where we could set the A3. Except for a few wipeouts along the way we stuck to plan D the whole time! We always do things the right way on Junkyard Dog...after exhausting all other possibilities.

Video of the Dog Pound and Junkyard Dog's buckin' bronco ride below if you're interested. If you want to skip all the sailing nonsense and see a few whales breaching skip to the 35 second mark:
https://youtu.be/lVpCfmJXdB0

[Runs_with_sissors]

Looks like an exciting time.

Have you hugged your gooseneck lately?

[Photoboy]

It looks like PB chose The Plastic Classic and its "T" mark for Saturday's photos.

Had to help Supreme Commander of the SSS with his Pokemon For Sailors beta testing....





Looked at this mumbo jumbo Friday night and decided warm and sunny trumped a foggy damp 30 knots in the slot...




But just in case you missed the notorious "T" mark, let this burn into your retinas for a few....

[IOR Geezer]

Thanks for the mammaries, but Carol Doda she isn't.

[psycho tiller]

I will never ever be able to unsee that. Ever. And you say "foggy damp 30 knots in the slot" like it's a bad thing???