2020 Hook Race

[jerseyguy]

Kattack is fed by a Spot or an Inreach GPS tracker...

Issue can be older Spots require a reset every 24 hours and people forget to do that.

Sounds like it was brutal out there.

Based on the info coming from RYC’s Facebook Hook page, at least 20 DNFs so far, 3 dismastings, untold blown up sails, etc.  
Madcap and Thunderstruck are within a few miles of finishing.

 

[Morgan Crewed]

Kattack is fed by a Spot or an Inreach GPS tracker...

Issue can be older Spots require a reset every 24 hours and people forget to do that.

Sounds like it was brutal out there.

And a nice-sized thunder storm rolled over the northern part of the lake at 04:00 today.

 

[Monkey]

Both yesterday’s storm and this morning’s were a little wild!  Yesterday we were doing 17+ under full main and 3 in 42 knots of breeze and BIG waves while shoveling water over the bow. We’ve got video of that wild ride, but still out on the lake with lousy reception right now. 

 

[Monkey]

Vincitore is out. 

What happened?

 

[kru]

idk but they are listed as DNS and the tracker is in Lake Barrington

 

[Monkey]

They were out on the water before the race. We had an earlier start, so never saw if they started. 

 

[Grinder]

DNS. Not enough crew.  

 

[inter286]

Oops, Truant, not Gauntlet

Gauntlet was taken out with a blown main.  The tall pointy thing is still standing strong.  Made for Port Washington to lick the wounds.  Very disappointing, especially as that was our good main just back from repairs.  Delivery guys have already left for Harbor Springs and the back-up main pulled from the trailer.  

Might be some new carbon crew bags for us next year...  The season of FUBAR continues...

 

[jackolantern]

What type of boat is prospector ? 

Was a Farr 60

 

[Morgan Crewed]

At 21:00 CDT the Leaderboard lists 83 yachts,  31 have finished, 21 are still racing and 31 are DNF/DNS.

A 37.3% DNF/DNS rate tells you it was a rough time.  Hope the rest get in OK.

 

[jerseyguy]

Was a Farr 60

Hereinafter known as Thunderstruck

 

[Monkey]

Come on fellas.  We need video!  Carnage ain't carnage without video for the 10pm news!  If a mast fell in the middle Lake Michigan and there's no video did anyone hear it happen?

What’s the best way to post footage here?  Ours is carnage free, but an absolutely lit up J92 in the same storm that ate so many rigs. 
 

On a more serious note, hope the MOB from Smokin’ Joe is doing well. Each of us provided entertainment to the other with epic knockdowns, but we weren’t around for whatever went wrong. I’m assuming it was the nasty storm that hit Sunday morning. That thing was just mean!

 

[jerseyguy]

At 21:00 CDT the Leaderboard lists 83 yachts,  31 have finished, 21 are still racing and 31 are DNF/DNS.

A 37.3% DNF/DNS rate tells you it was a rough time.  Hope the rest get in OK.

I don’t know how accurate the leaderboard is.  For example, “Hasten” finished more than 5 hours ago but the leaderboard shows it on the course with 0.6 miles to go.

 

[Monkey]

I don’t know how accurate the leaderboard is.  For example, “Hasten” finished more than 5 hours ago but the leaderboard shows it on the course with 0.6 miles to go.

It was a cellphone based tracker. It was a mess. 

 

[jackolantern]

Hereinafter known as Thunderstruck

Cool story, bro. Way to tempt fate. 

 

[Monkey]

Here’s a couple short clips from the first storm that hit the fleet near Milwaukee. 
 

 

[stayoutofthemiddle]

6 minutes ago, Monkey said:

Here’s a couple short clips from the first storm that hit the fleet near Milwaukee. 
 

Sweet! Boat type?

 

[Monkey]

Sweet! Boat type?

J92. 

 

[jerseyguy]

Cool story, bro. Way to tempt fate. 

 

[Jackdaw]

Did the race on T10 Winnebago with a crew of 5. We were far enough ahead (early start and we got away well) to be on the north side of Milwaukee when the first shit hit. We could see wipeouts and all manner of clusterfuckery behind us as storm decimated the fleet and then the wind came north to us. We were with another T10 and played a game of chicken with them as to who could leave the kite up longest. Hard to take it down, as we were flying (OK T10 flying) in the 30 knots and following seas. We blinked, and they dropped 2 minutes later. We beat our spin speed max under jib and main while the storm drove through. Bit of a lull in lumpy seas after the storm passed, good time to break out the grill for dinner. Pressure back on and we clicked off the miles under spin and a starry sky. Around Sheboygan the sky started to darken and we could see but not hear lightning everywhere. But we were flying so all good, press on. Then we could hear the lightning, and the rain started. Kept the kite up as long as it seems sane, and lucked out and dropped it just before the shit started to hit. Driving rain and 45 knots of wind, so manageable and still making good VMG. 45 minutes of this and a bit of a lull, so we put up the jib. On queue, it then gets absolutely atrocious, continuous lighting and 65 knots of building breeze. We tear down the jib and sail under full main in basically survival mode. Wind in every direction as the storm rotates above us. Finally it gets less crazy, and we can turn towards the Porte du Morte, about 30nm due north. Another lull at dawn, some rain, and life is feeling pretty shitty. But then it fills in from the west, and we close reach to the turning mark, a USCG buoy that wasn't fucking there. Through the Porte and it looks like a champagne sail into the M&M, but christ there is another T10 200 yards behind us, and we dual fangs out all the way to the finish. Funny but we ran into that J92 like 4 times on the course, and finished a minute or two behind them. Great times!