Jamaica Race...
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Soley
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Caribbean 600 has become a favorite, taking up a lot of entries.
Shockwave is about the only boat in this race who could do both. It would be tight though.
My wish for Pineapple Cup would be for RORC to get involved and support this race and have the 600 biannually on opposite years.
Shockwave is about the only boat in this race who could do both. It would be tight though.
My wish for Pineapple Cup would be for RORC to get involved and support this race and have the 600 biannually on opposite years.
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Rail Meat
Super Anarchist
Apologies for not being more active in posting in the lead up to the Pineapple Cup.. Juggling too many things.
This race is awesome. Two of the friendliest host clubs and organizers, a beautiful reaching and running (hopefully) course and sailing instructions that include the memorable phrase "keep Cuba to starboard"..I know the RORC 600 has taken boats away from this race, but if you are not going to do the eastern Caribbean circuit and you are jonesing for some awesome winter sailing, you owe it to yourself to do this race.
This race is awesome. Two of the friendliest host clubs and organizers, a beautiful reaching and running (hopefully) course and sailing instructions that include the memorable phrase "keep Cuba to starboard"..I know the RORC 600 has taken boats away from this race, but if you are not going to do the eastern Caribbean circuit and you are jonesing for some awesome winter sailing, you owe it to yourself to do this race.
Rail Meat
Super Anarchist
1113 hours
Feb 7
Lat 25 43.327n
Lon 77 13.485 w
North east of Great Stirrup Cay
TWS 18 to 23
TWD 35 degrees to 65 degrees
Partly cloudy and warm. There is no fucking snow to shovel!!
We had an OK start, bit late to the line due to a misjudged rate of speed. Very Vanderbilt of us.The winds have consistently been north east and fluctuating about 30 degrees. For Friday's start, they were 22 to 30, and typically in the 24 knot range.
Those sent us off on port board into very lumpy seas created by the gulf stream. It took us a while to get dialed in, and that let Amhas get about 1.5 miles out in front of us, while we held off Bo Dream and First Light. Unfortunately, we footed off a bit too much and ended up 2 miles south of our first mark, Great Issac, and had to put a hitch in north to get around it. A subsequent mishap on my part with the autopilot crash gybed the boat and put our bagged A5 into the water. Recovery of that cost us about 3 miles (and some advil) and now we are faced with the prospect of trying to grind down the very well sailed Amhas.. We have a SC52 and J145 right in front of us who are enjoying the uphill portion of this race far more than we are, but I expect a different story once we get around Eleuthra and head south.
We are moving well, under 1 reef and the trinquettte. raman for lunch.
Feb 7
Lat 25 43.327n
Lon 77 13.485 w
North east of Great Stirrup Cay
TWS 18 to 23
TWD 35 degrees to 65 degrees
Partly cloudy and warm. There is no fucking snow to shovel!!
We had an OK start, bit late to the line due to a misjudged rate of speed. Very Vanderbilt of us.The winds have consistently been north east and fluctuating about 30 degrees. For Friday's start, they were 22 to 30, and typically in the 24 knot range.
Those sent us off on port board into very lumpy seas created by the gulf stream. It took us a while to get dialed in, and that let Amhas get about 1.5 miles out in front of us, while we held off Bo Dream and First Light. Unfortunately, we footed off a bit too much and ended up 2 miles south of our first mark, Great Issac, and had to put a hitch in north to get around it. A subsequent mishap on my part with the autopilot crash gybed the boat and put our bagged A5 into the water. Recovery of that cost us about 3 miles (and some advil) and now we are faced with the prospect of trying to grind down the very well sailed Amhas.. We have a SC52 and J145 right in front of us who are enjoying the uphill portion of this race far more than we are, but I expect a different story once we get around Eleuthra and head south.
We are moving well, under 1 reef and the trinquettte. raman for lunch.
Rail Meat
Super Anarchist
More updates this evening.
More updates this evening (if I can keep the inmarsat working)
More updates this evening (if I can keep the inmarsat working)
Sol Rosenberg
Girthy Member
There are just about 24 hours left to break the record. Shockwave is just shy of Inagua. We could be seeing history.
I did my first MoBay 32 years ago, and I've been involved with it for some time now. It is an absolute riot of a race, that sticks in your memory for a while. When I meet someone who suggests that it be killed-off, I usually ask the person if they have ever done one, and the answer is usually no. There was one race long ago, with 4 entries, yet it lived on. This year's fleet is up from the last race, and the Class 40 action looks to be entertaining. The chase for the record should be fun. Enjoy it.
I did my first MoBay 32 years ago, and I've been involved with it for some time now. It is an absolute riot of a race, that sticks in your memory for a while. When I meet someone who suggests that it be killed-off, I usually ask the person if they have ever done one, and the answer is usually no. There was one race long ago, with 4 entries, yet it lived on. This year's fleet is up from the last race, and the Class 40 action looks to be entertaining. The chase for the record should be fun. Enjoy it.
Rail Meat
Super Anarchist
2341 Hours, Feb 7
Latitude 22 44.684 n
Longitude
TWS 16 to 23 knots
TWA 41 to 75 degrees
Clear sky with a near full moon
Rounded the north east corner of Eluthra around 3 pm after a long slog across the top. Came down 30 degrees, but of course the wind has continued to clock east so it has not turned into a Code 5 reach. We were able to strike the Trinquette and go to the solent for a bit of a reach but the conditions are so shifty that on-watch is constant trimming.
It is a beautiful night, as we run along the pitch black coast of Cat Island. Allegedly the first land fall of Columbus, he must have been bummed and thinking of what to tell the Queen. "Well, your highness. No timber, no water, no spices, no harbor, no gold. But a nice beach. Thanks for the sponsorship."
Latitude 22 44.684 n
Longitude
TWS 16 to 23 knots
TWA 41 to 75 degrees
Clear sky with a near full moon
Rounded the north east corner of Eluthra around 3 pm after a long slog across the top. Came down 30 degrees, but of course the wind has continued to clock east so it has not turned into a Code 5 reach. We were able to strike the Trinquette and go to the solent for a bit of a reach but the conditions are so shifty that on-watch is constant trimming.
It is a beautiful night, as we run along the pitch black coast of Cat Island. Allegedly the first land fall of Columbus, he must have been bummed and thinking of what to tell the Queen. "Well, your highness. No timber, no water, no spices, no harbor, no gold. But a nice beach. Thanks for the sponsorship."
LeoV
Super Anarchist
MR.CLEAN
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thanks mike. Feel free to send a selfie if you can afford it!
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Rasputin22
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Shockwave 2/8/2015 11:13:33 PM 0.0 0.0 818.4 13.82 15.27 13.82 Amhas 2 197.4 196.6 617.7 8.59 14.04 8.59 Oakcliff Sailing 1 202.1 202.2 598.6 8.31 10.81 8.31 Dragon 231.6 231.7 570.7 7.92 10.71 7.92 Vortices 236.3 236.4 530.3 7.38 8.93 7.38 Renegade 246.2 254.7 533.8 8.15 8.32 8.15 Miss Maris 258.1 291.3 505.6 7.32 8.36 7.32 HotTicket 252.2 298.8 506.5 7.03 8.00 7.03 Senara 39509 260.5 299.1 501.7 6.96 8.53 6.96 Miss Jamaica 267.4 318.7 490.3 6.81 7.69 6.81 First Light 324.4 405.7 453.3 6.31 8.57 6.31
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GybeSet
Super Anarchist
SW miss the record?
Rail Meat
Super Anarchist
1500 hours, Feb 9
Lat 19 58.171 n
Lon 74 42.155
TWS 4 to 7 knots
TWD Southwest
Seas, light swell
Clear skies broken by squalls.
So much for trade winds. We had the north easterly blow consistently all the way down the east side of the Bahamas, allowing us to blast reach under the solent. Not blazing fast, but good enough to grind away a 14 mile lead that Renegade and Vortices had on us.
Right before we reached the Windward Passage at about 5 am today, a front move through with 30 plus. The back side of that had a whole lot of nothing for a good 5 hours bobbing about 2 miles off of the eastern point of Cubba until a southerly filled in, then moved to south west.
Looking at the ensemble forecasting, it did not seem that there would be anything down south. We also needed to do something different than Amhas and Oakcliff, so it all played into a short tacking beat down the coast of Cuba. We are a few miles to the east of Guantanamo right now, and have not been more than 5 miles off the coast all day. There has been a reliable sea breeze that has helped, but only single digits so it is slow going. Meanwhile, they have seen a gradient further out that has been OK for them. Nothing great, but kept them moving.
The one consolation is that this coast is unbelievably beautiful. Sparsely populated, undulating and folded hills dropping straight down into the sea. It looks a little bit like what some of the Hawaii islands would look like if you got rid of all of the people.
Back to it.
Lat 19 58.171 n
Lon 74 42.155
TWS 4 to 7 knots
TWD Southwest
Seas, light swell
Clear skies broken by squalls.
So much for trade winds. We had the north easterly blow consistently all the way down the east side of the Bahamas, allowing us to blast reach under the solent. Not blazing fast, but good enough to grind away a 14 mile lead that Renegade and Vortices had on us.
Right before we reached the Windward Passage at about 5 am today, a front move through with 30 plus. The back side of that had a whole lot of nothing for a good 5 hours bobbing about 2 miles off of the eastern point of Cubba until a southerly filled in, then moved to south west.
Looking at the ensemble forecasting, it did not seem that there would be anything down south. We also needed to do something different than Amhas and Oakcliff, so it all played into a short tacking beat down the coast of Cuba. We are a few miles to the east of Guantanamo right now, and have not been more than 5 miles off the coast all day. There has been a reliable sea breeze that has helped, but only single digits so it is slow going. Meanwhile, they have seen a gradient further out that has been OK for them. Nothing great, but kept them moving.
The one consolation is that this coast is unbelievably beautiful. Sparsely populated, undulating and folded hills dropping straight down into the sea. It looks a little bit like what some of the Hawaii islands would look like if you got rid of all of the people.
Back to it.
GybeSet
Super Anarchist
Shockwave misses Titans record by 41mins
Light at the finish beat her
Light at the finish beat her
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Rail Meat
Super Anarchist
0910 hours, Feb 10
TWD - on the fucking nose
TWS - 17 knots
Sea state - fucking boat stopping chopping
Doing a lot more of what Class 40s love to do. Beating up wind.
On the upside, we got a very close look at Guantanamo Bay last night. Tristan was pinned like a deer in a massive shore based spot light. Then we got the VHF call..."Dragon, this is US Coast Guard Guantanamo Bay". Apparently they like some distance in their relationships.
Set aside the fact that I did not know the Coasties had a duty station there. The more remarkable thing was the radio protocol. Normally when I hear a Coastie on the VHF, I feel like some unwashed bumpkin. All that "stand by", "Vessel this" and "Vessel that", "ship to channel 72 alpha". It is like some one did not give me the secret decoder ring.
Not in this instance. No frilly stuff. He all but said, "stay away from my fucking exclusion zone"
For the record, we did not go in the exclusion zone. Barely.
TWD - on the fucking nose
TWS - 17 knots
Sea state - fucking boat stopping chopping
Doing a lot more of what Class 40s love to do. Beating up wind.
On the upside, we got a very close look at Guantanamo Bay last night. Tristan was pinned like a deer in a massive shore based spot light. Then we got the VHF call..."Dragon, this is US Coast Guard Guantanamo Bay". Apparently they like some distance in their relationships.
Set aside the fact that I did not know the Coasties had a duty station there. The more remarkable thing was the radio protocol. Normally when I hear a Coastie on the VHF, I feel like some unwashed bumpkin. All that "stand by", "Vessel this" and "Vessel that", "ship to channel 72 alpha". It is like some one did not give me the secret decoder ring.
Not in this instance. No frilly stuff. He all but said, "stay away from my fucking exclusion zone"
For the record, we did not go in the exclusion zone. Barely.
