Key West 2011

[Snaggletooth]

I hear there was a chick fight on Friday night. Any details? Better yet, video?

scarry!

 

[budman]

Just did a quick read through on the posts.

Re: 2 races in a day versus 3. If you read the SI's, KWRW has a maximum of 10 races set for the week. For every day, but the first day, the maximum number of races is 3. Since the goal is to run Fair races as much as possible, you will find that no races are started with less than 4k of wind. If the wind drops to below 4k during a race, you will see that race shortened if at all possible. If you watched the KW weather, you would see that is what was happening during the week. For our second race of the day, the boats would go from a nice speed, to slow motion, to frame by frame for the last boats on the last leg since they also had to fight a 4k current, even with the course being shortened. Having sailed in the back of the pack in very little wind against current before, I felt their pain, but No One dropped out. Until the 5th day, the wind was not substantial enough to allow for a 3rd race. For Division 3, the boats are not able to do a 1.5/1.3 mile leg in the same amount of time as the boats in the other divisions, so on the last day we still got in only 2 races. 9 races in 5 days is still not a bad week's work.

Re: RC compensation. I get a place to stay for the week. I get a roommate. I get my RC shirts and hat. I get into the tent. I get smiles, hugs, laughter, and to chat with everyone. I pay for my flight, my bicycle, my meals, my souveniors(sp). I am up at 6:45am - 7:15am to make boat call. I carry a backback with my laptop, camera, paperwork, rule book, foul weather gear, and everything else I need that ends up weighing at least 15lbs. I ride a bicycle everywhere, in the rain(backpack has a rain bonnet), in the wind, in the heat. I take your picture at the start, maybe around marks, maybe at finishes. I blog what I see and hear from the upwind RC boats who are trying to take wind readings, move marks, and watch for any safety issues. I record your finish times. I enter in everything in my laptop regardless of how much wave swell happens, how much the boat rocks, how much it rains, if I have connectivity or not, if there is screen glare, if you all finish together, if my mouse goes flying (it is a tethered one and never wireless for that reason), or if my stomach and equilibrium is telling me that concentrating on a screen is not really a good idea. I see the results before any of you, yet at the end of the day, I still cannot tell you who won. I see every one of your faces and can tell you what boat you were on and how you looked at the start and how you struggled on a rounding, yet I don't know your name. I know that our mark boats doing a Charlie over Q with a negative and degree change within 2 minutes after the call is made is very, very cool, but know that most of you really can't appreciate how and why it happened. Even at 50, I am the youngest person on the boat and the least experienced in racing, RC, and anything having to do with being on the water, so I have no stories to tell that they haven't experienced 10 fold. My RC compensation is more than money can provide. I learn every time I am with this group, every time they talk about what you are doing on the water, what your boat is about, how your boat owner treats the boat and his crew, what they see that I can barely pick up, and how they know what is going to happen next just by looking at the sky. So, yes, I am paid and paid handsomely. You should be so lucky.

well said and written . . . . we feel we had the best RC of any Div. Thanks for volunteering your time to be with us.

 

[Heriberto]

I hear there was a chick fight on Friday night. Any details? Better yet, video?

scarry!

Aaaiiiieeeee!!!! Do not click that link. Scarred for life.

Seriously, The Gardener told me he was checking a chick fight in "the tent". He wouldn't have been watching if they weren't hot. The chicks in that vid are a hard-off.

 

[joydot]

Just the facts:

http://www.yachtscoring.com/race_blog.cfm

 

[treef]

It's too bad that contributions like Joydot's sometimes get lost in all the noise. I wasn't there and I don't know who you are, but as a sailor I appreciate it all the same. Thanks for the effort and for volunteering.

Re: RC compensation. I get a place to stay for the week. I get a roommate. I get my RC shirts and hat. I get into the tent. I get smiles, hugs, laughter, and to chat with everyone. I pay for my flight, my bicycle, my meals, my souveniors(sp). I am up at 6:45am - 7:15am to make boat call. I carry a backback with my laptop, camera, paperwork, rule book, foul weather gear, and everything else I need that ends up weighing at least 15lbs. I ride a bicycle everywhere, in the rain(backpack has a rain bonnet), in the wind, in the heat. I take your picture at the start, maybe around marks, maybe at finishes. I blog what I see and hear from the upwind RC boats who are trying to take wind readings, move marks, and watch for any safety issues. I record your finish times. I enter in everything in my laptop regardless of how much wave swell happens, how much the boat rocks, how much it rains, if I have connectivity or not, if there is screen glare, if you all finish together, if my mouse goes flying (it is a tethered one and never wireless for that reason), or if my stomach and equilibrium is telling me that concentrating on a screen is not really a good idea. I see the results before any of you, yet at the end of the day, I still cannot tell you who won. I see every one of your faces and can tell you what boat you were on and how you looked at the start and how you struggled on a rounding, yet I don't know your name. I know that our mark boats doing a Charlie over Q with a negative and degree change within 2 minutes after the call is made is very, very cool, but know that most of you really can't appreciate how and why it happened. Even at 50, I am the youngest person on the boat and the least experienced in racing, RC, and anything having to do with being on the water, so I have no stories to tell that they haven't experienced 10 fold. My RC compensation is more than money can provide. I learn every time I am with this group, every time they talk about what you are doing on the water, what your boat is about, how your boat owner treats the boat and his crew, what they see that I can barely pick up, and how they know what is going to happen next just by looking at the sky. So, yes, I am paid and paid handsomely. You should be so lucky.

 

[TCWippy]

Anybody know why the 44.7 got DSQed in 5th race in PHRF 1? They would be close to winning this regatta is they could only stay out of trouble.

Lost a port/starboard protest with the OD35, right after the start of the race.

 

[MikeR]

Just did a quick read through on the posts.

Re: 2 races in a day versus 3. If you read the SI's, KWRW has a maximum of 10 races set for the week. For every day, but the first day, the maximum number of races is 3. Since the goal is to run Fair races as much as possible, you will find that no races are started with less than 4k of wind. If the wind drops to below 4k during a race, you will see that race shortened if at all possible. If you watched the KW weather, you would see that is what was happening during the week. For our second race of the day, the boats would go from a nice speed, to slow motion, to frame by frame for the last boats on the last leg since they also had to fight a 4k current, even with the course being shortened. Having sailed in the back of the pack in very little wind against current before, I felt their pain, but No One dropped out. Until the 5th day, the wind was not substantial enough to allow for a 3rd race. For Division 3, the boats are not able to do a 1.5/1.3 mile leg in the same amount of time as the boats in the other divisions, so on the last day we still got in only 2 races. 9 races in 5 days is still not a bad week's work.

Re: RC compensation. I get a place to stay for the week. I get a roommate. I get my RC shirts and hat. I get into the tent. I get smiles, hugs, laughter, and to chat with everyone. I pay for my flight, my bicycle, my meals, my souveniors(sp). I am up at 6:45am - 7:15am to make boat call. I carry a backback with my laptop, camera, paperwork, rule book, foul weather gear, and everything else I need that ends up weighing at least 15lbs. I ride a bicycle everywhere, in the rain(backpack has a rain bonnet), in the wind, in the heat. I take your picture at the start, maybe around marks, maybe at finishes. I blog what I see and hear from the upwind RC boats who are trying to take wind readings, move marks, and watch for any safety issues. I record your finish times. I enter in everything in my laptop regardless of how much wave swell happens, how much the boat rocks, how much it rains, if I have connectivity or not, if there is screen glare, if you all finish together, if my mouse goes flying (it is a tethered one and never wireless for that reason), or if my stomach and equilibrium is telling me that concentrating on a screen is not really a good idea. I see the results before any of you, yet at the end of the day, I still cannot tell you who won. I see every one of your faces and can tell you what boat you were on and how you looked at the start and how you struggled on a rounding, yet I don't know your name. I know that our mark boats doing a Charlie over Q with a negative and degree change within 2 minutes after the call is made is very, very cool, but know that most of you really can't appreciate how and why it happened. Even at 50, I am the youngest person on the boat and the least experienced in racing, RC, and anything having to do with being on the water, so I have no stories to tell that they haven't experienced 10 fold. My RC compensation is more than money can provide. I learn every time I am with this group, every time they talk about what you are doing on the water, what your boat is about, how your boat owner treats the boat and his crew, what they see that I can barely pick up, and how they know what is going to happen next just by looking at the sky. So, yes, I am paid and paid handsomely. You should be so lucky.

well said and written . . . . we feel we had the best RC of any Div. Thanks for volunteering your time to be with us.

+10 joydot is the best!

Cheers,

MikeR

 

[daffy]

don't know if it was said before, but one reason for a smallish # of boats may be because orc in miami is taking 3-400 sailors there.

 

[Beverator]

well, despite all the bullshit on this forum about people saying the event sucks, i still had a lot of fun down here. For an old class (well, compared to the M32), the M/F30 is a pretty damn fun boat, and the racing was ridiculously close - especially today. Even the "tent", which while not quite as epic as it was the first year i was here, was still pretty good with some cool people hanging out there. I certainly hope the event hangs in there and starts growing again. I mean, it fits in so perfectly with my school break and all....

oh, and successfully port-tacking the fleet in the last race today was just icing on the cake...

Saw that but not 100% sure I remember which boat. Were you Just Plain Nutz?!?!

 

[mustang__1]

yep. awesome call from our helm about 1:30 out. still cant believe we got away with that - i havent done a port tack start in a while.... what boat were you on?

 

[olshitsky]

well, despite all the bullshit on this forum about people saying the event sucks, i still had a lot of fun down here. For an old class (well, compared to the M32), the M/F30 is a pretty damn fun boat, and the racing was ridiculously close - especially today. Even the "tent", which while not quite as epic as it was the first year i was here, was still pretty good with some cool people hanging out there. I certainly hope the event hangs in there and starts growing again. I mean, it fits in so perfectly with my school break and all....

oh, and successfully port-tacking the fleet in the last race today was just icing on the cake...

Saw that but not 100% sure I remember which boat. Were you Just Plain Nutz?!?!

+1

Yes Bev, that was Just Plain Nutz. It was pretty damn fun to watch them do it too.

 

[Matt F]

what, the deans pulled that off, congrats to them.

was this the first year in how long that there was not a single Farr 40 at Key West Race week? i was just looking over the results and dont see a single one.

 

[Beverator]

yep. awesome call from our helm about 1:30 out. still cant believe we got away with that - i havent done a port tack start in a while.... what boat were you on?

Jack-A-Roe. And that was pretty amazing!

 

[mustang__1]

yeah man. I clearly remember grinding in the jib and realizing that i had in fact correctly heard - for some reason i had it in my head we were doing a port approach.... Good times. Great meeting and racing you guys, we'll have to catch up for a beer in Chicago; if all goes right i'll probably have a ride out there again for the Mac race probably a 109.

 

[C-bow-run]

what, the deans pulled that off, congrats to them.

was this the first year in how long that there was not a single Farr 40 at Key West Race week? i was just looking over the results and dont see a single one.

there all down in AUS getting ready for the worlds, 23+ boats now.

 

[left hook]

So who are the favorites to win their class? (Back to the actual event with us)

Mini Maxi: Numbers

TP52: Vela Veloce

IRC: Tonnere De Breskens

RC44: BOR 44

Farr 30: Groovederci

Melges 32/24: Who the fuck knows

J/105: Eclipse

J/80: Le Tigre

PHRF1: Rush or Kontiki. Depends on whether Stu J is on his game or not.

PHRF2: Tangent

PHRF3 & Multi: Who the fuck knows

How did everyone elses predictions fare?

 

[Squalamax]

So who are the favorites to win their class? (Back to the actual event with us)

Mini Maxi: Numbers

TP52: Vela Veloce

IRC: Tonnere De Breskens

RC44: BOR 44

Farr 30: Groovederci

Melges 32/24: Who the fuck knows

J/105: Eclipse

J/80: Le Tigre

PHRF1: Rush or Kontiki. Depends on whether Stu J is on his game or not.

PHRF2: Tangent

PHRF3 & Multi: Who the fuck knows

How did everyone elses predictions fare?

Your calls look like they came out pretty good, although not sure why you didn't pick Barking Mad for the Farr 30's. That was an easy one. The 105's were not so easy as Masquerade was probably favored, but Savasana came out with the "three peat" win and Damian's always in the money as well.

 

[Mr. Squirrel]

So who are the favorites to win their class? (Back to the actual event with us)

Mini Maxi: Numbers

TP52: Vela Veloce

IRC: Tonnere De Breskens

RC44: BOR 44

Farr 30: Groovederci

Melges 32/24: Who the fuck knows

J/105: Eclipse

J/80: Le Tigre

PHRF1: Rush or Kontiki. Depends on whether Stu J is on his game or not.

PHRF2: Tangent

PHRF3 & Multi: Who the fuck knows

How did everyone elses predictions fare?

How are you able to determine who made the right calls? Because SA didnt cover the regatta I was under the impression, just ask Left Hook, that there was no information available. You are probably making this all up. Yeah that must be it....

MS

 

[left hook]

So who are the favorites to win their class? (Back to the actual event with us)

Mini Maxi: Numbers

TP52: Vela Veloce

IRC: Tonnere De Breskens

RC44: BOR 44

Farr 30: Groovederci

Melges 32/24: Who the fuck knows

J/105: Eclipse

J/80: Le Tigre

PHRF1: Rush or Kontiki. Depends on whether Stu J is on his game or not.

PHRF2: Tangent

PHRF3 & Multi: Who the fuck knows

How did everyone elses predictions fare?

How are you able to determine who made the right calls? Because SA didnt cover the regatta I was under the impression, just ask Left Hook, that there was no information available. You are probably making this all up. Yeah that must be it....

MS

I actually just arbitrarily decided that which of my own picks were the ones that had won, it's more fun that way. I couldn't pick all of them mind you; if I stroked my ego that hard I might make a mess all over the drapes....

 

[budman]

As usual, my pics can be found at:

http://picasaweb.goo...com/joydotsails

Take a look at Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5

I love my new camera, but I am still working at getting the shot. Please forgive those partial heads, crotch shots, and water views that were not intentional...or were they?

It was a great week as usual. The new venue allowed for a lot more discussions and laughter about the day's racing. The lighter air made strategy more important than crew mechanics, but there wasn't much recovery time allowed for any mistakes. I got to work with the best RC crew ever; I love them all! It is such a well oiled machine that handles every scenario with ease and laughter.

Joy - You took some AWESOME pics from the RC boat. Thanks for sharing. I am posting the following pics, as it helps us to see just how our crew work, boat handling and tactics helped us to clinch the win in PHRF 3. This is a sequence you took at the leeward starboard gate - a windward douse, jibe rounding. Only wish there were a couple more to show the full sequence to close hauled upwind. Thanks, again, for the great work you and the rest of the crew did on Div 3 RC!

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