Hitchhiker
Hoopy Frood
Sounds like it was a ripper. Any results posted?
Looking forward to it again! Boat is already up there.
Calling Dry Armor- What say your Crystal Ball?
If you’re not in bed by midnight, go home!Ouch
Would it be worth going out and down to skirt in right above Catalina and back up?If you’re not in bed by midnight, go home!
I’m sorry, but you used up all the wind last year.
On top of no wind, it’s probably going to be a thick, drizzly marine layer all night and into noon Saturday!
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Usually not. You end up dead upwind of the finish line in light breeze. And you’ld sail a shitload of extra miles.Would it be worth going out and down to skirt in right above Catalina and back up?
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I wish I could be optimistic, but I see a light start, filling in to NW 12ish around Anacapa in the mid afternoon. Then Bagel Bay glasses off at sunset. Dead Zone from Pt. Dume to Catalina until it fills back in around 1300 Saturday. It’ll be tough, even for the big boats!
BTW, only one Shrimp Feed seating this year!
SB2KH is a very fun race. Usually, finish around Midnight, occassionally before sunset and a few times around dawn. Gybing down the backside of Ana Capa with the entire fleet is always fun. It's just those darn years where it shuts down and it becomes a drift fest. Fortunately, I have only seen a couple drift athons since 1983 when I started doing this race.