Home	Summer Sailstice 6/24/23

We had a small but fun fleet. The month-long June Gloom persisted as the day started, but the cool weather moderated the usual thermal breeze and the prediction was for at least average, or slightly below winds. It was flukey on the south side of the Bay Bridge at the starting line. Kapai had a nice bit of breeze and started right on time, Bella Luna had some breeze and also managed to get a decent start. Vanishing Animal had litte, as did Windcatcher, so they were 3rd and 4th to cross the line.

But once on the Bay side of the bridge, the wind filled in nicely. Kapai had started to leeward and worked up in front of BElla Luna and Vanishing Animal. Vanishing Animal eased off and footed to get clear down to leeward, slowly gained on Kapai and Bella Luna. By the time we had cleared the City front curve and into clear air down the slot, Vanishing Animal had pulled ahead. As we passed the wind shadow of Alcatraz, the stratus cleared and we wre in glorious sunshine. The wind pipped up into the 15+ range and we all had a wonderful romp across to Angel Island. On Vanishing Animal we were holding an 8.3 knot boat speed muchof the way, but, with the rail practically in the water with our tall rig.

Truning down into Raccoon Strait, Vanishing Animal held a deep reach course to keep the jib full, and avoid the last of what looked like an ebb current at the edge of Angel Island. Kapai and Bella Luna tried the direct route down the Strait, and were stuck with light air and maybe that current, but in any case V.A. steadily reached down across the strait. By the time Kapai and Bella Luna did the same, it became a long game of chase.

Rounding the back of Angel Island and holding out to avoid the wind shadow, the Pt. Blunt Blast did it's usual number with 20 knots or so and the reach back to Treasure Island and the finish line was a fast one. Vanishing Animal finshed 1st, with Bella Luna, Kapai and Windcatcher following.

Dan Throop supported a raft-up in Clipper Cove and led the way in to anchor first. Bella Luna rafted up, followed by Kapai, and finally Vanishing Animal. Though it was a beautiful raft, the 20+ wind was whistling through the rigging and started to drag the whole raft down toward another boat. So, have raised a cheer to all, we broke u the raft and headed back to our home port. It was a great day to be on the water, and the Islander never looded better.

Here's the table of who sailed and their rating points:

	Score					Std = 135%			Raw		Skipper	Virtual		Correct.	Pics	Pics	Drone	Fun
Sail #	Y/N	Boat Name	Skipper		P-Allow	Jib	J-Allow	Tall?	Rating	Skipper	Adjust	Crew	Burgee	Rating	Others	You	Vid	Rating
6697	Y	Bella Luna	Bob DaPrato	I	10	135	0	-6	148	Me		0	1	149				149
438	Y	Kapai	Rick Egan	E	0	125	0	0	144	Me		0	1	145	5	2		152
11543	Y	Vanishing Animal	Rick Van Mell	I	15	135	0	-6	153	Me		0	1	154	5	5		164
38015	Y	Windcatcher	Dan Throop	I	15	135	0	0	159	Me	10		1	170				170

Here are the crew lists:

Boats Listed =	4
Boat Crew Total =	13
Boat	Real Crew
Totals:	4
Bella Luna	Bob DaPrato
	Rob Blendermann
	Mike Blendermann
	Mike's wife
Totals:	6
Kapai	Rick Egan
	Kathy Egan
	Bryce Egan
	Reanne
	Simon
	Queenie
Totals:	2
Vanishing Animal	Rick Van Mell
Totals:	1
Windcatcher	Dan Throop

OK, we all know the "Rally" bit, and ratings adjusted for fun, are maybe a tiny bit less than exact science, but the results below are pretty interesting. DanThroop's 10 sec/mi for single handing puts Windcatcher in 2nd place on Corrected Score. What a great job he did! So here are the scores:

Scratch Rating:

144

Course A =

11.2

Course B =

11.5

Start:

12:0:0

Decimal Second =

=1/86400

Finish

Elapsed

Raw

Raw

Raw

Correct.

Correct.

Correct.

Fun

Fun

Fun

Sail #

Boat Name

Skipper

Time

Time

Rating

Allow.

Score

Rating

Allow.

Score

Rating

Allow.

Score

11543

Vanishing Animal

Rick Van Mell

13:39:20

1:39:20

153

0:1:41

1:37:39

154

0:1:52

1:37:28

164

0:3:44

1:35:36

38015

Windcatcher

Dan Throop

13:45:47

1:45:47

159

0:2:48

1:42:59

170

0:4:51

1:40:56

170

0:4:51

1:40:56

6697

Bella Luna

Bob DaPrato

13:42:10

1:42:10

148

0:0:45

1:41:25

149

0:0:56

1:41:14

149

0:0:56

1:41:14

438

Kapai

Rick Egan

13:44:10

1:44:10

144

0:0:0

1:44:10

145

0:0:11

1:43:59

152

0:1:30

1:42:40

And finally, here are the great videos from Mike Blendermann and pictures from a great Islander 36 Summer Sailstice Rally!

    

    

Gray start	Burgee flies	City Front ...	Pelican starts dive bomb ...	in front of cruiser.
Ex presidential yacht Potomac	Kapai ...	and crew.	Bella Luna ...	and crew.
Windcatcher.	Kapai starts first ...	Bella Luna next ...	Vanishing Animal starts	Bella Luna leads V.A.
Kapai leads V.A.	Kapai leads Bella Luna ...	but Rick is driving ...	V.A. pulls ahead.	Michael driving
Kapai to windward	Bella Luna astern	Dreamcatcher to leeward	Passing Alcatraz	Into Raccoon Strait
Kapai & Bella Luna	Great pelican ...	fly by!	Cloudy Gate ...	Windcatcher & Kapai
Rounding Angel Island	Pt. Blunt blast.	Approaching Bay Br. finish.	Windcatcher to anchorage	Bella Luna alongside
Kapai alongside	V.A. approaches raft.	Rob on foredeck ...	sails furled ...	lines secure ...
well done ...	time to relax.	Kapai crew	V.A. heading home ..	happy campers.
J 105 fleet race ...	hit by big ...	gusts ...	wiped out ...	back ...
under control???	making tracks for home ...	safely in our slip.	All is well.	SFO winds today!