Home	YRA in the Bay #3 8/9/25

From Luna Sea
The predications called for wind from 3-9 knots with a few gusts in the upper teens. What we got was a steady 15-18 at the start building to 18-22 as the race went on. Gusts were as high as 28.

There were only three of us onboard, Rob, David and myself and we had some issues. Our plan was to cover Kapai at the start but we were both so late for the start we could not pull that off. We headed back to the line before them but the four minute sound for the next start was sounded before we even started. They started behind us. The Islanders were last out of the gate.

When we left Marina Village, we had rigged a lightweight kite. In the heavy wind we poled out the headsail on the downwind run from Little Harding back to the Berkely Circle, and actually lost a spinnaker sheet with an expensive shackle over the side. Ouch.

But we were successful in our primary goal and finished ahead of the other Islanders. Our overall results were poor, finishing eighth in a fleet of twelve in the first race.

After the first race we had had enough. More than 10 boats dropped out of the second race but a few of them did exactly what we did, started late under main alone to get the DNF instead of the DNC. Most of these guys were racing in the YRA Series so the points are important to them. We were the only Islander to start the second race. So, after starting under main alone, we radioed the race committee and withdrew. DNF beats DNC and we just want to get the class win.

Happy Sailing, and here's a link to our video..
Dan
Luna Sea, #420


From Kapai
Kapai started the race but was shorthanded and so late to the finish that we basically bailed out at the leeward mark and headed south. We notified the RC that we withdrew but for some reason they scored us as DNC rather than DNF I'm not going to sweat that. . (Webmaster note: For our I-36 results, they were scored DNF.)

With regard to the 2 race vs 1 race I did not realize it was two races when we added the two YRA "in the bay events" to the Race Schedule. That said, I viewed the YRA dates as an event to participate in and had planned to do both races had conditions been more docile and my crew not ready to mutiny.

Kapai generally enjoys the destination races like Vallejo and WestPoint as it is fun to meet other Islander's post race.

Commodore Egan

Kapai	Luna Sea ahead	Running the line	lots of breeze
Kapai flying!	off the wind	Luna Sea dries the kite