Sara and I joined Chris on his F-27 to race the YRA’s Second-Half Opener race, from Berkeley to Point Bonita and back down the estuary.
It was a fantastic day with only one minor scare: the port ama hatch was only closed to the ‘vent’ setting, and while beating out of the Gates we [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Racing the YRA Second-Half Opener on Chris’ F-27
Published July 27th, 2008 in Racing and Sailing. ClosedAnother enjoyable friday-evening race on John’s FT10 “Savage Beauty”.
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Sara and I went down to the St. Francis Yacht Club for the Pacific Cup final start – the big boats! StFYC is very impressive. We went up to the observation deck and watched the 50-70 footers tack back and forth before the start.
Criminal Mischief got a fantastic start, at the line driving [...]
Sara and I joined John and company for another friday night beer-can race aboard his FT10. We had a great start, were right behind the leaders going into the spinnaker run, and saw top speeds above 15kts downwind!
Dousing the spinny went all wrong. I on the bow pulling the clew and tack in, [...]
I scootered down to the St. Francis Yacht Club on the San Francisco Bay, CA at lunch to catch the 2nd double-handed start of the Pacific Cup. This start is the small ULDB boats, Moore 24s, Olsons, and Dylan’s custom Dogpatch 26 “Moonshine”.
Oh, plus there was a Swede 55, “The Contessa”, which weighs [...]
