Smart move! Rich
> On May 10, 2014, at 20:42, Alan Bergen via CnC-List <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I received this email from Frank, this morning: > > As you know, we decided not to race in the Oregon offshore. > This decision was made at 0600 Thursday morning. All the crew members were > in agreement not to participate in the race. > We had been monitoring the weather for the past 30 days and watching the > trends for the offshore race course. > > We knew that the race was going to be fast but that implied that the course > would be challenging. We were looking at weather predications from NOAA > that included up to 40 knot gusts, 20 to 35 knot sustained winds, five foot > swell at 9 seconds and nine foot wind waves from Grays Harbor to the Strait. > > The boat was not the problem, it was the crew that I was concerned about. > We could expect one critical boat part failure, most of us getting sick, and > possibly one or more serious injuries. Only three crew were experienced in > heavy weather sailing offshore. Our average crew members age is close to 60 > years old. Two members being over 70 years old and one less than 50 years > old. Three women and 5 men on the crew. A majority of the crew is new to > offshore racing and have never experienced the conditions that were > predicted for the time of the race. Although we all wanted to race, it was > obvious to all of us that if we experienced the conditions that were > predicted we would most likely regret the decision to go. > > Making the decision not to race was very hard for me but deciding to go and > being responsible for a crew members injury would be even more difficult to > endure. > > For our boat, for our crew, the decision not to race in the predicted race > course conditions was a good one. > > The crew delivered the boat back to RCYC. Nice cruise up the Columbia > River. Stopped at Rainer over night. Averaged 6.7 kts through the water > and 4.1 kts over land. > > We are already preparing for next year. > > Alan Bergen > 35 Mk III Thirsty > Rose City YC > Portland, OR > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected]
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