Well Frank's predictions of conditions were more or less right on. I crewed on Gary Bruner's Yankee 30 and it was challenging. We raced conservatively And three of us helmed in short stints. The seas were confused and good sized. Keeping the boat tracking was quite a physical affair because of the Yankee's smallish wheel.
I can't count the number of blown chutes throughout the fleets. We are packing a Mumm 36 chute home with us so they may get it fixed and back in time for Swiftsure. There is going to be a lot of work for sail makers in the pacific northwest these next two weeks! Looking forward to more war stories from other sailors at the Royal Vic this afternoon. I reiterate the wisdom Frank exercised in staying in. It was a somewhat wild ride. Kevin 30-2 Sent from a mobile device. On May 11, 2014 5:35 AM, "David Jacobs via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Good decision. Perhaps the one thing we do benefit from getting older is > wisdom. > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Alan > Bergen via CnC-List > *Sent:* Saturday, May 10, 2014 7:43 PM > *To:* C&C Photoalbum email list > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Cool change and Oregon Offshore Race > > > > 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 > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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