Here's some email that was not sent over the mail lists.. >From David McDaniel...
1st, we forgot our Marine Weather / VHS. Do not think it would have mattered. I take it that Roger P. had NOAA reports. Sat. am, Karen Weatherunderground and my Dark Sky, reported the same - 20 mph around 1 to 2 oclock - we could handle that. We saw you head up, and I asked Karen to keep an eye upwind to see what side you were sailing, which she did. The 2nd start occurred, after that we ran the line for a 2nd time and at our 5 min signal, we ran it again, planning on getting to the Pin, and then gybing around and park off the Comm. Boat. As we got past the Pin ( 9 sec. ). I started to turn and saw it coming, big dark, and fast, yelled at Karen to get on my side, I immediately turned into the wind, the Jib was loose and she could not bring it in fast enough, I told her to release it for the time being, and bring in the Down Haul and Rotation to the Max and sit near me aft and hold on for the ride. I must I have had a worn pin, cause immediately after some violet flaps, we lost the jib pin, so we made the ride with a horrific flapping , and was it loud.... But at least is was feathering and we had not gone over. Just before our start, Karen had put her Spray Top On, mine would still stay in the pocket till our landing. So, I could see several Cats Toward A Mark turned over, Saw one Cat off to my Left, we were on Starboard, I figured I would head up wind , and ride it out, The Wind never died to my liking. We had a chance to go down wind toward a shore line, but after several attempts I made the decision not to do it. I did not want any chance of going over during the power angle, had no idea if a huge gust would come in or a shift would occur, causing a false gybe. Karen is tough, during the Rough Riders and the South Dakota blows, she is calm , calls our big waves and is in the ready. We saw an Island in the Distance and decided that our line would take us to it, we could land and fix the Jib, angle the boat to the Home. It took a while, but we got to a Clay, sandy , and pebbled beach. I was very cold , and up trying to get the boat grounded, which was a chore, I shook at times very violently. Karen's fingers and feet were numb. With a Pin gone, I looked for a Shackle, could not find an extra one, usually keep several , but had no idea were they were put from last year, with the Jib furled, we tried to tie a line to Jib, but every time we would it close, the top of the jib would take wind and unfurl, causing the boat to shake , very bad. We decided to pull the Jib down. Glad we did, we were tired, and getting colder. After the take down, we grounded the boat to a degree to our satisfaction, and found a cover in the bank to shield us from the wind and try to warm up. I remember digging my feet into the sand, it was warm, and I finally stopped shaking so much. To or surprise, we found many un hatched eggs on the beach, remote it was. After about 10 min or so, we decided to make our way home. Off feathering the boat, with the Main our to the strap, dumping wind with the main sheet, down haul and rotation on full, we feathered toward the North Shore. As we go close, we headed down wind and then on to our Beach. Thank you Laura, for being there with the Cat Trax, and helping get them on, Laura then went to get help, she could see that I was shaking , Steve P. and Juke game and helped lower the Main, and Karen & I went to our camp, A very big thanks to S and J for taking the boat to our campsite. Response from Mike Beuerlein Dave, I'm glad you and Karen were alright, you were on the water a very long time and it got EXTREMELY COLD! I think we were all very warm when we left the beach and I expected to roast during the first race but things sure changed fast! Philippe knew that the wind would shift right and we both wanted to go right as soon as possible after the start. However, even though we pinned Piche against the transom of the committee boat at the start we were not able to pull ahead of him to avoid having to duck him when we tacked back to the right. When we finally did and sailed backwards to avoid fouling, we didn't sail too long before it became strong enough to trapeze and, when we tacked for the mark, quickly double-trap. By now, we were KILLING Rohrer & Piche and we thought we'd seen the front. We ran the tack out in preparation for the hoist around A mark and then the front REALLY hit! The wind whipped the spinnaker fully out of the snuffer and its flogging sideways drove us down despite Philippe's best efforts to hold us high. I went in just a bit to re-snuff but we dove down the mine shaft so fast sending us both flying into the main. Somehow, we did not both go through. We were able to watch both Rohrer and Piche go over as well as they caught up to us to windward. At that point, we weighed whether it was better to stay out racing in near survival conditions (but fun!) or to retire from the race and let the committee and chase boats tend to themselves and others. We opted for warmth and were the first boat back but I REALLY feel for those who were stuck out there longer. On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 12:58 PM Jim Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > A big thanks to Mike, Rodger & all the crew who made this event possible. > Weather events are not predictable, and we finally got "bit". > In 30 years of racing, I think this is the first regatta I ever attended > that ended with no races. I hope it will be 30 more years before it > happens again. > > Jim Casto > NACRA 5.5 uni "TWO HOT" > > On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 12:26:49 AM CDT, Mike Rohrer < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Sailors, > > We had 15 boats registered this year and Saturday looked good on the > forecast except that it was known a cold front would clock the winds in the > afternoon and bring winds gusting to 20mph. Unfortunately during race 1 > that front came through and it was brutal. It blew 30+ for about an hour > and temps dropped 15 degrees. With the water temperature it got very > cold. Most of the boats were knocked down at least once. Many boats ended > up on the leeward shore to wait out the winds. The chase boats also had a > difficult time managing the conditions while the marks were all blown off > their anchorage. By the time everyone was back to shore it was after 3pm > and there was no desire to go back out sailing. Many people were already > dropping masts because Sunday was supposed to be very cold (40s) with > strong North winds. After some conversations and careful assessment, the > decision was made to call the regatta over due to the extreme conditions. > I cannot remember last time a regatta was called without completing a > race. It was heartbreaking, but I think most people were relieved. I am > looking forward to much warmer and pleasant sailing conditions. > > A big thanks to all the volunteers and for everyone to come out despite > the forecasted conditions. > > BTW, I am looking for someone to step forward and run Ides of March next > year. I've done it for about 5 years and would like to share the joys of > running this event. This is a no frills event and the planning is fairly > minimal. > > Mike Rohrer > 2019 Regatta Chair > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Division 6" group. If you reply, it only goes to sender. 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