Thursday, August 23, 2007
THURSDAY 23 AUGUST 07-- MORE SKIFF RACING
Steve joined us at 1 pm for an afternoon outing and we headed out in some pretty strong winds and some knarly seas.
This Nordic Tug was steaming around out there and initially I thought it was Norma Jean from G dock, but then later realized that it clearly was not her.
We sailed out to the west and then tacked back toward the leeward mark to watch some skiff leaders round the mark, like these two, the Pegasus Racing skiff in process of dousing its spinnaker.
Here's the DeLonghi skiff approaching the mark and just beginning to douse its spinnaker.....
....and here pulling down the spinnaker into the boat....
....and then rounding the mark, looking good!
Another skiff was approaching the mark under spinnaker....
...and here is a video clip of this TMF skiff dousing her spinnaker and rounding the mark, looking good!
Later, we watched these two skiffs racking each other upwind and caught this video clip of the racing.
We eventually headed back downwind toward the leeward mark and spotted this disabled skiff with a broken top mast section. How frustrating that damage must have been to the crew!
The TMF skiff was sailing beautifully as it approached the mark again after dousing her spinnaker.
To add insult to injury, the disabled skiff flipped and the crew was struggling to right her.
Winds continued to increase in velocity, and the racing was over, so we headed for home port, noticing the city enjoying the brilliant sunshine.
We sailed into the lee of pier 35, happy to have a lee spot to douse the sails away from the stong winds on the bay.
Steve joined us at 1 pm for an afternoon outing and we headed out in some pretty strong winds and some knarly seas.
This Nordic Tug was steaming around out there and initially I thought it was Norma Jean from G dock, but then later realized that it clearly was not her.
We sailed out to the west and then tacked back toward the leeward mark to watch some skiff leaders round the mark, like these two, the Pegasus Racing skiff in process of dousing its spinnaker.
Here's the DeLonghi skiff approaching the mark and just beginning to douse its spinnaker.....
....and here pulling down the spinnaker into the boat....
....and then rounding the mark, looking good!
Another skiff was approaching the mark under spinnaker....
...and here is a video clip of this TMF skiff dousing her spinnaker and rounding the mark, looking good!
Later, we watched these two skiffs racking each other upwind and caught this video clip of the racing.
We eventually headed back downwind toward the leeward mark and spotted this disabled skiff with a broken top mast section. How frustrating that damage must have been to the crew!
The TMF skiff was sailing beautifully as it approached the mark again after dousing her spinnaker.
To add insult to injury, the disabled skiff flipped and the crew was struggling to right her.
Winds continued to increase in velocity, and the racing was over, so we headed for home port, noticing the city enjoying the brilliant sunshine.
We sailed into the lee of pier 35, happy to have a lee spot to douse the sails away from the stong winds on the bay.
# posted by charlie bergstedt @ 11:46 PM 
