August
26, 2002 Fleet 12 News Letter
By: Scott Gordon
In this issue:
1. Etchells San Francisco Bay
Championship
2. Etchells San Francisco Bay
Championship photos
3. Next Regatta is
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1. Etchells San Francisco Bay
Championship
The second Etchells Championship
Regatta was sailed August 23 -25, with a
format consisting of two races
Friday afternoon, 3PM start, and three races
each on Saturday and Sunday.
The regatta came down to the
wire with Doug Morss/ Henry Fischer/ 1169
duking it out with Jeff Moseley/
1091 and winning by a single point.
Results are posted at www.sfetchells.org
Chris Raney/ 969 put in a great
performance on Sunday to take
third place in a tiebreaker over Kers
Clausen/ 977. To say it was
a close regatta doesn't quite explain it, and
there were lots of calculations
going on during the last run of the regatta
on several boats.
This was yet another regatta
sailed in every condition we encounter. Friday
was glorious, and we sailed
in the only sunny patch of the bay. Light air,
just 8-12 knots but steady,
and flat water. It's easy to forget sometimes
that the bay can be this benign,
even user friendly. No other sailboats
around, and a wonderful Etchells
fleet to sail with, does it get any better
than that?
It was the first day of Etchells
race driving for me, and I for one was
glad the simulator had most
of the "kinks" turned off.
Saturday more of the same,
but with mostly overcast conditions, again light
breeze and flat water, until
the last run where the skies opened up and the
wind increased, probably to
16 knots.
We sailed both Friday and Saturday
with a guy from the Crew List, Archie
Kasnet. He has not sailed Etchells
before, and I had not driven, so we were
a natural pair. But we had
a great time, and I would recommend Archie to
anyone looking for crew. He
will be a natural bow person for someone. Give
him a call.
Sunday got sunny early and
was sailed in fresher breeze as the day went on.
We started the first race with
blocks behind the mast and ended the last
beat with the backstay maxed
out, and the crew at max hike. The last race
was probably about 20 knots
and boats were rolling around, dropping out and
failing to gybe nicely and
so forth. The near broach demonstrated by 1169
at the finish line of the last
race was particularly impressive.
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2. Etchells San Francisco Bay
Championship photos
Congratulations to the winners
of the SF Bay Championship Regatta.
As promised, photos are available
online. See below.
Winners of the regatta should
determine which photos they want, this could
be 3 separate photos, and email
the address of the images to me. Remember
that 1st place is "portrait"
format, while 2nd and 3rd are landscape.
Some of the sequences are really
good.
See for instance the sequence
which starts here
http://adrenalinimages.com/etchells_friday/ppages/ppage129.html
it
documents a really nice port
and starboard foul, and the ensuing circles.
Or the sequence here from the
first race on Friday,
http://adrenalinimages.com/etchells_friday/ppages/ppage110.html
which shows
me winning the start at the
gun on 1168, failing to foot for speed, Bill
Barton winning the pin, and
driving right out under from the fleet (and
me). You might remember the
big lead he established in that race? This was
a big part of it.
Enjoy.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Zinn [mailto:tom@adrenalinimages.com]
>
>ok, pretty much all of
the images are up on my site. for shots from
>friday, go to http://adrenalinimages.com/etchells_friday
>
>for shots of saturday http://adrenalinimages.com/etchells_saturday
>
>let me know which ones
you want printed...i hope that you have a fast
>connection because there
are around 1700 images.
>
>Tom Zinn Photography
>P.O. Box 2104
>Sausalito, CA 94966
>
>http://www.adrenalinimages.com
>http://www.kiwisport.co.nz
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3. Next Regatta is Sep 28,
a Fleet Run Deal, 4 races Saturday, and Sunday
back with our families. This
will be hosted by the fine team of Mellen and
Holder.
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Okay, it's over, delete this
message and go back to work. You have a month
to lick those wounds, fix those
boats and practice, practice, practice.
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