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1st Annual Anacapa Arch Race
Hello Sailors, We ended up with a fantastic day on the water for our inaugural AAR. Mother nature kept throwing us curve balls throughout this process. We were looking at an 80% chance of thundershowers forecasted a week out from the race, just to keep us guessing on whether we'd be able to pull this off. But things improved and we had a one-day window between weather systems that gave us sunny and crystal clear conditions. The next curve ball came when what normally would have been a west wind with a parade of boats headed to the island, on the rhumb line, turned into a beat into a southerly wind. This presented many strategic options for our fleet, and things got interesting fast. We have many sailors in our group, that collectively have hundreds of years of experience sailing our channel. So, what course to sail? The first option was the tried and true "go south in a south wind". The second one was to "go west to get on the westerly shift", and lastly "play the shifts along the rhumb line". So with our fleet of 10 boats we managed to spread out over about 20 square miles. Unfortunately this made the shorten course option impossible and resulted in a few DNFs. Fortunately, for everyone that hung in there, the wind not only held, but increased, making for a fun spinnaker reach back to Channel Islands Harbor. Throw in a few dolphins, sailing through a pod of ORCAs, and of course the springtime beauty of Anacapa Island and this was a day to make some memories. And the last boat to finish, Jolly Jetsam, made it in 10 minutes before the deadline. That's taking advantage of every minute of a beautiful day! It was mentioned that Artem Babin, skipper of Jolly Jetsam, should get a prize for persistence, but I think he was the winner for maximizing his time on the water. The two Hobie 33s were engaged in a fun match race, swapping the lead a couple of times. And as always, it's fun to see our "vintage" boats, Spit Dog, Velero, and So Long out there in the channel sailing. Thanks to John Gray, Michael Gray, and Alicia aboard the "Moby Dill" for serving as race committee and mark boat. Alicia got lots of pictures, see drop box link below. Please send pics you have. Thank you Anacapa Yacht Club and Chuck Manley for hosting the post race festivities! We'll have trophies for first and second place in the Spinnaker and Non Spinnaker divisions ready for presentation at our May 12 meeting at Victoria Pub in Ventura. Our next regularly scheduled meeting is this Tuesday, April 14, at 6:30 pm at Victoria Pub. |
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Jane Thomas Presenting Ron Dietel with the Perpetual and Individual
1st Place Trophy for the 2024 ASBCYC High Points Award. |
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