August 12, 2006 Race Day Three
22:00 The trophy presentation is over and the DJ
is playing tunes.
17:26 The Bemis fleet has finished.
16:58 The Bemis fleet has finished.
16:33 The Bemis fleet has started their last race.
16:22 The Smythe fleet started, but the wind shifted
before the RC could get a Bemis start off.
The RC is now setting up a new direction for the Bemis while changing
course for the Smythe.
16:04 The sixth race is complete and the RC is
in sequence for the seventh and final race.
15:20 The Bemis fleet started with an individual recall. One boat was over and the restarted
correctly.
15:14 The Smythe fleet had a clean start and
the Bemis fleet is in sequence.
15:07 We are in sequence for the Smythe start. The is oscillating out of the south at 8-10 kts.
14:40 The wind has gone further west, putting
the weather mark just off of the TCYC docks.
The RC is moving the race course a little further out from shore.
14:34 The wind appears to be settling in to a
southerly direction. The RC is
reconfiguring the course.
14:00 The RC has postponed. They
are setting a starting line for the current wind. However there is a rain cell south of us that
may cause problems.
13:45 The RC is on station preparing to set a course. The Racers are
starting to check in.
13:15 The RC has lowered the AP.
The wind is starting to fill in from the east.
09:45 The RC postponed ashore.
There is not enough wind to sail.
07:00 The schedule of racing has been changed
for today. The first warning will be at
10:45
August 11, 2006 Race Day Two
18:10 The 5th race for t he Bemis fleet is complete and the boats are heading for the harbor.
17:38 The Smythe fleet has finished the 5th and last race of the day.
17:14 The forth Bemis race is finished and the RC is preparing to start them again. The finish boat is moving to weather to finish the Smythe fleet.
y16:58 The Bemis fleet is headed back up wind and the Smythe fleet is approaching the leeward mark.
16:27 The fleets have finished another pair of races. The RC is in sequence for Race 4 for Bemis and will follow with Race 5 for Smythe.
15:52 The Smythe fleet has started and the Bemis fleet is at the leeward mark for the first time.
15:33 Both fleets finished another race and the RC is in sequence to start the next one.
14:51 Both fleets are racing again. This will be race 3 for Smythe and race 2 for Bemis.
14:21 A race has completed for both fleets with 5-6 kts of breeze from the south. The RC is squaring the course up for the next race.
13:08 The breeze is starting to fill in from the south east.
12:27 The Smythe fleet got a start off. A squall came through preventing the Bemis fleet from starting. The Smythe fleet finished their first race in the rain.
11:15 There was a significant windshift at the start and the RC has abandoned the first start and will reset the course.
10:33 The competitors have started checking in. the wind is 5 kts from the south southwest.
10:00 The Race Committee is on the water setting up the course.
07:00 The schedule of racing has been changed
for today. The first warning will be at
10:45
August 10, 2006 Race Day One
16:21 The Race Committee has signaled that there will be no racing today.
The weather is not improving. The storm
cells have slowed down and appear to be here for a while.
15:10 All competitors are on shore and sails are
down. Storms are now moving slowly up
the bay.
14:46 A squall with lightning has formed up
south of the race area. The RC has
signaled Abandon to Harbor and is following the fleet in.
14:30 The RC has postponed. A rain
cell on shore is affecting the wind direction.
It should pass by shortly.
14:18 The RC is on station and boats are checking in.
13:44 The Race Committee has lower the AP. The storms ar
moving to the east of us and the wind is starting to settle in to an east
southeast direction.
12:28 The Race Committee has postponed ashore. There is a very light breeze from the west
northwest, but the velocity is below minimums for starting a race. There is also a line of thunderstorms
offshore in the