Blakely rock race report

[Vincent DePillis]

Beautiful day of racing.  Wind 15-20 from the north.  We started at the back of our start, but sort of on time, reeled in a bunch of Boats oon the beat to the north mark, going 10-11 under full sail. sea state was pretty reasonable. Elected not to fly spin downwind because I did not bring small spin (dumb) and wind was forecast to build.  Did about same speed downwind as upwind with full main and barber hauled jib.  Very chill run.  

Put one reef in main near the end of the run, as wind had built as forecast, seastate had built a bit, and I thought full sail might be a bit too much.  That was a good call, we were fully powered up on the beat back to the finish.  Lot of pounding though as the chop had built.  We went in close to magnolia to get out of the chop, and finished in style, having called the lay line from a ways out.  

We were the only Multi in the race, and CYC apparently scored us with the other phrf Boats (17th of 26), which is interesting.  They used to always put in a separate category.     It is also interesting how few PHRF boats are still racing.  I think PHRF will be no more within the next 5 years.

On elapsed time we were 12th of 60, which I was happy enough about given we are 3 old guys, sailing very conservatively.  If you are interested, I attach the elapsed time rank order of the entire fleet (produced by Gemini).

Vince.

[Paul English]

We were the only Multi in the race, and CYC apparently scored us with the other phrf Boats (17th of 26), which is interesting.  They used to always put in a separate category. 

Hmm.

   It is also interesting how few PHRF boats are still racing.  I think PHRF will be no more within the next 5 years.

I agree - the J/80 fleet are all discussing getting ORC certs just so they've "got options." They get their one-design class on Weds CYC nights, and the big regattas.

But while many of them show up on Monday night and they race PHRF together, for many other races where there isn't a one-design class for them they're "stuck" in PHRF class bins racing against boats where the handicapping just doesn't really work well. 

Even though ORC was originally used for the "big / fast boats" in Big Races around here, with Sloop Tavern and CYC enabling it simultaneously for all of their races, it is a _sea change_ (LOL) and I think a lot of anti-PHRF sentiment has been unleashed.

[Eric Lindahl]

nice report Vince.  Can we get it on the website?

Eric 

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