A Choppy Start and a Swell 20min Finish Wednesday Wonders Race 5 Summer 2017

1/11/2017

FORECAST Wind 13knts SW shifting to SSW later in afternoon, temperature 16˚ THE RACE Race 5 started in a sea that was very choppy making it a slow track to No 5. Skippers needed to take care not to stall and point too high in the fickle wind. Only 34 yachts competed in Race 5 making it the smallest fleet yet. Some skippers were put off by the threat of rain. As the afternoon progressed the wind increased and the seas flattened out allowing for faster progress. A sign on the Wailing Wall alarmed sailors that there was a “Generalized 5 min handicap increase except for the slower yachts”. A wholesale change to this week’s lucky numbers. Watch out for Race 6 numbers as it follows Cup Day, and the result of the Melbourne Cup could influence your handicap. Again there was a glitch in the starting clock and the race was delayed 10 minutes, starting at 13:40. A gust coming just on starting time may have influenced some skippers to reduce their sail but extra power was required slicing through the swell. THE WIND

Average wind speed for the afternoon 11 knots

THE START

Median start time of 10 seconds, best of the series so far, all but one yacht within 25 seconds or less of their handicap. Out of 4 races Start of the Day has been won by 4 different yachts. PIZAZZ with a start of 1 second won Race 5 start of the day. No eager beavers in this race.

One yacht retired. Midnight Magic had problem with her main halyard just after this photo was taken. Hope it is repaired by next week Bernie.

THE WINNERS Yet another 3 different yachts recorded podium finishes, making 12 different yachts receiving the 12 glittering weekly prizes. Only 4 yachts that started in the first half of the fleet finished in the first half. This weeks race result did not change the order of the top 4 yachts in the aggregate – CONQUEST, ANDANTE1, WHITE POINTER and ESPRIT. Fastest around the course NUTCRACKER II recorded fastest elapsed time in each of the 4 completed races. This race took her 1:48:53. No Commodore, we have got your time correct! When a race starts 10 mins late the times displayed on the race results are not adjusted by 10 min. So the time shown here is correct. Just imagine how much faster she would be if she used two sails not just her jib. Third Place INSX Sm 5985 Starting 25th off 44 mins and 10 seconds late. Lap time 2:03:31

Second BLUE TACK 214 Started 23rd off 42 mins 9 seconds late, lap time 2:04:46 First MARIBEL 3492 Started 3rd off 10 mins 18 seconds late Lapsed time 2:35:46 All anyone except Pippa saw of Maribel was this view of her stern in this race. Health Issues Another syndrome to affect WW skippers is the “I have no chance syndrome”. Yachts that start early are particularly affected by the IHNC syndrome when they are passed by faster boats before the first or second mark and are left with nothing to aim for in the race except for trying not to be the last yacht home. This is caused by

weather variation particular light winds course selection i.e. longer courses that do not match the design of the handicaps Having a dirty bottom on your yacht.

Mark’s Warning about trying to get Sandy Capper to reduce your handicap More advice./ Give up trying to convince him that a 38 ft. yacht is not really that fast. No matter what position you finish in don’t assume that Sandy Capper will not look at the elapsed time of yachts. Don't assume that the Sandy Capper has a short memory and will forget where you came last season. If you are going to influence Sandy Capper don’t make it obvious that you are presenting him a large bottle of something from the skipper of a winning yacht. There may be too many witnesses in the bar. Don't think that producing and showing a lot of statistics will improve your handicap. Try coming last a few times might improve your handicap.

Average Elapsed time 2:22:21 Note the very small difference in elapsed time for Magic 616 who finished 31st and the winning yacht Maribel. Different crew have different roles on Bacardi. Can you advise Mark who is doing what in this photo? It obviously was a lot of work for one crew who needed a rest.

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Enjoy!KeithWoodruff

The crowd at No Seven. Has someone moved the mark? ARABESQUE Just like a ballerina Arabesque has returned for another performance. She has been brought back from interstate to SYC by her previous crew who will be back in action again racing in WW, with Albert crewing, and hopefully a mast. RADIO CHECKS Some yachts missed the message last week. Please do not call the tower when the starting procedure is underway unless it is urgent. Half way Times at Number 4 1 Maribel 15:23;20

2 Pippa 15:24:57 3 SaltShaker 15:27:08

One person is enough out in the rain. “Come in out of the cold crew”. Should this yacht be called a yawl or a ketch?

HANDICAPS Largest Increase SUMMER WIND - 12 minutes. Largest decrease PERFECT SENSE - 10 minutes. Neither yacht contested in Race 5.

WW SUMMER SERIES 2017-18 HANDICAP ADJUSTMENTS

Boat Name RACE NUMBER

1 2 3 4 5

ALIBI

41 41 43 50

ALLIANCE 17 28 28 30 28

ANDANTE 1 3 8 9 9 17

ARABESQUE

35

BABYDOLL 36 34 34 34 39

BACARDI 40 41 41 38 43

BARNSTORMER 43 40 40 41 49

BLUE TACK 44 40 40 41 42

BON VIVANT 25 18 18 14 20

BRANNEW 42 40 43 47 48

CAFE RACER 15 10 10 15 15

CARPE DIEM 47 47 47 50 51

CASSANDRA MELBOURNE 18 14 14 11 11

CLUB COMEDIE

11 9

CONQUEST 43 43 43 45 52

DOLPHIN PLAY 2 2 2 1 3

ESPRIT 48 46 46 48 54

FIREFOX

28 22

FOGGY DEW 18 16 16 12 18

FUN AND GAMES 34 35 35 31 36

HOT CHIPPS 24 36 38 34 35

INSX 49 44 44 44 44

LEBROK 39 37 37 41 42

MAGIC 27 28 28 26 31

MARIBEL 17 15 15 12 10

MIDNIGHT MAGIC 3 1 1 0 3

MYUNA III 24 24 24 24 23

NUTCRACKER II 65 57 57 65 60

PERFECT SENSE 44 38 38 30 20

PIPPA 5 4 4 2 2

PIZAZZ 19 24 24 15 24

PRIMO 38 35 35 38 37 RAZZLE DAZZLE 35 32 32 29 35

ROLLER COASTER 19 25 25 19 25

SALTSHAKER 21 14 14 12 12

SECOND NATURE 26 28 28 34 31

SHIMMER 52 50 50 49 54

STAMPEDE 51 50 50 52 55

SUMMER WIND 14 18 18 11 23

SURI 10 17 17 18 18

THE SECRETARY 45 41 41 41 46

UPBEAT

36 37 40

VANTAGE 34 34 34 28 35

VINDALOO

33 33 34 39

VIVE LA VIE 17 13 13 10 13

WHITE NOISE 42 39 39 43 44

WHITE POINTER 12 24 24 13 21

WICKED 48 44 44 49 53

WILLARIE 5 2 2 2 2

WIND SPEED 46 43 43 44 51

MIN 2 1 1 0 2

MAX 65 57 57 65 60

RANGE 63 56 56 65 58

AVE 30 29 30 29 32

MEDIAN 31 34 34 30 35

INCREASES

12 3 21 34

DECREASES

28 0 22 8

Jacqueline Hope Tuesday, 31 October 2017 from Rodrigues USA engineers on the job. http://shantiatsea.blogspot.com.au/…We decided to hacksaw the T toggles off the upper ends of the stays, re-lay the unraveled wires, wrap something strong around the mast above the spreaders and join them together with D-clamps, or "bulldog" clamps…….. Read full text on Jacqueline’s blog

“Home is the Sailor - My Country, My Family, My Life” by Stan Rankin, Self Published

You will be aware after many years in the making Stan has finally completed a book telling about his long life. SYC has 2 copies available for loan. To keep track of the books the following procedure is being adopted.

There will be a borrowing book kept by the Tower Management

• You can request to borrow a copy by writing your name in the borrowing book. • It is suggested that the loan be for 3 weeks. • When a copy is available it will be given to you after a Wednesday race. • It can be returned either to SYC reception, or to the tower management after a Wednesday

race.

It is hoped that this will give a wide number of members an opportunity to read and enjoy Stan’s interesting histor

I wonder what it is like to sail on a small red yacht? Dawn was on the little red yacht in Race 5 and came home 11th in front of White Pointer 21st. So she was able to take a line from them as they came in. Thanks Dawn, from the Pippa Skipper for your assistance.

Thanks to Margaret, the Papa art Sea, Sandy, Keith for Gippsland tales, Jacqueline Hope…even though she doesn’t know it, and Windward Buoy who is still providing charts etc.etc. Enjoy your Cup day. Interest surrounds what Sandy will learn about handicapping. We might have a weight for age race this series. Feed back or contributions send to MARK WINDWARD mark-windward@live.com.au