It certainly was a mixed up day at the races and Hughie was not discriminating. Im sure everyone was at his mercy at one time or another. If it wasn’t Hughie, it was the dreaded slime. 🙁
Certainly need another slime busting work dat in the coming weeks. The RD’s did a great job choosing the courses and thanks to Kerim and Chris S for adjusting the marks as needed.
IOM’s
As you can see by the scores, the racing was still very tight.
Congratulations to Len Bose on scoring a bullet in the final race of the IOM’s, he was chased and chased but held his nerve to the finish. Worth the drive hey Len. 🙂
Whilst 20 boats might seem a lot to have on the start line, it was! Though, to everyone’s credit, the presumed carnage was almost non-existent, almost. 🙂
A lot of ducking and weaving but all in all the skippers played rather nicely and when necessary took the applicable penalty when required.
Thanks to Tom Warren for being RD and running a great set of six heats with varied courses and not one general recall!
Breeze was a little shifty but generally, it was up and down the pond with only the odd hole. 🙂 If you were fortunate enough to break away you generally were spared being a victim of the melee behind. :O
Welcome to Richard Diamond from up North who joined us today. Whilst not being scored in the points series, I’m sure he enjoyed himself nevertheless.
Second class on the water were the IOM’s with Kerim Baran taking over with the RD duties. 13 boats! RC sailing is alive and well in San Diego! Go the Argonauts!
Unfortunately the DF 95’s stole a lot of the good breeze and left the IOM’s with a mixed bag of ‘litter’. The holes were bigger, the shifts were erratic and by the end of six heats I think everyone had their turn in getting ‘ponded’. 🙁
Gotta take the good with the bad sometimes.
One thing that wasn’t bad was the superb weather. The sun beamed down on us all day long, what a wonderful place we have to play boats.
Good to also see David Woodward pop up and join us travelling from afar, and to all the other sailors that travel reasonable distances to get to our stomping ground.
We appreciate you all. 🙂
P.S. Richard also sailed in the IOM’s making up the 13.
Here are some shots from the start line of the IOM races of the day.
Next week is the Bob Debow Masters trophy event for ODOM’s.
This is going to be a sell out! Even if you don’t have an ODOM, come down and join the peanut gallery.
Zero to Ten… but mostly Zero from WNW. Those were the winds for the Argonauts’ final day of racing in 2024. While the day was sunny and pleasantly warm, sailing conditions were once again… fluky. The DF95’s went first with RD Ty Beach selecting mostly medium courses.
Next, it was the IOMs’ turn. RD Craig Mackey called medium courses, but ended with a short course to get the sailboats off the pond in time for the Scaler’s Christmas Parade of Lights.
Fall is here in San Diego! Temperatures in the mid-60’s, plenty of sun, but WEIRD winds. Plenty of breeze from (mostly) the west, but monster shifts and a few cavernous holes made for VERY tough sailing conditions. Gerry Wold was our Race Director Du Jour for both the IOM’s and the DF95’s. Gerry chose a combination of standard Medium and Long courses for both classes. Tacks and downwind lines were chosen at great peril. Often, skippers found themselves becalmed as boats sailed past them on both sides within a mere few feet!
FABULOUS Autumn weather: Sunny and warm with light westerly breezes. Bob Williams ran the DF95 Fleet with Gil Jansky Scoring. The spotty and shifty winds created lots of passing lanes for skippers who were able to capitalize.
Bob Williams continued as RD for the IOM Fleet, this time assisted by Kerim Baran as Scorer. Despite the forecast for stronger breezes later in the day, the breezes actually slackened a bit by the time it was the IOM’s turn. However, after the 3rd Race break, the winds filled in and became more consistent. Racing was amazingly tight with many passing opportunities and lead changes in the shifts.
