Alan Stewart Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Lots of B&B boats in the race this year. 3 CS-17 Mk3s and 2 CS-17s. My Dad and I are sailing Souther Skimmer but the Forecast for the 1st couple of days does not look that great lots of light and fluky wind. This year we have outfitted the boat with new wishbone booms to help with better sail shape and as a test for the new rig on Randys larger walkabout cat ketch boat. We are also borrowing grams top down furling gear from his core sound 17 mark 3 to furl the spinnaker. You can follow us on the water tribe tracker or directly on our spot page in case that Web site goes down during the race. Waterteibe tracker. Make sure to choose class 4 or core sound 17 class to see the sailboats. http://watertribe.com/Events/ChallengeGMapper.aspx See the roster here to see who's sailing what boat. http://watertribe.com/Events/ShowRosters.aspx Direct spot link for Alan and Paul. http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0Mk47DBz9u4FjqtIgnVgCCoWpX5cRo9fj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmosSwogger Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 I'm looking forward to following your progress. Fair winds and following seas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jknight611 Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Looks like they aren’t getting much wind presently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul356 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Off of Naples now, heading for check point 2, sailing at 6+ knots. 3d in class, maybe? Running neck and neck with 2d, with the speedster "spawn" pretty far out in front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oyster Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 It looks like Two Beers is about 16 hours ahead of Alan in the Class 4 group at the second checkpoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscott Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Bumpy & Machoman finished about 0200 in a cat Twobeers & Moresailesed are about an hour from finishing first in Class 4 Alan and Paul have been fighting two 70+ year old Gordon Douglass designs: SkinnyGenes & SkinnyJeans (Thistle 1945) and Andyman & NateDog (Highlander 1949). The three were less than an hour apart at checkpoint 1 and have been close to each other all the way and were at checkpoint 2 at dawn. No other Class 4 boats are close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Potts Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Maybe Paul shouldn't have sold his Thistle (He's the only one who's going to laugh at that comment). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmosSwogger Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Looks like SOS is doing pretty good; as of Monday morning they are in second place (class 4). Given the light winds yesterday, I wonder how much rowing they had to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 The winds have now gone west so they now have a nice fair wind. Windy is now showing 9 knots. It will be fair for the next couple of days. If I was near the rear of the fleet I would want to get a hustle on to cross the Bay before it turns foul. Florida Bay is wonderful in a westerly. The Thistle and Highlander have very large rigs which suits this light air. Greybeard is approaching check point 2 in his mk3 and Bones and Pink dog in their CS17 M3 and 1 respectively are approaching Marco Island. I do not know what happened to Swimboy in his CS17 but he returned to the start on the first day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul356 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Swimboy's notes on the roster page said he capsized off Sarasota c. 7 p.m. Saturday evening, was able to get righted, then returned to DeSoto. And his spot track shows he made it back to the DeSoto ramp. That's a long haul back north in the dark. Winds apparently were relatively light at the time of his turnaround. I bet he has a tale to tell. Having capsized this summer, I'd be interested in hearing from Swimboy. I still owe you all my tale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul356 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Alan still has a slight edge on the Highlander as they turn the corner for Flamingo. I suspect the race will come down to navigation, local knowledge and boat handling as much as anything at this point. Alan and Dad should have the upper hand there?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul356 Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 SOS and Highlander maybe 500 yards apart after all this time, it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 This is getting exciting, certainly better than watching grass grow. Alan is in charge now, he has opened up better than a mile and is exactly on course. The Highlander is well north of the correct course. There is a northerly route called Crocodile Dragover but it is too early to head north yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscott Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Alan & Paul finished at 0442 after rowing since 2200. Highlander stopped for sleep & finished at 0640 Thistle less than 5 miles from last checkpoint Congrats to Alan & Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmosSwogger Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 It must have been a dead calm for them to do that much rowing. As I found out in the informal Messabout "race", the EC22 doesn't need much wind to move well. Congratulations to Alan and Paul; after some sleep I have a feeling they will enjoy attacking their calorie deficit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul356 Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 A great sail, and way to go at the end. Looking forward to hearing all the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Stewart Posted March 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 EC-22 and Highlander safe and sound. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lathrop Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Alan, What are your thoughts of the new roller spinnaker relative to the old one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Stewart Posted March 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Tom, We had the original green/white/yellow assym spinnaker. It worked well except for our homemeade torque line for top down furling. It had too much twist and would roll the sail unevenly top to bottom causing the sail to hang up when we tried to unroll it. Rolling it up while it just flogged (no sheet load) worked the best. Other than that we wished wed had a bit more luff tension or had adjustable luff tension but we gave that up with our diy top down furling setup. It was worth the trade off but just needs tweaking and maybe a less twistable torque line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Baumgaertner Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 Alan, how much of the race were you able to fly the spinnaker? and what additional speed were you able to make because of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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