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david (david)
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2003 - 11:40 pm: | 
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Rock on, and thanks for letting us in on a little of the fun. |
jyoung (jyoung)
| | Posted on Monday, May 12, 2003 - 05:32 pm: |
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J/120's ROCK THE HOUSE / Ocean Racing Series #1
OUCH! J120 1st Overall / 1st in PHRF Class
Blew Bayou J120 2nd in PHRF Class
Radical Departure, Mumm 36 3rd in PHRF Class
OUCH! led the pack to Newport's Mark and back.
Crew: Ted Mayes; skipper
Tom Smith; Bow/Mast
Greg Finch; Grinder/Trimmer
Tony Rock; Grinder/Sewer
John Young; Spinnaker/Main |
jyoung (jyoung)
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2003 - 09:57 am: |
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Yachting Cup 2003, San Diego,CA
How lucky can the San Diego racing scene get? Winds in the 20 knt range, large swells, and pelting rain doesn't seem reminescent of the sunny Diego most associate with but this weather prompted all smiles for those brave enough to weather it!
Both One Design and PHRF racing was posphoned and then later abandoned. This didn't stop sailors willful enough to hoist huge chutes in the 18-22knt winds and get some heavy air practice. Crash gybes were the norm and fun to watch but less fun to experience as we all learned.
For racing results and pictures go to :
www.sdyc.org and go to Yachting Cup 2003
Notes from OUCH! J/120 One Design Class
Lessons Learned from OUCH! on Race Day.
It was all about rig tuning and nailing the layline in medium air races. Picture perfect starts can be reserved for winds less than 12 knts breeze. It was all about picking where you want to be on the course and getting there FAST!
Look at your passing lanes and your fleet coming down from the windward mark?
Does it pay to take a starboard tack and have clear air for half of the course only to be stuck in a blanket of spinnakers and bad air from the incoming fleet?
For all of you racers starting out here is a small piece of advice that veteran skippers have to relearn ( or they never learn to begin with ) every season. Heed this bit of knowledge and you will win or hold atleast one position in every race and that's big.
It ALMOST NEVER pays off to nail the layline directly. Any number of variables will make this a bad move. The port tacking fleet crossing you and grabbing your bad air once they've tacked, heading down for kelp, wind shifts, large swells and on and on will ensure that you should have extended past the layline. Too many veteran skippers are caught pinching the line and going slow while the whole fleet passed them at speed and concentrating on their spin hoist! Now wouldn't it be nice to to extend your lead watching competitors get stuck feathering at the mark while your kite hoists with a commmanding 'POP'?
Congratulations to Chuck Nicols and crew of CC RIDER for an impressive finish 1-2-1 on a three race day in San Diego. Way to go guys.
We had a blast on OUCH! and are looking forward to the ORS Series, Dana Point.
See you there!
John Young |
jyoung (jyoung)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 05:08 pm: |
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Newport to Ensenada Race 2003
Notes from OUCH! J/120
We were once again blessed with wind and great surf conditions heading towards the Mexico border.
We saw steady 12 knts boat speed, highest boat speed posted was 14 knts by skipper Ted Mayes.
We took the inside trek and found a few holes by accident but managed to pull through without slowing speed too much.
As for me, trimming the spinnaker gave some very sore muscles through the night. I had 45 minutes sleep during the trip down, otherwise I was 'keeping the curl in the a-sail' and trying to maximize every puff and wave we could. We all anticipated the wind to die off so every hour of wind counted!
2nd in J/120 Class TROPHY OUCH
3rd IN PHRF B Class TROPHY OUCH
Highest Speed for Crew Member: 13.2 knts Tom Smith
Ironman Award: 12 hrs on the spin sheet John Young
Special thanks to the regular crew of OUCH! who could not be with us and family members who helped out with meals and busing crew back home. Thank you for your gifts and luck, we appreciate it!
JWY 4-29-03 |
hughston (hughston)
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2003 - 03:34 pm: |
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The following excerpt from a press release for the Newport-Ensenada race features Campbell's Sloop! Way to go ladies!!
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World's Largest Yacht Race Posts Back-to-Back, Record-Breaking Years
•Disney's "Pyewacket" Regains Monohull Course Record in 10:44:54 Elapsed Time
• 30+ Year-Old "Valkyrie" Wins Race with Overall Corrected Time
ENSENADA, Mexico (April 27, 2003) - The results from this year's Tommy Bahama Newport to Ensenada Yacht Race, which started Friday, April 25 at 12 p.m., features a combination of new records, vintage sailing vessels and accomplished veterans who participated in the 125-nautical mile race in its 56th consecutive year.
Um um Good: "Campbell's Sloop" Upsets "Soulmate"
Cindy Wynne, tactician skipper for the all-women crew aboard "Campbell's Sloop," earned the right to say to her husband John Hogan, "Anything you can do, I can do better." Hogan skippered "Soulmate" which raced in the same class (PHRF-J), but finished behind Wynne and "Campbell's Sloop." Both Wynne and Hogan are members of the Dana Point Yacht Club.
According to Barbara Merriman, the captain of "Campbell's Sloop," after finishing the race, she turned around and sailed close enough to "Soulmate" for the crew to slap "high 5s" with the opposing crew as "Soulmate" headed in the opposite direction for the finish line. Campbell's Sloop is the first Catalina 34 ever built.
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Campbell's Sloop's corrected time was 14:55:12. Other boats many of you know: Solmate 15:38:36; Xylocaine 15:43:39; Sloop Du Jour 18:10:33; Pikake 17:21:21; Ouch! 15:09:44. Race results and other info at www.nosa.org |
jyoung (jyoung)
| | Posted on Monday, April 14, 2003 - 02:48 pm: |
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Long Beach hosted it's 39th Annual Congressional Cup 2003 this past weekend. For those racers/cruisers following the Grand Prix Circuit for the Swedish Match Race Tour, it was a great weekend with some great close finishes and a few collisions that provided us spectators on Belmont Pier with an action packed week.
Kenny Read, of Stars & Stripes, and crew stole the show and were on hand for interviews and autographs after the race as Long Beach Yacht Club hosted the award presentation in great fashion.
To review pictures gallery and race results go to:
www.lbyc.org
Don't miss this exciting opportunity to watch and meet the world's best match racers in action! |
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