Joined the San Francisco Single-handed sailing society with the intention of racing their interesting season as opposed to the OYRA or HDA season.
First race of ’08: The (in)famous Three Bridge Fiasco:
The 3bridge is a pursuit race, where you can choose your own course around three marks (Blackaller, Red Rock, and TI). Pursuit is fun: You can tell how you are doing by how many boats are left in front of you.
Garth and I thrashed Abba Zabba and ourselves in this double-handed all-day moving mishap of a Race in ’06 (sorry about your boat, Charlie). We had a much better day on the water this year. Unfortunately, we chose the wrong direction, and even sailing at our best, there were a lot of boats heading home as we headed to the finish. And the finish put the fiasco in the Fiasco. Way ahead of our fleet, we pulled an all-ego spinnaker hoist for the last 400 yards, missed the mark, then got swept west by the ebb. 20 minutes later, we made the line. I hope it entertained the RC on the deck.
Quote of the day: “How is that f*ing Moore and that f*ing Calatalina coming up on us from behind?” Answer: “They are anchored, and we are moving backwards at 2 knots”.
Good clean fun.