August 6, 2003

By Grzegorz | August 6, 2003

Photos of the Day: Southland Research
Continues

August 6 – Santa Catalina Island

The Wanderer and Doña de Mallorca
remain in Southern California doing ‘research’. After the excellent
Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race we were joined by Latitude
38 Managing Editor John Riise, his wife Katie and daughters
Nic and Hayley for a little cruise to Catalina. Here’s how it’s
been going so far, as told in a series of photos.

John with daughters Hayley, left, and Nic, right, on a screecher
reach away from the Palos Verdes Peninsula

Our first stop was Two Harbors, where the first activity was
jumping into the blue water.

Much of Catalina looks like it did hundreds of years ago, and
there’s still a lot of wildlife. These hikers loaned us their
binoculars to have a look at the bald eagle sitting on a notch
of this peak. You can see his silhouette just above one fellow’s
white hat.

That’s it for today as we’ve got to get
down to Avalon, the Manhattan of Catalina, to do some more ‘research’.

There was light air until a couple miles into Catalina Channel
at which time it blew about 15 knots, allowing for some fine
boat speed. John and Nic check out the cat’s wake.

Halfway across the channel, Profligate was joined by about
100 dolphins. Katie and Hayley hung over the forward beam to
get a better view.

August and September are prime time at Catalina because the water
is so warm. As the sign indicates, the water temperature was
71 degrees and the visibility was 25 feet.

Unlike 10-mile distant Avalon, the more westerly Two Harbors
wasn’t too crowded even though it was a Sunday. This is a view
of Cat Harbor, on the back side of the island, a short hike across
the isthmus.

Are our eyes fooling us or have the folks on moorings in Cat
Harbor put a satellite dish in the anchorage?
Photos Latitude/Richard

Aldo Alessio Regatta

August 6 – San Francisco Bay

The StFYC hosted the Aldo Alessio Regatta on Friday in foggy
conditions on the ocean. Rob Weed, sailing overall winner Wired,
a Farr 40, nabbed the Alessio Trophy for top corrected time.
A big collision made for an eventful start, as Mayhem t-boned
Non Sequitur. The latter’s co-owner Dick Watts injured
his leg in the crash; the boat is at KKMI and will hopefully
be back in the water in time for the NOOD Regatta in September.
Mayhem gave the Non Sequitur gang their boat for
rest of weekend.

Saturday’s events featured two Bay races;
Sunday’s a longer Bay tour. The Aldo Alessio is the first of
five events in the SF Bay Series. Scroll down for top finishers.
Full results are available at www.stfyc.com and we’ll have more in the
September issue of Latitude
38.

White Dove, a Beneteau 40.7

Scorpio, Wylie 42, won Americap with a 2,2,1,1 record.
Photos Latitude/Rob

Here’s a sampling of the results:

FARR 40 – 1) Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy/Paul
Cayard; 2) Shadow, Peter Stoneberg/Ed Baird; 3) Wired,
Rob Weed/Pete McCormick.

J/120 – 1) Oui B 5, John Sylvia;
2) Mr. Magoo, Steve Madeira; 3) Chance, Barry Lewis.

J/105 – 1) Good Timin’, Wilson/Perkins;
2) Wet Paint, Don Priestly; 3) Zuni Bear, Bergmann/Bennett,
27.

AMERICAP – 1) Scorpio, Wylie 42,
John Siegel; 2) Sensation, 1D-35, Fanger/Yovko; 3) Swiftsure
II, Schumacher 54, Sy Kleinman.

Dueling Farr 40s: Revo chased Samba up the Cityfront.

Seeing red – Rob Weed’s reactivated Wired leads the pack
on Saturday.

Swiftsure II came out for the weekend only.

1D-35 Sensation went 1,1,3,4 to take second in Americap.

Men in blue – Oui B 5 won the J/120s by a point over Mr.
Magoo

Good Timin’ (left) crushed the J/105 fleet. Zuni Bear
(right) gives them a standing ovation.

The Poobah Speaks

August 6 – Long Beach/Tiburon

Here’s a reminder that The Wanderer, Grand
Poobah of the annual Baja
Ha-Ha Cruisers’ Rally, will be giving two talks next week titled
‘The Baja Ha-Ha: 10 Years of Fun and Friends.’

In the Southland, he’ll join the Long Beach
Singles Sailing Association on Tuesday, August 12, at the Golden
Sails Hotel, 6285 Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach. Folks will
start to gather at 7 pm for hors d’oeuvres and socializing, and
the presentation will begin around 8 pm. Admission is $5 for
first-time guests and $10 for other non-members.

Back home in Northern California, he’ll
be at the Corinthian Yacht Club, 43 Main St., Tiburon, on Thursday, August 14, 6-9 pm. This event
is sponsored by KKMI. Admission is $10 per person. Visit www.cyc.org/speakers or call (415) 435-4771 if you have questions.

YOTREPS

August 6 – The Pacific Ocean and Cyberspace

Who is out making passages in the Pacific
and what kind of weather are they having? The YOTREPS daily yacht
tracking page has moved to www.bitwrangler.com/psn.

Weather Updates

August 6 – Pacific
Ocean

San Francisco Bay Weather

Check out this guide to San Francisco Bay
Navigational Aids: http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/sfports.html.

To see what the winds are like on the Bay
and just outside the Gate right now, check out http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind.

The National Weather Service site for San
Francisco Bay is at www.wrh.noaa.gov/Monterey.

California Coast Weather

Looking for current as well as recent wind
and sea readings from 17 buoys and stations between Pt. Arena
and the Mexican border? Here’s the place – which has further
links to weather buoys and stations all over the U.S.: www.ndbc.noaa.gov/Maps/Southwest.shtml.

Pacific Winds and Pressure

The University of Hawaii Dept. of Meteorology
page posts a daily map of the NE Pacific Ocean barometric
pressure and winds.

Pacific Sea State

The site for the Pacific Ocean sea states
has moved to http://www.mpc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/PacRegSSA.shtml.

For views of sea states anywhere in the world,
see http://www.oceanweather.com/data.

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