South Bay Sailors Rewarded for Patience

While Richmond YC’s events were canceled due to the sewage spills of the previous week, this weekend still had something to offer for sailors in the South Bay, at the Sequoia YC’s Winter Series #4 on Saturday. The Club’s Fleet Captain, Jim Peterson checked in with a report from the series’ penultimate race.

"With breeze in the 5- to 10-knot range predicted, 15 boats hit the water under overcast skies with temps in the high 60s," Peterson said. "The race committee called for a 9.5-mile course and a start time that coincided with a max flood of 1.5 knots at 12:30 p.m.

"Well, we got to the start line and and there was 0.0 knots of wind, and the fleet was drifting towards Dumbarton Bridge in the flood, so the committee postponed. Two boats — Mike Reed’s Magic and Charlie Watt’s Head Rush — tied up to Buoy 3 waiting for the start. After numerous postponements, we started the race at 2 p.m. on a shortened, 5.12-mile course. After the hour and a half wait, everyone was happy to start, even if it was only in 3 knots of wind!

"All but one of the boats completed the course with Head Rush winning, followed by Magic and Ron Brown’s Black Sheep in the Spinnaker Division. In the Non-Spinnaker Division, Dan Doud’s TimBuktu took the win followed by Rick Dalton’s Iowa."

For results and more, check out the club’s website.