Results for Saturday’s Jazz Cup race from Treasure Island to
Benicia have been posted on the South
Beach YC Web site. We ran a bunch of photos on Tuesday,
but here are some more. As you can see, an unusually wide variety
of boats compete in this PHRF event. Check Race Sheet in the
October issue of Latitude
38for the complete story and even more photos.
The teak-decked Baltic 42 Setanta on the weather leg
Steve Zevanove’s Cal 29, Annie, sailed past many supposedly
faster boats to win Division F.
The yawl Chimera. Note the Laser sail used for a mizzen.
All Photos Latitude/Chris
The Olson 25 Intrepid won Division E. Glory, a Catalina 42 MkII, is in the background.
One of the less intense moments aboard Race Committee Chairman
Joel Davis’s Santana 35 Spellbinder
The Wylie Cat 30 Lucky Ducky is about to be passed by Owslarah, which took second to fellow Antrim 27 ET in the diverse Sportboat Division.
The F-24 Puppeteer
Some big catamaran
Anchorage Quiz
September 6 – Mystery Location
Yesterday’s anchorage quiz
proved to be a real stumper. Chris Maher of Blarney4 in
Tortola – “who can’t wait for the start of the Ha-Ha”
– guessed the deep water ship on the Sacramento River above Rio
Vista. Alas, it’s flat in the Delta. Jeb Pickett of San Francisco
guessed Cane Garden Bay in the British Virgins, which is not
far from where Maher is. Not a bad guess at all, but nonetheless
not correct. ‘Shep’ guessed Bequia in the Eastern Caribbean.
A decent guess were the hills not so tall.
Since nobody got the correct answer, we’re
publishing another photograph – of the nearest marina – as a
hint. Send your answers to Richard.
Photo Latitude/Richard
Just Four Days Left to Sign Up for Baja
Ha-Ha VIII
September 6 – Baja Ha-Ha World Headquarters
With paid entries for the Ha-Ha closing in on 100 and just four
days left to sign up, here are entries 71 to 80:
71) Glass Slipper / Catalina 34
/ Robert Wood / Folsom
72) Kiapa / Santa Cruz 52 / Peter & Susan Wolcott
/ Kapaa, HI
73) Dream Catcher / Islander 36 / Vern Verling & Cheryl
Lawson / San Francisco
74) Aristos / Valiant 40 / Dave Dalton & Susan Faerber
/ San Diego
75) New Focus / Catana 431 / Paul & Karen Biery /
Livermore
76) Indigo / Tayana 48 / Robert & Patricia Norquist
/ Walnut Creek
77) Bronco / Morgan Out-Island 41 / Nels Torbersen / Hayward
78) Moon Me / Cross 37 Tri / Jeff Nelson / St. Croix
79) Cool Change To / Swan 391 / Dugan Baker / Portland,
OR
80) Little Wing / Perry 52 Cat / John Haste / Anchorage,
AK
One of the interesting things this year
is how many boats are returning from last year – nearly 10% of
the fleet. As is the trend with cruising boats all over the world,
Ha-Ha boats are getting bigger each year. There are 11 of them
over 56 feet. Just 11 are less than 36 feet.
Repeat player Little Wing
For more information on the Ha-Ha, see
their Web site at www.baja-haha.com.
Felicity
Moving West
September 6 – South Pacific
“After a bit more than four months in French Polynesia,
we’re weighing anchor with our Tashiba 31 and moving west,”
report Ken Machtley and Cathy Siegismund of Seattle. “Without
a doubt, our stay here has exceeded our every expectation and
we wish we could spend many more months visiting this paradise.
But cyclone season is approaching and we still have several places
to visit over the next two months. From here, we will be heading
to Tonga which is 1,100 miles west. If weather conditions permit,
we’ll be aiming to stop at Raratonga and Palmerston in the Southern
Cook Islands, as well as the small island country of Nuie. We’d
also like to have a month to visit Tonga. At the end of October,
we’ll be at the end of the Tongan island chain with a gaggle
of other cruisers all looking for a weather window to jump off
for the often boisterous passage to New Zealand.”
Felicity approaching Bora Bora
The Felicity gang stopped at this lookout on Huahine Itis
while riding rented Hornet motor-scooters. Photos Courtesy Felicity
What Are Pommies?
September 6 – Australia
“Your article about the Rolex
Maxi regatta makes a statement that the wind was ‘strong
enough to blow the Poms – Aussies – out of the pubs,'” writes
Leslie King of Tropicbird. “In Australia at least,
where Tropicbird spent Nov. ’99 to Sept. ’00, ‘Pom’ is
a derogatory term for a Brit or Englishman. Anyway, I don’t think
there could be a wind strong enough to blow the Aussies out of
the pub.”
Thanks for the heads up. For all these
years we thought ‘pommies’ was short for ‘Prisoner of Mother
England’.
YOTREPS
September 6 – The Pacific Ocean and Cyberspace
Who is out making passages in the Pacific
and what kind of weather are they having? Check out YOTREPS –
‘yacht reports’ – at http://www.bitwrangler.com/yotreps/
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/stuff/southwest/swstmap.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.
