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Corinthian Midwinters

By Christine Weaver | January 18, 2016 | Tiburon, CA |
Saturday’s Corinthian Midwinters racers converged at the penultimate mark of course 5, the R4 buoy designated as YRA 8 east of Angel Island’s Point Blunt. Carried by momentum, the boats drifted around the buoy with much yelling and some contact, but no actual protests were filed.

© 2016 Nathan Bossett

After a 35-minute postponement, Saturday’s 98-boat Corinthian Yacht Club Midwinters fleet sailed off a startline set west of Angel Island into a softening breeze on a 12- or 8-mile course, depending on division. The course choice proved overly ambitious for some. The race committee shortened course at the last mark, Yellow Bluff, southeast of Sausalito. As the 4:30 p.m. time limit approached, one competitor after another called in to drop out, and many more were left on the course when time ran out, still inching toward the elusive finish.

Taking Harding Rock to starboard and Angel Island to port, the Richmond-bound 620-ft car carrier Pearl Ace gently and quietly passed through the fleet attempting to finish in the light air and powerful flood. The pilot finessed the passage without sounding even one horn.


video by Michael Moradzadeh

Sunday’s race had a lively breeze for a quick afternoon, mostly complete before the heaviest of the rain came in. We’ll have much more in Racing Sheet in the February issue of Latitude 38.

Sailing

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