January 10, 2002

By Grzegorz | January 10, 2002

Richmond YC Dinghy Midwinters

January 10 – Richmond Riviera

Richmond YC has not yet provided us with
results from Sunday’s small boat midwinter race, but Lester Gee
did send us the finishers from the El Toro fleets.

Lester reports that the winds were light
and shifty, so the El Toros were only able to get off three races,
with no throwouts. “Fortunately, the weather was warm and
dry, at least making for a pleasant day for the Race Committee.”
This was the second scheduled race of the four-race series, but
last month’s race was cancelled due to high winds.

El Toro Seniors (11 Starters): 1. Gordie
Nash, 6 pts; 2. Fred Paxton, 7 pts; 3. John Amen, 8 pts. El Toro
Juniors (21 Starters): 1. Sean Kelly. 12 pts; 2. Claire Dennis,
13 pts; 3. David Liebenberg, 14 pts.

The El Toro Juniors outnumbered their elders.

Results for the other fleets should be
available eventually at www.richmondyc.org.

A trio of 505s planing into the mark at reckless speeds

A 29er rounding a looming leeward mark.

Bytes and CFJs sailed inside the breakwater.

Gordie and John racing hell-for-leather
in El Toro Seniors

The ubiquitous white-bandanned Jon Stewart was launched in his
Wylie Wabbit.

This Thistle was sailing with the
bigger boats outside the breakwater.

All Photos Latitude/Rob

YOTREPS

January 10 – 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/

Weather Updates

January 10 – Pacific Ocean

San Francisco Bay Weather

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 www.nws.mbay.net/home.html.

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/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.

Pacific Sea State

Check out the Pacific Ocean sea states
at: http://www.mpc.ncep.noaa.gov/RSSA/PacRegSSA.html.

For another view, see http://www.oceanweather.com/data/global.html.

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