Robert
Best boat speed according to GPS 16.9. We saw many bursts in excess of 15. Best daily run was 170. Spinnaker seemed to be the critical sail causing round ups and the 2 nasty roll downs. Once we dumped the chute, the boat stabilized. Because most of the race is DDW the main is sheet ed way out. Uncontrolled vibes were a problem when the boat fell off waves and got by the lee.
Thanks for you kind words. Plus Sixteen will be back in her slip tomorrow after a return trip on Mat son
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Robert Izmirian" <rizmirian@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:22:52
To: 'pdisario'<pdisario@comcast.net>
Cc: <olson911@SailPix.com>; <sf30s@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: RE: Olson 911 Plus sixteen placed 2nd in Pacific cup double handed division 1
Paul, you are an inspiration to us all. I can't imagine the effort to race one of our little boats that far that fast. What was your best boat speed and best 24 hours?
I note from your start line picture that you carried a full batten main. It must have been tough to depower in those 35 knot squalls.
Hope to see you and Plus Sixteen back on the Bay soon.
Bob
Robert E. Izmirian
rizmirian@comcast.net
From: owner-olson911@sailpix.com [mailto:owner-olson911@sailpix.com] On
Behalf Of pdisario
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 10:08 AM
To: olson911@SailPix.com
Subject: Olson 911 Plus sixteen placed 2nd in Pacific cup double handed
division 1
Photo at the start St Francis YC in San Francisco.
For those who are interested
Race summary
The race began in light conditions once we were outside the Golden Gate. It took nearly half a day to reach the Farrallones Islands, 25 miles west of Golden Gate. The wind picked
up after that with a windy close reach for a day or so, Then it became calm again so we headed south to get back into the wind. This maneuver got us ahead of Rubicon III. We then entered the trade winds, which were the strongest I have experienced of the three races I have been in--especially the squalls which came one after another at night with high wind gusts up to 35 knots. Two especially nasty squalls rolled the boat on its beam ends, once when Tony was at the helm and once when I was steering. In both cases we had to let the spinnaker run free to right the boat. The roll down when I was at the helm caused enough water to wash over me that my automatic life jacket inflated.
Our aggressive sailing eventually lengthens our lead to 74 miles over Rubicon III. We finished the race at 10:44 HST on 28 July at the Kaneohe YC on the Island of Oahu. Total distance is 2070 nautical miles.
The crew, though exhausted was in good spirits but not ready to take on this adventure on anytime soon. We attended the parties at the club. Plus Sixteen served us well; due to the high winds we blew out two spinnakers of the 5 on board.
Paul Disario
559 273 9549 Received on Sun Aug 17 08:54:29 2008