Hello,
Attached is the race information for the Sunday, April 1st Santana Scramble
in Clipper Cove at Treasure Island.
I have also copied and pasted the text below.
Another reason to bring your boat out: Sutter Schumacher from Latitude 38's
Racing Program will be there racing on a Santana. You could be gracing
Latitude 38's May cover!
Please go to our website to sign up -- www.santana22.com
Any questions, please ask.
Kevin McElroy
Moonshine #570
Scombridae* Sunday
What: starting practice and 3+ short races just for Santana 22s
When: 12:00 to ~ 4:00 on Sunday the 1st of April, 2007.
Where: Clipper Cove, located between Treasure Island and Yerba Buena on the
eastern side.
How Much: Free
Rules: Racing Rules of Sailing. Organizing Authority is the TI Sailing
Center.
This casual race day does not require any class or yacht club membership,
measurements or anything else except you and your boat. If you are new to
racing this is a great introduction. Several of the fleet's more
experienced skippers have offered to sail a race with new boats to give them
tips on how to handle the boat and the basics of racing. Also, there will
probably be a number of people doublehanding and perhaps even a singlehander
or two. Class main and jib preferred, but come with what you have.
We are honored to have John Super of the Bay View Boat Club do Race
Committee in exchange for a pass-the-hat benefiting the Treasure Island
Sailing Center Junior Program. Please bring a few bucks for this worthy
cause.
Schedule:
Noon-1pm: Quick practice starts
1pm-2pm: Fast lunch & rap session on Treasure Island Marina Guest Dock
(Bring your own sandwiches, beer sponsored by The Mission Yacht Club)
2pm-4pm: 3+ Races: Starting Line – Windward Mark – Leeward Mark (Race
Committee determines once or twice around)
The Course:
A temporary orange buoy and a powerboat in the middle of Clipper Cove will
mark the start and finish line.
The first two practice starts will be just that. Beginning with the third
practice start, we will race up to the windward mark and make a downwind
finish. Think of it as a half sausage. Hopefully this will allow people to
get a feel for how good their start actually was.
For the after lunch racing we will beat up into Clipper Cove to round an
orange temporary buoy to port. RC may or may not set an offset. Run down
to another temporary orange mark on the east end of the cove. Round to port
and beat back up to finish. If interest in a twice around is expressed the
Race Committee boat will call it out over VHF Radio.
As a note, this course should keep us well away from both the barges and the
bridge construction. It is well within the area that the TI Sailing Center
has used for dinghy regattas and is an area that I regularly sail in my
tuna. There should be no draft issues in Clipper Cove given the relatively
high tides.
Sailing Instructions and Notices: All communications and changes shall be
verbal both by vhf radio on channel 69 (or other channel as announced by RC)
and by loud hailer.
Starts: The sound system (5 minute, appendix Q) shall be used.
Clipper Cove info:
Highlights include good wind with almost no chop and more puffs and wind
shifts than you usually see on the Bay.
Currents at Golden Gate:
1 April 2007
Max 1041 3.3 Flood
Slack 1338
Max 1625 3.5 Ebb
Tides at Golden Gate:
1 April 2007
Low 0538 1.0
High 1153 5.0
Low 1738 1.0
*Scombridae is the family that the various tuna species belong to.
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