[Santana 22] Tuna Tune-up: April 5th, 11 am, Clipper Cove, TI

Michael Sporer pasta514 at hotmail.com
Sat Apr 5 23:17:30 EDT 2014

Great fun today!  I placed 32 photos on dropbox.  Here's the link: 
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/93oww95dxrryo0f/9L7dwu3nuQ

Thanks all!


On 4/4/2014 10:01 AM, Frank Lawler wrote:
> TI Tune-Up Notes:
>      Hi everyone. Just to review the sound signals:
>           1st Sound: 5 min to go
>           2nd Sound : 4 min to go
>           3rd Sound :  1 min to go
>           4th Sound:    START!
>       There will be a short beat to a port rounding of a windward 
> mark, followed by a downwind finish. PLEASE MONITOR CHANNEL 71 so that 
> you can receive notification shortly before each 5 min sequence 
> commences. To keep things moving in a timely manner, remain in the 
> vicinity of the start line after your finish.
>        I recommend delaying your final tack for the line, whether 
> starting on port or starboard, so as to preserve your final option as 
> long as possible. This gives you time to make a better assessment 
> of where most of the other boats might be before committing yourself. 
> Conversely, if you tack for the line too early or from too far off, 
> you have no more options if something unexpected develops. It also 
> becomes progressively harder with distance from the line to get your 
> timing right.
>        It's worthwhile to caution against barging, a violation in 
> which a windward boat at either end of the line forces a leeward boat 
> to fall off in order to gain space for themselves to squeeze in 
> between that boat and the port buoy or the committee boat, 
> depending upon which end of the line you have chosen for your 
> start. If you are the leeward boat in this situation, you have the 
> right to head up and "close the door"subject to to two limitations:
>      1) It must be clear that the barging boat is going to respond by 
> heading up (you may not force a collision), and
>      2) If applicable, you do not do so in such a manner that the 
> barging boat has no room to yield without
>           banging into the committee boat (my boat!).
>      See you tomorrow.
>             Frank Lawler
>             Tackful
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 23:56:25 -0700
> From: c.j.wills at acm.org
> To: tuna at myfleet.org
> Subject: Re: [Santana 22] Tuna Tune-up: April 5th, 11 am, Clipper Cove, TI
>
> I can almost definitely make it over, either to crew or bring my own 
> boat out if we're overmanned (my boat is at TI anyway but it's slow - 
> maybe it can replace Tackful as committee boat?)
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Santana22 San Francisco 
> <santana22sfbay at gmail.com <mailto:santana22sfbay at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Tuna skippers,
>
>     Frank Lawler of "Tackful" will teach us the ins-and-outs of starts
>     in our famous Spring Tuna Tune-up. This event is for novice
>     skippers who want to practice some starts, as well as for
>     experienced folks who want to get their crews ready for the
>     season. It's also one of the most fun events of the year!
>
>     On Sat April 5th we'll put out a starting line with a short course
>     in beautiful Clipper Cove to practice as many starts as we can fit
>     in. Start at 11, about 6 starts and very short races (~ 5 min
>     each), and then we'll break for a pot luck lunch during which
>     Frank will give some feedback. Then, it's back on the water for a
>     few more starts and we'll be done before 3 pm.
>
>     You can come over and bring your Tuna, or just come over and we'll
>     find you a boat to crew on. Please bring crew and/or interested
>     other skippers or friends.
>
>     Please let us know 1) if you're coming, 2) if you're bringing your
>     boat, 3) how many crew you're bringing.
>
>     It would be great to have someone volunteer to take some pictures
>     and write a short piece for NorCal sailing to give the fleet some
>     advertisement. Also, if this date doesn't work for a whole lot of
>     people we can postpone to April 19 after the Wheeler regatta, so
>     let me know if that's the case.
>
>     In the past years we've had 8-10 boats out for this event and it's
>     a great way to get toknow the fleet and do some informal races. As
>     always, please let me know if you have any questions!
>
>     Cheers,
>     Anna
>
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