Racine Catamaran Championships 2010

Wind is filling a bit but still lots of fog.

yep, I learned my lesson this way too .... gotta tie down the F16's (and secure the mast rotator to keep from oscillating).

Does anyone have an update on the N20 course? The F18's have streaming video...and wonderful coverage but I can't find anything on the N20.

where did you find the video stream?

http://www.jtvgo.com/onthewateranarchy
Live coverage of Course B for the F18's. Really want to follow the N20's...but can't find anyone providing updates anywhere online. Been to Velocity sailing, here, anarchy...

I'm guessing Tad and his droid did not make it to Racine.

We keep warning everyone for this, but for some reason most people prefer to learn it the hard way.

Besides, with so many F18's around there isn't really any excusse to not tie your F16 down to a secure point properly ! <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />

On out games we used our trailers as secure point. Two F16's side by side with the two trailers on the outside on other side. Then use the trap lines and some additional line to ties everything down.

Worked great !

Wouter

Unfortunately, my boat was staked down and the mast rotator was taught. It pulled the nearly 4 feet of the auger out of the sand. More F18 than F16 flipped and they were staked down as well. Wind was howling. What I did learn was to stake down both sides using the trap wires.

Mark Thomson has loaned me his Blade mast and I am back in business.

Not much to report today. F18, 20s, F16 got in only one race. Fog was a major issue. On the Alpha course with the 20s and the 16s, they literally could not find the marks. From shore, all you could see was the tops of the sails. Low winds as well. Very weird conditions.

any results out there? I found some F18 results from today in this thread:

http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?showtopic=111705&st=0&p=2948874&#entry2948874

Sorry Jake, all I know is Mischa won the F18 race and Dan Felman/Jill Feldman won the F16.

17, 16, and 20 results:

In the F18s, Eileen and I got fourth following in Dennis Key with JW in third. Argentina in 2nd with Misha and Carrie leading the group. The numbers I remember right now, in my room are Eileen and I are 48, Dennis and JW 60, Nigel and Alex 36.

Later,
Dan

There is a lot of fog this morning much worse than yesterday and the wind is very light.

your Yoda quote sounds more appropriate for today's forecast than ever!

Sorry that I am not there to cover it. I've been in the process of moving all this week (and likely all next week as well)

I use various anchor methods depending on the soil.

For sand, I use 2x4 (about 2' long) with a line tied to them. I dig a hole in the sand to bury the 2x4 and then secure it to the trap line (same for the other side).

If the ground is hard I use 18" screw anchors for each side and tie the line to the trap handle.

Class Association meeting is in progress. NA F18 Class is now US F18 Class. The North American Championship will continue to be the North Americans.

Next years North Americans will be in Hyannis MA

Shouldn't you be paying attention to the meeting Bob? <img src="<>/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile" height="15" width="15" />

EXCELLENT!!!! I look forward to being there!

Discussions about 2012 Words qualification, how much electronics to allow, US Sailing prescriptions ect.

BTW: Still no wind.

I am going to do the 2X4 as well tonight. Don't want to lose another one.

I heard today that there was an F18 with two anchors with pretty big auger heads that went over as well. 54 mph winds.

Did you notice that the ones that went over had cattrax under them? The pic showed the trax still hanging from the sterns.

Don't know about the F18s, but the two F16s did have cattrax on the rear of the boat. Tonight we are both flat on the beach. Also, I found a 4X4 and buried it with a line attached to the dolphin striker and both trap lines on augers in at least 3 ft.

Tom is prepared to bury his boat in concrete if it means his boat won't flip on the beach again.....

No races today, tomorrow, and sadly the rest of the week looks like shite as well.

I know that with A-Cats, they tie them down usually with dog screws (do not know if that is the correct term for the item) in the sand with the boat lashed to a couple of them and have seen it done a few other ways. Looking at a photo, I saw the Pease and jay had done that with their boat. Don't know if that began after the turmoil. Sorry to see the damage that happened.

on the beach, I use a couple of 30

auger style anchors available from Northern Tools for a pretty reasonable $7 each.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200336262_200336262

On harder, more stable ground, I have a couple of 15

versions of the same auger. I've used the dog style screws for tie downs but I've broken three of the handles off while screwing them in the ground or trying to remove them from the ground. I've not had any trouble with the augers and a piece of conduit to form a

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handle to work them into the ground.