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    Link to this post Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 02:48 PM
    Thanks for the helm time Billy, and thanks for the hang time Dolly banana ! We need to snap a picture of Dolly to share with the beachcat.com lurkers.

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    Link to this post Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 12:38 PM
    who's doing what this weekend?

    cat island regatta, deer island camp, or just wastin' a weekend sailing icon_cool ?
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    Link to this post Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 05:29 PM
    near coastal forcast for saturday...ne winds 15-20mph 4-6' seas! i'm leanin' torwards round cat island race...a honking reach to and fro...NIRVANA! mayby do sunday "sailgating" in front of coliseum for the panic show, the place will be crawling with hotties wanting to ride...high of 78.

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    Link to this post Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 05:45 PM
    if your crew drops out or you can't convince them otherwise, gimme a shout. 228 -three 1 three -24eight2

    If not, we may meet up and grand stand the crowd on sunday icon_razz
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    Link to this post Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 06:32 PM
    sweet...i'm working in ocean springs this week and next and plan on bringing the boat down friday. want to step mast and get ready at the pass yc friday night so i'm not in a hurry sat morning. i'll be in touch as the weekend draws near, might be one or the other or both!

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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 02, 2011 - 05:43 AM
    Hey Bill,

    you got third place! There's a nice prize waiting for ya at the Pass YC. Talk to David Taylor...

    congratulations!
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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 02, 2011 - 10:34 AM
    http://www.thebeachcats.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=82560&g2_

    HOLY COW!!!...i was happy to finish the race. you guys left us on the south side of the island in the 9' ground swells icon_eek , i was stoked to pass the other f-27 on the last leg but didn't think we had a shot at 3rd. that was INTENSE! loved it, been waiting for october to bring some excitement. the pic is my crew right after we finished... we could barely walk, stiff backs, necks...i'm not ready for the tybee 500! the race had it all...first leg drag race into the 4-6 seas, second leg in the BIG waves, third leg tacking with the winds coming and going, fourth leg pointing to the mark, and the final leg screaming to the club chasing down the other tri maran...all with the winds shifting constantly from n, ne, and some nw to keep you on your toes...gonna have to start working out to keep this up, AWESOME DAY! can't wait for next years race! didn't realize your boat was sooo fast!...thought i would hang a little closer than i did but you guys walked away from us!

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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 02, 2011 - 07:16 PM
    Bill,

    you totally left out telling about that "deer in the headlights" look you sported there at the start line
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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 02, 2011 - 08:57 PM
    oh yeah...i almost had a good start(beside being over the line and getting an upclose look at your waterline!)...but the second one was better! in the mean time, you guys were long gone...then the 2 nacra 20's who were still on the beach when the race started, came rolling by...my strategy was working...always start the race in dead last, takes the pressure off. at that point i was stalking the other tri, caught him and passed him on the first leg, made the mark, then the fun began. it was you and the n20's with that big beautiful new benetean sense 50 leading as the waves got progressively bigger and bigger, the corsair was gaining ground, and it was time to make the mark. told the crew we would tack when we were between the really tall waves...ten minutes later it was f#@k it, here we go...i really didn't want to flip it out there...those waves made me and my boat really fell like the littlest boat in the race. at this point, i employed my second strategy for sucessful racing- identify the people who know what they are doing and follow them...but, the next challenge happened: winds started to lay down for the tacking part of the program...great...at least we got to rest a minute but that was the last i saw of the leaders. when we finally made the range mark, the winds were kicking and we were able to point to the next and last mark but the corsair was closing fast. we rounded the mark, seas laid down being closer to the shore, and the corsair stretched out a nice lead on us...not so fast!...we got into full pirate mode and hunted him down, passed him, and crossed the line feeling great about it! my favorite kind of cat sailing...FAST!!!...i'm still buzzing from it, love that race!

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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 07:54 AM
    Data from the Gulfport Outer Range, which is just inside of Ship Island.
    http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=gpom6

    Time is Greenwich Standard, so it's local plus 6h, so from 1700 GMT to about 1900 GMT I figure is when we were in the Gulfport Channel.

    What's interesting here is the wind shift (WDIR degT column). Note the shifts. And that's measured at anemometer height: 13.7 m above site elevation (ergo 43' high). I'd say the shifts may have been more violent at sea level. All I can say is that the shifty gusts made it damn hard to guess what sail to hang, and I didn't call it very well.

    The WSPD column is wind speed, measured in metres per second, please multiply by 1.94 to approximate knots. It would appear the max gust was about 17kt. But do also note how these numbers jump around, too.

    Unfortunately, this station doesn't measure wave height, and the only buoys which do are too far offshore to be relevant. Personally, I estimate the wave height from start to D mark at 1-2 feet, from D to A mark at 2-4 feet, and in the Gulfport Channel (A to the Tower From Hell) at 2-4 with the occasional 5 footer. In the Gulfport Channel, the waves were short wavelength and thus appeared to be quite steep and were very hard to work in combination with the windshifts.


    #YY MM DD hh mm WDIR WSPD GST WVHT DPD APD MWD PRES ATMP WTMP DEWP VIS PTDY TIDE
    #yr mo dy hr mn degT m/s m/s m sec sec degT hPa degC degC degC nmi hPa ft
    2011 10 01 18 54 360 5.7 6.7 MM MM MM MM 1018.5 23.0 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 18 48 10 6.2 7.2 MM MM MM MM 1018.6 22.7 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 18 42 20 5.7 7.7 MM MM MM MM 1018.7 22.6 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 18 36 10 4.6 6.2 MM MM MM MM 1018.8 22.6 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 18 30 10 4.6 5.7 MM MM MM MM 1018.8 22.6 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 18 24 10 3.1 4.6 MM MM MM MM 1019.0 22.2 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 18 18 360 4.1 4.6 MM MM MM MM 1019.2 22.1 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 18 12 20 3.6 5.1 MM MM MM MM 1019.2 22.1 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 18 06 20 4.1 5.7 MM MM MM MM 1019.4 21.8 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 18 00 50 3.6 4.6 MM MM MM MM 1019.5 21.5 MM MM MM -0.8 MM
    2011 10 01 17 54 50 3.1 4.6 MM MM MM MM 1019.5 21.5 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 17 48 40 3.1 4.6 MM MM MM MM 1019.7 21.4 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 17 42 20 4.6 5.7 MM MM MM MM 1019.8 21.4 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 17 36 40 4.6 6.2 MM MM MM MM 1019.9 21.3 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 17 30 30 4.6 6.2 MM MM MM MM 1019.9 21.4 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 17 24 40 5.1 6.2 MM MM MM MM 1020.0 21.4 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 17 18 40 5.7 7.2 MM MM MM MM 1020.1 21.1 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 17 12 40 5.1 6.2 MM MM MM MM 1020.2 21.1 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 17 06 30 6.2 7.7 MM MM MM MM 1020.2 21.1 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 17 00 30 5.1 6.7 MM MM MM MM 1020.2 21.2 MM MM MM +0.3 MM
    2011 10 01 16 54 50 5.7 7.7 MM MM MM MM 1020.2 20.9 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 16 48 50 6.2 8.2 MM MM MM MM 1020.3 20.9 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 16 42 40 6.2 8.8 MM MM MM MM 1020.3 21.2 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 16 36 40 6.2 7.7 MM MM MM MM 1020.3 21.2 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 16 30 50 6.2 7.7 MM MM MM MM 1020.4 20.9 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 16 24 50 5.7 7.7 MM MM MM MM 1020.4 21.0 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 16 18 40 6.2 7.7 MM MM MM MM 1020.4 21.0 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 16 12 40 6.2 7.2 MM MM MM MM 1020.4 20.8 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 16 06 50 6.2 7.2 MM MM MM MM 1020.5 20.6 MM MM MM MM MM
    2011 10 01 16 00 40 6.2 7.2 MM MM MM MM 1020.5 20.2 MM MM MM +1.4 MM



    Edited by tami on Oct 03, 2011 - 09:09 AM.
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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 08:55 AM
    Thanks for the info Tami. And thanks to the Capt. of the Blue Ribbon, GREAT JOB Billy!!!! It sure was great to see all those beautiful vessels that quite possibly cost a lil' more than $500. klatsch

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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 03:26 PM
    Bill, of note: the entry fee to the Tybee 500 is more than you paid to purchase your P16. Start saving up and commence your morning yoga routine to prep for the Tybee! kiffer

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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 03, 2011 - 06:10 PM
    i have a bridal windvane and it was swinging back and forth almost nonstop...one minute you would have the mark, the next, not even close...if you were sailing the wind,you were all over the place-if you were laying the mark, you were constantly adjusting the sheets. i was watching peoples spinnakers on the first leg, you could almost see the shifts roll down the line. seemed like every time we tacked the wind shifted. experienced a strange phenomanon twice on the last leg...going along when we almost flipped over on the windward side and watched the windvane do a 360 then shot off again almost flipping the useual way...saw it coming the second time and it appeared to be a mini waterspout, saw the water swirrel upward, since it was a clear dry day there wasn't anything visible but the water...weird.

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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 07:05 AM
    captain backasswards, was finishing up a job on the coast yesterday and had lunch @ the fillin' station...i walked in w/ rodger and "dolly" asked "where's giggles?"...we fell out, she has a name for you! icon_biggrin

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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 07:37 AM
    Commodore Coastrat, Thanks for the update on the fillin' station scene. Dolly is so SWEET!!! girl She obvjiously misses me. As do I her. The Coast Rocks. As do I. catchchicken

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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 08, 2011 - 08:16 AM
    todays forecast: east winds 20 to 25mph, 8-10' seas...I LOVE OCTOBER!!!!

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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 08, 2011 - 09:44 AM
    bill how long have you been sailing? 3-5' is plenty for me icon_frown



    Edited by matt922 on Oct 08, 2011 - 09:45 AM.
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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 08, 2011 - 12:03 PM
    i started sailing lessons at 7 yrs old, the year after we moved to pascagoula. joined the singing river yact club the same year. we stayed active in racing hobie, flying scotts, sunfish, and the bigger boats the whole time. by age 13 my dad trusted me with the family san juan 21'(great boat!) and my friends dad let us use his catalina 22'...about the time we discovered girls and beer soon after. my older brother sold hobies for a guy named warren ford(local cult hero killed in a car crash) and he was an extremely gifted stunt sailor- he could sail backwards, from under the boat, fly a hull as long as he wanted(he weighed 100lbs). in the summer, we used to rig the boat and wait for the afternoon squalls to launch...crazy stuff...it was the seventies, man.

    now days, at 225lbs, it has to blow at least 15-18mpr to fly a hull for me, more if i'm in the trap. i have mellowd with age, believe me, and i enjoy every chance to get out no matter what the winds are, BUT, i LOVE IT when it's whistleing and your catching air in some huge swells with the spray in your face!!!....i don't like to race on calm days, i only have a chance if it's blowin'. right now i'm bummin' because i couldn't sail today...it's killin' me! i would much rather be on a cat in big seas than a mono...way more stable. next april, i,m racing my boat in the dauphin island race...the past 4 years i was on my buddies hunter 25 getting beat to death. i'm over that. i love my p-16 because it's a great platform for extreme sailing...i try to break it!!!

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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 08:43 AM
    Quotetodays forecast: east winds 20 to 25mph, 8-10' seas...I LOVE OCTOBER!!!!

    Lucky you. It's 80 degrees here the entire holiday W/E (out Thanksgiving), & the most we got yesterday was 5 mph, & that only lasted til I got 4 miles from my dock. Today, warm, calm, "with a chance for light breezes later on".
    It's been good for the kids waterskiing & wakeboarding, but the sailing is pretty slow.

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    Link to this post Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 08:51 AM
    Yesterday it was blowing, reached 18.3 on the GPS (I know I know it is fun to say) Never had as much fun on my boat (with a male crew anyway) It was beam reach to beam reach. The gusts according to windfinder was 25 to 30. Bill you should have been there.

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