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DamonLinkous

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Posted: May 30, 2012 - 03:47 PM

Who's up for a nice little 105 (sometimes much more) mile sail around Santa Rosa Island.

I've entered it twice, the first time ended at 8:15pm on the Gulf Side of Fort Pickens Rd. by the last lifeguard stand due to very light west winds and not wanting to try Pickens Pass in total darkness.

The second time I did it solo on my Hobie 18 and finished at 12:15am, pretty good considering winds were again from the West (although stronger) so it was tack-tack-tack up the Gulf side and then jibe-jibe-jibe back in the inland leg.

That year I covered 136 miles on the GPS.

http://thebeachcats.com/e…viewtype/details/eid/577

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Posted: May 31, 2012 - 06:48 AM

That sounds like a good time - never done Round the Island

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Posted: May 31, 2012 - 07:07 AM

I have been thinking about doing this one.

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Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 09:10 AM

Anyone else going? You gonna go Damon?

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Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 10:07 AM

the one race that you really need that predominant south wind and ya didn't get it... TWICE?

sounds like a really fun race if it was nothing but screaming reaches
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Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 10:12 AM

One day later and I would so be in or at least looking for a crew spot. That would be a great start to my vacation.
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Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 01:50 PM

matt922the one race that you really need that predominant south wind and ya didn't get it... TWICE?

Yes, I think maybe I'm a jinx to the race.

The year before my first time they had a perfect strong sea breeze for the entire race and even non-spin boats finished by 4-5pm. Of course other years the breeze dies at dark and then you wait for hours for the wind to come back. It's not unusual for boats to finish Sunday morning.

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Damon Linkous
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Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 02:20 PM

bachoAnyone else going? You gonna go Damon?

I'm still undecided. I have said I didn't want to do this one again unless it was on a faster boat.

But I'd really like to sail it with better conditions than I've had in the past, so I might take another crack at it.

One problem is that the Horn Island Hop at Ocean Springs is the following weekend and I don't want to miss that.

So I'm trying to arrange things so that I can just stay on the coast that week, or I could take the boat over to Ocean Springs after the finish at Fort Walton and leave it.

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Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 07:27 PM

I'm in...

None of those silly bay races this year...I want the real deal.

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bacho

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Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 04:34 AM

Damon, my plan is to watch the weather till the last minute. If its gonna be a drifter, I have better things to do.

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Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 12:07 PM

Good plan, the only problem is how unpredictable Gulf Coast weather can be. Since I'm 400-500 miles from the Gulf Coast destinations I make a habit of not checking the weather before a trip.

What I'll probably do is go ahead and enter but decide once I get down there whether I'll actually go around. Since I've "done it" I'll only go if conditions look good for a before dark finish.

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Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 11:04 PM

What happens on Monday the 25 got to be back Monday.
Have raced in the area before. Well really learned to
Sail multihulls there.

Robert

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Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 10:29 AM

robertcrawfordWhat happens on Monday the 25 got to be back Monday.
Have raced in the area before. Well really learned to
Sail multihulls there.

Robert

Couldn't figure out why you were asking about Monday, hadn't noticed that their Flyer had the wrong dates. I've updated the calendar entry to remove the flyer.
http://www.thebeachcats.c…viewtype/details/eid/577

Here's the schedule from the NOR

Friday, June 22

Check-In & Late Registration 4:30pm – 6:00pm

Welcome Social 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Skippers Meeting 7:30pm

Saturday, June 23

Coffee 5:30am

First Warning 6:55am

Start 7:00am

Fleet Capt’s Grill on the point 4:00pm – 10:00pm

Sunday, June 24

Sunday Breakfast 9:00am – 11:00am

Trophy Presentation 11:00am

Lots of people skip the trophy presentation if they have to be home on Sunday.

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Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 08:54 PM

Thank you, can you post a link that shows the course.
I have looked at the Fwyc web site and could not find
one.

Thanks Again

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Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 09:52 PM

Not a map but here's a link to an article about the 2007 event, everything is pretty much the same I think.

http://thebeachcats.com/n…island,-fort-walton,-fl/

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Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 11:47 PM

robertcrawfordThank you, can you post a link that shows the course.
I have looked at the Fwyc web site and could not find
one.

Thanks Again

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Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 10:21 AM

Tyler, thanks for finding that course picture.

While I was looking for one I found this picture I didn't know about that shows me retrieving my H18 from the Fort Pickens public beach Sunday morning after bailing out Saturday night. The lifeguard and people on the beach couldn't figure out where the boat came from.

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Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 03:27 PM

DamonLinkousTyler, thanks for finding that course picture.

That's a picture of my track log from 2007. It is a pretty good representation of the course. You can find it and other track logs in my photo album.

DamonLinkous
While I was looking for one I found this picture I didn't know about that shows me retrieving my H18 from the Fort Pickens public beach Sunday morning after bailing out Saturday night. The lifeguard and people on the beach couldn't figure out where the boat came from.

I remember it well. I picked you up that Saturday night and drove you back to FWYC, in Andy's wife's borrowed vehicle. Good times.

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Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 04:30 PM

robertcrawfordThank you, can you post a link that shows the course.

Robert,
I should have added that once you leave the Destin Pass they usually have you honor the CB MoA buoy to starboard. The buoy is out there some. The rest of the details is what happens past Brooks Bridge towards the finish, and what happens at the start. They will cover that Friday evening at the meeting.

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Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 05:13 PM

mummp
I remember it well. I picked you up that Saturday night and drove you back to FWYC, in Andy's wife's borrowed vehicle. Good times.

Yes and thanks for coming to rescue us!

What a difference a year made. The 2007 race conditions were what finally convinced me to try going around the island. Looking at your track and how smooth it is shows the prevailing southerly winds that are hoped for. I think the whole fleet was in by dark that year with some boats finishing as early as 2pm.

In contrast, 2008 was light west winds which is why I didn't make it around.

Then in 2009 for my solo trip on the Hobie 18 (no spin) again with the west winds but at least the winds varied from light-medium to medium so progress could be made, but with a lot of tacking and jibing. Take a look at my track from 2009. (forgot I had this) It shows the trip out to the bouy after passing under the bridge at Destin Pass, they also had us honor a mark at the Fort Pickens Pass which was kind of hard to find since right about then was when the only strong winds of the trip came up and it was a wild sleigh ride through the pass. Look at all the short jibes in the narrows, this was in the dark and I was jibing every time the rudders kicked up from getting out of the super narrow channel.

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