Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
DELIVERY Simonstown to Cape Town 20th September 2014
Departing Simonstown at around 8:20/30am... Full main and J4.. beating into the bay.. the chop gradually increased.. and the rain started falling non stop... winds were around 16 knots. Going further South the chop gave way to swell and the breeze decreased.. Eventually requiring around 30 minutes of motor Sailing... closing in at the point, the waves were quite steep with the odd one breaking.. Just before Cape Point the rains stopped, Once in line with Cape Point, the breeze immediately increased to 20-25 knots...
Yolo carried a tight course until sure it could clear SW reefs, then bore away to a fetch. Progress was fast.. with the deck awash in the big seas...
Once around SW reefs, Yolo bore away.. and sailed downwind down the coast Poling out the jib. Nice seas with allowed for nice sailing A gybe at Slankop.. Pole up again.. and eventually pole away... reaching in for cape Town. Wind died at Sea Point Pavilion.. but the wind line was ten minutes further... but opted to start the pack away.
Arrived at the breakwater.. with just under 8 hours of sailing, met at the jetty by Sieger who helped with the lines. Aboard were: Dale. Boat performed well. Thank to Sieger for the lifting.
Yolo carried a tight course until sure it could clear SW reefs, then bore away to a fetch. Progress was fast.. with the deck awash in the big seas...
Once around SW reefs, Yolo bore away.. and sailed downwind down the coast Poling out the jib. Nice seas with allowed for nice sailing A gybe at Slankop.. Pole up again.. and eventually pole away... reaching in for cape Town. Wind died at Sea Point Pavilion.. but the wind line was ten minutes further... but opted to start the pack away.
Arrived at the breakwater.. with just under 8 hours of sailing, met at the jetty by Sieger who helped with the lines. Aboard were: Dale. Boat performed well. Thank to Sieger for the lifting.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
SPRING REGATTA 24th September Race 3, 4, 5.
With Day Two of racing being abandoned, there was lots of pressure on the bridge to ensure 5 races to allow for one discard. Racing started at 10am. Team Yolo met early and prepped the boat. Got going on the water early. There was a N or a Slight NE blowing. Forecast to swing to NW. Yolo did it's test beats and did the numbers.
Summary of Racing for the Day:
Yolo had reasonable starts, occasionally making the error of going wrong side of the course. Eventually finding some of the faster settings on the boat. Crew work was good with very few errors and those were quickly rectified. Occasionally a nice puff downwind made the sailing fun..
In short, it was a good regatta with YOLO coming second overall in IRC class 2, see results here:
http://fbyc.co.za/results/2014/IRC%20Div%202os.html
The crew have been exceptional. With everyone only meeting each other briefly for a 2 hour session a week before the regatta, the crew quickly bonded and got to understand the boat and each other in order to give of their best.
CREW:
Dale
Ian
Sieger
Howard
Daphne
Denise
Shane
David
Boat performed well, with no problems being experienced.
Pic Credit: Trevor Wilkins
Summary of Racing for the Day:
Yolo had reasonable starts, occasionally making the error of going wrong side of the course. Eventually finding some of the faster settings on the boat. Crew work was good with very few errors and those were quickly rectified. Occasionally a nice puff downwind made the sailing fun..
In short, it was a good regatta with YOLO coming second overall in IRC class 2, see results here:
http://fbyc.co.za/results/2014/IRC%20Div%202os.html
The crew have been exceptional. With everyone only meeting each other briefly for a 2 hour session a week before the regatta, the crew quickly bonded and got to understand the boat and each other in order to give of their best.
CREW:
Dale
Ian
Sieger
Howard
Daphne
Denise
Shane
David
Boat performed well, with no problems being experienced.
Pic Credit: Trevor Wilkins
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Spring Regatta-FBYC 20/21/24 September 2014
Day One:
FBYC was on form and had mustered a good entry for the Spring Regatta. Yolo was relegated to IRC Class 2. Yolo with her Crew were at the Club on time. Prepared the boat and briefed all ready for a good day's racing.
Race One:
Around 16-18knots of wind. Sea was quite choppy which did not help Yolo as she was racing against boats which had much longer waterlines, which made it easier in the chop and hence better average speeds Everyone was keen on pushing the start, with a lot of emphasis on the bridge boat. Yolo had a fair start and tacked soon after for clear winds.With a few tacks on shifts on the beat. The weather mark was out of visual range and Yolo ended up over standing. Once round, Kite up and Off she went, taking advantage of the mini swells to try and catch surf's. Our navigator called the lay and we Gybed. Next was a beat and a shorter weather mark with a Triangle with two reaches, then a finish. Yolo came in second overall in the race which we were happy with.
Race Two:
In this race Yolo tried to secure the bridge boat side of the line, but was squeezed out, forcing her to tack and gybe around and lose some distance and get caught in the bad airs.. A tack away and sailed to clean breeze. In this race the Weather mark had been moved to the right.. With Yolo banging the corner.. and getting a good approach to the weather mark. Breeze had increased somewhat. Good downwind speeds, stalled on the gybe but quick recovery. Next beat was just a matter of getting to the weather mark. On the final reach leg, the swell action and wind angle was too Yolo's liking with the breeze at 25 we had fun ont he final leg.
Day Two:
Racing was abandoned as the winds were blowing 30 plus knots.. probably reaching 40 in places.
Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Denise, Daphne, Shane, David, Howard. Boat performed
Pic credits:
Pic 1, 2 and 3 Trevor Wilkins.
Pic 4 David Mabin
well.
FBYC was on form and had mustered a good entry for the Spring Regatta. Yolo was relegated to IRC Class 2. Yolo with her Crew were at the Club on time. Prepared the boat and briefed all ready for a good day's racing.
Race One:
Around 16-18knots of wind. Sea was quite choppy which did not help Yolo as she was racing against boats which had much longer waterlines, which made it easier in the chop and hence better average speeds Everyone was keen on pushing the start, with a lot of emphasis on the bridge boat. Yolo had a fair start and tacked soon after for clear winds.With a few tacks on shifts on the beat. The weather mark was out of visual range and Yolo ended up over standing. Once round, Kite up and Off she went, taking advantage of the mini swells to try and catch surf's. Our navigator called the lay and we Gybed. Next was a beat and a shorter weather mark with a Triangle with two reaches, then a finish. Yolo came in second overall in the race which we were happy with.
Race Two:
In this race Yolo tried to secure the bridge boat side of the line, but was squeezed out, forcing her to tack and gybe around and lose some distance and get caught in the bad airs.. A tack away and sailed to clean breeze. In this race the Weather mark had been moved to the right.. With Yolo banging the corner.. and getting a good approach to the weather mark. Breeze had increased somewhat. Good downwind speeds, stalled on the gybe but quick recovery. Next beat was just a matter of getting to the weather mark. On the final reach leg, the swell action and wind angle was too Yolo's liking with the breeze at 25 we had fun ont he final leg.
Day Two:
Racing was abandoned as the winds were blowing 30 plus knots.. probably reaching 40 in places.
Aboard were: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Denise, Daphne, Shane, David, Howard. Boat performed
Pic credits:
Pic 1, 2 and 3 Trevor Wilkins.
Pic 4 David Mabin
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Training for Spring Regatta -14 September 2014
With a new crew aboard, a training session was held in Simonstown aboard Yolo where we did a meet and greet and everyone got to meet each other.
Winds were SE 16-24, but away from the mountain a steady 20. Initially Yolo did a long stretch close to Millers Point with tacks on the way, a good hoist was had and a good many gybes all the way to Glencairn, rounded the mark and then a beat to Castor, another hoist and gybe sail to Glencairn and with a good rounding.. We had been training for over two hours... A good session, we proceeded back to the marina for a debrief and sort the boat out in preparation. Boat performed well. Crew work was good. The Crew for Sprng Regatta are currently: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Howard, Daphne, Shane, Denise.
Pic of boat at her Simonstown Marina.
Winds were SE 16-24, but away from the mountain a steady 20. Initially Yolo did a long stretch close to Millers Point with tacks on the way, a good hoist was had and a good many gybes all the way to Glencairn, rounded the mark and then a beat to Castor, another hoist and gybe sail to Glencairn and with a good rounding.. We had been training for over two hours... A good session, we proceeded back to the marina for a debrief and sort the boat out in preparation. Boat performed well. Crew work was good. The Crew for Sprng Regatta are currently: Dale, Ian, Sieger, Howard, Daphne, Shane, Denise.
Pic of boat at her Simonstown Marina.
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