Archives for: June 2011
Looking back to Vancouver in the distance past Point Atkinson
Spinnaker is up as there wasn't much wind at all
Looking towards North Vancouver
The bottom of lighthouse park
More of getting used to tying off the tiller and going to the bow of the boat ... starting to get a little more comfortable with this
Water rushing by as I was doing about 6 knots ... looks much better in the movie rather than the still
My shadow on the bow ... the only way I can take my own picture
Looking up Howe Sound past Bowen as I'm doing about 6 knots heading towards English Bay
Passage Island looks cold
Looking up Howe Sound it doesn't look any better ... good thing that I'm heading south
Looking over to West Vancouver there are a lot of clouds heading my way
Aiming towards Cowan Point in the rough water
Happy for the company of one other sailboat out in the water
June 16, 201114.4 miles, 3:17:30Beautiful evening sail with lots of good wind pushing speeds up to around 6 knots. Got the spinnaker wrapped around the forestay at the end of the trip ... not a good feeling, but got the sail unwrapped and back under control.
Looking up Howe Sound ... there are a few other boats out there
Looking back towards Bowen Island
Looking down towards the water ... almost feels like I'm looking straight down when heeled at 30+ degrees
Looking forward from the cockpit
16th out of 16th ... there is always room for improvement
June 11, 2011 - Round Bowen IslandAnnual Round Bowen Race - 2011 with Doug and ValenciaRace Time and Distance: 7:04:16 - 24.3 milesTotal Time and Distance: 8:14:57 - 26.4 milesVirtually NO wind at the start made for a very slow start with most boats pulling out their spinnakers. Half way down Howe Sound the wind really picked up and made for an entertaining ride. From Cape Roger Curtis to Finnister Island we had the spinnaker up and were hitting 6.5 knots. The time limit for the race was 7:30 so for the first time I actually made it within the time ... from my rating the adjusted time for the race was 6:25:09. I ended up coming 16 out of 16 in my division. From the early results there were 89 boats racing. I crossed the line 81st out of the 89, but with my corrected time I came in 61st out of 89 ... not too bad for only my 2nd time in the race.
Just after I came back to the dock a large family of geese came looking for a meal
One of the competitors in the back side of Bowen ... we came in before him :-)
This was my seat for over 2 hours controlling the spinnaker to get the most out of the wind ... at times we hit 6 1/2 knots which was great
Sitting on the bow working the spinnaker checking out the competitors
The fleet ahead of us ... at least this day we are not completely at the back
Doug in control of the boat as we are heeling down the Sound
Doug holding on as we go past 30 degrees of heel
Heeling hard down the south end of Howe Sound ... finally lots of wind
Valencia looking calm while we are heeling over
Race from Artisan Square ... no wind
The 2 yellow marks are the start line ... we are drifting back while waiting for the actual race to start
Mirror 16ft boat was very fast in the light wind and it also had a spinnaker ... finally I did beat it
More boats waiting in the windless conditions for the start
Some of the other boats waiting for the start of the race
Valencia trying not to look bored while we are waiting for the start of the race
Il Moro - First in a series of boats for the America's Cup 1992 ... can't complete against this boat.Il Moro di Venezia I (ITA-1) sailed as a trial boat for two years and competed in the 1991 IACC World Championships, later becoming the sponsor platform for the syndicate. In 1994 she was bought by a Russian team that raced her in the 1994 IACC World Championships but never made it to the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup competition. Repossessed by a bank, she was bought in 1998 by a Chicago businessman who installed an engine and sailed her for a couple of years in San Diego before she once again fell victim to the bank. Tina Kleinjan and John Sweeney bought her in 2001, adding her to their fleet of IACC boats in San Francisco. They completely restored her with new paint and rigging and raced her against other IACC boats in San Francisco bay. She was sold for the last time in 2006 and is currently moored in North Vancouver.
2011 Round Bowen Sailing Race
Wonder if it will make the boat go faster?
Moving with the forklift ... I wasn't that comfortable watching this as the fork lift's back wheels were bouncing up and down
Had problems with the electrical system and found it to be this ... 5 hours later there was a shiny new breaker box with the correct wires hooked up
The coupler from the propellor to the transmission this needs to be loosened
Very rusted ... a little WD-40 and a hammer solved that
Spent 2-5 hours each day in here ... you can see my foot in the door way
Looking into the engine room ... not too big
This is the way into the engine ... a small cupboard
Looking into the engine room
The engine door is this way
The cutlass bearing is that black rubber hose that should be in the brass part of the cutlass bearing ... that is why the propellor sounded so bad
Ready to move
Heeled at about 20 degrees doing about 5 knots with the tiller lashed. Starting to get comfortable being on the bow of the boat with no one in control. As long as the sails are set up the boat can sail all by it's self
June 1, 2011:3.3 miles, 1:03 Taking the boat over to Race Rocks to fix what I thought was a bad transmission and it turned out to be a bearing on the propellor shaft. Could only manage a few knots under motor power, but 5 knots with the sails and the wind. Unfortunately Race Rocks is going to be the boat's home for a week.