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GT300 - Team TCDYC thread
Mon, 06/14/2010 - 7:16pm
This is the Team TCDYC GT300 thread. We arrived on Padre early Saturday morning. Actually, it was the Walmart parking lot on Port Isabel - scene of an impromptu Fiesta where the whole team demolished a gallon of crown watching the sunrise. The boat is built and we've been for a couple of practice runs to test our new rigging ideas - such as a rudder system that can be raised and lowered from out on the wire. We shot some video today and will post to youtube once we figure a free windows editing solution. Mike Niggli, Steve Piche and Michael Yost already have their boats set up. Most of the other teams arrive tonight or early in the morning Chris.
Tue, 06/15/2010 - 4:20pm
#2
Practice run video posted
Video from yesterday's practice run is now on youtube - embedded at the top of this post.
Linda is picking up Mr Clean and John Casey from the airport this evening. They are covering the race for Sailing Anarchy.
Chris.
Linda is picking up Mr Clean and John Casey from the airport this evening. They are covering the race for Sailing Anarchy.
Chris.
Tue, 06/15/2010 - 4:30pm
#3
Good luck Chris! A repeat of
Good luck Chris! A repeat of last year would be great!
Tue, 06/15/2010 - 7:20pm
#4
good luck
Best of Luck TDCYC Have fun and be safe. Jane
Thu, 06/17/2010 - 12:31am
#5
GT - Day 1 report
After a bad start in the surf (captured on Video by our friends from Sailing Anarchy) we ended up in last but one place. The morning was a drifter, with teams gybing in and out along the beach, hunting for pressure.
We spotted some clouds out on the rum line (which could mean wind) so we meandered out, and it paid off. The rest of the day was spent picking off one boat after another, until we worked up to 2nd place, which ended up as 3rd as we got pushed in by building breeze and then nailed by a squall which flipped us 3 times. We rounded it off with a 4th flip (a pitch pole) in front of the SA video crew.
The afternoon storms were tough on the fleet, with 2 team abandoning their boats for a coastguard helicopter rescue (Team PacMen and Team Quicksilver). The last boat made it in about 11pm (Jack Flash - our very own Commodore).
Chris.
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All teams have safely arrived as the Tiki Motel on South Padre island - where the race starts tomorrow morning at 10am. People have spent the day rigging and getting throught their safety inspections and registration process. No practice sailing this afternoon - the wind is too light for folks to risk it in the surf before the big day. A couple of teams failed safety inspection - Jack Flash had a dead VHF radio and a dead spare, Pac Men had a SPOT2 - but no EPRIB or Sat Phone. One of their team members is on the way to Corpus Christi to hit the West Marine.
While SPOTs and EPRIBs have similar characteristics - using satellite comms to report position, EPRIBs have greater reliability and are recognized as an approved safety device by the USCG. The GT300 rules call for either an EPIRB or a satellite phone. SPOTs are optional - but the performance last year showed that they are not reliable in reporting position along the Texas Coast.
The teams will be gathering for the pre-race party, USCG safety briefing and the weigh in this evening. The starting order will also be decided by a random draw - with the order of the draw (lowest to highest or highest to lowest) decided on a coin toss. This is a potential source of advantage is getting a clean start through the surf and winning some clean air to get a leap on your rivals. The winning margin on the race has been measured in minutes and seconds in the past - in fact last year it was only 15 seconds - so all these small advantages can be significant.
Chris.
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