Regatta Report Harry Anderson 2006

Harry Anderson
YCYC
420s
9.2-3.06

Saturday – Winds ENE 15-25 knots Outgoing tide in the AM.
Big lefties at bottom and middle. Light and variable at top near shoreline.
Went heavy, suffered at top of course where big boathandling was necessary.

Boatspeed – easier near pin off start (rumble, rumble 420 with breeze… tails straight plane upwind.)

Great control off the wind with crew to weather (Stable). Problem – where can you fit in a few bails?
1. Lulls
2. Go regular til boat is dry
3. Skipper bails?
Very easy to gybe, flick it and rip it.

** Find a good way to do a wing to reach transition when stable.**
1. crew stands
2. skipper rolls off bar
3. double flatten
**** problem # 3 seems a bit dangerous/complicated

Trip MD – very good, agro, needs to settle down a bit, work on downwind boathandling.

Rough 1st set on Saturday… 1 DFL.
1. too many tacks
2. No speed (Rumble, Rumble
3. Easier to rumble from pin.

Be confident – let it rip, rumble in breeze.

Sunday 6 races in A+B
7,10,10,16,4,6
Last set saved face for us in the regatta

Races 3-6 3-5k SE breeze.
Roll the boat HARD and LATE
Super light you must romp (speed first, height later)

Breeze from same direction as Sunday at Frosh NE’s. See righties on upper right quite often. Know what the tide is doing, especially off wind.

Current was ebbing early (races 3-5) huge gains around offset when you could gybe.

Past success has come from: Win the pin, cross the fleet be the first to get into the rightie off the bluff. On the downwind big gains were seen in the ebb when you gybe immediately
1. current sweeping hard.
2. Fight it early while reacing (in clear breeze!), not winging
3. When battling for overlaps at gate, you are sweeping in while others are sweeping out. Also the left gate makes more sense since you are sailing against the current less.
4. Don’t get lost trying to boathandle your way in current and light breeze.

E, Stork says “you can’t get sucked into reaching around on the run. Point it at the mark and fly. Find a lane and go.”

Races 7-8 saved our ass. We went from 16th to 9th in A.

Breeze came up to 12-14 knots. Upper edge with Kerry. Need a medium with some height… Hannah? Won the pin 2 races straight, rumbledout to within 5 boatlengthes of port tack layline. Ducked a few (1 pack) they went too far, but couldn’t pin me because the breeze was up. I pinned a group that called for room to tack. In breeze you can almost always leebow when its close…. Especially when its you are on the outer fringe pinning a group.

3-8 Boatlengthes is desired but not necessary… tons of carnage at top, nobody knows what is going on (waves and breeze)

A guy on the inner fringe of a pack (calling for room to tack due to starboard tackers) almost always gets boned.

9th in A
16th in B
16th Overall