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    Committee Boat Corner, May 26th 2021

    Spinnaker or Non-Spinnaker?

    The membership application asks if you will fly your spinnaker for our events, but that’s just a general guide for our scoring and ratings committees.  Competitors still have leeway to declare S or NS for certain events.  This extends to other configurations as well – trying out a new jib size, props, etc…  (those check boxes on the registration form).

    Our scoring system and award structure permits different boat configurations for each of the events in the following list.  Each bullet reflects an individual series and you will be scored in the same configuration for all events in that series.

    • Yacht of the Year Series
    • Beercan Series
    • Dave O’Donnell Memorial Regatta
    • Pursuit Races
    • Commodores Cup
    • Labor Day Regatta
    • Frostbite Races

    If you wish to change your boat from the configuration on your membership application, you MUST alert the Race Committee before your start. For anything other than spinnakers, advanced notice to the R/C is requested as such changes require research.
    All changes must conform to class and phrf rules, of course.

     

    2021 Results

    Competitors List

    Race, Casual Race, and Cruise Fleets
    2021

    Revised on 2021-06-15

    Notes and handicaps are specific to the Beercan Series. They may vary for other events.

    Codes: (IB)Inboard, (NS)Non-Spinnaker, (FP)Fixed Prop not in Aperture, (OB)outboard, (IB)Inboard, (RF)Roller-furling mainsail, (SK)Shoal Keel, (TM)Tall Mast, (###%)Jib Size, (ODR)One-Design Rig, (R)Race, (CR)Casual Race, (C)Cruise

     
    Fleet Division Boat Class SailNo HelmName PHRFTOT Notes
    Race 1 Awesome J30 243 Daniel Prochaska 139 165%, IB, R
    Race 1 Ten-Seven J30 291 Mark Hazlett 141 IB, 155%, R
    Race 1 Bebop S2 7.9 357 Dennis Wenker 168 150%, OB, R
    Race 1 Endeavour S2 7.9 525 Justin & Michelle Farner 168 OB, R
    Race 1 Ragtime S2 7.9 399 John Larson 168 ODR, R
    Race 1 Blew Bayou Merit 25 517 Rick Hughes 168 OB, 155%, R
    Race 1 Yellow Jacket S2 7.9 79238 Kevin Mullarky 168 OB, R
    Race 1 Sniper Pocket Rocket 22 29853 Luca Hynnek 174 R
    Race 3 Nemo J22 795 Saint Croix Sailing School 183 100%, R
    Race 3 Wind Dancer J22 803 Saint Croix Sailing School 183 100%, R
    Casual Race 3 Savannah Rose J22 1469 Jon Morris 183 100%, CR
    Race 3 Fillmore J22 1574 Luke MacMenamin 183 100%, R
    Casual Race 3 Luna J22 517 Lynn Gallandat 183 100%, CR
    Race 3 Osprey Mirage 27 Michael Johnson / Roger Johnson 212 150%, R
    Race 3 Altair Hunter 25.5 Robert Barbian 234 IB, FP, 155%, NS, $
    Race 3 Kindred Spirit S2 8.6 Kyle and Chelsea Griffin 224 100%, FP, R
    Race 3 Altair II S2 7.3 Bob Barbian 255 IB, FP, 110%, NS, R
    Casual Race 5 Ripple S2 27 27039 Laura Fairweather/Lori Bergmark 190 OB, 135%, CR
    Casual Race 5 Don’t Panic Flying Scot 470 Alex Marshall 204 100%, OB, CR
    Casual Race 5 Moby Hunter 28.5 Dennis Kroll 204 155%, IB, FP, NS, $
    Casual Race 5 Harmony Hunter 27 H27 John Henly 207 OB, TM, 155%, CR
    Casual Race 5 Wind Hunter Hunter 18 Harvey Chichester 207 OB, RF, CR
    Casual Race 5 Contessa Ranger 23 Matt Lynch-McKinney 222 TM, 150%, CR
    Casual Race 5 Wild Blue C&C 24 16895 Dean Grau & Kerry Scott 238 165%, NS, CR
    Cruise C Dasein C&C 39 Rosengren/Fretland, Todd & Laura 123 IB, SK, C

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    Sailing Instructions and Notices of Race

    Notice of Race

    Sailing Instructions

    Other Documents

    Race Committee Last Minute Updates

    The Race Committee has created this page to let you know of last-minute cancellations.  Brief messages will be posted if we have to change the schedule prior to leaving the dock.  Please bookmark this page on your cell phones and refer to it if the weather looks questionable.

    The Race Committee leaves the dock 1-hr prior to racing.  If that is not possible, racing may be postponed or canceled and updates will be posted here accordingly.  Many of our members are located outside of VHF range, so this page should allow everyone to stay in touch.  Posts will not be made here for on-the-water changes (once everyone is on the race course and within view of the committee boat).

    Bookmark this link:  https://stcroixsailing.com/category/racing/rcnotices/

     

    Sailing Instructions and Notices of Race

    Notice of Race

    Sailing Instructions

    Other Documents

    Start Timer Version 4 – Sequences

    This is a proposal for Lighted Sequences.  It supports both Rolling and Non-Rolling varieties.  For simplicity, it only documents RRS26, but can be applied to other sequences quite easily.

    The initial concept was to simply replace two flags (Class # and “P”) with lights.  Turns out, its more complicated than that.  Read our provisional proposal here (it is regularly updated):  Lighted Start Sequence (Google Docs)

    If you have any suggestions for improvement, please let us know!

    Proposed Rule 26 Sequence:

    Minutes before starting signal Flag Signal Light Signal Sound Signal Means
    (any) Class Flags, sequentially ordered. *

    P, I, Z, Z with I, U, or black flag

    		     Defines class order and penalties
    5   Top Light On One Warning Signal
    4   Bottom Light On One Preparatory Signal
    1   Top Light Off One Long One-Minute
    0 Class flag removed * Bottom Light Off One Starting Signal

    * Class and penalty flags for started classes shall be removed prior to the Preparatory signal for subsequent classes.

    The warning signal for each succeeding class shall be made with or after the starting signal of the preceding class.

    Example:

    A competing boat would see something like the following image.  Light colors are to be decided.

        

    All of these lights mean something in the USCG rules, so we added blinking lights – that way our Race Committee shouldn’t be confused with another type of vessel.

    Start Timer Version 4 – Hardware

    Hardware

    There are significant hardware changes for this version of the timer.  Including an upgrade of the processor to the ATMega1284p, the addition of an SD Card, and support for multiple sequence lights.

    Here are a few examples of circuit-board related updates.

    PCB (TOP) From version 2.2 (V4 forthcoming)

     

    Circuit board schematic to date.  Work in progress…