Saturday, December 4, 2010

Wirth Monroe Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach Yacht Race - Riding the Conveyor

This race is sponsored by the Sailfish Club of Palm Beach and the Lauderdale Yacht Club. Our start was at 10:05 with the wind out of the North Northeast at about 15 knots. We made the decision to sail with our ap#1 and try to stay as close to rumb as possible.

After the start
The Gulf Stream was half the strength in front of Ft. Lauderdale so it did not matter that we stayed closer to shore. However an hour in the race the wind started to go right and picked up a couple of more knots so as we got in the stream it got pretty rough. We got about a 2 knot push so in order to make good progress the crew had to endure getting wet by sitting on the rail. We got as far as 8 miles offshore to ride the conveyor. We probably went in a little early but it was enough to win PHRF overall.
Carithia sailed up to 8 miles out
The finish at the Worth Channel Inlet
Crew: Nicole Neeley, Karl Kuspa, Bob Declercq,, Fred Rozelle, Erik Ryan, Jim Dalessandro, Jim Dundas
Welcoming committee
Holding the first place award


Best buffet in South Florida



PHRF A  



phrf Class Overall
Carinthia  J 120  Frank Kern  48 1 1
Second Wind  Dufour- Feici/Roseo 44  Ray Sullivan  69 2 2
Bandana  Oyster 48  David Wallace  93 3 4
Loki  J 105  David Bond  82 4 5
Risky Too  Hobie 33  Jens von Holten  93 5 7
Ghost  Hinckley 52  Carl L.C. Kah, Jr.  98 6 8
Garuda III  J 37C  Andy Flack/Sea Scouts  85 7 9
Rhumbline  Hobie 33  Andy Flack/Sea Scouts  93 8 12
Mostly Harmless  SR33 sloop  John Brim  DNS  66 10 18







PHRF B 





E-Ticket  Beneteau Moorings 38  Rob Hutcheson  126 1 3
Sempre Amantes  Hunter Pasage 42  Colin Whittaker  120 2 6
Unicorn  Creekmore/Croff 36  Michael Peteler  187 3 10
Sara Deane  Hinckley  Don McKenna  186 4 11
Munequita  Cherubini  Charles Evans  120 5 13
Ocean Dancer  Catalina 387  Mark Stephenson  DNF  150 11 14
Tudo Bem  Lazarra 50  Maurice Hynes  DNF  138 11 15
Anticipation  Beneteau First 38  Michael Phelan  DNF  117 11 16
Yellow Jacket  Morgan 24  J. Christopher Woolsey  DNS  225 11 17

1 comment:

  1. This race is sponsored by the Sailfish Club of Palm Beach and the Lauderdale Yacht Club. Our start was at 10:05 with the wind out of the North Northeast at about 15 knots. roller conveyor

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