July 17, 2003
July Series race 3
This was a long course. The second windward leg was .924 NMI. We had nice winds - ESE, 12-15. The boat is definitely faster with the new rake setting. The GPS showed our maximum speed as 6.5kts on the first beat, right after a tack - I'm not sure if that's correct.
I've taken the data from the GPS and through the magic of modern computing, I was able to determine the following data. The Ritchie tactician compass I use has a red lubber line on centerline as well as two yellow ones at 45 degrees off. It's marked in 5 degree increments in each quadrant from 0 to 8.5, so the cardinal points are 0's, the intercardinals (NE,NW,SE,SW) are at 4.5. The total time for the race is a little off from the official results. I'm not sure why yet.
| Tactical Indication | |||
| red line | yellow lines | ||
| Avg close hauled port heading: | 169.0 | 7.9 | 3.4 |
| Total Time on port tack beat: | 0:14:08 | ||
| Avg close hauled starboard heading: | 81.5 | 8.1 | 3.6 |
| Total Time on starboard tack beat: | 0:16:08 | ||
| Time Beating: | 0:30:16 | ||
| Time Running: | 0:21:07 | ||
| Total Time: | 0:51:23 | ||
| Avg Tacking Angle: | 87.5 | ||
| Avg Pointing Angle: | 43.8 | 4.4 | |
| Mean Wind Direction: | 125.2 | 3.5 | |
The RC did a nice job. The windward and leeward marks were exactly lined up with the average wind.
Posted by Bob at July 17, 2003 08:51 AM
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