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Sail-World.com : Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Midwinter Regatta overall
Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Midwinter Regatta overall
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'The low raters in PHRF 1 sprint to the reaching start at Saturdays Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Midwinter Regatta number 2. We’ll just call it Seaweed Soup for short.'
Erik Simonson © www.pressure-drop.us
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Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Midwinter Regatta was held on 3rd December 2011. Saturday broke with impossibly blue skies, unlimited visibility and crisp, cool breezes out of the North.
With a Tonapah low residing over the desert southwest and a series of systems to the north, the pressure gradient wound up yet again, as it had in prior days, producing a strong North/ North East pattern of wind flow.
 | GGYC Race Officer Matt Jones provides the Race Committee with the low down - Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Midwinter Regatta 2011 - Erik Simonson_©_ www.pressure-drop.us |
With a handful of tricks in his bag of race courses, and 23 courses to choose from, and with safety in mind divided the fleets into two major courses. One taking the faster boats across the start in a reaching fashion, over to Fort Mason, then up to Knox, back to 'A' just off the StFYC back uphill to Harding, and then down to 'A' and finish back in front of GGYC.
The other primary group had a reach over to '21' just east of Alcatraz and back, and the Catalina 34's sailed a triangle up to Knox, back to 'A' The to finish. The 62 contestants made quick work of the courses the last finisher crossing well before 2:00 PM!
Brad Copper's TNT schooled the fleet, and estimated the strength of the ebb just right and layed the line just right on the downhill runs. Many others went for the greater pressure but found themselves over-standing the line by a large margin.
Full Results
 | Double Trouble drag races with California Condor, with the remainder of PHRF 1 in hot pursuit - Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Midwinter Regatta 2011 - Erik Simonson_©_ www.pressure-drop.us |
 | Scott Easom’s Farr 30 8 Ball hanging with the board sailors. 8 Ball Corrected out over the 2 J-111’s, Warren Konkel’s 'Topsy Turvy' and Frank Slootman’s Invisible Hand in PHRF 2 - Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Midwinter Regatta 2011 - Erik Simonson_©_ www.pressure-drop.us |
 | Another Easom, Hank, drives his 8 Meter 'Yucca' to easy victory in PHRF 3 - Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Midwinter Regatta 2011 - Erik Simonson_©_ www.pressure-drop.us |
 | Steve Waterloo’s Cal 40’ Shaman leads the pack on PHRF 4 around Buoy 21 and back, a reach and a reach. - Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Midwinter Regatta 2011 - Erik Simonson_©_ www.pressure-drop.us |
 | Catalina 34 on a jailbreak to 'The Rock', Chris Owen’s Motely took line honers and bragging rights till next time, January 7th! - Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Midwinter Regatta 2011 - Erik Simonson_©_ www.pressure-drop.us |
 | Stiff breeze on the Race Deck at start, mad managing the pennants interesting! - Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Midwinter Regatta 2011 - Erik Simonson_©_ www.pressure-drop.us |
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by Erik Simonson
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