johnMi 2 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 How come Akarana Express did not finish racing? I thought I saw her finish. What happened to Meltdown? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 What happened to Meltdown? May I be as bold as to quote this post from the TW thread in answer to that question... Of course I may The Wolf looks very nice Tim. Scything through the water. Looked very smooth on Saturday. How was the green rocket machines kite work on Sat AA? I hear one of the boats, or at least the foredeck crew, had a bit of a shocker.... and it wasn't one with a name starting with a W That's because I told you I had a shocker you sh#t stirring b#st#rd I CONFESS!!! IT WAS MY FAULT THE GENNAKER WENT UP UPSIDE DOWN!!! There - you happy now? By the way I had a stellar day yesterday! On the other hand not to get off topic Timberwolf looked to be having a great day! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Meltdown had a Meltdown. AA might be able to elaborate Link to post Share on other sites
johnMi 2 Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 OK then, But then what happened to Akarana Express Link to post Share on other sites
Marshy 30 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 possibly outside the time limit? The tail enders must have been close to the 1 1/2 hours behind charleston mark? Boy the guys on Charelston were smoking! We had a good tussle with the Wolfy for a while until we let him through uphill but that happens! Boy they had some high modes uphill Link to post Share on other sites
johnMi 2 Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 But I was 1 hr 50 min behind Charleston, should I have been disqualified as well? If that's the case, maybe we should race in 2 divs cos I would have been really pissed off if that had happened. Link to post Share on other sites
Marshy 30 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 oh maybe its two hours then? you just got inside while Akarana didnt, To be hones the time limit normally works, Its only in weird cases like saturday when the lead guys get ahead with breeze and the tail enders get left behind that its a problem? Link to post Share on other sites
Infinity 1 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 15. TIME LIMITS & TARGET TIMES 15.1 Harbour Courses The time limit for the Harbour Courses expires for divisions A, B & M 3.5 hours from the time of the start for that Division. For all other divisions the time limit shall be 3 hours from the start of that division. Should any one boat in a division, except division M, finish within that time limit, the time limit for that division is extended by 30 minutes. The time limit for division M shall be extended for 60 minutes. Any boat not finishing within this extended time limit shall be scored Did Not Finish. This changes RRS 35 & RRS A4.1. Link to post Share on other sites
samin 0 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 TVS = 1.8633 Putiki Express = 0.9001 and they race in the same division? does this seem right? someone's race will either be far to short or far too long wont it? Link to post Share on other sites
samin 0 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 THE GENNAKER WENT UP UPSIDE DOWN!!! surely they didnt pull out because of that??? Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 OK for the record on Meltdown I stuffed up. Long story short I put the gennaker up upside down. No that didn't cause us to pull out, but the tears in the gennaker when we re-hoisted did. We don't know how that happened. Link to post Share on other sites
samin 0 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 OK for the record on Meltdown I stuffed up. Long story short I put the gennaker up upside down. No that didn't cause us to pull out, but the tears in the gennaker when we re-hoisted did. We don't know how that happened. gutted, it would have been great conditions for Meltdown! Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 1 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Long story short I put the gennaker up upside down. No that didn't cause us to pull out, but the tears in the gennaker when we re-hoisted did. We don't know how that happened. Tears in the gennaker? I have heard of tears before bedtime but you have got to learn not to take this stuff so hard, AA. You could always try the method of swearing and blaming the guys in the cockpit, it has been the fallback for bowmen for generations. Not so easy to shift responsibility for the upside-down hoist though... Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 unless of course the pitman handed him the bag the wrong way round! from the Bill Barry KISS school of sail making (BB probably attributes it to someone else but its the last time i've seen it done so well on a sail) black tack red head blue clew Link to post Share on other sites
Clipper 343 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 unless of course the pitman handed him the bag the wrong way round! from the Bill Barry KISS school of sail making (BB probably attributes it to someone else but its the last time i've seen it done so well on a sail) black tack red head blue clew Makes sense, but poster here, who goes by a rather fishy name, managed to hoist one of those kites around the wrong way. We now have a black tack labelled tack, a blue clew labelled clew, and a red head labelled head Link to post Share on other sites
Clive 13 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 TVS = 1.8633Putiki Express = 0.9001 and they race in the same division? does this seem right? someone's race will either be far to short or far too long wont it? How about starting those over a certain handicap an hour or 1/2 hour after the rest? Give the big boats something to chase... Otherwise it's like a Ross 930 racing Wired! We do need to do something to do something... any you never know the line prize may go to someone else every now and then. Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 OK for the record on Meltdown I stuffed up. Long story short I put the gennaker up upside down. No that didn't cause us to pull out, but the tears in the gennaker when we re-hoisted did. We don't know how that happened. gutted, it would have been great conditions for Meltdown! Yeah we were - skipper took it well though. And I've learned - again - always check the labels! Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 unless of course the pitman handed him the bag the wrong way round! from the Bill Barry KISS school of sail making (BB probably attributes it to someone else but its the last time i've seen it done so well on a sail) black tack red head blue clew I worked really well until one day it had to happen, a colour blind bowman - "which corner is this GREY one??" they dont see red (or green for that matter) very well, which also made me think about him doing any night sailing! Link to post Share on other sites
TimB 7 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Knot Me wrote: THE GENNAKER WENT UP UPSIDE DOWN!!! To be fair to AA and to be pedantic, a three sided shape (gennaker or spinnaker) which is hoisted by a corner can not go upside down, it can only go up sideways..... Link to post Share on other sites
Atom Ant 0 Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Fair point - but it wasn't backwards, just switched the head & tack - it sheeted on beautifully! Link to post Share on other sites
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