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It's pretty windy down here. Busy night on the VHF.

I'd like to thank the Race committee for their insight.  Stinger didn't have a prayer of winning the Commodore's Cup again this year.   

One of the more amazing posts I have seen.  Always nice to know that there is a difference between wind conditions, currents, and other such stuff.

Any news on results?

They should be accessible on regattanetwork.com until our webmaster has a chance to add a link

There are no results listed any where that i have been able to find and i have searched many sites. Nothing!

http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=2791&show_divisions=1

see the results archive tab

Nice Youtube video/helmet cam of 'Kenai' a J44.  Thanks Sponge!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzQOkfN8YZg

Notice in the beginning the seas are relatively calm...boy did that change after the sunset!

Here's the SPOT tracker race replay

http://vimeo.com/16145615

Warning ? KATANA( Hunter 34) hit a sixteen foot, mostly submerged log, at least a foot round as we exit the first lock at the Brazos river. It was about 5:30 AM Monday morning we were just exiting the first lock and the current was moving fast and the boat lifted about 6 inch up then down, then up and down again then the motor came to a sudden stop, I could see about 2 foot of a log sticking out the port side just in front of the rudder. We were then pushed by about a 14 or more knot wind to the south side of the locks against a work barge. Were spent about an hour trying to remove the log with a rope and a long spiked pole(supplied by the lock master), we free the log and then were towed the Freeport were I dove under the boat and found a big dent in the rudder, and was bent back about an inch, and also the cutlass bearing support was damaged. KATANA is how waiting in Freeport to be hauled out.

Quote from: Terry Young on October 26, 2010, 09:38:23 AM
Warning ? KATANA( Hunter 34) hit a sixteen foot, mostly submerged log?

Scary! I hope no one was hurt!

Congrats to all on making the trip down the coast to Port A. this year!   -certainly wasn't the easiest HMR blast down the coast that I've been part of but it sure could have been a whole lot worse.

Looking back on it I'd say it really wasn't that bad.  I know that around 3:00 a.m. Thursday night I was probably singing a bit different tune however.  -no good being drenched in salt water for 12 hours let alone 24!

Having only sailed Banjo Girl for 30 minutes on Tuesday since re-rigging her amongst numerous other repairs, improvements and changes before the regatta. The HMR was to be our shake down. - guess I can now check that off the list.  I sure didn't intend to sail her that hard but for the most part things went well.  Only real issue was rebuilding the shifter / throttle mechanism in the prior to getting in to starting sequence.  -good thing that I carry at least 100# of tools and an electric drill on board, a standard requirement I guess when you sail a 40 year old boat.

The sail home on the otherhand was absolutely wonderful.  A nice breeze on the quarter with only a moderate sea. I think I'll go on the record with saying it was pretty much idyllic.  Cold Beer, bbq grill working and just a great sail!  Listening to all the radio chatter on the VHF coming from the ICW made me even more grateful the crew was ready to go offshore again.

Thanks to Payton, Chris, David, Howard and Susie for sailing Banjo Girl with me in this years race.

Here's my video of the ORC start from Millennium Express. Lots of fun right at the pin 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Bz1soysI8

A nice write-up/video on the event on the J120 Aeolus.
Thanks to Keith Magnussen of Ullman sails, first time HMR.

See the 10/25/10 blog. Even GBCA is mentioned!
http://ullmansailsnewportbeach.blogspot.com/2010/10/every-october-hundreds-of-boats-in.html

Video (updated)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO1hlNlZnk0