Quincy Bay shouldn't be too bad for wind (it will be very shifty with wind off the land), but there is current to contend with - nothing too complicated, but you should understand which direction it flows during flood and ebb through the three entrances to the bay; the bridge to Long Island, through West Gut towards Hingham or straight out the harbor and where the deep channels are. If you're at Savin Hill, they may set courses in Presidents Roads (off the airport), or maybe outside Deer Island. Take a look at www.hbphrf.org and pull up the race handbook; there's a good description on page 10 of wind conditions in Hingham Bay that should translate well to the bay over. Thunderation and Mysterious Ways were always fun to race against.
Tim > On Jan 10, 2014, at 1:04 PM, "Gary Nylander" <gnylan...@atlanticbb.net> wrote: > > We have two boats going up. Both are originally from the Boston area, one has > been back to Boston (Blew Bird) and won the Nationals in 2005 (owner traded > use of his boat for a ride with the crew/sails from Washington - now will be > doing it on his own). We are in the other boat - called Taaris - which came > from up there and has been sailing down here and is undergoing a complete > refit as we speak. New sails, bottom, etc. > > We will moor at Savin Hills YC, launch at So. Boston YC and race on Quincy > Bay - my friend says the currents in the course area are not bad. I > understand there is a pretty good contingent of Tbird racers up there - he > has been pretty successful down here after spending a few years learning and > tuning his boat, and that tuning is supposed to transfer to 'ours'. > > I have a learning curve, both for Boston and for the Tbird - my tiller > experience is on J-24's and a J-80 so we will be practicing against the Blew > boat. > > Thanks for the hints. > > Gary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Goodyear > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 2:41 PM > Subject: Re: Stus-List Boston > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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