Re: Stus-List Cool Change and Oregon Offshore Race
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Re: Stus-List Cool change and Oregon Offshore Race
I received this email from Frank, this morning: As you know, we decided not to race in the Oregon offshore. This decision was made at 0600 Thursday morning. All the crew members were in agreement not to participate in the race. We had been monitoring the weather for the past 30 days and watching the trends for the offshore race course. We knew that the race was going to be fast but that implied that the course would be challenging. We were looking at weather predications from NOAA that included up to 40 knot gusts, 20 to 35 knot sustained winds, five foot swell at 9 seconds and nine foot wind waves from Grays Harbor to the Strait. The boat was not the problem, it was the crew that I was concerned about. We could expect one critical boat part failure, most of us getting sick, and possibly one or more serious injuries. Only three crew were experienced in heavy weather sailing offshore. Our average crew members age is close to 60 years old. Two members being over 70 years old and one less than 50 years old. Three women and 5 men on the crew. A majority of the crew is new to offshore racing and have never experienced the conditions that were predicted for the time of the race. Although we all wanted to race, it was obvious to all of us that if we experienced the conditions that were predicted we would most likely regret the decision to go. Making the decision not to race was very hard for me but deciding to go and being responsible for a crew members injury would be even more difficult to endure. For our boat, for our crew, the decision not to race in the predicted race course conditions was a good one. The crew delivered the boat back to RCYC. Nice cruise up the Columbia River. Stopped at Rainer over night. Averaged 6.7 kts through the water and 4.1 kts over land. We are already preparing for next year. Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR ___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
Stus-List Oregon Offshore Race Report
http://www.pressure-drop.us/forums/content.php?4394-Icon-Crushes-Oregon-Offshore-Record&s=86d077f759d8147100bc760e329610b6 Alan Bergen C&C 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR ___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
Re: Stus-List Cool change and Oregon Offshore Race
Smart decision. -Original Message- From: "Alan Bergen via CnC-List" Sent: 2014-05-10 7:43 PM To: "C&C Photoalbum email list" Subject: Re: Stus-List Cool change and Oregon Offshore Race I received this email from Frank, this morning: As you know, we decided not to race in the Oregon offshore. This decision was made at 0600 Thursday morning. All the crew members were in agreement not to participate in the race. We had been monitoring the weather for the past 30 days and watching the trends for the offshore race course. We knew that the race was going to be fast but that implied that the course would be challenging. We were looking at weather predications from NOAA that included up to 40 knot gusts, 20 to 35 knot sustained winds, five foot swell at 9 seconds and nine foot wind waves from Grays Harbor to the Strait. The boat was not the problem, it was the crew that I was concerned about. We could expect one critical boat part failure, most of us getting sick, and possibly one or more serious injuries. Only three crew were experienced in heavy weather sailing offshore. Our average crew members age is close to 60 years old. Two members being over 70 years old and one less than 50 years old. Three women and 5 men on the crew. A majority of the crew is new to offshore racing and have never experienced the conditions that were predicted for the time of the race. Although we all wanted to race, it was obvious to all of us that if we experienced the conditions that were predicted we would most likely regret the decision to go. Making the decision not to race was very hard for me but deciding to go and being responsible for a crew members injury would be even more difficult to endure. For our boat, for our crew, the decision not to race in the predicted race course conditions was a good one. The crew delivered the boat back to RCYC. Nice cruise up the Columbia River. Stopped at Rainer over night. Averaged 6.7 kts through the water and 4.1 kts over land. We are already preparing for next year. Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
Re: Stus-List Cool change and Oregon Offshore Race
Smart move! Rich > On May 10, 2014, at 20:42, Alan Bergen via CnC-List > wrote: > > I received this email from Frank, this morning: > > As you know, we decided not to race in the Oregon offshore. > This decision was made at 0600 Thursday morning. All the crew members were > in agreement not to participate in the race. > We had been monitoring the weather for the past 30 days and watching the > trends for the offshore race course. > > We knew that the race was going to be fast but that implied that the course > would be challenging. We were looking at weather predications from NOAA > that included up to 40 knot gusts, 20 to 35 knot sustained winds, five foot > swell at 9 seconds and nine foot wind waves from Grays Harbor to the Strait. > > The boat was not the problem, it was the crew that I was concerned about. > We could expect one critical boat part failure, most of us getting sick, and > possibly one or more serious injuries. Only three crew were experienced in > heavy weather sailing offshore. Our average crew members age is close to 60 > years old. Two members being over 70 years old and one less than 50 years > old. Three women and 5 men on the crew. A majority of the crew is new to > offshore racing and have never experienced the conditions that were > predicted for the time of the race. Although we all wanted to race, it was > obvious to all of us that if we experienced the conditions that were > predicted we would most likely regret the decision to go. > > Making the decision not to race was very hard for me but deciding to go and > being responsible for a crew members injury would be even more difficult to > endure. > > For our boat, for our crew, the decision not to race in the predicted race > course conditions was a good one. > > The crew delivered the boat back to RCYC. Nice cruise up the Columbia > River. Stopped at Rainer over night. Averaged 6.7 kts through the water > and 4.1 kts over land. > > We are already preparing for next year. > > Alan Bergen > 35 Mk III Thirsty > Rose City YC > Portland, OR > ___ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com ___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
Re: Stus-List Cool change and Oregon Offshore Race
Thanks for the update, Alan, glad to hear that all are ok, and made the decision on their own, not because something happened. One of the entrants I know broke three battens early on, and blew out their storm kite, while all were wet and cold, and most seasick. Rather changed their racing style. randy Tamanawas 29-II Hood River, OR From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bergen via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 4:43 PM To: C&C Photoalbum email list Subject: Re: Stus-List Cool change and Oregon Offshore Race I received this email from Frank, this morning: As you know, we decided not to race in the Oregon offshore. This decision was made at 0600 Thursday morning. All the crew members were in agreement not to participate in the race. We had been monitoring the weather for the past 30 days and watching the trends for the offshore race course. We knew that the race was going to be fast but that implied that the course would be challenging. We were looking at weather predications from NOAA that included up to 40 knot gusts, 20 to 35 knot sustained winds, five foot swell at 9 seconds and nine foot wind waves from Grays Harbor to the Strait. The boat was not the problem, it was the crew that I was concerned about. We could expect one critical boat part failure, most of us getting sick, and possibly one or more serious injuries. Only three crew were experienced in heavy weather sailing offshore. Our average crew members age is close to 60 years old. Two members being over 70 years old and one less than 50 years old. Three women and 5 men on the crew. A majority of the crew is new to offshore racing and have never experienced the conditions that were predicted for the time of the race. Although we all wanted to race, it was obvious to all of us that if we experienced the conditions that were predicted we would most likely regret the decision to go. Making the decision not to race was very hard for me but deciding to go and being responsible for a crew members injury would be even more difficult to endure. For our boat, for our crew, the decision not to race in the predicted race course conditions was a good one. The crew delivered the boat back to RCYC. Nice cruise up the Columbia River. Stopped at Rainer over night. Averaged 6.7 kts through the water and 4.1 kts over land. We are already preparing for next year. Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR ___ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
