Sailing The Course Friday and Saturday Watch Schedule Racing At Night Weather

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Sailing The CourseFriday and SaturdayWatch
ScheduleRacing At NightWeather
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Whats Different

• You will be sailing at night be cautious
• You need to know the weather forecast for a few
  daysstart-finish and return trip
• You will be eating and sleeping on your boat
• The first mark is 125 miles away.the finish

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Friday
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Sample Add-A-ManWatch Schedule
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Night and Morning
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Racing at Night
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Racing at Night
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Use Your GPS
START
CORONADO ISLANDS
Waypoint
Todos Santos Light
FINISH
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Be Careful
START
KELP Off Point Loma
135
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Punta Salsipuedes
CORONADO ISLANDS
140
TODOS SANTOS Is.
Todos Santos Light
FINISH
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Restricted Area Camp Pendleton
Caution
START
Off Rosarita Beach Un-Lit Mooring Cans
Point Loma
KELP Off Point Loma
North of Ensenada Gas Terminal Construction
CORONADO ISLANDS
TODOS SANTOS Is.
Todos Santos Light
FINISH
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Vessel Assist
VESSEL ASSIST will monitor Channel 16 and
respond to member racers in the Newport to
Ensenada Race
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Inside or Outside ?
START
Inside
Outside
Rhumb
Sail where the wind is the best
FINISH
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Consider This

• RHUMB LINE is faster than INSIDE most of the time
• OUTSIDE THE RHUMB LINE (within reasonable limits)
  is often faster than ON THE RHUMB LINE
• Optimum boat speed is more important than sailing
  the exact course (again, within reasonable
  limits). Focus on the wind !

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Reaching up a bit when sailing dead downwind can
produce dramatic increases in boat speed with
only a minor penalty in extra distance sailed
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Where Will the Wind Be ?

• Listen to NOAA radio for a few days and nights
  before the start to learn what the wind is doing.
• Visit numerous weather sites on the Internet

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Weather on the Internet