Friday Night Update:

Here is a rundown of who's doing what for the 3BF-

Photo Boat - Gokuraku - Tartan 4600
Mark, John, Rose (+1), Andy, Gary Barg, Vikas (+1), Jason

My apologies if you wanted to be on the Photo Boat but didn't get a spot, the spots were limited and we had to juggle things all day Friday to meet our objectives.

Got Wind and Water Members who are racing:

Start Time / Boat Name, Type, Sail Number
PHRF / Division / Skipper (Crew)
9:40:30 / Kelly Shawn, Santana 22, 38000
234 / Doublehanded 5 / Leah Pepe

9:40:30 / Tchoupitoulas, Santana 22, 5044
234 / Singlehanded 5 non-spinnaker / Jennifer McKenna

10:06:45 / Chorus, Kettenburg 38, 8199
159 / Doublehanded 4 / Bradley Asztalos

10:08:51 Summer Sailstice,, Ranger 33, 142
153 / Double Handed 2 104 < PHRF <155 / John Ardnt

10:17:15 / Take Five, Express 27, 28031
129 / Express 27, / Donald Carroll (Gabriel)

10:18:18 / Valis, PSC44, 16
126 / Double Handed 2 104 < PHRF <155 / Paul Elliott (Edward)

10:27:45 / Temerity, Olson 34, 28134
99 / Double Handed 2 PHRF <104 / David Nabors

10:30:54 / Kuai, Sabre 386, 385
90 / Double Handed 2 PHRF <104 / Daniel Thielman (John Cabrall is on board in spirit)

10:34:03 / Ay Caliente!, First 36.7, 38747
81 / Double Handed 2 PHRF <104 / Aaron Kennedy

10:45:36 / Fair Dinkum, F-27, 262
48 / Doublehanded F27 / Brett Rieder

10:55:03 / BoomSlang, Viper, 104
21 / Drew Harper, (Garret Greenhalgh)

The above are listed in the order in which they start. This is a pursuit race, all boats start at assigned times. Those times are set so that all things being equal (they never are), all boats would finish at the same time (that never happens).

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Here is the information from previous updates:

Are you Racing in this year's 'Fiasco'?

Please RSVP YES if you are, and in your comment, state which boat (Boat Type, Name).

If you want to go on the photo boat, RSVP Yes, add a comment that you'll be on the Photo Boat. You MUST email John your contact information. If John does not have that information, you can't go.

Photo boat details: We are meeting at Gate 8 of Marina Village in Alameda. Gate 8 is just to the left of the round building across from the Oakland Yacht Club. You must be there at 8 am to make it. We have a long distance to motor against a flood tide to arrive at the starting line off of Golden Gate Yacht Club by 9:30 am.

The Photo Boat Sail Plan is to photograph the fleet as it gathers for the start, then position ourselves at Blackaller Buoy near the South Pier of the Golden Gate Bridge to capture footage of the fleet rounding the buoy and (hopefully) set spinnakers. We are assuming that most of the fleet will choose the clockwise course direction to take full advantage of the last of the flood to sail from Blackaller to Red Rock before the ebb starts.

When the last Got Wind and Water entry clears Blackaller, we'll chase the front part of the fleet to Red Rock and capture the action there.

From there it will (hopefully) be a reach under sail to Yerba Buena Island to capture the typical chaos of boats trying to round the Southern most tip of that Island with the Bay Bridge as a backdrop.

Most likely we'll avoid the trip back to Golden Gate Yacht Club and head back down the Estuary to return to the slip before nightfall. That decision will be left to the owner and the photo boat crew is welcome to entice him to follow the fleet to the finish. He holds the authority to do as he pleases. :)

Please email John Cabrall with your contact info. We'll figure out who is bringing what food and snacks for the day.

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If you are asking "What is the 3BF?", then here is a bit of the recipe:

Take 300+ boats
Put 1 (or 2, but no more than 2) people on each boat
Add a large dose of very unpredictable weather
Add extremely vigorous tidal currents
Release in a confined space (i.e. a short starting line off of Golden Gate YC)

Mix throughly by allowing them to decide for themselves what the race course is.

Bake for approx. 8 hours

Watch them run around San Francisco Bay until each has passed within spitting distance of not less than three bridges:

The Golden Gate Bridge
The Richmond - San Rafael Bridge
The Bay Bridge

Season with assorted rocks, islands and anchors.

Read various accounts on Latitude 38, Sailing Anarchy, NorCal Sailing, and look for video and photo albums on Got Wind and Water.

For more information, here is the Event Management site:

https://event-manager...

If you click on 'Entry List' in the menu bar of the above link, you'll see the 350+ entries (I'm not counting them)

Note: We use these Race Events to put in post race comments and photo albums. We want the sailing community to know that we are networking active sailors of all levels and positions, including those that race.