Data from the Mallory Championships at Elephant Butte

Mallory Cup Men’s Championship

Quarterfinal Eliminations for the

Sailing Association of Intermountain Lakes,
May 2–4, 2008,

Elephant Butte Lake State Park, New Mexico
(continued)

Technical Data and Notes:

Boat Rotation and Points
Kachina blue flag 4441
Wild Thing yellow flag 44
Coyote brown flag 2514

Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
Meins Kachina Wild Thing Coyote Kachina Wild Thing
Perry Wild Thing Coyote Kachina Wild Thing Coyote
Jessee Coyote Kachina Wild Thing Coyote Kachina

Scoring Summary
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total
Jessee 3 1 1 1 1 7
Perry 1 2 2 3 3 11
Meins 2 3 3 2 2 12

Friday, May 2, 2008, Practice Race
22:21:15 Prep flag up
(times reflect GPS set to GMT –1,
subtract 6 hours for local time,
6:02:39 adjustment for start boat timer)
22:25:15 Start
abandoned
22:43:14 Start
22:58:21 Kachina 1st to round windward (1st) mark
22:49:50 Wild Thing rounded windward (1st) mark
23:00:08 Coyote rounded windward (1st) mark

Saturday, May 3, 2008, Races 1–4

Race 1 Start 9:04
9:04 NE 5 kt
9:16 NE 4 kt
9:16 Kachina 1st mark rounding,
9:16:55 2nd boat to 1st mark rounding
9:23 wind at 355 degrees
9:25 Kachina 1st boat at 2nd (leeward) mark rounding,
9:26:08 Wild Thing, 9:26:40 Coyote at 2nd mark
9:29 wind shift, 3-4 kts
9:42:36 Wild Thing 1st boat at 3rd (windward) mark rounding,
9:44:38 Coyote rounded 3rd mark,
9:44:44 Kachina rounded 3rd mark
9:51 wind 2.5 knots, 55 deg.
9:58:30 Wild Thing 1st boat at 4th (leeward) mark rounding,
10:00:06 Coyote, 10:01:30 Kachina
10:03 wind 2-3 kts
10:24 wind 0 kts at windward/finish
10:42 lead boat 150 yards from finish
10:49:40 Wild Thing 1st boat to finish,
10:54:48 Kachina, 10:58:19 Coyote finished

Request for redress from team Jessee
Jury: Gary Sander, Barbara Hawn, Ken Murata, Dan Holden

13:50 finish boat fouled prop in anchor line of start boat
Russ Jellison dove on line and unfouled it
14:18 wind 10-12 kt

Race 2 Start 14:18 (6:02:12 correction to finish boat GPS time)
14:31 approx. time 1st boat rounded windward (1st) mark
14:36 winds 10-12 kts 175 deg.
14:38:10 Kachina 1st boat to round leeward (2nd) mark;
14:38:44 Wild Thing rounded 2nd mark,
14:39:54 Coyote rounded 2nd mark
14:44 power boat ran into windward mark
14:49 approx. time 1st boat rounded windward (3rd) mark
14:57:50 Kachina 1st boat to round leeward (4th) mark;
14:59:48 Coyote rounded 4th mark; 14:59:56 Wild Thing
spinnaker in water during takedown
15:00 winds 19 kts at 190 degrees at finish boat
15:14 approx. time of 1st boat to finish (5th leg)
15:15 finish, winds 12 kts at 170 degrees at finish boat
15:09:48 Kachina
15:11:24 Coyote
15:11:43 Wild Thing

Finish times as reported by finish boat:
51:48 Kachina, 53:24 Coyote, 53:43 Wild Thing

15:31 165 degree wind bearing (345 reciprocal)
15:40 winds 15-17 kts at 170 degrees at finish boat

Race 3 Start 16:01:02
16:10 winds 7-8 kts at 165 degrees at finish boat
16:12 approx. Wild Thing 1st boat to round windward (1st) mark,
16:12 Kachina 2nd to 1st mark,
16:13 Coyote 3rd to 1st mark
16:18:55 Wild Thing 1st boat to round leeward (2nd) mark,
16:19:15 Kachina 2nd, 16:20:43 Coyote 3rd
16:20 winds 8-10 kts at 165 degrees at finish boat
16:25 winds 16-18 kts at 175 degrees at finish boat
16:30:27 Wild Thing 1st boat to windward (3rd) mark,
16:32:20 appr. Kachina, 16:32:40 appr. Coyote to 3rd mark
16:34 approx. race shortened to four legs with S flag
16:37:40 Wild Thing (Jessee) 1st boat to finish (4th/leeward) mark
16:38:55 Kachina (Perry), 2nd to finish (4th/leeward) mark
16:39:52 Coyote (Tech), 3rd to finish (4th/leeward) mark

Tiller extension on Coyote reported came off by helmsman

16:54 winds 12-13 kt on race course at signal boat
16:54 35 mph wind gust reported at Rock Canyon Marina
16:55 19 kt wind at windward mark/finish boat
16:55 19 mph wind speed reported at marina
17:08 20 mph gust reported by windward boat
17:15 18 kts. wind speed at 160 degrees at start boat,
halyard on competitor boat reported repaired
17:40 start line pin observed drifting,
starting sequence postponed, pin double-anchored
17:42 jet skier attempted to steal windward mark

Race 4 Start 17:58 (17:57:34) Race started as four-legged race
18:05 wind 19-20 kts from 175 degrees at finish boat
18:10:30 Kachina (Meins) 1st boat to windward (1st) mark,
18:10:40 Coyote (Jessee) 2nd boat,
18:12:00 Wild Thing (Meins) 3rd boat
18:15 wind 14-16 kts at 175 degrees at finish boat
18:17:19 Coyote (Jessee) 1st boat to leeward (2nd) mark;
18:17:49 Kachina (Meins) 2nd boat to 2nd mark,
18:18:40 Wild Thing (Perry) 3rd boat to 2nd mark
18:29:11 Coyote (Jessee) 1st boat to windward (3rd) mark;
18:29:36 Kachina (Meins) 2nd boat to windward (3rd) mark
18:30:16 Wild Thing (Perry) 3rd boat to windward (3rd) mark
18:36:23 Coyote (Jessee) finish (4th mark)
18:37:12 Kachina (Meins), finish (4th mark)
18:37:45 Wild Thing (Perry), finish (4th mark)

Sunday, May 4, 2008, Race 5

AM: winds light from NNE to ENE cycling between 0 and 5 kts. Decided to postpone given prediction that drainage wind would fade and die at some point before a long period of calm preceded wind filling in from the expected southern direction. Began to sally support boats out at 1:10 p.m.

13:41 wind 4.5 kts. at 130 degrees at finish boat
13:48:34 initial race start (later abandoned)
13:52 winds 3.5 – 6.5 kts at 125 degrees at finish boat
13:57 Kachina, Coyote, Wild Thing to 1st mark (windward)
14:02 winds 7-9 kts. at 145 degrees at finish boat
(shifted 20 degrees right from 13:52)
14:10 winds 8-10 kts. 170 deg. (additional 25 degree shift)
14:12 winds 8-10 knots at 195 degrees at finish boat
(50 degree shift from 14:02)

Major wind shift, Race abandoned
Windward mark repositioned rapidly
Postponement to get course flag up and reposition dragging leeward mark
No extra anchors on mark set boats – had been left at marina
No marker board on finish boat – later found on windward mark set boat

14:21 winds 14-14.5 kts at 185 degrees at finish boat

14:23 race started (14:23:34)
14:30 called bo’sun boat by cell phone to stand by
14:31:30 Kachina 1st boat to 1st (windward) mark;
14:31:51 Wild Thing 2nd boat to 1st mark (inside boat at rounding),
14:32:00 Coyote 3rd boat to 1st mark (outside boat)
14:35:35 winds 14 kts at 190 degrees at finish boat
14:36:38 Kachina 1st boat to 2nd (leeward) mark;
14:36:38 Coyote (Perry) 2nd boat t0 2nd mark;
14:37:46 Wild Thing (Meins) 3rd boat to 2nd mark
14:43 winds 13-15 kts at 180 degrees at finish boat
14:45:20 Kachina (Jessee) 1st boat to 3rd (windward) mark;
14:46:20 Coyote (Perry);
14:46:26 Wild Thing (Meins)
Finish order: (1) Kachina (Jessee), then close photo finish between (2) Wild Thing (Meins), and (3) Coyote (Perry)

Weather history from internet source

Sunday, May 4 NOAA/Sierra Country Airport
Time Wind Visib. Conditions Cond. Temp.
14:53 S 22 G 28 10.00 Fair and Breezy CLR 82
13:53 SE 14 G 21 10.00 Fair CLR 81
12:53 S 7 G 17 10.00 Fair CLR 76
11:53 S 3 10.00 Fair CLR 71
10:53 Vrbl 3 10.00 Fair CLR 67
09:53 Calm 10.00 Fair CLR 64
08:53 Calm 10.00 Fair CLR 59

Saturday, May 3 NOAA/Airport
18:53 S 18 G 26 10.00 Fair CLR 75
17:53 S 18 G 29 10.00 Fair CLR 76
16:53 S 20 G 30 10.00 Fair CLR 76
15:53 S 17 G 28 10.00 Fair CLR 74
14:53 S 16 G 28 10.00 Fair CLR 72
13:53 S 18 G 25 10.00 Fair CLR 70
12:53 SW 8 G 20 10.00 Fair CLR 67
11:53 Vrbl 5 10.00 Fair CLR 63
10:53 E 10 10.00 Fair CLR 61
09:53 NE 6 10.00 Fair CLR 56
08:53 N 14 10.00 Fair CLR 52

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People

Barbara Hawn, Event Chair

Gary Sander, Protest Committee Chair, Consultant

Pat Byrnes, Principal Race Officer

Volunteers

A huge round of thanks needs to be given to all of our volunteers, without whom we’d have simply not had the event:

Russ, start boat captain (and diver!)

Maria, Jen, Eric, start boat crew – signalers, sounders

Marilyn, Timer/Recorder

Buzz, finish boat captain

Carol Anne, scorer, deputy PRO

Lisa, Eric, Laura, finish boat crew

William, John, Ken; windward mark set boat crew

John, Susie; leeward mark set boat crew

Dan, Will; bo’sun boat crew

Stan, Fred; spectator boat crew

Jodi, Leigh; photographers

Craig, Dave; reserve/stand-by boat

Vicky, Sue, Trent; on-shore crew