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R11 uphill

Storck's running up under jib only.
We have kite up
Little Feet 2nd around.

R11 1st mark

Boats on right, over stood mark.

R11 start

Bow 55&35 over.
Bow 03 has retired

Looks like a race 11!

Many boats are retiring. RC is setting up for R11. Seas are tall, it's nuking out here.

R10 head to finish

3 kites up. Big space between boat 1 & 2.
Meeting the fleet at finish.
Chatter says a possible 3rd race today.
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R10, headed up

We won't follow the fleet to the mark. Big breeze, only 1.3 mile leg. Headed half way up to pick up the leaders.
Blowing easily 25.

R10, heading down

Big breeze. Lots of brodies.

R10, 1st mark rounding

There are some big rollers out here.
Looks like it will be LeTigre, Little Feet, Lifted. It was bow 37, 41, 42

R10, 1st leg

Bow 30 protesting bow 50, contact made. Boat damage.
Bow 38, Juggernot, retiring for the day.
Winds went from 290 to 255
Breeze is up, 20 to 25 knots.

Race 10

We are in seq, with papa flag.
1 min
Fleet likes middle to pin.
Boats are really hanging back off the line.
3 port starters.

R9, 3rd mark

Lifted shrimped, got it back & reset for run downhill.
Angry Chameleon is out with their new rig & they said they like it. It looks to be a much better day for the team! First finish will be bow 35, followed by Jeff J on Little Feet

R9, uphill to m3

Wind is picking up.

R 9, downhill

Winds & seas have laid down a bit.
About 2 mins out.
285-
Looks like a leader change.

R9, weather mark

Fleet is coming in, 2 minutes out. Follow along on sailingupdates.com while I go call bow numbers!

R 9, 1st leg

Most of the fleet looks like they are coming right now.
Seas stay flat as they head to the top mark.
Fleet is left.
This leg is 1.7.
Leaders are favoring left side.
We are at the weather mark, with a large offset.
Left boats have a big lead, nicely lifted.

Day 4, Race 9

Papa flag is up.
1 minute.
Clean start.
Mid line favored.
Boats heading to the left.
Pin end boat crosses the fleet, looks like USA 19

Day 4, J/80 Worlds

Last day race fans. Choppy seas, 2-4. Clear skies. We are outside today. It's a beautiful fall day in Newport! A huge Thank You to Pearson Yachts for the beautiful True North "Ginny B", Jeff Sammis our Captain, Saill22 & Sailingupdates.com!

Day 3 recap

RC got 3 races in today, with a few APs & black flags. The winds were shifty & currants strong. Word for the day, insurance! We had 1 mast down, 2 bow sprits destroyed, 3 hulls with holes and a head injury. Head injury is well, 8 stitches & in good spirits. The hulls & spars are being taken care of!
A big thanks to Jeff S for putting up with me on the Ginny B, an amazing True North 38!!
Tomorrow is the last day of racing. The J/80 worlds have been an amazing event & I'm sure tomorrow will be just as thriling!
Good night!

R8 injury

A sailor has been moved to jury boat. A possible head injury. Please follow all racing live at sailingupdates.com
Will post as available. Things are pretty crazy.

R8, downhill

Lifted headed down with no spin.
We are running at 17.5 knots, barely keeping up with the fleet.

R8, 3rd mark

Seas have laid down a bit. 10 degree shifts here at the mark. Here they come!

R8, headed up

Great action at the mark rounding. Lot of wind on the right side. Fleet is pretty split on the course.
Fleet heading to the right

Bow 30 is protesting Eagle, bow 27, with boat damage.
Bow 27 retired.

Bow 30 is retiring. Going in under motor.

R8, 1st mark

Right will not cross the left, but right made great ground! Off to call bows #s. Follow sailingupdates.com

Boats are headed down, with a few broaches

R 8, climbing up

20-22 knots of breeze.
Favoring the left side of course.
Tug on course, pushed off by left side racers. Follow Becky & Ed on sailingupdates.com for more live info.

Race 8 start

Stacked at the pin.

Race 8, chatter

Papa is up. 5 legs, 285, 1.5. Boats are stacking at the boat.
General recall
Bow 12 protest bow 38, KiaOra
Bow 38 protest bow 12, Crush
Breeze laying down a bit, still have white caps, about 18.
Black flag is up

R7, finished

It was a rough finish. Angry Chameleon lost their kite, they have retired for the day. Follow along on sailingupdate.com.

R7, finish

Terhune!

R7, left the mark

Lead boats are screaming, had to leave the mark with a few boats still to round.

R7, 3rd mark

Jeff J takes the mark 1st, followed by Terhune. Follow at sailingupdates.com

R7, calling bows

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Race 7, mark 2

Terhune followed by Little Feet, Jeff J

Race 7, offset

Big pileup at the offset. Kites are up.

R7, 1st mark rounding

Looks like Terhune will take the mark rounding 1st

R7 start

4, 280, 1.5. The fleet is off!

Race 7 set up

Course is set. Black flag is flying. Breeze is up, 15-16knots. Currant is ripping!

Pre-Race 7 chatter

Setting the course. 290. Currant is really pulling!
Weather mark to signal, go 280

R6 recap from finish

A a few puffs & good surfing always helps at the finish. Bow 47 retiring for the day. Bow 6 protest bow 24.

R6 finish

Rascal & Layline coming into finish. Duking it out heading uphill. Rascal takes the gun

R6 all boats around

Civilized rounding. Check out Sail22 for great pictures. Boats heading to finish.

R6, 3rd mark

Bow 55, 54, first around. Preliminary

R6, 3rd mark rounding

Serious over standing on the left. Looks like Rascals leading

R6

Magic in Motion has requested assistance. Crew is safe

Race 6 downwind

Wild at the mark rounding trying to call bow #s. Looks like Magic in Motion broke their rig.

R6 weather mark rounding

All boats round. Little incident. Looks like Goose did circles.

R6, start

11:24 race 6 START, headed up to the weather mark. Fleet is favoring right side.

R6, flags

Black face is up

R6 chatter

Bow 58, Savasana, protesting Gunter.
Gunter protesting bow 12, Crush.

11:19, we are in sequence.

R6 start, AP up...again

Piled up at the boat. Boats are bailing out. AP is up again!

Race 6, Down AP

We are in sequence

Day 3, Race 6

So far 2 general recalls, with Z flag up. Try again...

Day 3, J/80 Worlds 2010

Woke to an odd glow in the sky today, a bright orb known as the sun is gracing us. It's a crisp fall day in Newport, RI, temp around 54. The tide is very high, playing the currant will be in today's game plan. Racing will take place in Narraganset Bay. Good luck sailors!
Don't forget to follow along on Facebook, Sail22, & SailingUpdates.com! Working with Becky & Ed has been an amazing experience. The "sailing updates" mark rounding program is a great addition to following the live action.
Getting the course set. Looking to a 10:30 start time.

Recap of day 2

Day 2 brought a great deal of waiting on shore, rain, swells & breaking skies. Racing ended late in the day as the clouds parted. The 1st race was wild with squalls & AP. 2nd race started with boats stacked at the boat, an AP, the Z flag & an unexpected bow 10 rounding the 1st mark in 2nd. Lots of smiling faces back at the tent with great chowders & Rum! Sleep well sailors.

Race 5, finishing

Fleet is coming into finish. Big gap between to 1st & 2 nd boat. Looks like USA 655, folioed by ESP 977. Results are preliminary. Checkin with sailingupdates.com

Headed up to 3rd mark

Fleet is headed up the middle of the course.

2nd Mark rounding

All boats around the gate. They are headed uphill into bright skies.

1 st mark rounding, race 5

Layline/Quantum Racing rounds in 1st, Church Key rounds in 2nd. Clean mark rounding, 53 boats rounded. Skies are clearing! Follow Ed & Becky at sailingupdates.com, sail22 on facebook!

Race 5, Heading up

Bow 61, sail #554, withdrawals due to damage, collision with sail #1094.

Race 5

Stacked at the boat. They are off

1 min to R 5

Z flag is up

Race 5

AP. "Pin end pick up now now now!!!!"

Race 5 start

We are in sequence, 1:20 to gun. Pin end empty, stacked at the RC boat

Race 5 start

General recall

D2, R5

Race 5 will be 5 legs with an uphill finish. 1.5 mile legs

Day 2, maybe another

RC is calling for a 2nd race, start time 3:45pm

Race 4, day 2 finish

1st boats have finished.

Round the mark

Kites are up. Heading downhill. A few circles at mark. Cleaner mark rounding this time. Got busy calling bow #s. Heading to the finish line for todays only race.

Race 4 coming into the mark

Left side looks favored. Rumor looking good

Race 4 uphill, # 2

Boats are still testing the right side.

Race 4, Downhill run

Boats are screaming down, red kite down. Comming into mark. Time to go call bow #s

1 st mark rounding

Jeff J, 1 st boat around the mark. Lots of circles happened. Fleet is head downhill

Race 4 coming to mark

Boats coming up the middle look good

Race 4 uphill

The fleet is pretty split.

Race 4

& we have a start. Bow 42 over.

AP down

AP flag is down. In sequence. Angry Chameleon is still at the dock.

Race 4 back into AP

AP flag is back up. RC boat lost their bottom.

Race 4

AP is down.
We are in sequence.
Seas are climbing, winds are 15 to 18

Pre race 4

In a squall, 1 minute before start. It is not fun out there. Bow 39, KiaOra, and bow 47, Mjolner have retired

Conditions day 2

At R2, winds are 12 to 15. Seas are 1 to 2.

Day 2, AP down

Here we gooooo! Fleet is headed out to R2, shooting for 1:30 start. Angry Chameleon is still working to get the new rig up.

Day 2, AP

Still under AP. Waiting till noon for the call. Too much rain!

Day 2, J/80 Worlds 2010

We are in postponement. Angry Chameleon is working on getting their new mast in. It's wet/raining!

Good night day 1

So racing for day 1. Upon entering the harbor the cell phones wearing ringing off the hook. Many of the charter boats were leaking pretty bad, Angry Chameleon lost there forestay during race 3 causing them to retire, but thanks to Jeff S and a few calls a new mast & boom was ready for them to pick up from Waterline. Bob Haywords, Blue Jay, took a nasty hit & the glass guys where there ready & waiting to do the repair. Many sails, mostly kites, where sent to sail lofts for repair. "More Gustosa" lost their kite with a rip from foot to head, "Fired up" took a port side hit from "FKA" followed by a starboard hit. As Jay Lutz put it, "there coming back for more", I saw flashbacks to worlds in Spain. Looks like all 60 boats will make the start tomorrow, "Angry Chameleon" may miss race 1 due to setting up the mast & boom.
So much more to come tomorrow, stay tuned! FYI, Team Church Key won the tent party tonight. Btw, excuse any spelling errors, long day on the water!!
Cheers

Day 1 recap

With building seas and breeze on sailors had an amazing, hardworking day on the water. Check out sailingupdates.com for all the days events, bailouts and markroundings. Ed & Becky have an amazing site with Sail 22. The skies remaind grey over Newport today & we are going to have very tired sailors tonight. Great work to all crews it was great to see your hardwork, minimal yelling & smiles!

Race #3, coming finish

Bow #02 has retired. It was a gnarly finish, with boats riding amazing rollers with full kites!

Race 3, douse

Expected more carnage at that mark rounding, but these sailors are in control! A few shrimps.

Race 3 downwind

Following "Christe" screaming down wind. It is an amazing ride!

Race 3, 1st leg

Big swells & air at the mark rounding. Calling bow numbers. A few boats tried to sneak in, some made it most did not. We are at 13 knots & the sail boats are pulling past us. It's a wild down wind run!

Race #3

Race 3 is underway. Prior to start "Goose" had a man up the mast, not where I want to be in these seas! Bow 05, Blue Jay, is heading in with damage. It is snotty out here!

Race 2 wrapping up

Spanish boats finish top 3. Remember all races are preliminary! Check out sailingupdates.com! Holy big seas, wild rides.

Race 2, 2nd leg

Swells are huge. We are running at 17-20 & having trouble keeping up with the 80s. 1st 10 boats around the mark.

Race # 2, 1st leg

Bows 21 & 18 have withdrawn from the race. 3 ships heading into the sailing area in the next 30+ minutes. Breeze & seas are up. Check in with Becky & Ed at sailingupdate.com & follow along on Facebook, Sail22!

Race #2

Trying to get race#2 off. Starts with a general recall, going straight to black flag! Rollers are laying down a bit.
Race 2 is off, all clear.

Race #1! Finished

Left side paid off uphill. Winds are 17knots, very lumpy & the sailors are smiling. Courageous is going in for the day.

Following the fleet

Uphill left side is favored, downhill right side. It's wild out here. Follow along here & sailingupdate.com.

Day 1, J/Worlds

10:56 first race is underway, under black flag. We had 2 general recalls. Swells are 6-8', cloudy skies

Measurement

All check ins & measurement has been completed. Lots of wind during equipment inspections. Crews are all in good spirits. Good luck sailors competing in the J/80 Worlds. Thank you to the Class Measurers, Greg Buck, Liz Chadwick & Steve Wilkinson, for all your hard work.

Live on the Water!

Follow the action live from Newport Rhode Island as the J/80's Kick off their 2010 Worlds Event