Florida 300 Coverage
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Posted: May 20, 2016 - 04:29 PM
My favorite part of the race was surfing down a wave and hitting the beach under spinnaker at the end of each leg. David's least favorite part of the race was re-doing the bottom when we got back home... -
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Posted: May 20, 2016 - 04:35 PM
haha!
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Posted: May 20, 2016 - 04:55 PM
http://sailinganarchy.com/ might be another good place to get some coverage from.....
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Posted: May 20, 2016 - 07:08 PM
Style points count!
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Posted: May 21, 2016 - 12:51 AM
What's worse?.... Tornado gaskets, ack -
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Posted: May 21, 2016 - 01:29 AM
New story, video, and pictures.
http://florida300.com/florida-300-news
Watch these two videos of the first two arrivals. Key Sailing arrived in near flat calm and then Buoy 44 (wlrottge) arrived shortly later under building storm.
Key Sailing https://youtu.be/d7fgvlHxs1Q
Buoy 44 https://youtu.be/PZ-v8SukOig
That cloud! At least it cleared the tourists out of the finish line.
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Posted: May 21, 2016 - 09:28 AM
The Day 4 coverage is exactly what we'd been hoping to see. Thanks!
Today's weather:
SYNOPSIS FOR FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT 60 NM-
418 AM EDT SAT MAY 21 2016
.SYNOPSIS...WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST THIS WEEKEND AHEAD
OF A FRONTAL TROUGH WHICH WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION ON SUNDAY
NIGHT. THE MAIN MARINE CONCERN WILL CONTINUE TO BE SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING OFFSHORE BOTH AFTERNOONS THIS WEEKEND.
DRIER CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD SOUTH LATE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
.GULF STREAM HAZARDS...NONE.
THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE WEST WALL OF THE GULF STREAM BASED
ON THE REAL TIME OCEAN FORECAST SYSTEM FROM THURSDAY MAY 19TH.
45 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF PONCE INLET.
33 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF PORT CANAVERAL.
28 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF SEBASTIAN INLET.
18 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF FORT PIERCE INLET.
11 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF SAINT LUCIE INLET.
$$
AMZ552-211430-
VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20 NM-
418 AM EDT SAT MAY 21 2016
TODAY
WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING EAST 5
KNOTS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET WITH A DOMINANT
PERIOD 8 SECONDS. A LIGHT CHOP ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
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Posted: May 23, 2016 - 12:21 AM
It was quite a week! Halfway home will have more later.
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Posted: May 23, 2016 - 10:24 AM
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Posted: May 24, 2016 - 06:33 PM
Wish there was video of our day 1 and day 2 finishes; day 1 was epic, mach 5 with the kite up and all boards down. Not exactly how a Tornado likes to come into the beach!
Not sure how the gaskets survived the week, but I'll be pulling the hulls out of the covers to start cleaning things back up in a day or two. My boat was completely refinished by Lars a couple of years ago and was still pristine, so running her up the beach like that kinda made me cringe.... then I remembered, "we're here to race, not play games". -
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Posted: May 24, 2016 - 09:28 PM
I'm with you brother, the few little scratches I get are easy to fix. My foot is staying on the gas until I cross the line. My only gelcoat damage was from crashing into my own beach wheels landing in Vero when that thunderstorm took the breeze from SE at 6-8 to E at 20 1/4 mile from the finish. Chuck's eyes got real big when he saw us reaching up the beach heading for his line at a 45 degree angle. I was worried about hitting Lisa so I didn't spin out. I think we should have a "style points for cool landing" competition next year.
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Posted: May 24, 2016 - 09:30 PM
I'm with you brother, the few little scratches I get are easy to fix. My foot is staying on the gas until I cross the line. My only gelcoat damage was from crashing into my own beach wheels landing in Vero when that thunderstorm took the breeze from SE at 6-8 to E at 20 1/4 mile from the finish. Chuck's eyes got real big when he saw us reaching up the beach heading for his line at a 45 degree angle. I was worried about hitting Lisa so I didn't spin out. I think we should have a "style points for cool landing" competition next year.
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Posted: May 26, 2016 - 10:32 AM
well done guys!
