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<\/p>\nThe wind cooperated for our annual 12-Mile Island event, KSC’s longest distance race.\u00a0 We had a great turn our with 6 boats (3 cats, 3 monohulls) doing the full run, and 2 more opting to do a half-race to Pinhey’s Point and back (one cat, one Byte).\u00a0 Many thanks to RC Reese for driving the power boat all the way to Pinhey’s to drop the mark.\u00a0 I didn’t see what happened during the Half race, so the following account mostly covers the full run.<\/p>\n
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We did things a bit differently this year, with boats setting off “whenever” and timing their run around the island.\u00a0 After getting back, we adjusted their times against a handicapping factor.<\/p>\n
Ellen\/Mark and their family were first to set off in a Hobie 18, followed by Denise\/Ken S (Laser 2).\u00a0 We then had 3 boats take off in close proximity — Tony\/Devin (Hobie 18), Ken E\/Norm (Albacore), and Jason (Laser).\u00a0 A while later Frank\/Jean took a Hobie 16.\u00a0 Doing the half trip, and leaving significantly later, were Annie\/Greg (Hobie 16), Carla (Byte) and a non-racing MG14.<\/p>\n
The leg from KSC to Pinhey’s was largely upwind, with a slight starboard tack favour.\u00a0 Three basic strategies were used:<\/p>\n
During that beat, Ken E\/Norm were able to constantly extend their lead over Jason.\u00a0 Both managed to eventually catch up with Ken S\/Denise, who happened to be on the Ontario side on port tack when a wind shift caught them and wouldn’t give them a break.\u00a0 Tony\/Devin’s Hobie 18 got caught in the same shift and Jason passed them around the middle of the river just before Pinhey’s.\u00a0 There may or may not have been some trash talk exchanged, including referring to the cat as “a boat with training wheels”.\u00a0 Norm\/Ken E was by this point well ahead of both and near the Quebec shore, and the shift which penalized the cat and Laser 2 was a lift for the Albacore, which was pointed straight up river.<\/p>\n
Past Pinhey’s the wind steadied out a bit, with starboard tack now heavily favoured.\u00a0 Tony\/Devin blasted by Jason (exchanging a few more light-hearted words) and ripped along.\u00a0 Between Pinhey’s and the island, Jean\/Frank’s Hobie 16 also passed Ken S\/Denise.\u00a0 Jason and the H16 rounded 12-Mile Island together, and the cat outpaced the Laser on the downwind.<\/p>\n
The downwind leg was a straight run from Port-of-Call to KSC, and the boats had a choice whether to run it, or to make multiple reaches.\u00a0 The cats and Norm\/Ken E reached, while Jason largely ran (focused on surfing the waves, although he would alter course to try to catch wind gusts) and Ken S\/Denise got their nice shiny spinnaker flying.<\/p>\n
Tony\/Devin claimed honours as first back to the club.<\/p>\n
Results<\/strong><\/p>\n The elapsed time (ET) of each boat was recorded, and adjusted according to the Portsmouth Number (PN) handicap for each boat.\u00a0 The adjusted time (AT) is:<\/p>\n AT = ET * (1000\/PN)<\/p>\n Larger Portsmouth numbers mean a boat is usually slower.\u00a0 For instance, a Hobie 16 has a larger number (809) than a Hobie 18 (740).\u00a0 This means what a Hobie 16 does in an hour, a Hobie 18 should be able to do in 54 minutes 53 seconds.\u00a0 If a PN is greater than 1000 then the AT will be smaller than ET.\u00a0 If PN is less than 1000, then AT will be greater than ET.<\/p>\n So without further ado, here is what we have:<\/p>\n (Note — please double-check my math on the conversions)<\/p>\n The winner, is Jason, in a Laser!\u00a0 Despite finishing 4th over all in elapsed time, the Laser’s high handicapping mean he just<\/strong> won over Ken E\/Norm.\u00a0 Look at those adjusted times — there’s less than 3 minutes between them over almost 4 hours.\u00a0 That’s 1.3% difference.\u00a0 Here’s the other thing… Jason’s Laser was in good shape.\u00a0 The foils were shiny, the hull was solid, etc.\u00a0 The Albacore Ken E and Norm were in has probably seen better days, and had scratches, dings, repairs, probably a leak or two.\u00a0 I’m sure if the Albacore was in as good a shape as the Laser then it would’ve been no contest.<\/p>\n The cats faired poorly overall on the day.\u00a0 The wind was to blame for that.\u00a0 Cats LOVE to sail on a reach, and beating into the wind really takes their speed advantage away over monohulls.\u00a0 The handicapping formula unfortunately considers reaching performance as well as upwind\/downwind performance, so the cats were being scored on a scale which assumed they’d be able to use their quick reaches, and conditions were not cooperating.\u00a0 If the wind was coming directly across river the whole time, there would be no catching the cats.<\/p>\n Similar results were seen on the half-run.<\/p>\n Carla was able to round the mark in about 20 minutes less time than the Hobie 16 in a Byte (which is supposed to be slower).\u00a0 The adjusted time was 50 minutes apart.\u00a0 Again, this was largely due to the leg being “beating upwind, dead run downwind”, where Carla’s Byte could tack on to take advantage of any momentary wind shift, while the cat was going back and forth across the river.<\/p>\n Congrats, Jason and Carla!\u00a0 You’ve got bragging rights for the year!<\/strong><\/p>\n I hope everyone had fun, and don’t forget to email Ken Eaves with your “I’ve done a 12-Mile rounding!” story.\u00a0 For those who don’t know, Ken and Harry founded the “12-Mile Challenge” and there are trophies for those who round the island the most times in the year in a cat, in a single-handed monohull, and a double-handed monohull.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The wind cooperated for our annual 12-Mile Island event, KSC’s longest distance race.\u00a0 We had a great turn our with 6 boats (3 cats, 3 monohulls) doing the full run, and 2 more opting to do a half-race to Pinhey’s Point and back (one cat, one Byte).\u00a0 Many thanks to RC Reese for driving the … Continue reading 12-Mile Island Results, July 29, 2017<\/span> \n\n
\n Sailors<\/b><\/td>\n Boat<\/b><\/td>\n PN<\/b><\/td>\n ET<\/b><\/td>\n AT<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Jean\/Frank<\/td>\n Hobie 16<\/td>\n 809<\/td>\n 3:51:53<\/td>\n 4:46:38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Devin\/Tony<\/td>\n Hobie 18<\/td>\n 740<\/td>\n 3:57:33<\/td>\n 5:21:01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Norm\/Ken E<\/td>\n Albacore<\/td>\n 1041<\/td>\n 4:01:10<\/td>\n 3:51:40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Jason<\/td>\n Laser<\/td>\n 1097<\/td>\n 4:11:04<\/td>\n 3:48:52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Mark\/Ellen\/family<\/td>\n Hobie 18<\/td>\n 740<\/td>\n 4:20:57<\/td>\n 5:52:38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Denise\/Ken S<\/td>\n Laser 2<\/td>\n 1065<\/td>\n 4:26:00<\/td>\n 4:09:46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n
\n Sailors<\/b><\/td>\n Boat<\/b><\/td>\n PN<\/b><\/td>\n ET<\/b><\/td>\n AT<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Annie\/Greg<\/td>\n Hobie 16<\/td>\n 809<\/td>\n 2:15:00<\/td>\n 2:28:38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Carla<\/td>\n Byte<\/td>\n 1147<\/td>\n 1:53:00<\/td>\n 1:38:31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n