Fine race for August 2019. Thank you for showing up. A sailboat race is not a race with NO boats. Here are the results:
SDSPS Sail Fleet/South Bay Family Sailing Series/Ventura Sailing Club-August 17, 2019, Saturday (8.29 nm.)
Saturday August 17, 2019 was a fine day for sailing. Winds were light from the west at 8-10-12 knots. These light winds favored the lighter boats.
Nine boats were circling the starting line for the noon start of our monthly pursuit race. The noon start included Pie in the Sky and Bibbity Bobbity Boat. The 12:03 starters were Atsa II and Imagine. The final group start at 12:06 had five boats: Astra, Consigliare, Bon Temps, Marilee and Ran.
Ran is a fairly new boat. If anyone knows the owners, type and size of the boat and how to contact them please let me know.
Welcome Ran!
The starting line was crowded for the third start and Marilee almost collided with Astra so we are thinking about adding another starting group. Going from three starting groups to four.
With the light winds the smaller boats stayed ahead of everyone until about the third leg and then the larger boats began to compete for leader. Finish times were as follows; Consigliare 13:34:08, Astra 14:00:30, Marilee 14:01:11 Rai 14:08:12, Bon Temps 14:08:57, Atsa II 14:18:30, BBBoat 14:25:32, Imagine 14:34:021, and Pie in the Sky 14:52:00.
GREAT RACE ALL
See a replay of the race here SBFFS August 2019 Saturday, Aug 17, 2019
Putting it into the Collins Handicap System results are as follows:
Corrected race results:
| Boat | Finish | Secs/NM | Prior | Benchmark | Corrected | Points | Cumulative |
| IMAGINE MORGAN 32 SUSAN GORE | 14:34:01 | 1113 | 900 | 549 | 762 | 0.75 | 26.5 |
| ASTRA CUSTOM ITALIAN MIKE PHILBROOK | 14:00:30 | 871 | 612 | 549 | 808 | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| RAI BENETEAU 423 BRAM ARNOLD | 14:08:12 | 927 | 634 | 549 | 843 | 3.0 | 33.75 |
| CONSIGLIARE BENETEAU 41 STEVE BRODBECK | 13:58:08 | 854 | 549 | 549 | 854 | 4.0 | 34.0 |
| MARILEE BENETEAU 473 MIKE COLLINS | 14:01:11 | 876 | 551 | 549 | 874 | 4.0 | 32.0 |
| BON TEMPS BENETEAU 361 TED BOWLER | 14:08:57 | 932 | 586 | 549 | 896 | 4.0 | 32.0 |
| ATSA II HUNTER 336 MIKE SCARPATI | 14:18:30 | 1001 | 635 | 549 | 916 | 4.0 | 34.0 |
| BIBBITY BOBBITY BOAT HUNTER 28 CHIC CHITKOWSKI | 14:35:32 | 1124 | 717 | 549 | 957 | 4.0 | 27.5 |
| PIE IN THE SKY KROGEN 38 DAVID REY | 14:52:00 | 1243 | 753 | 549 | 1039 | 4.0 | 33.0 |
Top 10 boats after 8 races
| Place | Boat | Cumulative |
| 1 | ASTRA | 21 |
| 2 | IMAGINE | 26.5 |
| 3 | BIBBITY BOBBITY BOAT | 27.5 |
| 4 | SIMPLICITY | 31.5 |
| 5 | MARILEE | 32 |
| 5 | BON TEMPS | 32 |
| 7 | PIE IN THE SKY | 33 |
| 7 | PHRYXUS | 33 |
| 9 | RAN | 33.75 |
| 10 | CONSIGLIARE | 34 |
| 10 | ATSA II | 34 |