Winter Season Tally thru May 3 Races W/L -- 15,
Spin legs -- 23, 1 DNF
wind
Races Distance -- 4
[~10, 30, ~20, 40m] Spin legs -- 7, peel
--1 Regatta abandoned -- 1
[NW Wind 25+]
Training Camp:
Program A [Vee Jay] -- 42 Spin
legs -- 37 Spin peels --
7 Program B -- 2, Spin legs --
3 [Vee Jayers
on Shock -- Wavelength 30] Program C -- 4, Spin
legs -- 3 [Vee Jayers on California
Girl --Santana 22] Program D -- 8, Spin legs --
2 [Vee Jayers
on Sea Bird -- Corsair F31] Program E -- 2,
W/L races [Vee Jayers on Precision 15 ]
Program F -- 2, W/L races
[Vee Jayers on 420
] Program G -- 2, W/L races
[Vee Jayers on
Laser] Program H -- 25, Boat rehab and
sea trials
[Vee Jayers on J24
Bang!]]
Randy
sets up to switch"Look for
that curl"Nick looking goodRachael at the helmEric likesthe colorsDillan and LexiTaylor at trimTreavor out coachingJulian attaches the sock.Brian steering with his foot.Running back from the PierBill trimmingTed clearing the deckA day on Shock
Olympic 49er Trevor Moore with
Taylor, Dillon and CV. Vee Jay crew looking to collect on promises of 49er
sailing next season.
End of season rudder
maintenance, always wondered what that tramsom ladder was for.
On water during the Marco Bud Lite
regatta, when spinnaker pole bridle blew.
March, 2012 --- Naples Sailing and YC, Towers 40 m to
SC
After
deciding early in the season to get into spinnaker peels ... we used it in our
first race. It was the annual 40-mile from Naples Pier to SC off Ft. Myer's
Beach and back. [ ~20 mile run ~close hauled; ~20 mile ~beam reach spin run ]
Peeled to the .5oz 3 miles from the finish ... and the crew was
delighted ... so ok 3rd out of 5, but the only difference in the awards was the
type of Vodka in the quart bottle. Average
speed
5.5 kts. including drifting a bit before the thermals
kicked in. [Crew included: Brian, Katrin, Randy, Steve I, Steve
S, Taylor, and Vic.]
It was decently dark returning to the slip on
the Gordon River.
Most exciting part was being
barged over by a Catalina 42 at the start â
Off Gordon Pass early March ... water cold at low 70s, no
lightning. Photo by Dennis
February, 2012 --- President's Day Weekend Training
Camp
Saturday: Intense Foredeck
Training with Medical Crew YouTube Video
link to the gals in operation Vee Jay med staff day as our MD,
physical
therapist and pharmacist took over foredeck. Taylor taught them how to
peel. Brian ran spin jibe drill. Once these
guys started to jibe the spin ... they kept at it for 23 jibes before reaching
the magic 8 second timing that Vee Jay likes to see ... then they broke for Dr.
H's prescription of champagne and brownies convienently provided by
Steve. on board: Dr. H, Nicole,
Katrin, Bart, Brian, Taylor, Steve, VicSunday: Good Wind for all Guy
Crew
crew: Ben
- main helm, Steve, Steve I, Tom, Jim, Brian, Keith, Vic
Monday: Rendezvous with F31 Sea
Bird
Vee Jay: Julian -- main helm, Dr. H, Bart, Dave, Vic; on Sea
Bird: Keith, Brian
February, 2012 --- MIYC Winter Regatta
Abandoned
Marco Island YC calls this
their "Winter" regatta. But a combination of NorthWest 20-25 kt winds with
gusts higher, and trouble keeping the marks in place with short 6+ ft waves
forced them to abandon racing on Saturday. Conditions on Sunday 25-30+, 6-8',
with high temperatures barely breaking 50 under cloudy conditions wrapped up
this Regatta. Meanwhile it was an ideal time to get the junior crew up to speed
at the helm. Crew included Brian, Dalton, Randy, Steve I, Steve
S, Taylor, and Vic
January, 2012 --- Vee Jay Teens try out F31
Trimaran
Keith, skipper of F31 #208
Sea Bird, invited Taylor and Julian from Vee Jay and Erik from Shock to
help do the first Spin Run for Sea Bird on the Gulf.
January, 2012 --- AVOW Hospice Regatta
Shock, Foreign Exchange and Vee Jay
Shock, Vee Jay and Foreign Exchange
Nicole and Katrin
launch spin in race for first time.
We spent a couple of days to retune the
mast after a problem with the new roller furling, and we are now back to where
we should be competing with Foreign Exchange [Dehler 34], and Shock [Wavelength
30].
Unfortunately, Naples Spin B has
added a J95, Ultimate 20 and SR21 Max which is causing us ~30 year old boats a
bit of extra handicap when the newer boats break out a little on a plane. A new
X Boat 48 starting with us also adds a bit of distraction.
Three days of Spin Runs highlighted by
Nicole's on board account of hitting the Sombrero Reef on J120 Carinthia last
week during the Lauderdale to Key West Race. [Google "Carinthia Sombrero"]
Injured were medivac'd off boat and it was able to reach KW under own
power.
Fortunately Nicole, who was off
watch at the time of the grounding, is in top shape; and this weekend spent
time working on her J30 spinnaker helming program for a Marco Gal's Race coming
up.
Also did Photo Shoot with Randy's
Santana 22 [California Girl] from Ohio, with Julian and Taylor crewing. That's
them up over Nicole's shoulder. They had already done their spin run south to
rendezvous with us.
And what would training camp be
without crew doing new things. Katrin up to retrieve jib halyard and Julian up
to measure the forestay.
Unfortunately we
weren't able to get a photo of Taylor helming us up the Gordon River with just
over 20 tacks. The first time we were able to do that with a ~north
wind.
January, 2012 --- NSYC New Year's Cup
Julian, Katrin, Randy, Taylor, Steve, Vic, Robert, Nicole,
Brian
Dead Last ... in barely raceable wind.
Spin B 1st went to an
Ultimate
20.
Vee Jay crew alone outweighed that
U20's weight ... and came close to matching the U20's total crew and boat
weight.
We called it a Vee Jay Social Day with lots
of friendly chit chat.
December, 2011 --- Xmas Break J30 Kids
This is an annual Spin Training
Camp for J30 kids, this year from J30s #393, #537 and #505. You may
be interested is seeing the video from last year
here.
Vee Jay off Naples Beach Dec. 29, 2011 [Cell phone
Photo by Jason Richards]
December, 2011 --- Spin Run on Shock with Dolphins
December, 2011 --- Caxambas 30, Naples Yacht
Club
NYC shortened its December 90-mile Boca Grande overnight to a quick
Saturday 30-mile to Caxambas Pass. Vee Jay started late due to a bad
shackle during the start. However, crew skills made up for the delay. On
board: Brian, Randy, Steve I, Steve S, Taylor, Vic
Late starting VeeJay
[Race Flag spin]
Vs. the twist city guys
When we say "heavy cloud cover"
Randy handles trim.
Taylor, after a short nap, handled the last couple
hours, once the sun broke through.
So OK ... we got a couple of
turtles ... "because when they hatch they are fast."
November, 2011 --- Marco Island YC Fall Regatta
Six races in two days with people
in new crew positions, and no tactician ... great practice to start the
season.
October, 2011 --- NSYC Commodore's Cup
Naples
Sailing & YC's 47th Commodore's Cup ... kicked off with a 16-mile coastal
pursuit race between Naples and Marco Island on Oct. 29, followed by Buoy races
off Keewaydin Island on Oct. 30.
The pursuit race was a challenge
because as the racers reached the upwind mark at Capri Pass the wind changed so
that the second leg of the course to Naples Pier was also an upwind mark, but
also littered with sometimes heavy rain showers.
The buoy races the
next day saw winds ~25 mph with gusts in the 30s; nothing more needs to be said
about that.
Brian -- Main
trim/Tactician J30 Hornet Skipper Dalton --
Midship Julian -- Starboard trimmer Katrin --
Foredeck, Vee Jayer's Physical Therapist Nicole --
Foredeck, Vee Jayer's Phamacist Peterson --
Midship Randy -- Foredeck Robert --
Starboard trimmer Steve 1-- Pit Steve 2 -- Backup Starboard
Trimmer Taylor -- Port trimmer {Vee Jayer's Teen Recruiter}
Vic -- Skipper Dr. Helen -- Foredeck, Vee
Jayer's Ship's Doctor
Randy
sets up to switch
"Look for
that curl"
Nick looking good
Rachael at the helm
Eric likesthe colors
Dillan and Lexi
Taylor at trim
Treavor out coaching
Julian attaches the sock.
Brian steering with his foot.
Running back from the Pier
Bill trimming
Ted clearing the deck
A day on Shock
After
deciding early in the season to get into spinnaker peels ... we used it in our
first race. It was the annual 40-mile from Naples Pier to SC off Ft. Myer's
Beach and back. [ ~20 mile run ~close hauled; ~20 mile ~beam reach spin run ]
the .5oz 3 miles from the finish ... and the crew was
delighted ... so ok 3rd out of 5, but the only difference in the awards was the
type of Vodka in the quart bottle.
5.5 kts. including drifting a bit before the thermals
kicked in. 
physical
therapist and pharmacist took over foredeck. Taylor taught them how to
peel.
![Vee Jay's Nicole working on helm. [Vee Jay Photo by Katrin]](Naples1112/eP1150070.jpg)
![California Girl, Santana 22, Naples FL 2012 [Vee Jay photo by Katrin]](Naples1112/eP1150053.jpg)
![California Girl, Santana 22, Naples FL [Vee Jay photo by Steve]](Naples1112/eP1080034.jpg)
![California Girl, Santana 22, Naples FL 2012 [Vee Jay photo by Katrin]](Naples1112/eP1150067.jpg)
