VRC Polar Bear Series Amendment #1 November 7th, 2014 @ 1500h The following points have been modified or added to the Sailing Instructions: Section 8 Divisions 8.1. Yachts are assigned to divisions based upon their PHRF rating and the division splits are as follows: Division 1 – less than or equal to 99 Division 2 – 100 to 149 Division 3 – 150 to 194 Division 4 – greater than or equal to 195 8.2. ... Read More »
Shock and awe! There was a breeze! At just under 10 knots yet! The sun was starting to peek out after what seems like weeks of rain, and life was looking good. A depleted crew arrived on the comedy boat M.V. Perihelion at 9 AM bearing gifts of shepherd’s pie and salad, so we cast off to make our way out to English Bay and await the combatants for the final race of the season. Would anyone tu... Read More »
Plus another non-race day! It was freezing! Then it wasn’t. It was sunny, then it wasn’t. But the only constant – NO WIND. AGAIN! I cannot believe this and to be honest, I am in awe of the racers who come out time after time to do battle and the only fight they get is who gets to sit on top of the warm engine or who gets to sip the first hot toddy! On the Comedy boat we listened ... Read More »
Polar Bear Series Div 1 1st Reacher Teresa Dobson BIYC 2nd Brigadoon Andy Alan KYC 3rd Havoc Gunnar Jonsson VRC Div 2 1st Ed Tyler Abrams WVYC 2nd Slingshot Kevin Dempsey TCYC 3rd Shawpaw Jason Burnip VRC Sun Tan Series Div 1 1st Windyfeat Stephen Snell TCYC 2nd Talisman Shane Alfreds VRC 3rd Pura Vida Gary McKinnon VRC &... Read More »
I cannot believe that we have only managed to set three races off this whole season so far, due to a lack of wind, and one of those barely qualified as a race, more of a drift really. Andreas Trukenbrodt wanted to use his boat this time so we set off, without radar as his machine was in the shop. Boy it was scarey out there, especially when one is used to having the equipment to hand. It really sh... Read More »
I had been out to dinner with friends the night before and we had curry, so I was expecting a certain amount of wind on Sunday. But to actually get it for the race was unexpected, having had virtually no wind at all since the Polar Bear Series began this winter. After a week of storms and gales, up to 12 knots was blowing from the SE as we motored under the bridge and set the pin for a short windw... Read More »
Once again we set off from the docks with little or no wind to speak of, the temperatures were suitable for flash freezing meat and there was ice around many of the boats at the dock – but the sun was out, or at least it appeared shortly after arriving on the race course. The wind that we had was out of the east so we had a sheltered bay to race in, if only we had a little more wind. But we ... Read More »
If you are participating in the November 24th VRC Polar Bear series race, please download the addendum to the Sailing Instructions. Just to highlight a few differences about this race: We look forward to seeing everyone out on the course! 2013-11-21 – Updated: Mako start time adjusted, Pallas Athena withdrew from series. Read More »
I was going to stop there, but then I realized that in actual fact we all had a great day, in spite of the fact that there was not a breath of wind. Our race today was to be a pursuit race with the slowest boats going off first and the fastest some 45 minutes later with all the others at regular intervals in between. These things are great fun for everybody because you always know where you stand.... Read More »
