Wind limits for races

I know there has been a discussion of under what conditions RC will cancel a race but most of that had to do with freezing conditions when it came down to it. Without the freezing conditions the wind numbers had to get crazy high as I recall to get enough points to cancel a race. Our club is looking at setting limits just based on wind as our water is always about the same and the weather never gets very cold. But it does get windy. We had a race a couple of years ago where gusts were 55 knots and someone was hurt (lost part of a finger). We had a dismasting on a fairly windy race last year. I don't recall the wind then but I do recall it being windy. Do any clubs set limits on wind, high and low, that you would like to share? Allen

Allen, I bet some clubs would cancel race at what would be considered average wind conditions in the Bay in the Spring and Summer. Like bumping 25 to 30 knots? At least you are dealing with a protected body of water vs. open water where waves and swells can build. What's interesting in the Santa Monica Bay is the change-ability of wind conditions. Take yesterday. It stated out with a breeze from the North, which went West, got strong, then, practically died, then returned WSW at a good clip as the evening approached. After two hours of sailing Shpritz was going faster, altho I'm not sure how much the breeze and shedding some fouling on my bottom was responsible. Jerry of Shpritz. On Monday, April 28, 2014 9:37 AM, Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com> wrote: >I know there has been a discussion of under what conditions RC will cancel a race but most of that had to do with freezing conditions when it came down to it. Without the freezing conditions the wind numbers had to get crazy high as I recall to get enough points to cancel a race. > > >Our club is looking at setting limits just based on wind as our water is always about the same and the weather never gets very cold. But it does get windy. We had a race a couple of years ago where gusts were 55 knots and someone was hurt (lost part of a finger). We had a dismasting on a fairly windy race last year. I don't recall the wind then but I do recall it being windy. > > >Do any clubs set limits on wind, high and low, that you would like to share? > > >Allen > > >

in the south bay its Captain s Call ... if its over 25kt we do not go out ...sometimes its a crew choice @ 25 MPH we talk and ofcourse our boat dose great in big winds...all that is going to change wed edward From: Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com> To: "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 9:36 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Wind limits for races I know there has been a discussion of under what conditions RC will cancel a race but most of that had to do with freezing conditions when it came down to it. Without the freezing conditions the wind numbers had to get crazy high as I recall to get enough points to cancel a race. Our club is looking at setting limits just based on wind as our water is always about the same and the weather never gets very cold. But it does get windy. We had a race a couple of years ago where gusts were 55 knots and someone was hurt (lost part of a finger). We had a dismasting on a fairly windy race last year. I don't recall the wind then but I do recall it being windy. Do any clubs set limits on wind, high and low, that you would like to share? Allen

What happens wednesday? I think that is your race day. Is the club going to institute some limits after the tragedy? Allen On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Helen Horn <he… [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > in the south bay its Captain s Call ... if its over 25kt we do not go out > ...sometimes its a crew choice @ 25 MPH we talk > and ofcourse our boat dose great in big winds...all that is going to > change wed > edward > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Allen Edwards <al… [at] gmail.com> > *To:* "Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com" <Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com> > *Sent:* Monday, April 28, 2014 9:36 AM > *Subject:* [Cal_Boats] Wind limits for races > > > I know there has been a discussion of under what conditions RC will > cancel a race but most of that had to do with freezing conditions when it > came down to it. Without the freezing conditions the wind numbers had to > get crazy high as I recall to get enough points to cancel a race. > > Our club is looking at setting limits just based on wind as our water is > always about the same and the weather never gets very cold. But it does > get windy. We had a race a couple of years ago where gusts were 55 knots > and someone was hurt (lost part of a finger). We had a dismasting on a > fairly windy race last year. I don't recall the wind then but I do recall > it being windy. > > Do any clubs set limits on wind, high and low, that you would like to > share? > > Allen > > > >