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Olympia YC & South Sound Sailing Society
Toliva Shoal
The Toliva Shoal race, co-sponsored Above: The morning started with drizzle
at McAllister Creek, but by that time,
by the Olympia Yacht Club and South and fog and the wind refused to hang
most of the fleet had gotten to Dana
Sound Sailing Society, happened around for very long.
passage where there was about two knots
February 13th. There were 74 boats that
of wind to fight three knots of current.
came down to participate. The morning Below: You could either be miserable or
Each skipper had an idea on how to
started with drizzle and fog and the enjoy a day sailing with your friends.
make it through, but they would get
weather guessers had predicted seven
about a third of the way up the passage
to ten knots of wind... as usual, they Photos by Jan Anderson
only to return to the Raggedy Ass Point
were wrong. After a
marker on the tidal
postponed of an hour
current. The third time
and a half, the cruising
was not the charm for
class finally started
everyone either.
at 11:00 am with the
Finally there was
PHRF classes started
a puff or two and the
shortly thereafter.
boats that stuck it
With little wind, the
out progressed slowly
boats slowly made
northward. When the
their way to Dana
boats rounded Johnson
Passage.
Point there was wind....
As the committee
for a while. The sight
boat rounded Johnson
of colorful spinnakers
Point there was seven
flying, then drooping,
knots of wind and the
then finally hanging
decision was made
limp about a mile from
not to shorten the
the finish was how it
course. Eventually the
went. Since the race
course was shortened
was shortened, there
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