Moonlight Marathon

The Moonlight Marathon will be held on Saturday, June 26, 2010, continuing into the wee hours of Sunday.  The skippers meeting will be held at 2:30p with the race start at 4:00p between Redwood Creek channel markers #3 and #4.

See the 2010 Notice of Race and the Moonlight Marathon Sailing Instructions for details.

Moonlight Marathon 2010

Race Results 

The SYC Moonlight Marathon was held on Sat., June 26. There were 10 boats in the race, 9 in Division A (mono-hull) and 1 in Division B (multi-hull).

The course was 3/4 - BRp - 3/4 for a total of 39.0 nautical miles. The race got underway on-time at 16:00 with brisk 15-18 knot winds blowing at the start line. The fun began on the far side of the San Mateo Bridge when half the fleet went east to look for calmer waters while the other half went down the channel to take advantage of the ebb current at the expense of encountering increased chop. As in years past, the first part of the race was both exciting and challenging.

All the SYC racers were able to round Blossom Rock Buoy before sunset and begin the downwind leg. By this time the winds had subsided, with a few lulls off and on until a moderate breeze filled in and blew the fleet back home. The full moon rose in the east just after 21:00 and lit the way to the finish line. All the boats completed the race well before the witching hour.

Congratulations to Carmelita (Chris Lewis) for taking first place, and to Metridium (John Graves) and Sweet Pea (Tim Petersen) for taking second and third place respectively in Division A.  Congratulations also goes to Roshambo (Daren Doud) for taking first place in Division B, finishing the race in just 31 seconds over 4 hours. 

A number of the SYC racers were found in the clubhouse after the race with their feet next to the fire.

After-race sausages stayed in the fridge, waiting for Summer #4.

Note: The race results shown above were derived using time-on-distance calculations. Results determined from time-on-time PHRF also were computed. The time-on-time results did not affect the finish order. Click here to see the time-on-time results.

Moonlight Marathon 2009

Our Annual Moonlight Marathon Race was held on Saturday, July 11, 2009.  Who would have believed that the race started with rain and hail?  The race started at 5pm out at Buoys #3 and #4.  The race then takes Blossom Rock Buoy (off of Pier 39) to port and finishes at Buoys #3 and #4.  At 39 nm, this sounds like a simple race, but having a lot of wind and no wind gives this race to the skipper that has the best "wind' crystal ball for the bay.  This year, people were reefed at the start, but the first to arrive at Blossom Rock, found no wind and the current taking them to Angel Isalnd!  The later arrivals saw the tide change, at least giving them a push in the right direction.  Likewise with the sub-tropical storm, most found this race to have windward legs in both directions.

 There were five boats that had the courage to enter this night-owls race.  In the Spinnaker Division, first place honors (by 7 seconds in a 7-8 hour race) goes to John Graves, Metridium.  Second place goes to Chris Lewis, Carmelita from South Beach.  In our multi-hull division, Darren Dowd, Roshambo,  takes first place honors finishing at 10:10pm.  Take a look at the following link to see Roshambo racing towards the Bay Bridge-   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59a7FnmYCdc

 Please see the overall race results posted below.

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