Yet another interesting day awaits the racers tomorrow as our weather picture is not changing very rapidly. Offshore from San Francisco, we have a relatively weak high-pressure system (1026mb) that is being pushed around by a weak low-pressure system (1016mb) that is generally moving towards Vancouver Island. As we have said, when it begins to interact with the coastal buffer zone, this low and attached frontal system will slow and degrade. Again. For tomorrow this will mean a weak pressure gradient as the onshore flow will again be light in the morning until the breeze is drawn down Johnstone Strait.
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At 0800 hours expect a west-northwesterly breeze of 4-6 knots in the starting area. As you beat toward Telegraph Cove the breeze will become light and variable from Robson Bight to Port Hardy. Depending upon the amount of morning overcast, once it begins to clear and the land warms, expect a 4-6 knot WNW to fill down from Telegraph Cove to Robson Bight. By mid-afternoon, again depending upon the clearing, this WNW should build to 6-8 knots. By early to mid-evening this should build to 8-10 knots from the WNW. After sunset, expect the breeze to start to drop.
You’ll have the tide with you until about 1300hrs so make the most of it.
Ed. Note: You can find links to all the results here. The TP52s appear to be taking turns ahead of each other while the 41′ Blue is having some great legs. 65 Red Roses appears to be having a good series in Division 2. I’ll try to get cumulative results out to you. The Jeanneau 51 Iris had an encounter with a log that put her saildrive out of commission (being repaired) and the catamaran Cheekee Monkee had to withraw because of a bum “torpedo drive” (assuming that’s an auxiliary system).
Bruce has raced and cruised the Pacific Northwest his entire life. He earned a Bachelor’s of Science from the University of Washington in Biological Oceanography and learned meteorology “to keep from getting kicked around on the race course.” Bruce spent nearly two decades as Associate Publisher for Northwest Yachting Magazine, retiring in mid-2015, and was the chairman of the board of trustees for the Northwest Marine Trade Association in 2014. (photo of Bruce driving Playstation is a bit dated, but cool)