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Only 8.5 miles out Gastineau Channel, by sailboat, turn right and you will find a water wonderland of delight that SEAS sailors have come to know as the Back Side. Summer showed up again this past weekend, in all its glory, on the back side of Douglas during the SEAS Cup Admiralty Cove Rally.
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Not sure if you heard about this tragic sailboat accident that killed several crew members during a race in San Francisco Bay: http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/lectronicday.lasso?date=2012-08-08
On the back side of Douglas this past Saturday it all came together for a group of sailors to enjoy another wonderful summer day in Juneau. Yes they are rare this year, but we all got lucky when we decided to go sailing with SEAS. The fog kept visibility at about a mile as Tango, Lyric, Loa’a Nalu and Haiku gathered around the committee boat, for a start off Marmion Island at 1000.
Drifting around the south corner of Douglas on a light westerly we were delighted to find a pleasant 10 knot breeze filling the course down to Pt. Hilda. As expected, Haiku took an early and dominant lead as the remaining three traded a few tacks to make the half way turn off Pt. Hilda.
A very pleasant and sunny spinnaker run back to the south end of Douglas found Tango sliding through the inevitable Marmion hole, with Loa’a Nalu with in a ¼ mile of her stern, Haiku was long gone.
See the results.
Starting at 10:00 a.m. between the Committee boat and the Marmion Island Day Mark, the boats will sail ONE of these courses:
A. North into Taku Inlet rounding the buoy off Jaw Point on a starboard tack , returning and crossing an imaginary line bearing 060 magnetic to the Marmion Island day mark.
Saturday, July 21, 2012 dawned a beautiful sunny day with a good 10 knots of breeze from the south. Haiku, High Noon, and newcomer Shiva motored to North Portland Island to meet up with Loa'a Nalu for the start of 2012's rendition of the Funter Bay races.