{"id":70078,"date":"2021-04-30T20:20:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T00:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=70078"},"modified":"2023-05-06T23:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T03:07:22","slug":"gale-warning-keeps-racers-in-harbor-at-annapolis-nood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/regatta-series\/gale-warning-keeps-racers-in-harbor-at-annapolis-nood\/","title":{"rendered":"Gale Warning Keeps Racers in Harbor at Annapolis NOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/210430__NAUTICAL_IMAGES_344_TODD-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"j 70 sailing in annapolis\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/210430__NAUTICAL_IMAGES_344_TODD-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/210430__NAUTICAL_IMAGES_344_TODD-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/210430__NAUTICAL_IMAGES_344_TODD-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/210430__NAUTICAL_IMAGES_344_TODD.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Skipper Peter Barrett and crew of the J\/70 \u201cReset\u201d use the opportunity of a high-wind cancellation on the opening day of the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Annapolis.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<p>Anticipation was high on the morning of the first day of the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Annapolis where 153 teams have assembled to race in the Chesapeake\u2019s first major regatta of the season. With a wind forecast predicting gale force winds, however, the sailors were sent home early to wait it out until tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were seeing sustained 27 knots at Thomas Point [lighthouse],\u201d said Annapolis YC\u2019s Race Director Kevin Reeds. \u201cThe spikes were getting consistently higher and the waves were already 3 to 4 feet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>While some sailors were disappointed with the day\u2019s cancellation, most were happy to sit out what would surely have been a gear-buster of an outing. With two more race days ahead, the general sentiment was to preserve boats and sailors alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was definitely the right call,\u201d said Terry Hutchinson, a professional sailor who\u2019s raced in conditions far more extreme over his long career. \u201cIf there\u2019s red flags going up everywhere, that\u2019s a good sign to not do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Hutchinson and his teammates, as well as many others at the Annapolis YC sailing center used the opportunity to work on their boat and ensure it was ready for an earlier start time Saturday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>But not all teams stayed ashore. Several took to the harbor to gain some invaluable high-wind sailing experience, including Doug and Amy Stryker, who rallied their teammates onto the bay for a few hours practice in their J\/105 <i>Mayhem<\/i>, which is virtually new to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Strykers recently purchased the used J\/105 from the U.S. Naval Academy and have put more than 300 manhours into make the boat race ready. Today\u2019s practice, says Stryker, was about making sure the crew race ready as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"empty\" style=\"padding: 20px;background-color:#333;color:white;text-align:center;font-size:2em;\">Sample HTML block<\/div><style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style><div class='embed-container'><iframe frameborder='0' width='480' height='270' src='\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x8103zr?autoplay=1&#038;mute=1' allowfullscreen allow='autoplay'><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis will be our third time sailing it,\u201d says Doug Stryker, \u201cand it was our first time sailing it in that much wind. Half the crew was at our house this morning and I said, \u201cLet\u2019s go practice,\u2019 and they, said \u2018absolutely not.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Stryker convinced them it would be a good use of their unexpected downtime so they relented and hoisted their sails as the wind whistled through the marina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe mainly wanted to make sure all the sails went up and down,\u201d Stryker says, \u201cbut it was also about building confidence with the crew. I wanted to show them this boat is easier to sail than the J\/30 [their previous boat] and they all came in and said it actually really fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/210430__NAUTICAL_IMAGES_053_TODD-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"j 105 in annapolis\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/210430__NAUTICAL_IMAGES_053_TODD-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/210430__NAUTICAL_IMAGES_053_TODD-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/210430__NAUTICAL_IMAGES_053_TODD-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/210430__NAUTICAL_IMAGES_053_TODD.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                <h3>\r<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Doug and Amy Stryker\u2019s crew on the J\/105 Mayhem work on their sail handling at the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Annapolis.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">\u00a9Paul Todd\/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<p>They weren\u2019t out there long\u2014just long enough to build the confidence they need to take on the regatta\u2019s 21-boat fleet. The Strykers, like many others at the Annapolis NOOD are eager for races, but they\u2019ll have to wait until racing kicks off with the first warning signal at 10 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Racing was cancelled on the opening day of the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Annapolis, but that didn\u2019t stop a few teams from getting in some heavy-air practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"Dave Reed","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"20210430","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"157","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Racing was cancelled on the opening day of the Helly Hansen NOOD Regatta Annapolis, but that didn't stop a few teams from getting in some heavy-air practice.","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"DKMQSB5P7RGODENGP7WUGSAHJQ","arc_website_url":"story\/nood-regattas\/gale-warning-keeps-racers-in-harbor-at-annapolis-nood\/","custom_permalink":"","arc_subtype":"right-sidebar","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":0,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[1104,181,309,177],"class_list":["post-70078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regatta-series","tag-annapolis","tag-helly-hansen-sailing-world-regatta-series","tag-helly-hansen-sailing-world-regatta-series-annapolis","tag-racing"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}