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Predicted Log
Members of the Southern California Cruiser Association (SCCA), which is affiliated with the North American Cruiser Association (NACA).
SYC has a very active Predicted Log Group. In the last few years we have had several Southern California champions and, in 2006, five of the top ten SCCA skippers were from our club! Shoreline skippers have also won National Awards and recognition, proving that we have some of the best Predicted Log contests and participants in the nation!
How does a a Predicted Log contest work? Here’s an introductory explanation, but feel free to check out www.predictedlog.org/SCCA/SCCA.html:
“It is a contest where each skipper attempts to most accurately predict the time it will take to navigate a specified course in their boat. The course is published in the race instructions issued by the host club several weeks prior to the contest. It usually consists of four or more legs totaling about 25 miles. Before the contest, skippers turn in predicted logs which specify the time they expect to use on each leg of the course. Each skipper then starts onto the course at their predicted starting time. After starting, an Observer aboard the boat collects all watches so that the skipper and crew have no knowledge of the actual time during the contest. As each mark is passed, the Observer records the time on the actual log. After completing the course, the Race Committee computes the percentage error between the predicted and actual logs for each boat. The skipper with the lowest error is then declared the winner.“
Shoreline YC has dominated the Club competition among all the various clubs in the last several years and has the most active Predicted Log fleet in the area.
Anyone who would like to learn more should contact Mike Schachter or Jan Ryan, SYC’s Committee Co-Chairs for Predicted Log, or any one of the members and they can help you get started.
2007 SCCA Contest Schedule
(Note: clicking on a Contest Name below will link you to details and results)
Spring Series
The Craig Contests
Date |
Contest Name |
Host |
Location |
Brugman ? |
Only in even years |
Whit Shaffer |
CYC |
MDR/LB |
No |
Only in even years |
Donaldson |
LBYC |
LB/SD |
No |
Only in even years |
Corredores |
CYC |
SD/Ensenada |
No |
Only in even years |
Craig Overall |
CYC |
Ensenada |
Yes |
Fall Series
Date |
Contest Name |
Host |
Location |
Brugman ? |
August 24 |
Pabst/Del Mar |
CYC |
PV/Cat Harbor |
Yes |
September 21 |
Shoreline Inv. |
SYC |
LB/Isthmus |
Yes |
September 22 |
Ramsey |
CIYC |
Isthmus/Avalon |
Yes |
October 5 |
Ventura Inv. |
VYC |
Pt. Dume'/Ventura |
No |
October 6 |
Oakley |
ChIYC |
Channel Is. |
Yes |
Regional / National
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