{"id":4551,"date":"2024-06-25T16:22:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T16:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=4551"},"modified":"2024-08-13T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T14:51:00","slug":"rear-commodore-dave-corbin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/rear-commodore-dave-corbin\/","title":{"rendered":"Rear Commodore Dave Corbin"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retired from tech industry here in the heart of Silicon Valley.\u00a0 Long career with start up companies and building teams.\u00a0Racing sailboats since the 90\u2019s.\u00a0Learned to sail here on SF Bay.\u00a0 \u201cif you can sail here, you can sail anywhere\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addicted to racing.\u00a0 Love one design, around the buoy type racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally from Kansas City\u2026 moved here for tech jobs and never looked back.\u00a0When I moved here, I had been a rock climber\/mountaineer for many years\u2026 all over the Rockies and west coast with a couple trips to Nepal.\u00a0Here for a few years and my climbing partner got distracted by Law school so I did a lot of solo trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20230918_222839606.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4554\" style=\"width:529px;height:auto\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20230918_222839606-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20230918_222839606-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20230918_222839606-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20230918_222839606-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"(Audio 274) Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile and Patti Mangan: Dave Corbin\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/968517208?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">35 years ago, when he graduated from Law school, I thought \u201d Great!\u00a0 Got my partner back!\u201d\u00a0 but he went out and bought a sailboat.\u00a0I was bummed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He needed rail meat for a race out of Coyote Point so I showed up knowing nothing\u2026 in my normal climbing clothes (nylon running\u00a0shorts and a t-shirt). SF Bay handed me a very cold lesson.\u00a0But, sailing is an engineer\u2019s conundrum\u2026 how does this work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I learned to sail racing that little Cal 25 that was falling apart on SF Bay in high winds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the early 90\u2019s I bought a J\/35 which I campaigned\u00a0out of South Beach harbor and joined <a href=\"https:\/\/southbeachyachtclub.org\/\">South <strong>B<\/strong>each Yacht Club.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I learned to sail racing that little boat that was falling apart on SF Bay in high winds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then life and startups got in the way\u2026 sold the J\/35 but sailed on Other People\u2019s Boats. In general OPB is much more accessible.\u00a0 I joined a crew on a J\/120 where we sailed for 10 years and developed a very tight team\u2026 the owner sold that and bought a J\/111 which we sailed for another 9 or so years.\u00a0Then the owner downsized to a Knarr (Norwegian classic looking boat about 30 feet long)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019 I came home from <a href=\"https:\/\/rolexbigboatseries.com\/\">Rolex Big Boat Series<\/a> after a windy race week on the J\/111.\u00a0 My wife says: \u201cYou gotta get an easier job on the boat\u2026 this one requires younger people?\u201d\u00a0 I said \u201cI already had the easy job\u201d\u2026 she said \u201cyou need to drive the boat! \u201d I said \u201cwhose boat?\u201d\u00a0 She said \u201cGet your own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/butcher-final.png?resize=411%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4553\" style=\"width:382px;height:auto\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/butcher-final.png?w=411&amp;ssl=1 411w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/butcher-final.png?resize=296%2C300&amp;ssl=1 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, in January of 2020 I bought a J\/88.\u00a0 2020 was a rough sailing year but when the world started to turn back on, the one design fleets started racing again. The J\/88 fleet in the bay area is 10 boats including the two new boats that showed up last year.\u00a0 We sail all the One Design regattas pretty much matching the huge J\/105 Fleet here in the bay\u2026 there are probably 35-40 J\/105s here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southbeachyachtclub.org\/regatta\/kPIAMOVbGb\">The J Stop Regatta hosted by SBYC<\/a> annually just happened this last weekend.\u00a0Fun racing, ~ 30 boats\u2026 unusually light wind for June with a huge cross current.\u00a0Fantastic strategic and tactical maneuver challenges (one event for us was when we passed \u201cSplit Water\u201d on the reach and ended up about 1ft from them running up our butts!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this point, I have a great team\u2026 a couple who have sailed with me for 20 odd years\u2026 but more fun than that are all the women who are getting integrated into the team.\u00a0My main competitive team is 3 women and 4 men.\u00a0My Friday Night Series team is generally 2 men and 5-6 women.\u00a0 I am training up the women for the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/southbeachyachtclub.org\/racing\">SBYC Red Bra Regatta<\/a> in September.\u00a0 Last year\u2019s team won their division on my J\/88\u2026 \u201cButcher\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So\u2026 J\/boats racing is fantastic, competitive and occasionally brutal in San Francisco Bay winds. It is easy to get addicted to.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired from tech industry here in the heart of Silicon Valley.\u00a0 Long career with start up companies and building teams.\u00a0Racing sailboats since the 90\u2019s.\u00a0Learned to sail here on SF Bay.\u00a0 \u201cif you can sail here, you can sail anywhere\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Addicted to racing.\u00a0 Love one design, around the buoy type racing. Originally from Kansas City\u2026 moved here for tech jobs and never looked back.\u00a0When I moved here, I had been a rock climber\/mountaineer for many years\u2026 all over the Rockies and west coast with a couple trips to Nepal.\u00a0Here for a few years and my climbing partner got distracted by Law&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-beach-yacht-club"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20230923_205331158-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1928&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4551"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4565,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551\/revisions\/4565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}