American University’s WAMU 88.5 radio station (http://wamu.org/programs/mc/) features a story on Log Canoes on September 11th 2009 at 1:00pm, interviewing Judge John C. North, Jason Wilson, Will Murdoch and Will Chapman. Here’s a link to the segment, to the right of the article is the audio from the broadcast.
September 12th and 13th
1st race Saturday Sept 12th -10am start
2nd race Saturday Sept. 12th - 2pm start
3rd race Sunday Sept. 13th - 10am start
| Pos | Boat | Sail | Skipper | Race 1st Race | Race 2nd Race | Race 3rd Race | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Island Blossom · MRYC | 9 | Corbin Penwell | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Patricia · RHYC | 19 | John Macielag | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Jay Dee · MRYC | 15 | Daniel North | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | Silver Heel · CBYRC | 2 | Peter Esslinger | 3 | 2 | RAF | 14 |
| 5 | Magic | 3 | Jason Wilson | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Island Bird · CBYC | 4 | John North | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Edmee S. · CBMM | 20 | Marshall Patterson | 5 | 6 | RAF | 20 |
| 8 | Island Lark · TAYC | 16 | Tad duPont | 8 | 5 | RAF | 22 |
Another exciting weekend on the Tred Avon river. On Saturday we had almost no wind, drifting around most of the morning, then raced a very short course, and in the afternoon the wind picked up. Unfortunately the skies darkened and rain began to sprinkle down at the finish, and Oxford Road was flooded and closed by evening.
The next day proved a little fairer; the winds picked up only slightly for the morning race, with the committee moving the starting line all the way out toward Benoni Point and Bachelors Point, chasing the wind. Unfortunately, as the sailing instructions require all boats to stay on the channel side of the government mark off Benoni Point, three canoes did not follow this rule and were RAF: Silver Heel, Edmee S., and Island Lark.
Results courtesy of TAYC — see the TAYC racing page for current results and schedules.
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We successfully sailed the Edmee S. from St. Michaels to Oxford! We had a great day to sail with plenty of wind, the weather this morning was rainy with severe thunderstorms last night making a very wet and soggy morning. We managed to get her all rigged and ready to go, unfortunately one of our chase boats ( Volunteer) was having technical difficulties so we were unable to use her at all, but with the help of Old Point we had at least one chase boat to watch over us. It was tricky in the morning getting out of the miles river, still wet and slippery from the rain and plenty of wind from the storm front still looming but we managed to get out to eastern bay and went on a nice long reach. It got a little more rough the further we went out into the bay, near the Kent narrows we did a lot of rockin’ & rollin’ but kept everyone on board and didn’t wash a single board man.
Edmee S. Sail to Oxford from John J on Vimeo.
Old Point was unable to tow us so we had to wait for help from another chase boat so we took advantage of that downtime and rafted up and ate lunch and swapped out a fresh crew. After we made it through the narrows the blue skies broke through and it was smooth sailing from there on out. Edmee S. sailed in close to the Tred Avon Yacht club and dropped off her cargo of one watermelon and one delicious ham, and expensive freight. The sun slowly disappeared as we approached the dock on the Belvue side of the river ending a perfect day of sailing with a nice cool evening!
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| Pos | Boat | Sail | Skipper | Race Covington/Harrison | Race Duke | Race Governor's Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Island Lark | 16 | T. C. duPont | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.00 |
| 2 | Patricia | 19 | John Macielag | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9.00 |
| 3 | Island Blossom | 9 | Corbin Penwell | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10.00 |
| 4 | Island Bird | 4 | John North | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14.00 |
| 5 | Silver Heel | 2 | Peter Esslinger | 7 | 6 | 2 | 15.00 |
| 6 | Mystery | 8 | Francis Schauber | 6 | 4 | 15 DNF | 25.00 |
| 7 | Magic | 3 | George Wilson | 4 | 15 DNF | 9 | 28.00 |
| 8 | Jay Dee | 15 | Dan North | 9 | 5 | 15 DNC | 29.00 |
| 9 | Oliver's Gift | 10 | Meredith Adams | 8 | 15 DNF | 6 | 29.00 |
| 10 | Edmee S. | 20 | John Patterson | 10 | 15 DNS | 8 | 33.00 |
| 11 | Noddy | 1 | Brad Johnson | 15 DNC | 15 DNC | 7 | 37.00 |
| 12T | Billie P. Hall | 5 | Sean Callahan | 15 DNC | 15 DNC | 15 DNC | 45.00T |
| 12T | Persistence | 12 | Brad Johnson | 15 DNC | 15 DNC | 15 DNC | 45.00T |
| 12T | Spirit of WyeTowne | 18 | January White | 15 DNC | 15 DNC | 15 DNC | 45.00T |
It was another great weekend, plenty of wind in the morning and even more in the afternoon with a severe thunderstorm rolling through late Saturday night. Plenty of shifty wind with crazy little puffs here and there making a tricky afternoon race.
Posted on the Rock Hall Yacht club’s website:
The weekend started out great with plenty of wind for both races on Saturday although stronger (but just enough wind) in the morning making it a great day for Log Canoes. Unfortunately the wind died out on Sunday and left everyone floating at the start line. It was a grueling race trying to find any small wisp of air to reach that finish line within 3 hours.