There were two races on Sunday inseatd of three, the third race will be next weekend. In the meantime here are some photos taken aboard the JayDee by Marc Castelli (http://www.marc-castelli.com/).
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The Saturday Sept. 6th races have been postponed until** Sunday Sep. 7th**. The schedule is as follows, warning signal on Sunday at 10am, then immediately after the end of the first race the warning signal will sound for the second race. Then break for lunch with the warning signal for the 3rd race at 2:30pm.
If there is a capsize in race 2, race 3 will be postponed until Sept. 14th after the Bartlett Cup.
There are the usual three races scheduled for this weekend, two on Saturday one on Sunday. The warning signal at 10am (10:10am start time) for the first race and 2pm (2:10pm start time) for the second race on Saturday. The warning signal for the one race on Sunday will be 10am (10:10am start time.)
With the threat of a hurricane and a few tropical storms hopefully this weekend will be a safe one with plenty of wind and cool weather!
We are back on the Miles River again with the end of the season drawing near…
See you out there!!!
| Pos | Boat | Sail | Skipper | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Island Blossom | 9 | Corbin Penwell | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Jay Dee | 15 | Daniel North | 2 | DNF | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Island Lark | 16 | T.C. duPont | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Patricia | 19 | John Macielag | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Island Bird | 4 | John North | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Edmee S. | 20 | Marshall Patterson | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | Billie P. Hall | 5 | Sean Callahan | 7 | DNF | DNS | 23 |
Another exciting weekend on the Tred Avon river. On Saturday we had almost no wind drifting around most of the morning, then we raced a very short course, then in the afternoon the wind picked up. The course was set about 5-6 marks; we sailed up river and rounded the government mark “X” and headed back up but unfortunately the skies darkened and rain began to sprinkle down. The race committee shortened the race at the start line and everyone managed to finish, take down sails and tow back — that’s when the deluge came down, not stopping until later that evening! Oxford road was flooded and closed down around 7pm.
The next day proved a little fairer; the winds picked up only slightly for the morning race. The course was set “O3”, Olympic, three times around. We postponed and the race committee moved the starting line all the way out between Benoni point and Bachelors point, towards the wind. As the rules of the sailing instructions require all boats to sail on the channel side of the government mark off Benoni point, 3 canoes did not follow this rule and were RAF: Silver Heel, Edmee S., and Island Lark.
Missing from this weekend were Persistence, Noddy, Mystery, Oliver’s Gift, Silver Heel and The Spirit of Wyetown. Jay Dee held her lead through the last race as Island Blossom and Patricia came up, finishing 8 minutes ahead of the rest of the fleet — a gun and a first.
Official results can also be found on the TAYC site.
The weekend in Oxford is here, the Heritage Regatta. The warning for the first race on Saturday August 23rd is set for 10:30am. The second race on Saturday August 23rd warning signal is set for 2:30pm, both races have a time limit of 2 1/2 hours. On Sunday August 24th the warning signal is set for 10:30am and the race has a 3 hour time limit, the award ceremony will be held after lunch at the TAYC.
Also this weekend there will be Shields class racing starts, starting at 11am. This racing series is open to all Shield Class boats but the skipper must be current members of the Shields Class Sailing Association and US Sailing. And there will be racing Saturday and Sunday with Comet, Chesapeake 20 and Penguin classes with a 10am start time.
All info on the races and any races on the Tred Avon (TAYC) can be found here: tayc.com/racing.htm
| Pos | Boat | Sail | Skipper | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Island Lark · TAYC | 16 | T.C. duPont | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4.00 |
| 2 | Island Blossom · MRYC | 9 | Corbin Penwell | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5.00 |
| 3 | Island Bird · CBYC | 4 | John North | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12.00 |
| 4 | Patricia · RHYC | 19 | John Macielag | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14.00 |
| 5 | Billie P. Hall · TAYC | 5 | Sean Callahan | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16.00 |
| 6 | Jay Dee · MRYC | 15 | Daniel North | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17.00 |
| 7 | Edmee S · CBMM | 20 | Marshall Patterson | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18.00 |
| 8 | Oliver's Gift · AYC | 10 | Meredith Adams | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23.00 |
| 9 | Magic · TAYC | 3 | George Wilson | 10 | 8 | 10 | 28.00 |
| 10 | Silver Heel · CRYCC | 2 | Peter Esslinger | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28.00 |
| 11T | Noddy · RHYC | 1 | David McAleer | 14 DNF | 14 DNS | 14 DNF | 42.00T |
| 11T | Mary Julia Hall · CRYC | 6 | James Smith | 14 DNS | 14 DNS | 14 DNS | 42.00T |
| 11T | Spirit of Wye Town · MRYC | 18 | Jan White | 14 DNF | 14 DNS | 14 | 42.00T |
It was quite a surprising weekend — the wind was predicted to be light and blow out on Saturday but luckily held, and Sunday’s forecast was similarly modest but again held up for another great racing day. New this weekend: Noddy made her debut appearance for the season, as well as Mary Julia Hall (formerly S.C. Dobson). Persistence was absent.
Jay Dee took the first gun but corrected to 6th; Island Lark corrected to first, with Island Blossom right behind at 2nd. Edmee S. had a huge first race, coming in 3rd. The second race was another close one, with Jay Dee making a big downwind comeback before Island Blossom found a shift and rocketed to the finish. In the final race Sunday, Island Lark took off early and never slowed down — a great victory considering she’d capsized under tow to Oxford on the way over.
The award ceremony was held at Harleigh, jacket and tie required, with the annual croquet match between Silver Heel and Edmee S. — Edmee S. took the victory after a 4-year losing streak.
Here are the Sailing Instructions for the Tred Avon Yacht Club Annual Regatta for the log canoe races. Saturday the warning signals are set for 10:30am for the first race, and 2:30pm for the second race. On Sunday the warning signal is set for 10:30am.
On Saturday along with the Log Canoes the TAYC/CBYC will be having the “Race to Oxford” for PHRF boats starting at 12am and will include (PHRF N, PHRF C/D, PHRF B, PHRF A3, PHRF A2, J235 and PHRF A0/A1) classes starting in that order 5 minutes apart. There is also the Annual Regatta by the TAYC which will include (420, Laser, Laser Radial, Optimist, Penguin, and Snipe) classes starting at 11am and 10am on Sunday. On Sunday there will be the Robert K. Robson Memorial “Round-The-Buoys-Race” with warning at 9:30am starting at 9:35am in this order: PHRF A0/A1 (9:40am), J/35 (9:40am), PHRF A2 (9:45am), PHRF A3 (9:50), PHRF B (9:55am), PHRF C/D (10am), and PHRF N (10:05am).
Award Ceremonies for all races for the entire weekend will be held at Harleigh on Oxford Road (coat and tie required.)
I updated the gallery page, and added a few slide shows and links to all the photos I have taken (flickr.com/photos/blogcanoe) as well as photos other people have sent me to share to everyone! Please keep sending me pictures! or if you can’t send me any pictures you can join the Log Canoe group I started on Flickr.com here (flickr.com/groups/log_canoes) and upload your own pictures and share them with the group!
I will do my best to keep the most recent pictures/slideshows on the top of the page, as the season moves along.
Thank you all for all the comments and feedback and encouragement! It really keeps me motivated to keep doing this blog, I wasn’t expecting such a huge following and support but THANK YOU!
