The high point winner for the 2008 season…
1st place - Island Lark (a tie between Island Lark and Island Blossom)
The decision went to Island Lark for having the most 1st places!
2nd Place - Island Blossom
[Photo by: C. M. Rose]
[Photo by: C. M. Rose]
[Photo by: C. M. Rose]
3rd place - Patricia
A tie between Island Lark and Island Blossom
Having some computer issues, so I will post the final weekend’s results and update the highpoint scoreboard ASAP… Post in the forums anything you’d like, or any questions you have. We have a wealth of knowledge to share among our Log Canoe community!!
After tropical storm Hanna brought some rain and a few large gusts of wind, conditions calmed down enough for racing. The planned back-to-back-to-back format was re-evaluated and reduced to two races on Sunday, with the third race made up the following weekend immediately after the Bartlett Cup race.
| Pos | Sail | Boat | Skipper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Island Blossom | Corbin Penwell |
| 2 | 16 | Island Lark | T.C. duPont |
| 3 | 15 | Jay Dee | Dan North |
| 4 | 8 | Mystery | Fran Schauber |
| 5 | 19 | Patricia | John Macielag |
| 6 | 20 | Edmee S. | John Patterson |
| DNF | 4 | Island Bird | John North |
| DNS | 6 | Mary Julia Hall | James Smith |
| DNC | 18 | Spirit of WyeTowne | January White |
| DNC | 10 | Oliver’s Gift | Meredith Adams |
| DNC | 12 | Persistence | Brad Johnson |
| DNC | 2 | Silver Heel | Peter Esslinger |
| DNC | 5 | Billie P. Hall | Sean Callahan |
| DNC | 3 | Magic | George Wilson |
| DNC | 1 | Noddy | Brad Johnson |
Island Blossom got the gun! A close finish between Island Blossom and Jay Dee, with Island Lark right behind both.
| Pos | Sail | Boat | Skipper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Island Lark | T.C. duPont |
| 2 | 19 | Patricia | John Macielag |
| 3 | 9 | Island Blossom | Corbin Penwell |
| 4 | 15 | Jay Dee | Dan North |
| 5 | 8 | Mystery | Fran Schauber |
| 6 | 20 | Edmee S. | John Patterson |
| 7 | 4 | Island Bird | John North |
| 8 | 6 | Mary Julia Hall | James Smith |
| DNC | 18 | Spirit of WyeTowne | January White |
| DNC | 10 | Oliver’s Gift | Meredith Adams |
| DNC | 12 | Persistence | Brad Johnson |
| DNC | 2 | Silver Heel | Peter Esslinger |
| DNC | 5 | Billie P. Hall | Sean Callahan |
| DNC | 3 | Magic | George Wilson |
| DNC | 1 | Noddy | Brad Johnson |
Jay Dee got the gun! Mary Julia Hall came out for this race — sailing only her jib and foresail, she still finished the course.
Rescheduled to the last race of the season, immediately following the Bartlett Cup race.
| Pos | Sail | Boat | Skipper |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Island Lark | T.C. duPont |
| 2 | 9 | Island Blossom | Corbin Penwell |
| 3 | 19 | Patricia | John Macielag |
| 4 | 8 | Mystery | Fran Schauber |
| 5 | 15 | Jay Dee | Dan North |
| 6 | 20 | Edmee S. | John Patterson |
| DNC | 4 | Island Bird | John North |
| DNC | 18 | Spirit of WyeTowne | January White |
| DNC | 6 | Mary Julia Hall | James Smith |
| DNC | 10 | Oliver’s Gift | Meredith Adams |
| DNC | 12 | Persistence | Brad Johnson |
| DNC | 2 | Silver Heel | Peter Esslinger |
| DNC | 5 | Billie P. Hall | Sean Callahan |
| DNC | 3 | Magic | George Wilson |
| DNC | 1 | Noddy | Brad Johnson |
Island Lark got the gun! Only 6 canoes competed in this last race of the day and season — bittersweet, and a rough, shifty one. Island Bird had capsized in the previous race and was unable to compete.
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