TAYC Herritage Series Results

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 (round the mark and back to finish) then 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. Looking back we see a line of grey along the water and dark clouds rumbling. 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 upon us not stopping until later that evening! Oxford road was flooded and closed down around 7pm. There didn't seem to be any major catastrophes. 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. The rounding of the first mark of the course took an eternity, more than an hour to reach... The wind eventually picked up slightly, the committee boat changed the windward mark and we continued our three times around! Unfortunately as it states in the rules of the sailing instructions all boats must sail on the channel side of of the government mark off benoni point and not inside, 3 canoes did not follow this rule and "RAF" Silver Heel, Edmee S. and Island Lark..

Pos Sail# Boat Skipper Rating Club 1st Race 2nd Race 3rd Race Total Points
1 9 Island Blossom PENWELL, CORBIN 44.94 MRYC 4 1 2 7
2 19 Patricia MACIELAG, JOHN 72.96 RHYC 1 3 3 7
3 15 JayDee NORTH, DANIEL 0 MRYC 6 7 1 14
4 2 Silver Heel ESSLINGER, PETER 34.68 CBYRC 3 2 RAF 14
5 3 Magic WILSON, JASON 31.68 2 8 4 14
6 4 Island Bird NORTH, JOHN 82.92 CBYC 7 4 5 16
7 20 Edmee S. PATTERSON, MARSHALL 40.14 CBMM 5 6 RAF 20
8 16 Island Lark DUPONT, TAD 32.4 TAYC 8 5 RAF 22
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Edmee S. Sail to Oxford

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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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Governor's Cup Series Results

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.

Pos Sail Boat Skipper Covington/Harrison Duke Governor's Cup Total Points Pos
1 16 Island Lark duPont, T. C. 2 1 1 4.00 1
2 19 Patricia Macielag, John 1 3 5 9.00 2
3 9 Island Blossom Penwell, Corbin 5 2 3 10.00 3
4 4 Island Bird North, John 3 7 4 14.00 4
5 2 Silver Heel Esslinger, Peter 7 6 2 15.00 5
6 8 Mystery Schauber, Francis 6 4 15/DNF 25.00 6
7 3 Magic Wilson, George 4 15/DNF 9 28.00 7
8 15 Jay Dee North, Dan 9 5 15/DNC 29.00 8
9 10 Oliver's Gift Adams, Meredith 8 15/DNF 6 29.00 9
10 20 Edmee S. Patterson, John 10 15/DNS 8 33.00 10
11 1 Noddy Johnson, Brad 15/DNC 15/DNC 7 37.00 11
12T 5 Billie P. Hall Callahan, Sean 15/DNC 15/DNC 15/DNC 45.00T 12T
12T 12 Persistence Johnson, Brad 15/DNC 15/DNC 15/DNC 45.00T 12T
12T 18 Spirit of WyeTowne White, January 15/DNC 15/DNC 15/DNC 45.00T 12T

Race 1 Results

Race 2 Results

Race 3 Results

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Rock Hall Series Results

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Log Canoe Results

Photo slide show of the weekend

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.

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Edmee S. sails the Atlantic! (or something...)

Edmee S. is planning to sail from St. Michaels to Oxford in honor of the 150th year of log canoe racing. 150 years ago no one was towing around in relative comfort and no one was trailering to a convenient boat ramp - they were real sailors who bucked up, put up a sail, and delivered the boat. Okay, they may have had less sail area, but when was the last time you sailed a canoe in the Bay proper?

Here's the plan: Thursday, August 6th, 10:30am... We will start at Green "1" at the mouth of the Miles River (Deep Water Point) Once the canoe is south of Green "1" entrance to Knapps Narrows, you can drop sails and tow through. Once East of Green "5" on the Choptank side of the narrows, you must start sailing again. Finish will be R"2" off the Tred Avon Yacht Club.

Rain day is Friday, August 7th, 10:30am.

We're planning to bring two chase boats and several extra crew. We're also going to try to bring some photographers from local news groups. Sailing through Knapps Narrows is not allowed (bridge tender would get mad). If you can't convince your skipper to sail around, come with us! We'll gladly accept any real sailors in need of an adventure.

Could be stupid, could be fun - most likely both. First one there gets bragging rights for the next 150 years.

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CRY&CC Series Results

Saturday was shaping up to be a pretty good day with plenty of wind.. Maybe a little too much wind!

The first race on saturday saw a good 10-11mph (plus wind gusts) making for a hell of a ride! The course was R,G,B about 8 miles long. With the puffy wind and white caps it made the start difficult, only seven canoes racing that day, Island Bird only sailed under jib and foresail while Mystery sailed under foresaild and mainsail. Island Blossom, Island Lark, and JayDee made the last mark right about the same time then headed up to the finish when Lark was hit by a huge puff capsizing her over hard enough to send the boardmen flying into the foresail. Island Blossom took the gun with Jaydee finishing close behind.

Race Results

Race 1

7/11/2009 RACE #1

CRYCC
Wind Speed 10-11 mph
Sail #

Boat Name

Handicap sec/mile

Course Distance Miles

Time Correction

Start Time

Finish Time

Elapsed Time

Corrected Time

Place
2 Silver Heel

34.68

0

0:00:00

10:10:00

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 DNF
4 Island Bird

82.92

8

0:11:03

10:10:00

11:53:00

1:43:00

1:31:57

5
8 Mystery

17.28

8

0:02:18

10:10:00

11:32:20

1:22:20

1:20:02

3
9 Island Blossom

44.94

8

0:06:00

10:10:00

11:25:45

1:15:45

1:09:45

1
15 Jay Dee

0

8

0:00:00

10:10:00

11:28:15

1:18:15

1:18:15

2
16 Island Lark

32.4

0

0:00:00

10:10:00

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 DNF
19 Patricia

72.96

8

0:09:44

10:10:00

11:40:45

1:30:45

1:21:01

4

Race 2

7/12/2009 RACE #2

CRYCC
Wind Speed 6 mph
Sail #

Boat Name

Handicap sec/mile

Course Distance Miles

Time Correction

Start Time

Finish Time

Elapsed Time

Corrected Time

Place
2 Silver Heel

34.68

2.4

0:01:23

10:10:00

10:46:25

0:36:25

0:35:02

6
4 Island Bird

82.92

2.4

0:03:19

10:10:00

10:54:45

0:44:45

0:41:26

7
8 Mystery

17.28

2.4

0:00:41

10:10:00

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 DNF
9 Island Blossom

44.94

2.4

0:01:48

10:10:00

10:40:00

0:30:00

0:28:12

2
15 Jay Dee

0

2.4

0:00:00

10:10:00

10:41:45

0:31:45

0:31:45

4
16 Island Lark

32.4

2.4

0:01:18

10:10:00

10:38:50

0:28:50

0:27:32

1
19 Patricia

72.96

2.4

0:02:55

10:10:00

10:47:40

0:37:40

0:34:45

5
20 Edmee S

40.14

2.4

0:01:36

10:10:00

10:43:20

0:33:20

0:31:44

3

Race 3

7/12/2009 RACE #3

CRYCC
Wind Speed 5 mph
Sail #

Boat Name

Handicap sec/mile

Course Distance Miles

Time Correction

Start Time

Finish Time

Elapsed Time

Corrected Time

Place
2 Silver Heel

34.68

2.3

0:01:20

12:04:00

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 DNF
4 Island Bird

82.92

2.3

0:03:11

12:04:00

12:35:15

0:31:15

0:28:04

3
8 Mystery

17.28

2.3

0:00:40

0:00:00

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 DNS
9 Island Blossom

44.94

2.3

0:01:43

12:04:00

12:31:55

0:27:55

0:26:12

2
15 Jay Dee

0

2.3

0:00:00

12:04:00

12:33:30

0:29:30

0:29:30

6
16 Island Lark

32.4

2.3

0:01:15

12:04:00

12:30:00

0:26:00

0:24:45

1
19 Patricia

72.96

2.3

0:02:48

12:04:00

12:36:05

0:32:05

0:29:17

5
20 Edmee S

40.14

2.3

0:01:32

12:04:00

12:34:40

0:30:40

0:29:08

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Results for 4th of July Weekend

Pos Sail Boat Skipper 1 2 3 Total Points Pos
1 16 Island Lark duPont, T.C. 1 2 2 5.00 1
2 19 Patricia Macielag, John 3 3 3 9.00 2
3 3 Magic Wilson, Jason 2 4 7 13.00 3
4 8 Mystery Schauber, Fran 4 5 5 14.00 4
5 9 Island Blossom Penwell, Corbin 16/DNF 1 1 18.00 5
6 2 Silver Heel Kurland, Berry 16/DNF 7 4 27.00 6
7 4 Island Bird North, John 16/DNF 6 6 28.00 7
8 20 Edmee S. Patterson, John 16/DNF 8 8 32.00 8
9T 1 Noddy Johnson, Brad 16/DNC 16/DNC 16/DNC 48.00T 9T
9T 5 Billie P. Hall Callahan, Sean 16/DNC 16/DNC 16/DNC 48.00T 9T
9T 6 Mary Julia Hall Smith, James 16/DNC 16/DNC 16/DNC 48.00T 9T
9T 10 Oliver's Gift Adams, Meredith 16/DNC 16/DNC 16/DNC 48.00T 9T
9T 12 Persistence Johnson, Brad 16/DNC 16/DNC 16/DNC 48.00T 9T
9T 15 Jay Dee North, Dan 16/DNF 16/DNC 16/DNC 48.00T 9T
9T 18 Spirit of WyeTowne White, January 16/DNC 16/DNC 16/DNC 48.00T 9T

Race 1 Results Race 2 Results Race 3 Results

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First Race Weekend of '09!

It was one hell of a weekend....

The weather was very nice, not too hot and plenty of wind! The first race was set for a 2pm warning with a decent turn out of canoes, and the course was set A,Z,A,Z,A.

Heading to the first mark of the course Jay Dee had major failure... The bow sprit snapped right off causing the jib to flip around behind the foresail then 3 seconds later the foremast snapped right in half bringing all the sails and rigging down with it. It was like someone pulled the emergency brake! Although everyone was not hurt and accounted for there was just a sense of confusion and shock. Then began the task of de-rigging and towing in to shore for who knows how long....

While this series of unfortunate events was unfolding, up the course at the triangular government mark The Island bird jibbed accidentally and capsized onto the mark becoming skewered by the triangle. Eventually the sharp metal sliced right through the mainsail and had to be cut to get free of the mark...

Back down toward the leward mark the Island Blossom sailing hard fell into the  same luck as the other two canoes of the north family, and capsized.. Possibly a first as far as anyone can remeber!

Edmee S. had much more luck going for her, making it slightly further than Jay Dee and Island Bird but eventually capsizing.

We towed into the dock and watched the finish, as we did Silver Heel went down right in front of our eyes..

Much Carnage for the first weekend, there wasn't much celebrating on the miles!

And that was just Saturday!!

Returning back to the dock and watching the finsih of the race we slowly saw Silver heel , heel right over into the water with no coming back..

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Edmee S. Scrapple car!

During the off season some of the crew from the Edmee S. turned their mascot "scrapple" into an automotive icon! [pictobrowser 23882489@N04 72157610904368819]

Log Canoe Demolition derby for the Boardman Olympics!

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