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Pictures from Sunday’s Race, an epic day in log canoe history! Out of 10 boats that came to compete, only 3 finished upright. Edmee S. did not sail.

Annual Edmee S. Vs. Silver Heel Croquet match @ Harleigh for $5.

The Winner this year… Silver Heel!

Race 1 Race 2

Race 3

* The Results for each individual race for Governors Cup series Weekend should read, Peter  Esslinger as skipper of Silver heel NOT Berry Kurland.

Thank you to the Rock Hall Race committee for a good weekend of racing!

Great photos of the weekend for everyone to check out at:

ChessiePhoto.com

RHYC Series Results

Courtesy of the RHYC.

The weekend started off with thunderstorms Saturday morning that slowly came over the bay, the wise race committee decided to cancel the first race. By the afternoon it was just raining and enough wind for a short race.

The wind seemed strong Sunday morning then calmed down a bit, there was a vote for whether or not a second race would be started or not to make up for Race 1 but ultimately the race committee decided not to have a second race.

Race 1

Canceled

Race 2

Race 3

What a great weekend, aside from the extreme heat!

Here are the results for the over all weekend

Race 1 Results

Race 2 Results

Race 3 Results

Pictures from the weekend (by www.sailfastphoto.printroom.com)

Also

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..