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..

*Results courtesy of TAYC*

Sunday Race

Saturday Races

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.

Race 1 Results

Race 2 Results

Race 3 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

Race 2

Race 3

Race 1 Results
Race 2 Results
Race 3 Results

Well it took me awhile but I’m finally putting up the last results!!

Well it’s all said and done, the season went by in a flash! A great sailing season it was as well, aside from a hurricane..

1st Race (Saturday, September 13th)

Jay Dee got the gun!

2nd Race (Saturday, September 13th)

Mystery got the gun!

It was a full last weekend, with two races both days. The second race on Saturday was a drifter and it came down to only minutes before the 2 & 1/2 hour time limit expired, but Mystery manage to finish just in time extending the time another 45 minutes. Silver heel finished awhile behind mystery and Island blossom took third just in time before the 45 minutes expired. Everyone else was left to drift home…

The Cpt. Jack Trohpy

in memorial ofJohn D. Higgins

1st place - Jay Dee

Foresheet Tender Award (for 1st place)

2nd place - Mystery

[Photo by: C. M. Rose]

3rd place - Island Blossom

Commodore’s Trophy

1st place - Mystery

Boardman’s Trophy (1st place)

2nd place - Silver Heel

3rd place - Island Blossom

Commodore Bartlett trophy

1st place - Island Lark

[photo by: C. M. Rose]

2nd place - Island Blossom

3rd place - Patricia

James H. Wilson Memorial Trophy

Island Blossom

Red Cross award

Edmee S. (Marshall Patterson)