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. This closing weekend awarded the Higgins, Commodore, and Bartlett trophies as three separate races, plus several season-long perpetual trophies.

1st Race (Saturday, September 13th)

Jay Dee got the gun!

2nd Race (Saturday, September 13th)

Mystery got the gun! It was a drifter that came down to minutes before the 2.5-hour time limit expired — Mystery finished just in time, extending the limit another 45 minutes for Silver Heel and Island Blossom to sneak in behind her before the cutoff.

3rd Race (Sunday, September 14th)

Island Lark got the gun! Only 6 canoes competed in this last race of the day and the season, a rough and shifty one. Island Bird had capsized in the previous race and was unable to compete.

Season trophies

• Cpt. Jack Trophy (in memoriam John D. Higgins): 1st Jay Dee, 2nd Mystery, 3rd Island Blossom
• Commodore’s Trophy: 1st Mystery, Boardman’s Trophy (1st place) also Mystery, 2nd Silver Heel, 3rd Island Blossom
• Commodore Bartlett Trophy: 1st Island Lark, 2nd Island Blossom, 3rd Patricia
• James H. Wilson Memorial Trophy: Island Blossom
• Red Cross Award: Edmee S. (Marshall Patterson)
• E. Lockwood Hardcastle Memorial Trophy: 1st Island Blossom, 2nd Island Lark, 3rd Jay Dee
• John C. North Perpetual Trophy: 1st Island Lark, 2nd Patricia, 3rd Island Blossom
• Officer’s Trophy: 1st Island Lark, 2nd Island Blossom, 3rd Patricia

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

Top Gun award

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.

1st Race (Sunday, September 7th)

Island Blossom got the gun! A close finish between Island Blossom and Jay Dee, with Island Lark right behind both.

2nd Race (Sunday, September 7th)

Jay Dee got the gun! Mary Julia Hall came out for this race — sailing only her jib and foresail, she still finished the course.

3rd Race (Sunday, September 14th)

Rescheduled to the last race of the season, immediately following the Bartlett Cup race.

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.

Amendment to Sailing Instructions

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!!!

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.