Offshore - Lake Ontario 300

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over the south shore hump and are now heading towards Niagara.
As the sky starts to lighten we are left with a cool, grey and damp morning,
worst of all we can see three boats making their way up the shoreline, clearly
ahead of us and with a better line on Niagara. A long morning of tacking in
moderate air with intermittent rain showers ensues. By noon the sun is shining
and we are within sight of the Niagara mark.
The afternoon forecast calls for the winds to continue moving to the right and
as we make our way across the lake to Port Credit the winds build to 12 knots.
The progressive wind shift to the right has opened up a clear path all the way
home. Close reaching at 7 knots, the guys on the rail have a fix on PCYC on
the North shore. Ahead, Sassafras tacks around the turning mark and sails
across the finish line. Gord starts the timer to catch our time differential. We
tack around the turning mark, leaving us less than 1 mile to the finish, one last
tack and the race committee gives us our horn only 8 minutes behind Sassafras.
Someone spots two J105’s approaching the turning mark and we realize Endeavour
and The Usual Suspects have not finished. The LO300 has delivered once
again and has been a fantastic sailing experience. A hundred little races took
place within 300+nm miles. Some parts of the lake played out the same as past
years, others offered unique challenges.
On a race that took us 2 days, 5 hours, 4 minutes 3 seconds to complete we
correct out 2 minutes and 34 seconds ahead of the Farr 30 Notorious for first
place overall and the Sperry Cup win!
The
Skippers Plan
Team Challenge
Get YOUR Yacht Club’s team (or teams) together…
Team racing can add additional intrigue and strategy to your race. It can
also add funding to your Club’s Junior Sailing Instructional Program.
The Lake Ontario 300 Skippers’ Plan Team Challenge is an added feature
of the existing Lake Ontario 300, with a trophy and awards presented to the
winning teams according to the scoring criteria defined below.
Team Composition:
• On the Main Duck Island Course, a qualifying
team must be comprised of three LO300
competing yachts from the same Yacht Club,
all competing on the same course. Teams may
be any combination of fully crewed or double
handed yachts or any combination of IRC and
PHRF rating.
• On the Scotch Bonnet Island Course – White
Sail, a qualifying team must be comprised of
two LO300 competing yachts from the same
Yacht Club. Teams may be any combination of
fully crewed or double handed yachts
Robertson & Robertson is
the company behind Skippers’
Plan Insurance.
Their commitment to junior
sailing created the Skippers’
Plan Team Challenge, donating
money to the winning
clubs Learn to Sail program.
• On the Scotch Bonnet Island Course – Spinnaker, a qualifying team must
be comprised of two LO300 competing yachts from the same Yacht Club.
Teams may be any combination of fully crewed or double handed yachts
• All teams can submit their completed Team Challenge information to the
LO300 race committee before the end of the skippers meeting using the
Team Challenge entry form or via e-mail. Should you register your team
via e-mail, please provide your team name, the team yacht names and the
yacht club represented.
• Each yacht can only be on one team.
• There is no limit to the number of teams that can be entered
from each Club.
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