Offshore - Lake Ontario 300

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The Scotch Bonnet
Island Course
What is the actual distance?
192 nautical miles on the rhumb line.
How long does it usually take?
About 49 hours for larger boats, and up to 54 hours for the
smaller one, weather depending.
Which fleets are on this course?
All spinnaker boats that have a PHRF rating of 183 or higher
and all white sail boats.
The Scotch Bonnet Island Course was a new addition in 2009, and is
now an event fixture. All white sail boats compete on this course, as
well as spinnaker boats that have a PHRF-LO rating of 183 or higher.
The course is a 200 nautical mile navigation of Lake Ontario starting and
finishing at the Port Credit Yacht Club. The course takes the Scotch Bonnet
fleet past Toronto along with the Main Duck fleet. All the boats keep the Gibraltar
mark to starboard, before heading east towards Scotch Bonnet Island.
Keeping the island, with its ancient lighthouse to starboard, the Scotch Bonnet
fleet then turns and heads south west, back towards the Niagara mark.
The final mark is the PCYC Turning mark, just west of the actual finish line.**
S/H version
CMYK, X500 version
Pantone 300 version
North Sails is the world’s
leading sail maker. It has
lofts throughout the world,
including Toronto.
North has been a tremendous
sponsor of the LO300,
producing the beautiful
division winners flags
handed out each year at our
banquet.
** please refer to the Sailing Instructions
for final definition of the course.