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ping lanes. It will be a true test where the outcome will be defined by the<br />
skills of the sailors.<br />
The course will begin and end in Collins Bay, five miles west of Kingston<br />
Harbour. Crews will leave False Ducks Island to the west, then continue<br />
to the <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> Weather Buoy (ODAS 45012) and return. This course<br />
provides many strategic options, including leaving Amherst Island to port<br />
or starboard, staying in relatively protected Prince Edward Bay or offshore<br />
on the way to Long Point (Prince Edward Point), and then again staying<br />
inshore or offshore towards the turning mark. For the sake of safety, race<br />
management has elected to keep boats east of False Duck Island, as there<br />
are boat-breaking shoals that must be navigated between it and Long Point.<br />
The race is open to all boats that are suitable for an offshore race. We welcome<br />
double-handed<br />
and fully crewed<br />
boats, monohull or<br />
multihull. Race management<br />
is strongly<br />
recommending the<br />
same safety requirements<br />
as the LO<strong>300</strong>,<br />
but will not be doing<br />
inspections. Call-ins<br />
will not be required.<br />
For more information,<br />
please contact Scot<br />
Mundle (613) 354-<br />
6012 or<br />
scot@oldschoolracing.ca<br />
July 16 th 10:00 <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
<strong>300</strong> Challenge – PCYC<br />
The LO<strong>300</strong> is the premier offshore race on <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong>, and it provides a<br />
challenging circumnavigation of the lake. A group of double handed racers<br />
originally developed the LO<strong>300</strong> as the ultimate double handed challenge in<br />
1990 and it still remains the longest annual fresh water race.<br />
The Main Duck Island course is <strong>300</strong> nautical miles and starts at PCYC. It<br />
includes mark roundings at Gibraltar, the Main Duck Islands, Ford Shoal,<br />
Niagara R3 and finishes back at PCYC.<br />
The LO<strong>300</strong> also incorporates a 190 nautical mile circumnavigation of the<br />
western half of the lake for non-flying sail divisions as well as flying sail<br />
yachts with a PRHF rating over 180. This is called the Scotch Bonnet Island<br />
Course, and it starts at PCYC, including mark roundings at Gibraltar, Scotch<br />
Bonnet Island, Niagara R3 and then finishes back at PCYC.<br />
The LO<strong>300</strong> Main Duck Course<br />
is open to monohull and multihull<br />
yachts and includes a Single<br />
Handed Challenge. A Skipper’s<br />
Plan Team Challenge provides an<br />
exciting inter-club competition<br />
and the Sperry Top-Sider prerace<br />
breakfast is included for all<br />
participants. A mandatory skippers<br />
meeting is held on Friday<br />
July 15 th .<br />
On Thursday and Friday PCYC<br />
will be hosting the sailing school<br />
championship, Steerers Regatta<br />
with 3 separate race courses adjacent<br />
to the PCYC harbour – this<br />
dingy regatta attracts about 400<br />
participants.<br />
Complete details about this race<br />
start are included in this guide.<br />
July 25 th 10:00<br />
Centennial Cup Race – YYC to<br />
PCYC, host of LYRA Regatta<br />
The Centennial Cup was first<br />
awarded in 1977 by the Rochester<br />
Yacht Club to the first PHRF-<br />
LO corrected time winner of the<br />
race from Youngstown Levels<br />
Regatta to the host club of the<br />
LYRA race week. It is generally<br />
held on a Monday and is the first<br />
race of the LYRA race week. This<br />
year the race is from Youngstown<br />
to Port Credit Yacht Club.<br />
July 25 th 10:00 Founders Cup Race –<br />
WYC to Port Credit Yacht Club (LYRA)<br />
The Founders Cup was first<br />
awarded by the Oswego Yacht<br />
Club in 1989 and is used as a<br />
feeder race for yachts going to<br />
LYRA the opposite direction<br />
from Youngstown. This year the<br />
Founders Cup Race will start at<br />
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heel and maintain speed—faster than releasing<br />
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