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Page 6 <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Offshore</strong> Racing Guide <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Offshore</strong> Racing Guide Page 7<br />
Whitby Yacht Club, thus allowing yachts from the eastern end of the lake to<br />
meet at Whitby and race to LYRA at PCYC.<br />
July 27 th 12:00 Freeman Cup Race – Port Credit Yacht Club<br />
The Charles Freeman Cup & The Louise Freeman Trophy date back to<br />
1921, the preceding years the overnight race was called the Long Distance<br />
Race and the <strong>Lake</strong> Yacht Racing Association began its amazing heritage in<br />
1884. The Charles Freeman Cup is awarded to the fastest yacht competing<br />
in the Freeman long distance course, which is held as part of the LYRA<br />
Race Week.<br />
Typically the length of the race has been over 100 miles and changes from<br />
year to year depending on which club is hosting LYRA. The Louise Freeman<br />
Trophy is awarded to the fastest white sail yacht on the Freeman short<br />
course.<br />
This year’s Freeman Cup Race starts at Port Credit Yacht Club, Gibraltar<br />
Point Buoy, Niagara R2, the Burlington Weather Tower and finishes back at<br />
PCYC.<br />
August 18 th 11:00 LOSHRS Race #4 – 100 Miler – PCYC<br />
The 100 Miler is one of <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong>’s most challenging races for short-handed<br />
sailors, and it provides an excellent test of skills. An extension of the race<br />
is provided for those single handed participants wishing to qualify for GLSSS.<br />
The race starts at PCYC then heads east to the Gibraltar Buoy then West to<br />
the Burlington Weather Tower at Hamilton then to Niagara R2 and finishes<br />
at PCYC. To be eligible for overall trophies in LOSHRS, the 100 mile race<br />
is a command performance and must be finished.<br />
August 25 th 09:00 Long Distance Race for CORK <strong>Offshore</strong> – Kingston Yacht Club<br />
This 20 Mile race course is part of the CORK race week and is open to<br />
monohull yachts racing under PHRF.<br />
September 9 th 20:00 GHYRA Overnight Race – Bronte Harbour Yacht Club<br />
The course for this race is from Bronte Harbour Yacht Club, around the CCI<br />
weather tower, Niagara river mark, Gibraltar mark and then finishes at the<br />
Bronte inner harbour light mark.<br />
September 17 th 11:00 LOSHRS Race #5 – PCYC to Port Dalhousie<br />
September 18 th 11:00 LOSHRS Race #6 – Port Dalhousie to PCYC<br />
The Dalhousie 2-day event is the original race of the LOSH series and has<br />
always been its most popular. Features of this race include a great dock<br />
gathering and an informal walk to The Port where the party revs up.<br />
Sunday was originally reserved for an informal race home, but in recent<br />
years has been integrated into part of the series of races.<br />
September 24 th 10:00 Donald Summerville<br />
Memorial Race – ABYC<br />
The Donald Summerville Memorial<br />
Yacht Race is held each year<br />
in memory of Mayor Donald<br />
Summerville, an east-ender who<br />
had close ties with many of the<br />
original members of ABYC.<br />
He was mayor of Toronto in the<br />
early 1960’s.<br />
For many years, this successful<br />
long distance race was 1 of the<br />
4 overnight races in the former<br />
LORC <strong>Offshore</strong> Series.<br />
October 2 nd 10:00 am<br />
Boswell Trophy Race – RCYC<br />
The Boswell Trophy Race was an<br />
over-nighter commemorating the<br />
late Commodore A. R. Boswell<br />
and his fondness for long races.<br />
It dates back more than 100 years<br />
and is hosted by RCYC.<br />
A.R. Boswell served as Commodore<br />
of RCYC during the 1920’s.<br />
The race is now a middle distance<br />
point-to-point race.<br />
Mr. Boswell was also the organizing<br />
representative from RCYC<br />
when LYRA originated in 1884.<br />
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