Pumpkin and High point results posted
Great championship this past weekend with Nacra 20's A class and F16's racing on Portsmouth with one design splits.
Tracy Oliver kicked butt again and won the Class, Overall and Season Overall High point.
Results are posted.
Please discuss your opinions on next year's schedule... too much.... too little.... just right!
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NASS Race to Oxford Result posted
See Results tab for Oxford race
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Online Registration
The 5o5 East Coast Championshships at WRSC online registration added
The Carl Miller Regatta at WRSC online registration added
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Poplar Island Race Canceled
Lack of interest deep sixed this event.
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End of an Era
Most of us are aware of the battle that has been going on with the County regarding the
land use at the Cat Field. I have been engaged in this fight for almost two years and have
tried to comply with their many requests and have done everything they asked me to do,
but at this point the situation has taken a different turn. Please read more
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Corsica River Report
A small Fleet of Hobie 16’s 17’s 18’s and A cats enjoyed a lovely weekend at the Corsica River’s Annual Regatta at Conquest Beach. An 80 boat strong fleet ranging from ancient Cat boats, (gaff rigged mainsail only boats) to Penguins and Comets from the 50’s to Hobie cats and Lasers from the 70’s to the latest in technology, A cats, enjoyed flat water and 12 to 14 on Saturday with 5 to 8 on Sunday. In addition to arranging for great breeze for a summer regatta, Corsica River had a blue grass band for dinner and dancing in the evening and a crab cake competition for the feast. Two of their members are top chef’s on the eastern shore and dueled for top hand made crab cake honors. Along with half a chicken , 3 cold salads, cookies and ice cream made for a great feast on Saturday evening
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Special Olympics Report
Marys’ MD 26-27 July
Wind!! Maybe for the first time in the history of the Special Olympics event at St. Mary’s, we had wind! It was still hot on shore, but enough wind to fly a hull on Saturday, and more than enough to move on Sunday. Two very full half-days of racing; 8 races total from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning. A wide variety of sixteen 16s out there; very old boats, new boats, and Prindles, too. The Prindles did very well in Saturdays bigger wind, especially upwind. When it got lighter Sunday, the Potomac-trained 16s seemed to dominate. Lots of practice in those conditions, maybe. Some very tight races across all the levels; the athletes at the helm were especially impressive.
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Corsica River Next ... Overall and Fleet Highpts updated
Corscia River hosts a really fun event the last weekend in July.
Always a good mix from every cat class!
The season highpoints are updated. the A class has 5 events in with several guys counting their 4 events already. Tracy Oliver is leading the A Class highpoints and Overall..
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Rock Hall wrap up
Fantastic weekend at Rock Hall YC. .
Here is the A class Report from Tony Arrends
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Rock Hall online Registration open!
The next open class regattas are the Rock Hall Down the River Race and the Rock Hall Annual Regatta. The A Class has 10 boats committed to Rock Hall already. Open Class should be everything else. (expecting 5 or 6 H16s, 3 or 4 H18's, 3 F16's, Hobie 20's and one or two N20's. Rock Hall has great camping, a pool and nice showeres and a clubhouse. Rally your class and take advantage of a great weekend at Rock Hall.
The Hobie OD classes have three events scheduled in June. Sandy Hook, Spray Beach and Shore Acres,
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High Points Series Updated!
the 2008 Highpoint Series for the CBYRA region of Area C is updated. All OD and Open events are scored for CHIPS High Points and accumulated. Best 4 scores will determine the winner. Tie breaks will add the next joint event.
Current Overall results are found here
Current Class High points are found here
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Gunpowder ... Perfect!
Hmmm. Hot showers, Breeze from 6 to 13 knots, flat water BOTH DAYS, warm!, endless margaritta's to go with the hot wings and munchies, lasagane and sausage, camping, great bonfire, the return of the Dietemyer sweatlodge, 10 junior sailors leading their elders around the course, first F16 regatta on the bay, 35 boats, did I say HOT SHOWERS ,..
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Save money and hassel Use ONLINE Registration
The WRSC Spring Regatta for A class, 505's and Nacra 20's is now open for entries (see Regattas).
Fleet 32 has online registration open for their Sail the Bay Regatta for A class and Open Class regatta at the end of May Now.
Rock Hall YC will open their on line registration for their Annual Regatta shortly
All of these events will save you money if you register by the deadline on line! Build your fleet by getting the usual suspects to sign up early and drag those fence sitters out to the races.
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West River Spring Regatta Results posted!
West River Spring Regatta was a fantastic regatta... Huge turnouts in A class (25 boats) and Nacra 20's 7 boats. and 14 505's.
See you at Gunpowder this coming weekend
mark
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CBYRA SURVEY
Take the CBYRA survey about racing on the Bay
We are recognized.... they are tabulating BEACH CATS (yeah!!)... Our goal... 100 % participation to let them know we are out here and how we feel. There is a REASON only three beach cat sailors are members of CBYRA! They need to hear from the sailors.
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Awards Party ...Feb 23
First off, the important news - the date for the 2007 Awards Party is
February 23rd! This is still pending the final approval by the venue, but
that is the date we are working towards. More details on the way, but
start clearing your calendar
CRAC has some freebies to distribute as well as award the High Point Perpetual
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5th Annual Catsailor Invasion
Other then sail fast.... we are known for drinking hard.... And we don't read charts or calenders
NEW DATE... This Saturday
The annual winter beer drinking bachanal is never scheduled with more then 2 weeks notice... This year its SATURDAY January 19th at 8ish at the Ram's Head in Naptown go here for the details!
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One design schedules finalized
Click on the Chesapeake 08 schedules tab to see the One Design regatta schedule (scroll down the pdf)
or click on read more
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2008 Schedules
??? mean that the date has not been finalized.
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HighPoint Results Updated
The 2007 Highpoint results are updated. Congratulations to Tony Arrends for this season's top overall performance!
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Doug and Andy break own record for NASS Oxford Race!
Doug Kirby and Andy Herbick on Tygart Racing broke the record they set last year to Oxford!. They finished with an elapsed time of 2:19:23 breaking last years record of 2:27:20. They missed the overall first gun by loosing a tacking duel to the finish with Donneybrook by just 4 seconds. Donneybrook owes Tygart Racing 10 minutes at the start. Their average speed was 12.6 nm/ hr and reported a top GPS speed of 26 knotts! WOW!
The Hammond results are also posted as Doug and Andy finished the 20 mile course before noon!
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NASS Oxford Race gears up!
7 Nacra 20's are chasing a new target.. the fastest boat on the bay belongs to NAVY!
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Registration closes Thursday!!!
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UPSET at Corsica River ... Results Published
Patrick Kanna and Corey upset old farts Mark Schneider and Chris Brown (A cats) with a vintage.. bright yellow ...Prindle 16!!!
The junior sailors won the tie breaker on the strenght of two bullets in the light air races before lunch on Saturday. Patrick is the Area C Bemmis winner... the equivalent of our Alter Qualifiers for two person dinghys in US Sailing. ... Just goes to show... Sailors sail anything... and with lightening and thunderstorms canceling racing on Sunday.. the would'vs and could of's mount to nothing. I just had to wonder... what would it have been like to learn to sail as a kid!!!! hmm....
Miles River hosts the beach cat juniors Next weekend. We have at least three teams commited so far... We need more sailors who will raise the bar and teach us ol farts a thing or two.
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Cambridge Final Results are posted
Results were proof read and the standings are now final. Check out the column BCE for an individual race in the catamaran fleets. BCE is the real time you needed to save on your particular flavor of cat to win that race. Many races were very close!
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Rock Hall Results for Beach Cat Class now published
See the link for results
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Rock Hall NOR is now published online!
Click on the documents tab for the Rock Hall Regatta NOR or below.
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Rock Hall Regatta is online
The Rock Hall Regatta is open for online registration. Note Surcharge for using your credit card is added. You can register online (Helps the scorekeeper) and stand in line and pay be check if you want.
Entry fee 45 per boat, 25 per person for dinner and party... 15 per person party only
See Details page for more information
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Gunpowder Regatta Cancelled
Bad news folks,
Gunpowder Regatta is canceled for this coming weekend.
Dan suffered a serious leg injury and will be on crutches for about three months. Moreover, the park can’t promise that the bathrooms or the electricity will be available this weekend as well.
These hurdles are just too much and Dan regrets that he and Billy will have to cancel the event.
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Gunpowder Registration... Pay by check!
Please register on line... (helps get things into the computer) Bring a check or cash
with you to check in at Registration on the beach Saturday Morning.
Mark
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Awards Party THIS SATURDAY at 7 Galesville
Oops forgot to get this posted here...
The Awards Party you say?
When: Saturday, March 31 at 7:00
Where: WRCRA Fleet Reserve
4861 Church Lane,
Galesville, Md.
Bring a dish to share!
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What is CRAC going to be doing in 2007?
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CRAC created and will continue to administer the BEACH CAT Multihull Class, a sanctioned handicap class within CBYRA.
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The class rules have two parts, one part addresses open water races with cruising boats and the second part regulates racing at buoys regattas . The rules are posted on the CRAC website.
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To race in CBYRA sanctioned regattas, you have to be a member of the class through CRAC to be scored.
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Friday Night Ram's Head Party!
4th Almost Annual Catsailors Invade Annapolis
It is time to gather at the Rams Head, Downtown, Annapolis!
Agenda: None / to many to list
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Draft Schedule published
A calender format for a DRAFT of the mid atlantic schedule for 2007 is published. Voice your opinion to your fleet captains. Mark
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Area C championship to George Kuney and Susan Bloomgarden
Fantastic weekend at Miles River Yacht Club! Thanks to Ernie Becker and the Miles river RC team for great racing. George and Susan added the Area C, and Chesapeake Championships to a year where they won Div 11 high points for Hobie 18's, and Hobie 20's,... not to mention the Division championships for those fleets... Oh, and they finished top 10 in the 18 Nationals! Great job guys!!! See the wrap up for more details
(bleepen Frankenboat.... grrr)!!!
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Area C and Chesapeake Championships up next
The fantastic Miles River Yacht Club in St Michaels, MD hosts the US Sailing Area C Multihull and Chesapeake Bay Championship. Check out the details !
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Constantine wins Lighthouse Race 20 boat turnout!!!!
Congrats to Constantine who smokes the fleet on his Taipan no matter how you score it.! 20 boats representing the West River Catamaran Racing Assn (WRCRA), the West River Sailing Club (WRSC), the Potomac River Sailing Assn (PRSA) and CRAC! Many many thanks to Jody Perkins ... ace RC, and all of the sailors who supported the regatta.
check out the details here
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Doug and Andy set record to Oxford!
Doug and Andy put the hammer down and blasted through the floating debris on the bay for what we think is a record setting run! They finished the 30 mile race in 2 hours and 27 minutes. Doug said his GPS recorded speeds of 26 mph!
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Twilight Results posted along with updated Highpoint
Way to go Collete! .. She KICKED OUR OL FART BUTTS! ... The monohulls thought they had it tough with one lap of 15 miles windward leeward in 18 building to 25 with 4 to 5 foot sea's.... AND IT WAS DARK! Read the story !
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Corsica Results Posted
21 Boats registered for Corsica River. Light to moderat breeze and HOT.... Great parties and food... Chris and Pat Begrow (Hobie 16) tie Chris Ford (A cat) for first place and win the tie break. Jim Glanden with Chelsa Laporta (Hobie 16) edge out David Nees and Ian McAllister (Hobie 20) for third. (With a throwout the positions reverse). Two regatta stories wrap up a great weekend!
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Cambridge Resuts posted!
Congratulaion to Chris Ford who recaptures the Top Cat of the Choptank after 9 years. The Taipans of Constantine and Pat were tough all weekend.
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Statue Race Results included in High Point
Hola.... we had SEVEN teams travel up for the Statue Race... so the results (scored 1 through 7) are included in the High Point Score! Congrats to Doug and Andy who broke the course record while finishing 2nd to the beach!
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PSA Overnight Story posted
The forecast was horrible… No wind… and lots of rain sprinkled with major thunderstorms … BUT on the plus side … when has the weather man been right this year…. (The C100 was supposed to build to no more then 15 to 18)…
So, the 6 boat fleet had most of the day to figure out what they wanted to do!
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Rock Hall Results posted
Chris Bolton writes!
Another weekend in paradise, with balmy steady tradewinds and sparkling blue water (at least in the pool). How steady were the winds? On the second and third races Saturday, our elapsed times were only 3 seconds different (over two laps and 30+ minutes)
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Fitness Resource C100 Results Posted
Sorry for the delay; passed out last night when I got home. We are talking about naming this the Too Much/Too Little race. BIG wind Saturday and boat-clearing waves(Thomas Pt data said 24 knots with gusts to 27); no wind Sunday. Those few who were pushing for the long course Sunday were very glad we settled on the short one. First 4 Inter 20s did the 50 miles on Saturday under 4 hours; Sunday's 37 miles took 7-9 hours. Chris Allen and crew won with an 11 minute lead Saturday and a very close second on Sunday (9 seconds after 7.5 hours!). Team Tygart of Doug Kirby and Andy Herbick finished second with a win Sunday, and Robb Lancaster and Don Sievert finished third. David Nees and Gibson finished 4th overall and first in non-spin on a H20.
Multiple flips by everyone on Saturday (Mark Olson and Lynn may have been the only exception to this as they stayed upright, although Lynn's stomach was flipping too much to continue). Only 8 of 15 made it to Cambridge, and two of those cut the corners just to get there for Sunday's sail back. Significant boat damage on three boats with one dismasting, one crew-punched main, and one Tornado turtled and damaged during towboat-assisted righting. Sunday's early wind died out to nothing and then clocked around for some tight frustrating racing. Full scores will be up as soon as I can transfer the data from my old no-export laptop.
Thanks to our sponsor Fitness Resource for the cool shirts, Jonathan Cristiani for his help in running this event, and to Harry Murphey as always for building the awesome box we use to literally carry this event.
Chris
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Gunpowder Results Posted
A small turnout of only 8 Open cats; 5 A's, one Taipan 4.9, one H20, and Mark's Tornado as the only spin boat. The short courses did not favor Mark's spinnaker, especially with good winds and a rookie crew. As the breeze came up Saturday, the H20 briefly challenged the A Cats, but errors in counting laps (oops) and issues in staying upright took care of that threat. Several A cats also had issues with staying upright, as did multiple 16s. Sunday dawned cold and windy, and there was no great rush to leave the beach. The wind died down a little, and the RC started their promised youth event, only to watch the wind die completely. After the youth drifted through two races, they attempted to set a course, but finally gave up after hours of fruitless waiting. Saturday's results then stood for an A-class sweep, with Chris Ford, Pat Stadt, and Ed Mills claiming the top three spots. Fantastic sailing and camping weather on Saturday. When the wind goes away this summer, some of you might regret having missed this one :-)
Class, Combined Open and Season Highpoints updated
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Icebreaker Wrap UP
Congratulations to Chris Ford, Constantine Seremetis, and Chris and Colette Bolton for scoring the Harken Gloves for this years Icebreaker. USPN and Texel results are posted as well as a brief story. See the direct link
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Icebreaker On Line Registration Open
Global warming has made Spring... Summer and Summer .. Hell... so... you best take advantage of the great weather... get your boat ready and go racing on Sunday in the Icebreaker. Cheap pre registration closes on Thursday and the fleet can certainly use the extra cash if you want to register on Sunday Morning.
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VIRTUAL CAT RACING!
Check out the Virtual Cat Racing results under the regattas tab! A virtual race was held for 3 groups of cats...
Single handers (Dart 18, A cat, F16 Uni, Nacra 5.5 uni and the Hobie 17)
Fast Sloops (Hobie 20, P19MX, Nacra 6.0 NA, Tornado Classic and just for grins the A cat)
Spinaker Boats (F16, F18, F18HT, Nacra 20, Tornado, and Supercat 22).
The results show you how much real time... in minutes and secs... that you must save on the race course to beat the scratch boat (slowest one listed) in the fleet.
With the table... you can guestimate how you are doing against similar boats. Print it out and laminate it ... You will quickly know how you are doing on the clock... The times are accurate relative to the scratch boat ... and would be off by a few seconds if you subtract the times between two boats of interest. compare the Faux Formula 20 pairing of the Tornado and Nacra 20 with the Spinaker boat race.
I calculated the spreads using Texel, the EU measurement rule to handicap boats as well. You get to decide which system seems fairer. I will post both sets of results this year.
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CRAC/Fleet 54 Awards and PARTY! APRIL 8TH
April 8th at Podickory Point Yacht Club for the annual awards and mega party
Who's invited... CRAC, WRCRA, FLEET54, WRSA, SPECIAL OLYMPICS, SMSA and PRSA sailors PLUS any other sailor who can't remember which letters of the alphabet they sail under.
Click on
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Special Olympics training for coaches in the afternoon. Mega party in the evening. Drinks starting early!
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Think they will let you use the john in a wet suit?
Check out this link to the New York Yacht club. (Thanks to Corsica River YC for the tip)
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CBYRA Red Book Junior Sailing Program
Check out our first CBYRA Junior catamaran racing program. We figure speed and speed alone will draw the younger sailors onto twin hulls. We need your support this year in making these events happen!
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Alter Qualifier Results and Highpoint series updated
Miles River Yacht Club hosted a spectacular regatta Oct 22 and 23. Congratulations to Bill Jeffers, Matt Keenan and Oli and Kelly Jason. Chris Bolton sailed well in a tough crowd but missed taking over the high point lead by 2.2 points out of 400 total points.
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Bolton trails Layne by 4 points with one regatta to go
Chris and Collette Bolton (Hobie 20) trail Tim Layne and team (Reynolds 33) by 4 points with one event to go. Tim is not eligible for the Alter Qualifier so the pressure is on Chris Bolton. John Mcloughlin (Nacra 20) has completed 5 events and trails by 28 points and could leapfrog both of them. Chris Allen (Nacra 6.0 ) and Chris Ford (A Cat) have the best shot of overtaking everyone with 4 events completed and trailing by 85 points. (Just a top 5 finish away from the money!) … My take home…Chris is gonna win it all. (3 out of 5 chance)
Thanks to Molly and Lorreta for running what turned out to be another death march on the bay. I determined that the APS gift certificates from the C100 where just bad karma and got rid of them to the stalwart finishers, Keith, Doug, Chris and John! Rich Schwarts took some great photos of the day
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Hammond Race and High Point Posted
Oxford was FUBAR'd... but the Hammond race was very nice. Congrat's to Tim Layne and crew on the Renyolds 33 who with the win takes over the High Point Lead from Chris Bolton. Chris Ford and John McLoughlin are well postioned to challenge Tim for the series win.
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Twilight Results posted ... Highpoint updated
Fantastic turnout for the Twilight Race... 21 boats.. (Not all there at the start... but hey they were trying). Kudos to Pat Stadt, Jeff LoSopio and Dave Taylor all on A cats for the Silverware. The spin cats caught all but one big boat in this 12 mile race after spotting them 40 minutes. Chris Bolton and Cris Ford are dueling it out for high point with DNF's ...
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Corsica River Results Posted
Great Regatta at Corsica River Congratulations to Chris Ford who dominated with 8 first place finishs. Find out what happens when you mate a cat and a penguin! Check out Chris Boltons first hand account. Such heroic actions on the water allow Chris and Collette to surge into first place in the High Point series!
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Cambridge Results Posted
The Southern Bay sailors continue their dominance in Cambridge. The Top Cat of the Choptank Perpetual was won in convincing fashion by Fritz and Heidrun Klocke on their Hobie F18 this weekend. Their main competition was Jerry Pattenaude with his Shark from the Hampden VA area. The Klocke's follow Dennis Hawks and Tracie Van Houten, last years winners, and the Olivers on A cats the previous three years. The Northern Bay sailors will mount a comeback next year!!! High Point series updated!
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PSA Overnight Results
Tim Layne, R33 and John Mcloughlin, Nacra Inter 20 continued their personal duel by distance racing on the bay. Tim and John crossed tacks going upwind at Pooles Island Light in 15 to 18 knots of breeze. Tim built on that lead in the 15 mile moonlite sleigh ride down wind back to Baltimore Light for the win. For complete results
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2005 High Points updated
Chris Bolton drives to the front and takes the 2005 High Point lead. John McLaughlin is in great position a few points back in second. Season Series is updated after each sanctioned regatta.
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CBYRA Charts and GPS Cordinates
For the PSA Overnight Race you will need the following: CBYRA Beach Cat Flag (25 bucks, See Harry at Leo's)
Chart of the Region 2 marks (follow link)
CBYRA equipment gear (follow link)
For the West River Twilight race you will need the Region 3 Chart.
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New England Catamaran Association formed
The New England Catamaran Association was formed to coordinate cat racing in New England. Click Here for details.
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Eastern Multihull Sailing Association formed
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