LOOR News: LOSHRS | A New Cruising Rally

Lake Ontario Offshore Racing - Newsletter

August 16, 2023

Chair's Message:

NEW! Cruising Rally Set for September 16th and 17th:

LOOR is very pleased to announce their first Cruising Rally to be held on the same dates as the very popular Short-Handed race to Dalhousie Yacht Club. For many years the LOOR has been looking for ways to encourage cruisers to transition to racing, and adding a Cruising Rally will hopefully be a great event and smooth the transition.

The Rally will leave PCYC right after the Short Handed racers are off on the morning of September 16th. As usual, all boats are requested to keep clear of the starting area until their start sequence. Cruisers and racers should all arrive at Dalhousie Yacht Club for the Saturday night dinner and festivities. The next morning, once again after the racers are off, there is a return cruise back to PCYC. Rally participants have no limit on the number of crew and may also use their engines if so desired.

After crossing...

Saturday Night 1700

Racers and Cruisers will meet up south of the Clubhouse for a social event. The bar will be open and stories of the race and cruise will abound. We are asking all cruisers and racers to bring an appetizer to share. Two beer tickets will be given to each person as they arrive.

Dinner at DYC (all dinners are individually plated)

· BBQ Grilled Chicken

· 1/3 Rack BBQ Ribs

· Corn on the Cob

· Potato Salad

· Vanilla caramel Swirl Cake

Cost: $40 (includes HST & Gratuity)

Participants must register for dinner by emailing

reservations@dalhousieyachtclub.com.

The deadline for dinner reservations will be Friday September 8, 2023, at midnight. Invoices will be sent to all individuals who reserve & must be paid by Tuesday September 12, 2023.

Sunday Morning 0730 Dockside

· Balzac’s Coffee (ordered more this year)

· Budapest Bakery Breakfast Chimney’s

· 13th Street Winery Butter Tarts

· Local Fruit

Docking is available both at DYC in the form of rafting on the wall or at the Port Dalhousie Marina by the entrance to Port Dalhousie Pier (for a fee). Space at the club is limited, so if you plan to attend, whether as a Rally Participant or LOSHRS racer, please send the following to LOSHRS@loor.ca.

· Need mooring for DYC Weekend at Dalhousie (Yes/No) or have booked at the Marina

· Name of boat

· Length

· Beam

· Draft

· LOSHer or Rally participant

· Are you OK rafting? (Yes/No). This is a required response.

All this information is required and if any data is missing, we may not be able to properly process your request. Please respond by September 10th, 2023, for us to be able to process all requests. If after submitting your response, if you change your mind so you will not be participating, please let us know of this as soon as possible.

The LOOR Cruising Rally is a Category 4 event so all yachts must meet these requirements. The Category 4 requirements can be found under the Documents link at:

https://yachtscoring.com/event_documents.cfm

More information on the Rally is also available at https://www.loor.ca/cruisingrally2023.

Many thanks and great sailing to all!

Terence (Terry) Kuehn and Monica Doedens

Co-Chairs, Lake Ontario Offshore Racing Organizing Authority

A great year of racing with more to come…

So far this year has seen some great long distance racing on Lake Ontario. The Susan Hood Trophy race started off almost having to be a delayed start due to thunderstorms, but they luckily held off. Light winds early after the start transitioned to stronger winds that held for the rest of the race.

The LOSHRS race 1, 2 and 3 all had great conditions with lots tactical racing.

The Lake Ontario 300/600 had excellent but varied wind conditions on all the days which made for excellent sailing and racing.

Events Coming Up

LOSHRS 100 Miler Race

The next LOSHRS event is set to start on August 19th and complete on August 20th. The Single and Double handed race starts near Port Credit, east to Gibraltar Point, back then to the FOGH/driveHG mark, the a turn south down to the Niagara Mark (R2), west to the Burlington Weather buoy, then finishing back at Port Credit. The total distance, as you might expect, is about 100 NM.

Its not too late to register for the event, all you have to do is go to Yacht Scoring and search for driveHG or Short-Handed, or go directly there by clicking on this link: https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=15560

There is a mandatory skippers meeting on Friday the 18th at 17:30 at PCYC. Also don’t forget to reserve a slip for Friday night if you need one by going to http://www.pcyc.net/submaster.cfm?apage=ERS/event_registration.cfm&EventID=2272.

LOSHRS Race to Dalhousie and back

The Dalhousie Yacht Club weekend on September 16th and 17th is a little different this year. As introduced in he Chair's Message above LOOR is planning a cruising Rally in conjunction with the usual race. For racers it will be unchanged with the Rally start after racers have started.

Whether you’re a cruiser, racer, volunteer, or committee member, 2023 is going fantastically well and we’re all excited to see it become one of the best years yet. There is still time to register for the LOSHRS races and join the fun so encourage others to sign up.

There is lots of info on all the races at www.loor.ca , the information links above and further details below, so please visit the site and join us.

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LOOR Combined Trophy Awards Banquet - Save The Date - Saturday, November 18, 2023 at PCYC!

LOOR is holding a combined banquet to present the trophies for the LO300/LO600, Susan Hood Trophy Race (SHTR), and LOSHRS at PCYC on Saturday, November 18, 2023. More details to follow.

Flags for LOSHRS, and any not presented for LO300/LO600 and Susan Hood Trophy Race will be available at the social function before the LOOR Combined Awards Banquet, More details to come.

More Racing to Come!

Lake Ontario Short Handed Racing Series presented by driveHG (LOSHRS)

Registration

LOSHRS is a series of races for single and double handed keelboat and multihull sailboats on western Lake Ontario.

The first three races have been completed, but there are three more to come!

Race 4 Sat. Aug. 19th into Sun. Aug. 20th, 2023

A 100 statute mile race starting at PCYC and ending at PCYC. This is a qualifier for Great Lakes Singlehanded Society (GLSS)’s series of solo races on the Great Lakes.

Race 5 Sat. Sep. 16th, 2023

A race from PCYC to DYC.

Race 6 Sun. Sep. 17th, 2023

A race back to PCYC from DYC.

Race Registration:

Lake Ontario 300/600 Challenge presented by driveHG

Lake Ontario Short-Handed Race Series presented by driveHG

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