Who cares how cold it has been, so what if the weather has not totally cooperated, and it doesn't matter that the ice just disappeared beneath our boats; spring is here and we will be launching soon. Hopefully after a few good weekends, we'll all be ready for some great sailing on some chilly water! There is plenty of time to get ready for the Susan Hood Trophy Race and the First LOSHRS race at the end of May.
The Lake Ontario Offshore Racing Guide is in the printing stage and will be distributed this month to your clubs, chandlery's and sail makers. Make sure you pick one up; it is going to be an excellent resource for this year's offshore racing season.
In reviewing our current entries for this year's Lake Ontario 300 Challenge, it is good to see last year's Sperry Cup and Sperry Top-Sider Gold Cup Trophy winners, Setanta and IMXtreme, have already registered and are ready to attempt a repeat of their championship runs. The new course is excellent and with some good winds expected this year, it is going to be great. In our 25th running of the Lake Ontario 300 Challenge it is great to see some yachts registered for 2014 who were in the early years of this challenge. To name a few: Afterburn, Emerald, Survival.
To date there are 10 yachts registered to compete in the inaugural Lake Ontario 600 mile Challenge.
They are:
Boomerang, Jason Smyth- NOLSC (Niagara),
Doubletime Brian Mitchell-BPYC,
Happy Puppy, Danial McKindsey- CBYC(Kingston),
Joely Rose, Gene Joelson-PCYC,
Lively, Murray Gainer-ABYC,
Louisianna, Frank Juhasz-BHYC,
Moonbeam, Allan Belovarac- PIYC (Presque Isle),
Pearl, Brent Hughes-FBYC,
Rouleur, Geoff Cornish-RCYC,
Upstart, Bert Barrett-BPYC.
Make sure you take time to cheer these guys on and stay tuned for the rest of this unique fleet to develop.
Check out our YachtScoring page to get all the updates and find out who registered:
Good luck launching and preparing your boats for this year's season, we look forward to seeing everyone at the start lines!
2014 Susan Hood Trophy Race - May30th
Six weeks away and we are not going to say anything about the thrill this race is going to be and the absolute balmy weather we are going to have with lots of stars to guide us around the course.
Remember to come to the club early and order up an extra thermos of hot coffee from the club house.
We are looking for a great turnout to match the excitement and competition we had last year.
Remember the post race BBQ on the lawn Saturday afternoon and to enjoy a stay over at PCYC to get ready for the first LOSHRS Race Sunday, June 1st from PCYC to a Clarkson Mark and finishing at the Gibraltar Buoy.
Registration links are as follows:
Lake Ontario 300 (80 registered to date.) 10 yachts are registered for the LO600
Susan Hood Trophy Race (43 registered to date.)
Lake Ontario Shorthanded Racing Series - (72 boats registered to date.)
Lake Ontario 300 Challenge Entry Draw.
For all participants who have registered and paid prior to the start of this year's Susan Hood Trophy Race on May 30th at 19:55 there will be a special draw to win a commemorative shirt with your boat's name on it for all crew who are racing the 2014 Lake Ontario 300 on your boat.
This is a special prize and will make your crew shine at the pre-race ceremonies. Don't delay on getting your boat registered for this year's challenge.
The draw will be made at the Sperry Top-Sider post race celebration for this year's Susan Hood Trophy Race.