Edmee S. Sail to Oxford

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We successfully sailed the Edmee S. from St. Michaels to Oxford! We had a great day to sail with plenty of wind, the weather this morning was rainy with severe thunderstorms last night making a very wet and soggy morning. We managed to get her all rigged and ready to go, unfortunately one of our chase boats ( Volunteer) was having technical difficulties so we were unable to use her at all, but with the help of Old Point we had at least one chase boat to watch over us. It was tricky in the morning getting out of the miles river, still wet and slippery from the rain and plenty of wind from the storm front still looming but we managed to get out to eastern bay and went on a nice long reach. It got a little more rough the further we went out into the bay, near the Kent narrows we did a lot of rockin' & rollin' but kept everyone on board and didn't wash a single board man.

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Old Point was unable to tow us so we had to wait for help from another chase boat so we took advantage of that downtime and rafted up and ate lunch and swapped out a fresh crew. After we made it through the narrows the blue skies broke through and it was smooth sailing from there on out. Edmee S. sailed in close to the Tred Avon Yacht club and dropped off her cargo of one watermelon and one delicious ham, and expensive freight. The sun slowly disappeared as we approached the dock on the Belvue side of the river ending a perfect day of sailing with a nice cool evening!

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Sorry!

Having some computer issues, so I will post the final weekend's results and update the highpoint scoreboard ASAP... Post in the forums anything you'd like, or any questions you have. We have a wealth of knowledge to share among our Log Canoe community!!

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Labor Day series postponed due to "Hanna"!

The Saturday Sept. 6th races have been postponed until Sunday Sep. 7th. The schedule is as follows, warning signal on Sunday at 10am, then immediately after the end of the first race the warning signal will sound for the second race. Then break for lunch with the warning signal for the 3rd race at 2:30pm.

*If there is a capsize in race 2, race 3 will be postponed until Sept. 14th after the Bartlett Cup.*

~Amendment to Sailing Intructions~

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Labor Day Series Coming up!

There are the usual three races scheduled for this weekend, two on Saturday one on Sunday. The warning signal at 10am (10:10am start time) for the first race and 2pm (2:10pm start time) for the second race on Saturday. The warning signal for the one race on Sunday will be 10am (10:10am start time.)

With the threat of a hurricane and a few tropical storms hopefully this weekend will be a safe one with plenty of wind and cool weather!

~Labor Day Series Si's~

We are back on the Miles River again with the end of the season drawing near....

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See you out there!!!

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Heritage Regatta Series coming up!

The weekend in Oxford is here, the Herirage Regatta. The warning for the first race on Saturday August 23rd is set for 10:30am. The second race on Saturday August 23rd warning signal is set for 2:30pm, both races have a time limit of 2 1/2 hours. On Sunday August 24th the warning signal is set for 10:30am and the race has a 3 hour time limit, the award ceremony will be held after lunch at the TAYC.

~Heritage Regatta SI's~

Also this weekend there will be Shields class racing starts, starting at 11am. This racing series is open to all Shield Class boats but the skipper must be current members of the Shields Class Sailing Association and US Sailing. And there will be racing Saturday and Sunday with Comet, Chesapeake 20 and Penguin classes with a 10am start time.

All info on the races and any races on the Trad Avon (TAYC) can be found here: http://tayc.com/racing.htm

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Gallery Page Updated!

I updated the gallery page, and added a few slide shows and links to all the photos I have taken (http://flickr.com/photos/blogcanoe/) as well as photos other people have sent me to share to everyone! Please keep sending me pictures! or if you can't send me any pictures you can join the Log Canoe group I started on Flickr.com here (http://flickr.com/groups/log_canoes/) and upload your own pictures and share them with the group!

I will do my best to keep the most recent pictures/slideshows on the top of the page, as the season moves along.

Thank you all for all the comments and feedback and encouragement! It really keeps me motivated to keep doing this blog, I wasn't expecting such a huge following and support but THANK YOU!

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Feedback Please!

There is a feedback form on the "About" page please feel free to send me comments, questions, ect. through that! The "comment" option is for commenting on each Post, please do so accordingly!

Thanks.

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July 4th Series Cometh!

The start of the new race season is almost here, so finish sanding and varnishing, and get those sails out!

Time to bulk up boardmen, tall-burger

Here's video of some weight gain advice for dangerously underweight boardmen..

And stock up on...

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I'm looking forward to this new season of races and intend to document as much as I can so any comment and concerns please let me know! Alos I'm going to add any pictures I get and hope to have an option for everyone to upload them directly if they wish to share them I will put them up.

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New Race Schedule posted!

Bob_party_time!

Get ready for '08 season on the Chesapeake!

Start stocking up on suntan lotion, aspirin, and beer!

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