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SUMMARY:41st Annual Classic Mariner's Regatta - Port Townsend Sailing Association
DESCRIPTION:NOTICE OF RACE \n1. ORGANIZING AUTHORITY The 41st Annual Classic Mariner’s Regatta is organized by the Port Townsend Sailing Association (PTSA). \n2. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY  The regatta is open to sailboats of all designs and materials. All sailboats are welcome! Boats may enter by completing the entry form and submitting it\, together with the required fee\, online at Regatta Network: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/28044  \n3. ENTRY FEE The entry fee is $ 35 per vessel until May 22nd. Late and day of registration fee is $50. \n4. VENUE Port Townsend Bay \n5. RULES The event is governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing (2021-2024). More info on the Racing page of the PTSA web site. \n6. Sailing Instructions The Sailing Instructions will be available after May 24\, 2024 at the event Regatta Network site (see above). \n7. CLASSES Separate starts for PHRF\, One-design\, Cruising\, and In-shore boats. Classes will be determined after registration. Provisional ratings will be assigned by the local ratings/ handicap committee for boats without an official PHRF rating (https://phrf-nw.org). \n8. PRIZES Prizes will be awarded for each class. \n9. MOORAGE Point Hudson Marina has space reserved for CMR participants. You can make a reservation through their website\, use the code: CMR2024 and that should allow you access to the available slips. We have 5 slips reserved through May 7. The Boat Haven marina does not accept advanced reservations\, but will take reservations the morning of your arrival\, if you want to take the chance. If you have any questions\, please call Holly Kays at 360-531-0462 so that we can help make your stay in Port Townsend as easy as possible. \n10. RISK STATEMENT & PERSONAL CONDUCT 1. Rule 3 states: ‘The responsibility for a boat’s decision to participate in a race or to continue to race is hers alone.’ By participating in this event each competitor agrees and acknowledges that sailing is a potentially dangerous activity with inherent risks. These risks include strong winds and rough seas\, sudden changes in weather\, failure of equipment\, boat handling errors\, poor seamanship by other boats\, loss of balance on an unstable platform and fatigue resulting in increased risk of injury. Inherent in the sport of sailing is the risk of permanent\, catastrophic injury or death by drowning\, trauma\, hypothermia or other causes. 2. Competitors will accept full responsibility for their actions during any activity related to this event. This includes on-shore activities before\, during\, and after the regatta. \n11. SCHEDULE Saturday\, June 1: 10:00 am – Skippers meeting at PTSA Clubhouse near the boat ramp in Boat Haven. 12:00 pm – First start warning. Fleets will race up to 2 triangle course races. One-Design classes (3+ boats) may have other style courses- see Sailing Instructions for details. 6:00 pm – Casual dinner at the PTSA Clubhouse. Cost is $12.00 – you can pay at the same time you register(preferred as this gives us an accurate planning head count!) or with CASH/check at the door. Sunday\, June 2: 12:00 pm – Race start warning. The race will be a random leg\, reverse (pursuit)* start based on vessel ratings. 4:00 pm – Post race awards gathering at the PTSA Clubhouse. *All boats will be assigned an individual start time based on their rating. Individual boat start times will be posted on Saturday night at the dinner event. The start times will also be posted Sunday morning at the PTSA Clubhouse door. We look forward to your participation in the 41st Annual Classic Mariner’s Regatta!
URL:https://smallboatsmonthly.com/event/41st-annual-classic-mariners-regatta-port-townsend-sailing-association/
LOCATION:Port Townsend Sailing Association Clubhouse\, 385 Benedict St.\, Port Townsend\, WA\, 98368\, United States
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SUMMARY:Swallows & Amazons - Open Boat Event
DESCRIPTION:Our premier open boat event for everyone\, now in its 25th year! Join us once again at the Walton & Frinton Yacht Club to race around the Island\, and explore the backwaters.\nThis year we are extending the event to three days. High tides are: Friday 13:08\, Saturday 13:51\, Sunday 14:51. Sailing will start on the Friday for those that can make it\, with a race round Horsey Island on Saturday\, weather permitting. On the Friday or Sunday\, again weather permitting\, we might creep up Bramble Creek to say a quiet hello to the seals. Join on Thursday evening to make the most of the three days!\nTo mark our 25th year\, Tessa Hodgkinson has written a lovely history and description of the event as it has evolved over the years: \nThe annual Swallows and Amazons Race is a delightful celebration of the diversity found in small Gaffers\, the sailing adventures of the Walker & Blackett children\, the wonderful back drop of the Walton Backwaters and of course\, the ever forgiving\, ever clinging Essex mud. \nIt all started some 35 years ago when Jon Wainwright and Brian Hammett started a “race around the island” for the smaller boats and dinghies at the Shotley Classic Boat Festival in 1989. It proved very popular with all the open boats and even some smaller cruisers\, so eventually it broke away to form its own weekend event. The title of the weekend seemed an obvious choice\, paying homage to Arthur Ransome and his inspirational books about the youngsters\, delighting in their adventures and their freedom with their small gaffers in these very waters. \nIn the early 2000s we were regularly hosting 40 to 50 small boats at Swallows and Amazons\, it was often the largest East Coast event. The boats were a wonderful collection\, including real classics over 100yrs old\, ex fishing boats including Lune whammels\, winkle brigs\, smacks boats\, barge boats\, whalers\, also racing dinghies\, 1920s one designs\, dinghies and self-built boats\, and they came from all over England and Wales in a spirit of goodwill and fun. \nSaturday was race around Horsey Island\, launch as soon as there is water and try to get back before the mud reappears. There were always adventures and spills\, dinghies full of families and dogs\, some definitely had pirates aboard\, some pausing to seal watch and others offering tows to those becalmed without an outboard and needing a helping hand home. \nBeing a race\, of course\, there are prizes\, but having such an eclectic fleet\, handicapping is virtually impossible\, so we made many classes\, many prizes and a rule that each boat could only be awarded one prize\, to share them around as much as possible and encourage all. \nSunday is fun day (just in case the race was not fun enough) we have had dinghy treasure hunts\, sail in company to a picnic spot\, visit the actual Swallow Island (by landowner invitation)\, seal trips and exploration into the furthest\, shallowest backwaters. \nAs the years have gone by Swallows and Amazons has reduced in size\, but the spirit of fun and inclusivity remains\, prizes for all and never more than one each. There is an increasing fleet of east coast smacks boats that regularly support the event and all small gaffers and assorted classics are very welcome. Come by sea or land\, enjoy the secret waters and friendly pirates\, watch out for seals and mastodons … they can all be found here.
URL:https://smallboatsmonthly.com/event/swallows-amazons-open-boat-event/
LOCATION:Walton and Frinton Yacht Club\, Mill Ln\, Walton on the Naze\, England\, CO14 8PF\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:R2AK Race To Alaska
DESCRIPTION:RACE TO ALASKA EXPLAINED\nStage 1 Race start: Sunday\, June 9\, 2024\, 5:00 AM\, Port Townsend\, Washington\nStage 2 Race start: Wednesday\, June 12\, 2024\, High Noon\, Victoria\, BC\nApplication Open: Wednesday\, November 15\, 2023 at noon\nApplication deadline: Tax Day baby! April 15 \n  \nThe inside passage to Alaska has been paddled by native canoes since time immemorial\, sailing craft for centuries\, and after someone found gold in the Klondike the route was jammed with steamboats full of prospectors elbowing each other out of the way for the promise of fortune. \nIt’s in the spirit of tradition\, exploration\, and self-reliance that Race to Alaska was born. R2AK is the first of its kind and North America’s longest human and wind powered race\, and currently the largest cash prize for a race of its kind. \nThis isn’t for everyone\nIt’s like the Iditarod\, on a boat\, with a chance of drowning\, being run down by a freighter\, or eaten by a grizzly bear. There are squalls\, killer whales\, tidal currents that run upwards of 20 miles an hour\, and some of the most beautiful scenery on earth. \nThe hardest kind of simplicity\nYou\, a boat\, a starting gun. $10\,000 if you finish first\, a set of steak knives if you’re second. Cathartic elation if you can simply complete the course. R2AK is a self-supported race with no supply drops and no safety net. Any boat without an engine can enter. \n \nContact: info@r2ak.com
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LOCATION:R2AK\, 431 Water Street\, Port Townsend\, WA\, 98368\, United States
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SUMMARY:Texas 200 Race
DESCRIPTION:The 17 th Annual Texas 200 will be held from June 10-14\, 2024. After a number of years doing a 6-day event\, this year we’re going to do this thing in 5 days. Our theme this year is “Back to Basics”. Nothing fancy. No gimmicks. No alternative routes. No new camps. Just five solid days of sailing with new friends and old\, to a set of tried and true camps that have all been used on this event several times. \n The Texas 200 is a “Raid”-type event; that is\, it involves a scheduled gathering of small boats traveling more or less in company from Point A to Point B over a period of several days\, camping along the way.  The Texas 200 goes through the Laguna Madre and the bays of South Texas for five to six days and about 200 miles. Shallow draft boats will have options in terms of routes through the bays\, while deeper draft vessels will spend more time in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW).  For any who may be unfamiliar with the ICW\, it follows the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from New Jersey to the southern tip of Texas\, providing a more or less protected waterway of canals and bays for commercial barge traffic\, an alternative to open ocean shipping. \nThe Texas 200 was established by Chuck Leinweber\, founder of the Duckworks website https://www.duckworks.com/.  Chuck competed in the Everglades Challenge (EC)  several years ago\, and wanted to do more of that kind of thing.  The Everglades\, however\, are a long trip from his home in Texas.  Chuck thought he could organize a modified version of the EC\, right on the Texas gulf coast. \n  Kim Apel “A Californian Does the Texas 200”  \n What the Texas 200 is:\n• A “rolling messabout” where people bring boats of all shapes and sizes and sail them on the south Texas coast.\n• A moving\, exhausting\, endurance test of boat\, captain\, and crew.\n• A chance to see areas of America rarely visited by man.\n• An exercise in planning\, preparation\, and problem solving.\n• A chance to make new friends and legends of the small boat world\nAndy Linn “Texas 200: Embrace the Suck” \nThe 2024 Texas 200 will be held the second full week of June 2024\, which means a start date of Monday\, June 10th.   Additional information including the start point\, finish point and all camps\, will be published on our website on or about January 1\, 2024.
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LOCATION:Port Mansfield\, Port Mansfield\, TX\, United States
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