BYC-POYC NAVIGATION CONTEST West Sound Easy Pickins' EASY PICKINS' IN WEST SOUND 2010 The winds couldn't have fooled us more than they did for the West Sound Easy Pickins' Navigation Contest co-hosted by Bremerton YC and Port Orchard YC on Saturday, April 24; they brought to mind the term "wind sandwich". Winds were light and the seas were calm for boats arriving at BYC on Friday for the start of the weekend's events and they were even better on departure from POYC on Sunday morning. However, the in-between part on Saturday during the contest presented the contestants with southwesterly winds of 15 -25 knots, certainly, more than enough to disrupt well prepared predictions for the day's contest. Throttle changes within the allowable +/- 10% range were the order of the day in an attempt to realize actual elapsed times anywhere near those predicted. After Saturday morning log check-in at BYC, 15 contestants from BYC, Gig Harbor YC, Queen City YC and POYC circumnavigated the 14.2 mile course starting with the first leg out Port Washington Narrows, followed by a northerly run up to University Point and returning south to a finish off the Annapolis waterfront. All contestants continued on to POYC for log turn-in and the evening awards dinner. The effect of the wind was certainly apparent in the results with only one contestant scoring less than 1.0 % error and only three in the 1.0% to 2.0 % error range of the 15 entrants. Taking Overall honors was Fred Cole on MOUSETRAP of POYC with an error of 0.9903% followed by Bill Rumbold aboard SUNDANCE of BYC with 1.1456% error and Jim VanAntwerp also from BYC on TWERPEDO at 1.2981%. VanAntwerp also won the Novice trophy. Taking top team honors was the BYC foursome of Bill Rumbold, Jim VanAntwerp, Rob Bruins and Mike Henry. Mike Henry, IPBA Secretary SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2010 Total Package: [doc] Special Rules Course Description Control Point Locations Event Schedule Sample Chart Data [xls] Log Sheets [xls] Sample Data Chartlet [nob] BYC RACE TEAM PROVES THAT LOG RACING IS STILL A SOCIAL EVENT (Mike Henry, March 15, 2010) Race Results Six BYC crews ventured over to Meydenbauer Bay (Bellevue) on Lake Washington for MBYC's Boomerang 2010 Navigation Contest. MBYC is a great host and really knows how to entertain all the contest entrants. You have to be there to appreciate how well they do their entertainment thing consisting of Friday evening hors d'oeurves featuring a pile of prawns and hot pork loin, followed by a Saturday evening prime rib awards dinner, after dinner dancing to MBYC's own band and a full Sunday morning breakfast. A total of 37 contestants ran the 21 mile course around Mercer Island and the middle of the lake. And the contest results showed the BYC Team was HOT!!! We swept all the trophies in Class 1 with the crew of Capts Steve and Deana Brett aboard PRINCESS MOKIHANA taking first in class with score of 1.5006% error followed by Capts Owen and Linda Ritter on OUTBOUND in second place with 1.6157% and Capts Gene and Martha Paxton on EVENTIDE rounding out the Class 1 trophy grab by taking third place with 1.9263%. Capt Chuck Silvernail aboard SOLMAR trophied in second place in Class 2 with an error of 1.1849%. P/C Bill and Lynn Rumbold finished just out of trophy territory in Class 3. P/C Mike and Billie Henry on PEACHY KEEN finally got something right for a change and managed to squeeze into Second Place Overall with a score of 0.7164% error. CONGRATULATIONS BYC LOGGERS! Heavy Weather 2010 This e-mail is being sent to you to encourage your personal participation in this years heavy weather race. Our Club has a long-standing tradition of being a front runner with this event. This year, Maydenbower Yacht Club has made it known that they intend to become leaders with log racing and they are aiming directly at us. If you are able to race (and it's easy, mostly because its all about socializing) or if you know of fellow BYC members that could race please do so or encourage them. If you have already signed up for the log race, thank you. You can get all the particulars about the race at the clubhouse. In addition there will be "skull sessions" that will greatly assist you at the clubhouse next week. See our website for dates and times. R/ Tony Frey Chair, Regatta for Power 5 Feb 2010 10 January 2010: "THOMPSON TROPHY" BYC Log Race (1st of Winter Ser) (CLICK for details!) Good News from our Power Boaters: IPBA LOG RACING REPORT Another IPBA Photo of Mike Henry The International Power Boat Association (IPBA), the sanctioning organization for log racing in the Pacific Northwest, held it's annual awards banquet at the Seattle YC on November 22. Among the award recipients were two BYC log racers. P/C Charlie Billings won the IPBA South Sound Section Novice of the Year Award and P/C Mike Henry received the IPBA South Sound Section Skipper of the Year Award. Congratulations to these skippers and their crews. [December 2008] Photo was taken by Rich Hunt at the BYC General Business Meeting on 5 January 2009

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THOMPSON TROPHY LOG RACE 2008
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