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Towline Report, December
2001
Sunday, Nov. 18, saw the last log race for 2001, the Past
Commodores'
Cup. 'Twas a great day for boating with lots of sunshine and no
wind.
11 contestants tested their navigation skills on nine boats (I'll tell
you how that works, sometime.) Within this race crowd, the hot
runners
this time were: The winning team of Capt. Jack Hensley and Navigator Kathy
Slater on JUBILEE with 1.368%, followed by Capt. Chuck Silvernail on
SOLMAR
with a 1.661% for second place with third place being earned by Capt. Ray
Gorski, also on SOLMAR, with a 2.010%. Great potluck followed!
Thanks to you all for coming out.
Congratulations to the team of Capt. Jack Hensley and Navigator Kathy
Slater for finishing third overall in the North Sound Section of
IPBA.
Quite an accomplishment as this section is the largest in North
America.
Congratulations also to Capt. Ray Gorski for making the National Log
Racing
500 Club. Membership in this group is limited to only those racers
who score less than 0.500% (raw score) in a sanctioned contest; Ray had
0.4550% at last year's QCYC race. Also doing well in the overall
IPBA standings were Capt. Ray Gorski at 8th Overall, P/C Mike Henry at
15th Overall, Capt. John Rosendale at 16th Overall and Capt. Owen Ritter
at 20th Overall. These BYC racers did very well considering nearly
150 raced this year.
The 2002 season
starts
with the QCYC contest spanning the weekend of
Jan 11-13 followed by the in-house BYC Thompson Trophy race on Sunday,
Jan 20. Both of these are warmer-uppers for Heavy
Weather.
The International Power Boat Association (IPBA) is looking for boats
to be used during the 2002 National Championships being held this year
in Vancouver, B.C. during the period Aug. 7 - 11. (No, your boat is never
underway without you.) Looking for 35'- 50' boats in the 8 - 10 knot
range. Great way to spend a few days in Vancouver, experience
Canadian
hospitality and see how the other association winners work their race
magic.
Please see me for details.
Happy Holidays and may Santa bring you a bagful of log racing luck for
the coming year.
P/C Mike Henry
Regatta Chair for Power
2001: Mid-Year Report
Thank you to all BYC racers who joined in our club log race program this
year. We certainly made our presence known in both North Sound and South
Sound with the great turnout of BYC boats in many of the races. 12 boats
went to the QCYC Race in January, 19 turned out for our own Heavy Weather
Race, 5 ran the MBYC Race, 7 of us went to Olympia YC's Governor's Cup
Race, 5 made it to the GHYC Race, 12 boats were at the Eagle Harbor Race,
3 were at Tacoma YC's race and 9 BYC boats ran the Poulsbo-Rainier Race.
We also had great turnouts for our own club races with 10 boats in the
Past Commodores Cup Race, 13 in the Thompson Trophy Race and 7 ladies
doing
very well in the Ladies Day Race.
Congratulations to Captain Jack Hensley and his navigator Kathy Slater
for winning the BYC Log Racer of the Year Award. This award is based on
our own log racing point system covering both club races and IPBA races.
You don't need to win all races to win this award; a significant number
of points can be accumulated just by entering a bunch of races.
Those of you planning to cruise the San Juan Islands during mid-July
might consider entering the International Cruiser Race being run out of
Roche Harbor on July 14. Contact P/C Leo Longenecker for the race log.
Good chance to sharpen your racing skills against our fellow Canadian log
racers.
The next MUST-DO race is Seattle YC's race on September 22, which will
be run out of their Port Madison outstation on Bainbridge Island. BYC
racers
always have TOO MUCH FUN at this SOCIAL EVENT. The theme this year is
"Hawaiian
Luau" so put your minds to work over the summer to come up with costume
ideas with that special BYC twist. We'll finalize our plan shortly before
the race.
Thanks to all of you who were a part of the BYC log racing program this
past year. And those of you still thinking about joining us, this coming
year is the right time to start. You'll get more help than you want, and
you'll definitely have as much fun as you want. After all (I can't resist
saying this), LOG RACING IS A SOCIAL EVENT!!
P/C Mike Henry
Regatta Chair for Power
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