Think fast! Please chime in with the major distance races, dates and locations for 2016.
Today if possible...
Mike
What's major?
Its a little early to have pulled the schedule together for this area. What is this for... general info... or a published calendar where being wrong is v bad!
Area C (Virginia to New Jersey)
Annapolis to Miles River and back (Miles River YC and CBYRA). Memorial Day Weekend. 30 miles??
Annapolis to Oxford and back (Tred Avon YC and CBYRA)
Early September (30 miles??)
Down the Chester River Race (Chestertown to Rock Hall) (Rock Hall YC and CBYRA) 12 miles June Fathers day weekend plus 2 days buoy racing.
Down the Rapahanock River Race/sunfish challenge (Fleet 32) 12 miles
Version 2.0 Virgina Beach to bridge tunnel 12 miles?? Labor Day weekend
Statue of liberty Race, Sandy Hook CC Fourth of July Weekend. 35 miles??
Bluewater challenge Sandy Hook CC/ XXX Yacht club 20 miles??
Major is 300 miles or more...
100 miles or less is just another weekend regatta, lol...
I'm working on a quarterly report, this is just a chance for extra publicity.
Mike
The only 500+ mile races I know is R2AK.com. I think Watertribe's longer race is not open to Sailboats.
wait, the EC is no longer open to sailing craft? bummer.
what about sailing kayaks and the like?
Their 300 mile race is but I don't think their other two are because they navigate narrow streams.
smaller distance stuff around here includes (name and approx. distance in miles):
Miami-Key Largo 50
Ft. Lauderdale - Key West 100
any of the various Cuba iterations 100
Steeplechase 100
Hiram's Haul 50
Florida 300
The current iteration of the Hogsbreath 100
I believe most of these are part of the Endurance Series?
Don't know dates for most of them (yet).
I had suggested a Naples - Long Key sail with overnight @ Everglades City or
expedition style
with no stopover as a feeder to Steeplechase and/or an experience builder for Everglades Challenge... but don't know if there would be enough sailors to justify the effort.
Plus, you'd have to bring your own banjo and crocodile rifle. It's serious back-woods, no support,
we're the Fugawee
stuff. Jake's been through there - he knows.
Below are some distance races. I did an educated guess on the Steeplechase and Gilligan's Run. Rick can chime in if this is incorrect but he used the same exact date in 2011.
April 30: Miami-Key Largo (Miami/Key Largo)
May 17-21: Florida 300 (Florida East Coast)
June 15-18: Great Texas 300 (Texas Gulf Coast)
July 30: Sandusky Steeplechase (Put-in-Bay)
August 6: Gilligan's Run (Daytona) date tentative
October 29-30: Hiram's Haul (Melbourne/Sebastian)
December 10-11: Steeplechase (Key Largo)
May 7th, 2016 Mug Race (Palatka- Jacksonville, Fl)
Thanks guys. 300 is probably our longest at this point.
Mike