Annapolis to Newport Results

So I had yet to look closely at the results from the Annapolis to Newport race, but just did and realized that we correct over every single one of the IRC boats, including the famed Rambler.

Rambler, who won IRC, posted the finish time of 2/09:16:06.0, with a corrected finish of 3/02:45:08.6.

Our boat, Heron, which won PHRF II and the PHRF Fleet, posted the finish time of 3/16:05:24.0, but a CORRECTED finish of 2/21:13:21.0.

This means that we corrected of Rambler. We obviously won PHRF by a mile, but also beat Rambler in corrected time by a few hours as well.

Results

Annapolis to Newport Prize List

Big wins. Look for Heron on HERE.

Annapolis to Newport Race

Getting ready to head out of the office and off to class, but just wanted to make one final post before we debark for Newport, RI.

I'll be sailing on J120 Heron, a 40 ft boat which caries a asymmetrical spinnaker off of a bow sprit. The boat is owned by Greg Leonard of Bowie, MD.

You can follow the action HERE or check the boat's blog at http://heronracing.wordpress.com/. I will be blogging from there, but will try to post on here as well. We are looking to arrive in Newport by Monday night assuming all goes well and there is breeze. The weather looks decent, though there are storm clouds up and down the east coast. Nothing we can't handle.

We carry cellphones and blackberrys which work pretty well through most of the bay and out about 10-12 miles offshore. As do almost all boats, we carry several VHF radios including one with an antenna 56ft above the water that receives signals well over a hundred miles offshore and is a good source for general weather broadcasts. For the offshore races, we rent an Iridium satellite phone which provides expensive coverage of the entire east coast portion of the Atlantic.

Live blogging for Annapolis to Newport

The 62nd bi-annual Annapolis to Newport race starts a week from today, June 5th. With only a few more things to fix on the boat this weekend, we'll be ready to go (and win).


We will be live-blogging offshore at Heron Racing, and I may try to throw up a few posts on here as well.

I'll be on J/120 Heron for the race.

Annapolis to Newport

The 62nd bi-annual Annapolis to Newport race starts a week from today, June 5th. With only a few more things to fix on the boat this weekend, we'll be ready to go (and win).


We will be live-blogging offshore at Heron Racing, and I may try to throw up a few posts on here as well.

I'll be on J/120 Heron for the race.

Annapolis to Newport Race

Getting kind of pumped. Spent Sunday fixing up J/120 Heron (Owner Greg Leonard) to get it ready for the Annapolis to Newport race, which starts June 5th and goes till we finish. It normally takes about three days.

The Annapolis to Newport race is one of the most historic and well-known of the US East Coast blue water races. Linking two seaports dating from our nation's birth, Annapolis and Newport, the race provides a contrast between the country's largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean. Such a challenge is the Chesapeake, that the 1997-1998 Whitbread Round the World Race for the Volvo Trophy added it to the course, as did the Volvo Ocean Race in 2002 and 2006.

The course heads south for 120 miles from Annapolis to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, then east to the Chesapeake Light and hence northeast to Newport. After navigating the shallows and currents of the Bay, navigators have to decide if they want to sail the rumbline to Newport, go in towards the shore or head further into the Ocean. The record time for the race is held by Carrera, Joseph Dockery's Farr 60 skippered by Chris Larson, which set a new course record in 2001 of 42 hours, 58 minutes, 12 seconds. This broke the previous record set by Chessie Racing, George Collins' Santa Cruz 70, in 1999 at 47 hours and 45 minutes, which in turn had beaten the 12 year old record (53 hours and 31 minutes) of Starlight Express, a ULDB 70.