A great summary of the race and conditions Neil. It was challenging. We too
had equipment issues, with a horizontal tear in our headsail about 5 feet from
the head, and a vertical tear in our race main 2 feet back from mast. both
held on with a little babying through the night. Finished 8th
Just got home last night from running the Queen's Cup race on Glenn
Gambel's C&C 36. Quite a race, we went across Lake Michigan Tuesday
night, 19 June 2018 in the rain with 12-15 kt winds right on our tail.
We sailed about a third of the run and motor sailed under main only for
the rest. Mot
77 years is quite a history. There are several historical races around.
In my area, last weekend saw the 166th running of the Race to the Coast.
The first one was held in 1849. Oldest in the Western Hemisphere.
The race starts inside Lake Pontchartrain and finishes in Mississippi Sound
off Gulf
The Queen's cup was traditionally run from Milwaukee to Muskegon but has
branched out to other harbors recently. It is a fairly old race (this
year is the 77th) and is an overnight drag race across the lake.
Frequently a single set of sails, many times a Spinnaker run. This year
the course i
Hi Richard,
The history of the cup itself is here:
http://ssyc.org/queens-cup/qchistory
General information about the race is at
http://ssyc.org/queens-cup/queens-cup-home
The race is a bit unique in that it starts at 6PM on a Friday night and goes
across Lake Michigan, so most of the rac
I am not familiar with the Queen's Cup Race; could you share more information
about it? It's history and inception , then course, and naturally, the C&C
involvement? Thanks
Richard
1985 C&C 37 CB; Ohio River; Mile 584; awaiting Tropical Storm/depression
Bill
Richard N. Bush
2950 Brec
