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Date Place Which Race.
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May 24 Sun-Oka Beach Hatch race for first timers,
Plus Season kick off for all Puddle Ducks.
June 7 Peach Orchard Action Fest Race (remember parade on Saturday.)
June 28 Peachland Bliss Bakery, come early for Scones.
July 19 Powell Beach To Naramata. Cross Lake Raid.
August 9 TBA
August 30 Copper Mug. The Iron Duck. We will sail the Ironman course.
Sept 13 Sun-Oka Canadian Championships and season wrap up. Birthday
Bar-b-que following the race at my house.
| Race two took place Sunday at Peachland. Four boats made the trip. Ted finished first, Goliath, Second, Third to Blue Lightning, and Lincoln Imp finished fourth. Next race July 19 Powell Beach. Cross lake Raid. The First official race of the 2009 BCPD racing season went off Sunday as part of Summerland's Action Festival. Six PD's took to the Lake under conditions that varied from white capping to dead calm. Between storm fronts, Hull's 58, 92, 96, 114, 146, and 313 had some fun while power boats fled the lake. Race results are not official since I got caught in one of those calms between storms and was the last one back only to find most of the other boats were already loaded and ready for the road. Unofficially, Granny's Goal (#96) did not compete. The new president was working out some kinks in her new sail and did some rowing. I believe Mrs. Mandy Smith and daughter finished first in Sink a moose,(#92), followed by Ted, in hull #146. Some controversy here since Ted broke his rudder on the way to the start line and was just going to try and return to the dock. We agreed to give him a head start / start from were he was when he became rudderless, since just getting back before dark was going to be tricky. But with a little plastic paddle and a huge rudder destroying Sail, he managed to limp back in silver medal time. (Note to self, no more freebee's for the crippled.) Third went to Mr. Gary Smith and son in Lincoln Imp, (#114). The newest member of the fleet, #313 Blue Lightning captained by Larry Harder and Richard Wachal, with the most heavily loaded PD in the race, finished a respectable fourth in their first race/shake down cruise in the Beautifully finished Blue and Gold Lightning. Yours truly, came in dead last by an embarrassingly long margin in #58 Goliath. The new paint job could not make up for using the two year old Typar sail on a too short back up mast. Time to putsome TLC into the old girl and get her in tip top shape for the next race June 28th, Bliss Bakery Peachland.. |