Great River Race
Saturday July 23, 2011
The Great River Race is a traditional race at Riverton Yacht Club. In the past it started at night and went to Burlington-Bristol Bridge and then to the Ben Franklin Bridge. Recently, Bob Corney has organized the race to go to one or the other bridge. Has made it a much better race for all concerned, and all the boats start at different times (based on PHRF rating) so they finish at about the same time. It has become a really fun race, except this race was on Saturday, July 23rd and it was about 100 degrees and it appears little wind. (Appears that the wind did pick up some during the race).
The photos are by Mary (Mel) McMichael from the deck of Bob Corney's J-22 "ENCORE"
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"[ I ] was able to take photos while on the deck of ENCORE as we raced on Saturday. We had a good breeze that filled in as we Headed to Buoy "50" from RYC. There was a boat from each fleet participating! SHADOW FAX and HEAVEN CAN WAIT a J-27 to a PHRF A
INERTIA and ENCORE from the J-22 Fleet
MARE from the Mariner Fleet
ULTIMATE PREASSURE from the Lightning Fleet.
Those are the boats that I remember. Bob Corney has the list of boats as he registered the boats" Mel McMichael
Mel, Thanks for taking the photos and sharing
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I would like to your photos on this web site. Please send as an attachment to ByronGC2000@yahoo.com. Please limit your best photos to a maximum of 20 per race.
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