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2013-08-24 17:01:58 - Georgian Bay Race
Exploring ideas & interest for Georgian Bay as a Race venue.



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2013-08-25 19:02:36 - Georgian Bay Geography
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"Georgian Bay is about 190 kilometres (120 mi) long by 80 kilometres (50 mi) wide. It covers approximately 15,000 square kilometres (5,800 sq mi), making it nearly 80% as large as Lake Ontario. In contrast to the soft, white limestone cliffs of the west shore, eastern Georgian Bay is part of the southern edge of the Canadian Shield, granite bedrock exposed by the glaciers at the end of the last ice age, about 11,000 years ago.

The granite rock formations and windswept Eastern White Pine are characteristic of the islands and much of the shoreline of the bay. There are tens of thousands of islands in Georgian Bay. Most of these islands are along the east side of the bay and are collectively known as the "Thirty Thousand Islands," including the larger Parry Island. Manitoulin Island, lying along the northern side of the bay, is the world's largest island in a freshwater lake.

The rugged beauty of the area inspired landscapes by artists of the Group of Seven. The western part of the bay, from Collingwood north, and including Manitoulin Island, Drummond, Cockburn and St. Josephs Island, borders the Niagara Escarpment. Due to its size and narrowness of the straits joining it with the rest of Lake Huron, which is analogous to if not as pronounced as the separation of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, Georgian Bay is sometimes called the "6th Great Lake."

Georgian Bay was the first area of the Great Lakes to be visited by Europeans, entering via the Ottawa River and Lake Nipissing in 1615. An Indian mission was established by the Jesuits in 1639, near the present–day town of Midland. First charted in 1815 by Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen, who called it Lake Manitoulin. Captain Henry Bayfield, who made more detailed charts of the bay, renamed it in 1822 after King George IV. His charts are the basis of those in use today.




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2013-08-25 19:05:30 - Re: Georgian Bay Race
This looks like a super race... should be ready for preview in the next day or so!

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2013-08-27 17:47:18 - Re: Georgian Bay Race
Here is the draft Georgian Bay Race - I think its a brilliant courrse...

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2013-08-27 18:16:33 - Re: Georgian Bay Race
Race looks nice to me, the question is if the marks should all be placed on land. The way it is now hardly any island will be rounded...

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2013-08-27 19:42:39 - Re: Georgian Bay Race
Yes you are correct what I set out to do here was to place marks behind obstacles that were positioned in such a way as to give 2 viable options depending on wx of course. I wanted those options to be as close a call as I could make them to split the fleet with equal chances. therefore the marks were left offshore so they could be approached from either side.
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2013-08-27 21:12:20 - Re: Georgian Bay Race
Ah,ok... Playground for creative sailing ! :-)
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2013-08-28 12:10:22 - Re: Georgian Bay Race
This is one of those courses that have "short course" legs and then include a few 50nm legs that are in-between where routing might help but not quite, and intuition and experience come into play.

Then because its alongside a coastline the weather plays a real part and can swirl. The Turkey race is like this but on steroids.

Looks like a real goody!

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2013-08-28 12:53:02 - Re: Georgian Bay Race
Just a couple of notes worth paying attention to, firstly since this course has a small footprint & is of relatively short duration the higher definition Wx has been employed. Therefore the the weather slider only goes for 3 days forward & the grid is reduced to every 0.125 degrees lat/lon. Secondly Manitoulin Island itself may be accomplished from either side. The interior passage is shorter but requires more attention but if the winds are up on Lake Huron or from a favorable direction then the exterior option can be competitive and may be more DC friendly allowing for some rest before entering the North Channel.

While the options envisioned on this course may not always be equal due to wx at the time the event is run, should this venue be re-visited in the future the preferred paths may change.

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2013-08-30 10:38:27 - Re: Georgian Bay Race
Please note this race has now be archived until it is opened for racing.

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