Swiftsure 2013

This Saturday, many of the Oregon Offshore racers will participate in the Swiftsure International Yacht Race, including this year's overall Offshore winner Anam Cara, and the First to Finish, Neptune's Car.

Over the next 24 hours, we'll watch the boats pile up in Victoria Harbour, and the first fleet is scheduled to start racing at 0900 hours Saturday, May 25. Good luck to all 191 boats!

Track the boats here. More info at 2013.swiftsure.org.

2013 Oregon Offshore Photos

Here are a couple links to a public Picasa album I created to share the photos I took during the Oregon Offshore this last week. There are two album links, one of my digital SLR camera pics and the other are pics I took with my GoPro. Arrival pictures will be uploaded later, as I have to get them from the hospitality crew. There are also a few pictures to track down after my memory card maxed out at the BBQ. Enjoy!

 

While Supplies Last - 2013 Oregon Offshore Shirts still available!

If you missed your chance to buy shirts at the Skippers' Meeting, we have a small number of shirts still available for sale in limited sizes.

Also, there were a number of requests for long sleeve tech shirts and women sizes.  If this appeals to you, leave a comment and given enough interest we'll consider a limited-run of a new Oregon Offshore t-shirt design.


U.S. orders only.
Please Allow 7-10 days for shipping.
$5.95 Flat Rate shipping.
No returns.

The shopping cart will limit quantities within available inventory so please confirm your order at checkout. If the item reads "Out of Stock" check for other available styles or sizes, and be sure to check back after the race for updated inventory.

Thanks for supporting CYC and the Oregon Offshore!



2013 Oregon Offshore Final Results!

Well sailors, RC is finally back stateside with internet access again and here are your much anticipated final results for the 2013 Oregon Offshore! I have calculated both fleet and overall results. Cruising class times in these tables are the corrected times as Sailwave was unable to show our custom corrected time for motoring and finish times. I will include those cruising actual finish times below.

Thanks to all our competitors, sponsors, volunteers, Astoria Yacht Club, and Royal Victoria Yacht Club for coming together to make a truly awesome Oregon Offshore come together! I will get more photos up from the race for your viewing pleasure. Thank You!

2013 Oregon Offshore Results by Fleet

2013 Oregon Offshore Overall Results


Cruising Class Results
Competitor Elapsed Time Corrected Time Place
Rya 71:46:00 95:27:06 1
Souffle 95:51:00 107:02:02 2
Rose Petals 65:51:00 113:48:08 3

Competitor Distance Motored (nm) Penalty (min)
Rya 60.94 1421.09
Souffle 33.60 671.03
Rose Petals 151.60 2877.13



Preliminary Results

Congratulations to Paul LaMarche of Neptune's Car for being First to Finish, and to Tom Kelly of Anam Cara for winning First Overall!

Final results will be posted soon, but for now, here are finishing orders for each class and the top ten finishers overall:


A-1 Fleet
  1. Neptune's Car
  2. Rage

A-2 Fleet
  1. Anam Cara
  2. Riva
  3. Velocity
  4. Panama Red (DNF)

B Fleet
  1. Free Bowl of Soup
  2. Passepartout
  3. Desperado
  4. Wave Dancer
  5. Siren
  6. Ion
  7. Turnagain
  8. Peregrine (DNC)

C Fleet
  1. Raindrop
  2. Bum's Rush
  3. Katzenjammer
  4. Wy'East
  5. Aja
  6. Cool Change

D Fleet
  1. Blade Runner
  2. Kokopelli
  3. Freewind
  4. Shamrock (DNF)

Cruising Class
  1. Rya (Updated)
  2. Souffle (Updated)
  3. Rose Petals

TOP TEN OVERALL
  1. Anam Cara
  2. Neptune's Car
  3. Riva
  4. Rage
  5. Raindrop
  6. Blade Runner
  7. Free Bowl of Soup
  8. Passepartout
  9. Desperado
  10. Wave Dancer

We hope to have complete final results with finishing times by tomorrow.

Update: our preliminary results had the finish order for cruising class wrong.  Results have been corrected, see final results posting for the details on motoring penalties.

All PHRF boats have finished!

The following boats finished during the 0400 hour this morning:

Katzenjammer
Freewind
Turnagain

During the 0500 hour we had the following boats finish:

Cool Change
Wy'East
Aja

Souffle' is still off of Sheringham Point, so hopefully they are motoring towards Victoria.

Thank you to all our 2013 Oregon Offshore Competitors!

Bum's Rush has finished!

Bum's Rush just crossed the finish line, and Freewind should be close by!

Kokopelli has finished!

Kokopelli just crossed the finish line about a half hour ago! Conditions are light and nasty out there with fog and rain. Bum's Rush, Katzenjammer, and Freewind are all very close to the finish!

Velocity has finished!

Velocity crossed the finish line around 2245 this evening. Bum's Rush, Freewind, and Kokopelli are all headed this way and expected in the next couple hours or so!

Ion has finished!

Ion has finished and Velocity is about an hour out! Bum's Rush and Kokopelli are going through Race Passage right now. Shamrock called earlier to say they decided to call the race and they are motoring towards Victoria. Stay tuned for more updates!

Blade Runner, Siren, Passepartout, Desperado, and Wave Dancer have finished!

Blade Runner, Siren, Passepartout, Desperado, and Wave Dancer cross the finish line during the 1800 hour. We had a photo finish with Desperado just edging out Wave Dancer by a few seconds! The next group of boats are approaching Race Rocks and we are expecting Ion very soon.



Free Bowl and Rain Drop finish!

Congrats to Free Bowl of Soup and Raindrop who are the latest to finish! Winds are picking up and we have five boats at Race Rocks right now. It's looking promising for more finishers in the next few hours.

S/V "Free Bowl of Soup" J 105

S/V "Rain Drop" Cascade 36

Free Bowl of Soup is past Race Rocks!


Free Bowl of Soup has made it through Race Passage and is slowly working their way toward the finish in very light air conditions. We are on station ready for their finish!

Latest Updates

Morning all! RC here had to get a little sleep after a pretty late night of boats finishing. Here are the latest updates:

Rose Petals finished under motor this morning around 0400 hours.

Riva got stuck outside the Harbour for a while this morning, but finally crossed the finish line around 0600 hours this am.

Rya is approaching the finish and should be finishing in the next 20 minutes.

Panama Red called this morning and said they had to retire from racing and are motoring in after a couple of big knock downs that are worrisome for structural damage.

Looks like most of our boats have made the turn and are working their way down the Strait of Juan de Fuca!

Stay tuned, trophies are still up for grabs in many classes!

Anam Cara has crossed the finish line!

Anam Cara just crossed the finish and is sitting in a pretty sweet spot to get the corrected overall! Great job Tom Kelly and crew!

Rage has finished!

Rage just finished around 20 minutes ago! Anam Cara just called and they are through Race Passage!

Rage is approaching Victoria!

Rage is about 45 minutes from the finish! Anam Cara, Riva, and Panama Red are in the straights and picking up speed. Rose Petals and Rya appear to be under motor. Aja and Souffle are having SPOT problems and are not being tracked since earlier today.

Neptune's Car is first to finish!


Neptune's Car first to finish the 2013 Oregon Offshore! Great job Paul LaMarche and crew!

Neptune's Car approaching Victoria!

Just got a call a little while ago that Neptune's Car is an hour out! We don't see them yet, but are expecting them soon!

Neptune's Car at Sheringham Point

Tracker is showing Neptune's Car at Sheringham Point doing 11 kts with a WNW breeze at 17 kts!