Labor Day Race

Round 8: Sept. 3-5, 2011 Labor Day Race – 3 Legs 

               
Leg 1 - Starting at 10:30 a.m. between the Committee Boat (or, for late arrivals, the last satellite earth station at the end of the Rock Dump) and the Mayflower Island Day Mark, proceed south down Gastineau Channel, then south across Taku Inlet, into Stephens Passage passing Grand Island to either port or starboard (Skipper’s choice), finishing ½-mile off the entrance to Taku Harbor on an imaginary line bearing 030 magnetic to the Graves Point marker. Boats will dock/anchor overnight in Taku Harbor.
                                                 
                
Leg 2 - Starting at 11:00 a.m.at the entrance to Taku Harbor, on an imaginary line bearing 030 magnetic to Graves Point, proceed south down Stephens Passage towards Twin Points, crossing a line between the two points, and returning to Taku Harbor on the same line as the start.
                                                
                
Leg 3 – Starting at 10:30 a.m., reverse course of leg 1. Finish on an imaginary line bearing 020 magnetic to Sheep Creek Light in Gastineau Channel (line up the Sheep Creek Light with the midpoint of the Sheep Creek Bridge).