SEAS Cup Round 2: Taku Harbor
May 23, 2009 10:15
1015 hrs - The starting line will be between the Race Committee Boat and the day marker on Mayflower Island (channel side of Douglas Harbor). If the Race Committee Boat is not present then the starting line will be between the day marker on Mayflower Island (channel side of Douglas Harbor) and the end of the rock dump (identified by the last satellite earth station) on the opposite side of Gastineau Channel.
Leg 1 - 17.5 nautical miles - After the start, boats will race down Gastineau Channel, across Taku Inlet, into Stephens Passage. Finish line for Leg 1 is an imaginary line bearing 030 magnetic to Graves Point at the entrance to Taku Harbor. Boats will anchor overnight in Taku Harbor
May 24, 2009
Twin Points Day Race – 19 nautical miles – A day sail on the Memorial Weekend only! Starting at the Taku Harbor entrance, boats will race down Stephens Passage crossing to Twin Points crossing a line between the two points and returning to Taku Harbor. Finish line for Leg 2 is the same as the start a imaginary line bearing 030 magnetic to Graves Point at the entrance to Taku Harbor.
May 25, 2009
The return Leg 3 takes the fleet back to Juneau. The finish line will be an imaginary line bearing 020 magnetic to Sheep Creek Light in Gastineau Channel. (Line up the Sheep Creek Light with the bridge over Sheep Creek)