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SEAS Cup
The Grand Challenge: Skipper's choice No. 1
Fair skies and light winds made the circumnavigation of Grand Island a great challenge on Saturday. High Noon heads for home in the waning light (see photo) while Haiku, Optiminium, and Thalia waited for wind south of Taku Inlet. Cetus and Tango gave up after light winds stranded them North of Grand Isle. More race details to come as the reports come in from all the boats.
SEAS Cup
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The SEAS cup is a series of 15 races designed to be the most fun, while remaining challenging and rewarding. The races begin in early, and continue all the way through Labor Day.
They are great races for sailors of all experience levels. For new skippers, it is a great chance to learn your boat but be in a group of other boats that can give you a hand with any problems that you might have while sailing. For the most experienced sailors, there are some pretty competitive racers in this fleet.
Wind, Rain, and Rocky Landings
When the leaves start falling and the temperatures drop in late August, most boating activity in the Juneau harbor system switches to winterizing engines and erecting pole frames & visqueen boat covers. To the casual onlooker, the cold weather means the boating season is coming to an end. In contrast, local sailors know that the Labor Day Regatta to Taku Harbor brings the hottest action of the club racing season, with opportunities for high winds, large boating turnouts, and 3 race legs that typically determine final positions in the SEAS Cup standings. The Regatta also provides improving sailors a chance to finish their season strong, and set the tone for their offseason preparations for next year.
Windy, Wet, and Wild
2013 has been a summer to remember. As the SEAS cup enters the last third of the season, no Juneau sailor can remember a better summer for weather, wind, and sailing.
Making for a classic race, the final Admiralty Cove Rally of 2013 may not have had the sunny weather, but the wind more than made up for a little rain. But the weekend did not start that way.