the 2014 Moe Fraser Long Distance Race
Mississauga SC * Saturday 27 September
report & results
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From: Marg Duncan W10962
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 4:26 PM
Subject: Moe Fraser Report

THE MOE FRASER OPEN LONG DISTANCE RACE by Marg Duncan

MSC’s hotly anticipated Moe Fraser Open Long Distance Race occurred on a beautiful Saturday, September 27th … .the last of our warm weather sailing!  The Full Moe is twelve nautical miles long with six rounding marks two nautical miles apart with the finishing line at the mouth of the MSC bay.  The Mini Moe is six nautical miles in length with three rounding marks.  After choosing which course to sail, participants were given charts showing compass and reciprocal bearings for each mark with the stipulation that no GPS devices were allowed on the boats, only compasses.   A fun and different twist to racing.   U.S. Portsmouth Ratings were used for scoring.     A mixed fleet of twenty-nine boats participated with seven Wayfarers in the Full Moe and two Wayfarers in the Mini.

There was much concern on how the fleet would complete the lengthy race, even the Mini, as the forecast winds were three knots and diminishing.  The wind gods were generous, however, as the winds held a steady southerly, veering to south-westerly, six knots and the races were completed.


In  the Full Moe, the first Wayfarer crossed the finish line in an elapsed time of four hours and two minutes, with Wayfarers taking the top seven spots except for Gary McIroy finishing third in his CL16 .    In the Mini Moe, David Haight, a new Wayfarer sailor was the first Wayfarer to finish in two hours and forty-eight minutes. 
 
Sailing in a long distance race has its own challenges … most of it spent self-doubting!  Unable to actually see the marks, one is constantly checking the compass bearings, then deciding that the mark surely isn’t where the compass says it should be, maybe it has drifted …… or sunk … or the compass isn’t working, etc. etc.  The usual cry between crossing boats was “Have you seen the mark?”   Or another concern, “Gee, those boats are on the other side of the course …. do they know something we don’t know?”   That kind of mistake is greatly magnified due to the length of the legs.
 
As a fitting finale, a mist started rolling in before we reached the last mark, threatening to engulf the mark and making the race a true Moe Fraser.  Thankfully, the mist didn’t make it to the mark and we were all grateful to cross that finish line.

Awards and a fine steak dinner on the roof deck rounded off the wonderful day.   Many thanks to Bruce Buckingham for setting up and running an excellent race course.   Thanks also to Gord Leachman for all his help and providing photos and to Norm Rippon who came down from Sault St. Marie to  help organize the event.  And thanks to all the other volunteers.  What a great way to finish the sailing season at MSC!
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From: Mike Duncan
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 9:34 AM
Subject: Moe Fraser Long Distance Race Results

Hi Al,

I did not know if you wanted the result from the 2014 Moe Fraser Long Distance race.  You did advertise it as one of the Wayfarer events.   Anyway the results are attached and you can decide what to do with them.

Mike

The link to photos is:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/gordsshots/sets/72157648124132932/

2014 Moe Fraser Full Course (Mississauga Sailing Club)

Sept-27

Sail Number Boat Type: Last Name First Name Portsmouth Rank Elapsed Corrected
10962 Wayfarer Duncan Mike 91.6 1 4.02.31 4.24.45
10963 Wayfarer Pugh David 91.6 2 4.04.46 4.27.13
2679 CL16 McIlroy Gary 93.6 3 4.14.22 4.31.46
10977 Wayfarer Wierdsma Rob 91.6 4 4.11.52 4.34.58
10944 Wayfarer Van Kampen Leo 91.6 5 4.13.04 4.36.16
4675 Wayfarer Dale Mike 91.6 6 4.14.35 4.37.56
10874 Wayfarer Gallant Donna 91.6 7 4.20.33 4.44.27
2412 CL16 Dragosits Ed 93.6 8 4.30.48 4.49.19
87 SR21 Anderson Alan 81.7 9 3.56.50 4.49.53
86 SR21 Boekins Martin 81.7 10 3.57.55 4.51.12
3605 Wayfarer Bocking Ken 91.6 11 4.31.54 4.56.50
072 Fusion 15 Tebbit Dave 90.7 12 4.31.45 4.59.37
15 Ultimate 20 Htoo TIN 79.9 13 4.01.01 5.01.39
801 CL-16 Bertram Tony 93.6 14 4.42.47 5.02.07
76 SR21 Daniel Dave 81.7 15 4.08.50 5.04.34
68 SR21 Sonnenberg Fred 81.7 16 4.23.09 5.22.06
55703 Hobie 16 Scott Dylan 76 17 4.32.48 5.58.57
156 Hobie Sports Cruiser 21 Zacarias Philip 67 18 4.14.28 6.19.48
672 Nacra F18 Bauer Franz 62.4 19 3.57.45 6.21.01
  Hobie 21 Lubbe Pieter 67 20 4.16.49 6.23.19
334 Nacra 18 Duko Sergey 62.4 21 DSQ  

 

2014 Moe Fraser Half Course

Sept-27

Sail Number Boat Type: Last Name First Name Portsmouth Rank Elapsed Corrected
51568 C&C 30 McCullogh Tim 84.5 1 2.30.30 2.58.06
1126 Mistral Gorrie James 93.6 2 2.50.18 3.01.57
4606 Wayfarer Haight David 91.6 3 2.48.55 3.04.24
4617 Wayfarer Bechard Ray 91.6 4 2.49.30 3.05.03
1853 CL16 McCormack Brian 93.6 5 3.15.10 3.28.31
404 Hunter 170 Elsebroek John 92.7 6 3.39.00 3.56.15
195 Grew Caple Scott 95.6 7 DNF  
4320 Fying Scott Hopewell Sarah 89.6 7 DSQ