The Great Loop

Lake Erie Interclub Cruise

 

On 6/24/05 we headed back to Buffalo and the Buffalo Yacht Club for a 5 race series that visited Dunkirk PA and Dover ON, finishing in Erie PA.

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Updated 7/1/05

Buffalo revisted

Heading east, Buffalo on the horizon.

Buffalo Yacht Club

Blue Buffalo with star marks the club's facilities.

Boat jam

Cruise arrivals fill the club harbor.

Ducking the heat

All sorts of sun sheilds reflected 95 temps.

Party time

Hey, it's booked as a cruise!

New faces

We met a lot of great sailors.

Parrot aboard

Buddy wasn't the only one. Nice shot!

Headed to the start

Foredeck crew catches last Z's.

Bouy tender

"Mark Set" handled the race marks.

Heading for Dunkirk

One of the "go fasts" beats SW.

Cruisin' Classic

Rail meat marks a racer.

Commune sez

Committee boat with "postpone" & "follow me" flags.

We have a race

Dunkirk to Dover, when there was wind.

Dover Waterfront

View from our commercial fishing slip.

Cat's Meow

Inspecting an orphan catboat.

Tugboat graveyard

Dover has an assortment.

Dover to Erie

Follow me - hopefully to wind.

Piping up some wind

A pair of Erie pipers - anything for wind.

We're off

A breeze brings action.

Now we're sailing

Building winds make it a race.

13-15 apparent

They also serve who only weight.

Weight a minute...

weren't these guys just sleeping.

Nice angle

Having wind was great!

We watch the finish

Hey, it's great to see it from this perspective!

Erie finish

More boats claw to the finish line.

Erie light

Harbor entrance to Erie, PA.

Big harbor

Erie harbor is essentially a lake.

Another oldie

Erie Yacht Club, 1895.

AA's first time racing

Results of the series, first races for the Jeanneau.

 

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