2013 Lake Ontario 300 Yacht Race (LO300)
Black Diamond’s 6th entry in the Lake Ontario 300… Last year was our best performance, with a 3rd in division, and 12th overall in PHRF. We were hoping to outdo that performance this year,...
Blogging aboard Black Diamond!
Sailing logs of Black Diamond, a Jeanneau Sailboat.
Black Diamond’s 6th entry in the Lake Ontario 300… Last year was our best performance, with a 3rd in division, and 12th overall in PHRF. We were hoping to outdo that performance this year,...
Black Diamond’s 5th Lake Ontario 300, This year, finished 3rd in PHRF 2 Main Duck Fully Crewed Flying Sails and 12th overall PHRF Main Duck Boats. We are very pleased with our results this...
Did not want to waste any valuable days travelling, so off we go. Left Cobourg at 10pm, nice motor sail, by 8:30am we were just outside Main Duck Island. We are travelling in sort...
We Rounded Gibraltor at about 1pm, slowly catching first 8 starters, passing boats one by one. Beating up wind in light air, battling for last two hours with After Burn. Enjoyed fresh Pull Pork...
Saturday Lunch – Pulled-Pork Sandwiches Dinner – BBQ Chevapi with Potato Salad and Tomato Onion Salad with Feta Sunday Breakfast – Bacon or Sausage and Egg on an English Muffin Lunch – Tuna and/or...
Black Diamond a Jeanneau 39i Performance Cruiser will be making its 4th go around on the Lake Ontario 300 in 2011. The first two attempts were successfully completed, our personal record time of 2...
Hear are some photos I have found on the web of our boat from various web sites.
Dear friends, The LO300 started and ended today for us at Black Diamond. Three Squall lines blew through the race with in a few hours. Sustained winds of 30 knots or 52km, and...
Written by Martin Boeykens The Lake Ontario 300 is billed as the longest annual fresh water race in the world. I competed in the race this year aboard “Black Diamond” with Captain Ed Radonic, and crew...
We finished the LO300 Monday night at 11:57PM North American EST time. Just 3 min. before Tuesday, so we can claim we came in on Monday. ; ) Thats 2 days 12 hours 57...
The first photos uploaded from Black Diamond live during the race….Will French went up the mast to release a stuck tickler and to look for wind. America’s Cup style!
We are holding are own in our fleet. We are happy with the results. Much better than last year. We did not expect to come near the top 5 of this division. Last year...
We we did a good job going out to the middle of the lake, had good wind all night, and did not get wet at all. The boats that stayed in had similar wind,...
We found our way, and are catching the fleet. My guess is we are about mid fleet. but still behind our division. We are cruising at 8 to 9 knots, and hit a top...
We hare off, close to 170 boats. We were in the 9th start, at 11:05am. We were over the line 5 mins. early, mis-read the start, and gybed back around. Had a little trouble...
Thanks to the Race Sponsor. Black Diamond of the Port Credit Yacht Club (PCYC) and crew is entered in the Lake Ontario 300 for a second time this year. You can read...