Some pictures of the Cedar Island Challenge. NE winds 15-20 with higher gusts produced too much spray for my non-waterproof camera to chronicle the whole journey.
Date(s): October 20,21,22. Album by Brad Thayer. Photos by Brad Thayer. 1 - 87 of 87 Total. 3351 Visits.
1 Where's Cedar Island? Southeast end of Pamlico Sound.
2 Crossing over to Cedar Island
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4 Serene Thurs morning
5 Time to set up camp, rig up, and get sailing!
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8 Peter's FeatherCraft with new amas
9 Klepper AE2 folding kayak
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11 Luke in his Feathercraft
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13 Larry Miller's finely crafted rudder
14 Mark Balogh
15 Joe and Sam Carroll
16 How much stuff can you load in a kayak, Dave?
17 Jim
18 Vernon, Terrell, and John
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20 Terrell's feathercraft rudder head with windsurf centerboard for a rudder
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22 Steve's Klepper
23 John's Clipper canoe
24 Holly and Sam
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26 Brad's "Yellow Submarine" - 111 sq.ft sail area (36 + 75 sq.ft spinnaker in the sock)
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28 Larry Steubing's expanded rudder.
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31 Joe's aft mounted Chesapeake 17
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33 Sally in a sleek CLC Patuxent 17.5
34 Mad Dave
35 Floyd's Folbot (plywood)
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37 Terrell's homemade stitch and glue with single outrigger
38 Andre (Vagabond)
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40 MadDave's Necky Tofino
41 Debbie, cheerleader extraordinaire
42 Vernon in his EasyRider Eskimo 17
43 Larry in his Zoar Sport
44 Steve and his friend hitching a ride
45 Joe and Sally in their Mohawk 17
46 Larry
47 Ann
48 MadDave and Susan under full sail
49 Launch area
50 Al tuning his Mallard
51 Sheila, Roger, and loyal friend
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53 Jim Luton's ACA racing canoe
54 sturdy rudder
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58 Floyd's injured craft
59 Rescued by kind locals
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62 Marta and Bob - Folboat G2 Schooner
63 Joe
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65 Mathew flying in Cedar Bay before he "broke" Jim's beautifully crafted boat
66 Floyd in his Folbot
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68 Nice lines of Vernon's EasyRider
69 Race Conditions - NE winds 15-20 with higher gusts, waves around 3 ft. Mostly clear skies. Competitors sailed in a clockwise direction heading down the East side to the checkpoint, then up the west side. Finishers sailed over 33 total miles.
70 Wild run from Long to Lookout Pt. flying an overpowered oscillating spinnaker while surfing waves. Hit 9.2 MPH
71 First time I could take a picture. Reaching in Thorofare Bay, MadDave sailing away.
72 Small Moguls, approaching the bridge at the Thorofare.
73 Checkpoint down the road by the bridge. Took everyone approx. 2 hours to go 11.5 miles
74 Long spray in your face tacking up West Thorofare Bay, Merkle Bay,to Tump Isl. and West Bay. "Those are some clean looki..." View Comments...
75 "Yellow Submarine" on flat water side of West Bay after a 4 hour beat. Deceivingly calm here but rough steep chop further offshore.
76 Looking out into West Bay. Hit speeds in excess of 6 MPH reaching in very flat water in the lee of the shore. Relaxing fun!
77 Take out - miles from nowhere. My 27 mile marathon ends with a DNF.
78 Roger and Larry - Larry Miller(Paddlefoot) Phoenix Cascade river kayak. 1st place - Challenge
79 Sally and Joe. Joe Anderson(Sundog) Chesapeake Patuxent, 2nd place - Challenge.
80 Larry Steubing (Nordman) Necky Zoar Sport - 3rd place(threepeat) Challenge
81 Steve Dowdney, ketch rigged Klepper double. 4th place -Challenge
82 Andre Rocheleau (Vagabond)and his Kruger Sea Wind, 5th place -Challenge
83 John Hunter, Clipper Canoe with his new Balogh rig, 6th place - Challenge
84 Terrell Jones (T-Bird) DNF 20.5' home made stitch and glue with sectioned take apart ama
85 Dave Valverdi (MadDave) DNF Necky tofino double
86 Brad Thayer(DogPaddler)/"Camera Guy" , DNF Necky Kyook, drying out after the Challenge
