Everglades Challenge 2019

I will follow the race from my easy chair.

WaterTribe Everglades Challenge http://www.watertribe.com/events/evergladeschallenge/

 

May be this will be of some interest for you: Everglades Challenge 2019 http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?/topic/206111-everglades-challenge-2019/&

 

Thanks, Manfred.

 

Boats boats boats ... :

 

Thanks Manfred, I saw several B&B Core Sound 17 Mk III in the above vid . .

 

Yes indeed: Everglades Challenge 2019 https://messing-about.com/forums/topic/10687-everglades-challenge-2019/

 

Below the late Meade Gougeon in his boat Elderly Care in the EC '17, where he won the single male sailing canoe class again.

Meade passed away a few months later at 78 y/o, saw the same boat from 2:11 to 2:28 in the above EC '19 vid before start, renamed Voyageur there.

The second below vid shows Meade in his boat Voyager in the EC '14, where he also won his class.

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↑ ‘‘ Meade Gougeon's Elderly Care slugging it out in Pine Island Sound on Day 1 of Everglades Challenge 2017 ’’
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↑ ‘‘ Meade Gougeon approaches the finish line in the 2014 Everglades Challenge. He came in first in his class (Sailing Canoes). ’’
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P.S. - WaterTribe Event Rosters set for 'Everglades Challenge 2017'

‘‘ Sawhorse (aka Meade Gougeon) — EC2017, Class 3, Single Male — 15 ft decked sailing canoe ’’

↓ Event Rosters set for 'Everglades Challenge 2019', same boat I think, when looking at the post #4 video, from 2:11 to 2:28.

‘‘ Gamera (aka Matt Scharl) — EC2019, Class 3, Single Male — Gougeon Canoe ’’

 

Interesting in the above EC 2017 video about Meade Gougeon's outrigger canoe Elderly Care I think is that the amas pivot around the single aka, so the lee ama follows the surface of the waves independently from the vaka, so the lee ama isn't piercing into the from the lee side forward incoming chop, which piercing would cause much more resistance I think.

 

Agreed.
That's why he did it, no?

 

Drone video:

 

I think this is the sequel to Manfreds video in post 4: