Tuesday Night Duck Dodge (Sailboat Racing)

6/3/2014 ~ Tuesday Night Duck Dodge (Sailboat Racing) boats rounding the Aurora buoy on Lake Union, View from end of Stone Way, Seattle, WA

black and white version of the blip can be viewed here.

Need to cross the starting line and round four buoys: ACG McCormicks; Chandler's Cove; Freeway; and Auror. See buoy map here.

Rules

Rule 1: Starboard Tack has Right of Way
Rule 2: Rules of the road apply
Rule 3: No hitting one-another(With or without boats)
Rule 4: Take all marks to PORT unless noted on Race Course
Rule 5: No hitting one-another
Rule 6: Bribing the committee is against the rules (while anybody is looking)
Rule 7: No hitting one-another
Rule 8: There is no rule number 8
Rule 9: No hitting one-another
Rule 10: Follow all the rules
Rule 11: No hitting one-another
Rule 12: Never make a duck change its course (Dodge the Duck)

Registration procedure: Sail by the committee boat before the start. Tell them your boat name and sail number. Be sure they acknowledge you. That's it!

There are no customs unless you go really way off course.

Duck Dodge home page.

A cool day in Seattle, it never reached the 72 degree mark and there was a lot of overcast. Took this image about 8:10 PM in the evening. Lots of sailboats on the lake and in the image you can see a bow of a large barge being pushed by a tug boat just coming into view. There are a lot of things to dodge besides the ducks on a Tuesday evening on Lake Union.

Hope everyone had a great day!