Where WhimSea Takes Us

The dates for the race have been posted on the official site. The gun will sound at noon, CST on August 8th!

Karen

I heard from Troy today. They are having an excellent time. They visited Isle Royale and saw a moose and her calf as well as a bunch of otters by Rock Harbor. They rested up and relaxed at the Big Island before heading off on the next leg of the trip. They were at Grand Marais Michigan this morning and decided it was too early and too nice of a day not to press on towards the Sault.

This evening they are in a harbor of refuge near Whitefish Bay. The wind is howling (I could hear it in the phone) and they are spending the night there. They did ground on their way in, but WhimSea is fine. Tomorrow they will head to Sault Ste Marie. They hope to arrive for an overnight stay (and rest up) on Thursday. We'll be meeting up with them on Friday afternoon.

More as it comes....

WhimSea is on her way to Sault Ste Marie as I type this message. We saw them off with an excellent breakfast (thank you so much Deb, Janet, Kathy, Karen, Kathy... everyone!) then a bunch of us piled onto Rain or Shine and watched them wing away. They were headed towards the Big Island at 6.5 knots when we last talked.

I've linked to a number of photos taken that day. Yes, I probably went a little bit overboard on the photos, but what the hey, it's the last sight of WhimSea until they cross the finish line. I'm looking forward to a drive up to the Soo and the chance to see the race actually start. I'll then hook up with them in Duluth when they cross the finish line, I'll be watching from the transponder site linked in the message below.

Keep an eye on them!
Karen

Trans Superior Link

Because so many people were wondering how to track WhimSea, I thought I'd put another link on the start of the blog.

I received the new scratch list from Dale today. I'm posting both the message and the new list. This time Endeavor is on the list and in our class. I bring your attention to these guys as they were the folks hulled a few weeks ago by the careless trailer power boater. They have a higher phrf so have a bit of a time advantage over us. We should be crossing the finish line before these guys if we sail a good game.

Message;
http://whimsea.net/Documents/Trans-Superior/07-26-07_Trans_Corr.pdf

New Scratch List;
http://whimsea.net/Documents/Trans-Superior/2007_Scratch_Sheet-Provisional.pdf

Troy