NOTE: This page has been updated due to tech error
Marionette is entered in the Camden Classics Cup Regatta July 28-30
Stay tuned for this report next week
July 22, 2016 A quick trip up to Maine yesterday to finish (rephrase that - continue) getting Marionette ready for a busy summer - And to check in with fellow Dolphin owners. Its a 5 hours Old Lyme to Camden - left 3:30AM - avoids heavy traffic..... Breakfast at Marriner's, right (Maine's oldest family owned restaurent - table out on the deck overlooking the harbor - Maine blueberry pancakes, crisp sausage patties, Maine maple syrup - alone worth the drive) BTW - next door second floor - Stone Soup - a favorite used book store
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The view - with breakfast |
The back porches
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July 26, 2016. The Camden Classics Cup regatta, July 29/30 has 26 entries to date - 6 in the spinnaker CRF "Classic" fleet in which Marionette is entered. The Classic fleet consists of boats designed before 1975. There is a 'Vintage' Fleet that has boats designed before 1948.
At right is the scratch sheet for the Classic fleet - as of this date. Click here to see the full regatta scratch sheet
Click on the boat names to see a photo.
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| name |
crf rating |
type |
loa |
Fleet |
| Bugs |
222 |
Cape Dory 25D |
25' |
Classic |
| Marionette |
205 |
Dolphin 24 |
24' |
Classic |
| Star |
198 |
Alerion 26 |
25' 4" |
Classic |
| Prima Donna |
157 |
Nevins 40 |
40' 4" |
Classic |
| Towhee |
137 |
Cal 40 |
41' |
Classic |
| Mermaid |
125 |
S&S Custom |
45'8" |
Classic |
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August 2, 2016 - WE WON our fleet division!!! at the Camden Classics Cup regatta. Need to catch up on 'chores' and will have a full report soon. Marionette is now on her August mooring at Center Harbor in Brooklin, Maine. First day - no wind, races cancelled; 2nd day very light wind. Here's the fleet results.
Lets step back a few days. On Thursday morning, July 28, up at 3:15AM, on the road at 3:45 with son Mike to drive to Camden, Maine. Breakfast at the Marriners Restaurent (see above - the oldest family owned restaurent in Maine), met with Jamie Weymouth to deliver his Black Dolphin model, left the car in the municipal parking lot, got picked up by a taxi to take us to Spruce Head Island where we boarded Marionette for a 4 hour motor sail (no wind/foggy) to Camden. Click on pictures below for a larger image
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Curtis Island Camden Lighthouse
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We checked in at the Lyman Morse regatta office, got showers, walked around the docks checking out some of the really beautiful boats in the harbor, and the library lawn - one of the most beautiful settings.
Then a short walk to Francine Bistro, great food, a couple of glasses of wine and in our sleeping bags by 8:30.
A very long day....
Francine - on the list of favorites
Left - Marionette and 'TEER's slip Harbormaster's Dock
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Camden inner harbor - Curtis Island is that little island upper left corner
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August 6, 2016 We have lots of pictures and at least 2 videos of this Camden event - including their "Parade of Sail" with competitors all dressed up. In order not to 'bog' down' the log I have decided to set up a separate website story page "The Camden Classic Cup" which will take a few days to complete. Pending that here's some links...
1) Video put up on Youtube by Mike Gooch-Breault (Passage, #10) https://youtu.be/J56X2ep6LLM
2) Marionette's Parade of Sail video by Josh Gardner (TERN, Yankee #123) (Technical assistance by Mike) https://youtu.be/lSz_jzkJv10
3) Gallery by Ed Gifford https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0dGJDfWGGg9zg8
4) here's a couple of keepers - trophies for Marionette
After the Regatta Mike and I left Camden on Sunday, July 31 on a 25 mile trip to Center Harbor, Brooklin, Maine at the far end of Eggemoggin Reach - no wind, crossed Penobscot Bay by cutting thru the island chain south of Islesboro (thanks to local knowledge from Mike Horn (Avellar2, Yankee #73)
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