Seaways Cup Tug Contest

[CaptLee]

Ok here is the pertinent info on San Francisco MYC annual Two day contest for Tugs.
July 26 Team events Team towing and Freighter Adrift
July 27 Single tug Barge Handling Free Boat Steering

Events start 0930 both days, event held at Spreckels Lake in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Ca. located at 36th and JFK Drive.
Contact Lee Duvall at 510-785-3195 or via e-mail leeduvall@Juno.com for details or questions on housing, directions, etc.

Team Towing Two tugs tied to our derelict and manuever through a course
Freighter Adrift Two or more tugs moving the derelict without any lines
Bring your own team or make one up when you sign up
Barge Handling Move a barge through a steering course
Free tug Precision Steering course

Entry Fee $5.00 per boat
Donuts for Morning, Sodas and Water for both days. Bring your own coffee or tea to take the edge of morning start. Course maps at the lake on runday.

[Prins Willem]

Sounds like a great event. Please have somebody take LOTS of pictures.

[CaptLee]

Will do. The barges furnished will be 56 lb 48", 200 lb 72", 280 lb 84", 14 lb 29". Ok to bring your own, point bonus for weighted barges. The derelict is 72"x 12" and weighs 200 lb. and we has tested it being moved by 2 Springers with no real problems.

[CaptLee]

All type tugboats WELCOME from Lindberg, Springers, NW Large Stuff, if it is a working tug we want to see it on the water. Even Atlantic's, Southhamptons, etc RTR it is usable in this contest.

[Reckless]

copulous amounts of pictures not appearing after said event will result in a visit by angry garden gnomes that will never leave your lawn and always be in lewd poses!

[Capt_Christo]

Sounds like a great event. Please have somebody take LOTS of pictures.


Ditto!

[CaptLee]

Pic's will follow after the contest. Have the maps in hand as of today for all three courses(Combined the barge handling and free run on one). Will be busy as as soon as it is over, have to get ready for the PNW run Drive on Thursday. Have decided to bring some HP to the party as it is that kind of a place up there. Still figuring on moving the whole operation to Burnaby on Sat. if they do not beat me up too bad in Bellvue. See you at the Lake for the Contest.

[CaptLee]

Thought I ought to update this to include Shaun and the Visailia Bunch with personal invites. shaun had one of your folks up for the Fishing Regatta, seems to be a Paso Robles type, lost his e-mail address between the lake and the computer so will find it. said he had a Boating Buddy so it looks like your area is growing. El Dorado Hills personnel are welcome also. Two weeks and the fight for Top Skipper is on!!!!!!

[Aerominded]

Hee hee, looking forward to it! :)

Will have to put in some long hours in the shop to have my new tug done in time! (this should be fun!)

[CaptLee]

Aero I knew it was a mistake to tell you that a new tug needed to be seasoned at a major regatta. New Boat- Maiden run- Contest is not a real good combination, bring the Springer so at least one reliable craft is in the running.

[Aerominded]

Hee hee, I plan to bring my tug fleet, just in case! ;) also will try to run them all if there is time!

[CaptLee]

It's getting close and wouldn't you know it the batteries in the Springer gave up the ghost so now it is a race to get the new ones on hand and charged for the Contest. See You at the Lake!!!!!!!!!

[Aerominded]

Hee hee, that is less of a race than I have! Just finished up soldering up the tow bits on the new tug the other day! :eek: ;)

Are we going to see the PNW crew in S.F. this year? :)

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

I have a combat event in Gig Harbor Scheduled for the 26th given willing participants.
And the Maritime Heritage Festival downtown Portland 26 and 27th.

So I will probably be at both of these events... :confused:

[Aerominded]

Hee hee, how is it that we go all year with free weekends and then, tons of great events get scheduled for the same time?!?!? :rolleyes: :)

Hummm, we need to reawaken the "all west coast" event idea! :)

[ooby]

Umi, pm sent re: Gig Harbor

[CaptLee]

Well if you must know it is tough to schedule so everyone can get here. Will see the PNW groups at their regattas in August. Also was informed by the sponsor(furnishs the seed money for contest)that the Seaways Towing was sold and now the Name should be NOLO Maritime Cup. Since had put it out as the Seaway Cup on the info sheets will have to announce the change at the contest. Managed to get the new batteries installed in the Springer, will test tomorrow. Want it doing well as it is in line to go North in August.

[CaptLee]

This will be the last post before the contest. Been working on the prize stuff and the charts for the courses, never seem to remember how much paperwork is involved with this regatta. Have had a call from a FLORIDA modeler who is coming, no report on the PNW folks but they have a Big Do going on also. Charge the boats, check in with me at the contest with your screenname so can put a face to a name. See You at the LAKE!!!!!!

[keith S]

Wish I could go, but the finances and Foss Cup require a lot of time at this point. Good luck to all those that are going. And we want photos of the event!!!! See you up herelee when you get to the pond.

[CaptLee]

Keith Will see you at the Foss Cup, figure will need a vacation after this one so will come up there to see if I can still drive one of these TugBoat thingies.

[Aerominded]

We had a great weekend in S.F. at the Seaways/NOLA Maritime Cup! Thanks to Capt. and Mrs. Lee and the SFMYC for putting on the event! :)

Still "coordinating" photos...

It was great to see everybody (we missed a few) and it was nice to meet Captain Bob of the Hanson Dam Irregulars! (next time, more of you should hitch a ride north!) :)

[Kmot]

Bob Ecklund drove up there?

[gpzy]

Bob Ecklund drove up there?


Maybe this tug ?

[Kmot]

Herrera ain't an Irregular though.

[Aerominded]

Bob E and that tug! :) Great guy! :) He also brought his excellent paddle wheel tug! :)

[Kmot]

Kool! Glad you got to meet him. Bob sure didn't say anything about going up!

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

We want Pictures Now... :rolleyes:

[Aerominded]

Still trying to round some up! :o

[Kmot]

We want Pictures Now... :rolleyes:
Yeah! What she said! :rolleyes:

It's been two days since it ended. :confused:

:D

[Aerominded]

NOLA Maritime nee Seaways Cup Report:

A reletively small but competitve and friendly group of tugboats and drivers came to this year's event. Most were from the bay area with exception of Captain Bob from Southern California (thanks for making the trip up! :) ) and we had a visitor from Pensacola FL. who spent both Saturday and Sunday observing the event and taking notes. We had no "invasion from the north" this year which was missed- Perhaps gas prices, perhaps too many events scheduled too close together this year? :confused: I hear OPEC thinks $78/barrel is a fair price so maybe we will see things get better-

Saturday greeted us with sunny skies and warm (for S.F.) temperatures at the lake with just enough wind to keep things interesting- Saturday was "team day" and 2 events were run, "Freighter Adrift" where a team of two tugs recover the powerless oil tanker, Pacific Emanon, take it through a course and return it to the dock. Second event on Saturday was "Team Towing" with a tug tied to the bow and a tug tied to the stern of the same stricken freighter. In team tow, the freighter is lead through a more complicated course and docked. Both events are challenging as the freighter weighs hundreds of pounds and has a big profile for the wind.

Sunday was typical S.F.- Foggy and a little on the cold side (still warm for S.F.)- Day 2 is tug and barge day where we run two boats at a time- one through a timed Navigation course (judged by a 1:1 tugboat captain) without the barge and the second through another navigation course with barge. the skipper is free to tie the barge on however they wish but I think they were all tied on to push this time.

Everybody there had a good time and we look forward to next year! :)

My camera was running low on power so I didn't snap as many pictures as I wanted...(Charge tx, check!- Charge boat, check!- charge camera, D'oh! :censored: :eek: :o ) I used another camera a bit and am hoping to see those pictures here too...

[CaptLee]

When you are as computer challegned as I am it takes a bit to get it together. Am downloading the pics I took Sat. as soon as I close this. Aero manged to win the Sunday Tug and Barge Event with his new tug. Will make a full disclosure on the next post. Good to see Bob E. at the event, we all got a bit of sun on Sat., and then Sun. was typical S.F. fog and gray. Was a good day anyway.

[toesup]

Charge tx, check!- Charge boat, check!- charge camera, D'oh!

Aeroabsentminded :p

Congrats to the 'new' Aerominded tug for coming first on its first outing!... Must be the 'more power'.... :confused:;)

[Aerominded]

Aeroabsentminded :p

HEY!!! :mad: :censored: :p Ok, ok, it's true! :o



Must be the 'more power'.... :confused:;)

Is it Rolls-Royce that lists power as "adequate" in thier car's technical specifications? ;) :)

[CaptLee]

Here is a few pictures from the Sat. Run and was a bit busy as CD to get many pics. had to recruit Aero to take pics when his camera ran out of battery.

[Hoghappy]

I don't see no pics! :rolleyes:

[CaptLee]

Well I'll try one more time to get the pictures on the puter. It did not work so it time to go to Plan B, send them to Aero and see if he can get them loaded up.

[Aerominded]

A few more pictures from CaptLee's camera :)

[Kmot]

Go Cap'n Bob, go! Yay Team!! :D

[Aerominded]

:) The Irregulars should plan an invasion for next year! :)

[Kmot]

Cap'n Bob writes a bi-monthly newsletter that he hands out to us at the lake. The latest issue has a report on his trip up north. I scanned it into a PDF file for all ya'll.