QuoteThe Mug Race is the world's longest river race and is open to sailboats of all sizes. There are two courses: the South course which starts in Palatka is for boats with masts under 44 feet, and the North course starting just South of the Buckmann bridge, is for boats with masts 44 feet and up. The race uses a Pursuit Start where each boat has a start time based on their rating, thus in essence giving slower boats an earlier start, and the faster boats chasing them, all pursuing to cross the finish line first! There are more than 100 trophies that will be awarded based on boat class and different categories including first all female crew to finish, first dingy monohull to finish, and even one for the last boat to finish. So get your boat ready, attend the pre-registration party, and then go racing
Of course, Joe and I will be there. Hundreds of sailboats traveling over 30 miles, together. It is a beautiful sight.
http://www.rudderclub.com/MugRaceBrochure.pdf
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I love when the race is in town. The views from the Buckman are fantastic. Literally hundreds of sails in both directions.
Sheclown, are you entering the race or just watching? What kind of boat are you sailing?
Jason, this will be our 5th or 6th race. We're RACING! We'll be on a friend's trimaran.
I have always wanted to do this race.
I'm just not a salior.
Just grab a ride on a sailboat -- that's all you need. If the wind is blowin' you'd have no problem finding someone to take you onboard.
Rudder Club!
I would be in shock and awe of that worked sheclown
Quote from: sheclown on April 19, 2010, 06:08:31 PM
Jason, this will be our 5th or 6th race. We're RACING! We'll be on a friend's trimaran.
Best of luck to ya!
Is this like Fleet Week? Will there be cute sailors all over town? ;)
I wish the race wasn't so far south. I am going to try and watch from the Clay County Port
The Spring Park pier in Green Cove Springs or the old Shands Bridge pier are nice options.
There are ALWAYS cute sailors all around town in Jacksonville :)
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Corsair F24 Mk1 "Wet Monkey" and her crew.
This used to be a big city event. Now, you only know about it if you happen to be crossing the Buckman at the right time and think, "Oh, was that this weekend?"
I emailed the rudder club a few years ago, and they said they just lost the city sponsorship, so they could only rely on word-of-mouth and a few listings in some community papers.
Sure wish JAX would adopt this again, and put as much effort in promoting this event as they do the Jazz Festival and the airshow.
QuoteThe longest river sailboat race in the world is the Annual Mug Race. The event runs 42 miles from Palatka to Jacksonville along the St. Johns River.
from: http://www.50states.com/facts/florida.htm
Me too.
It brings together 150 or so sailboats (and if each boat has an average of 4 sailors on it that is at least 600 people racing). At one time, there were 400 boats participating. Can you imagine the sight?
Most sailboat racing is serious business with little room for error. The Mug Race, however, is as social as it is competitive. There are serious racers during the Mug Race, but there is also a large group of people who go for the journey of sailing with their friends, drinking some beer, and enjoying the river.
Personally, it is always one of the best days of the year for me.
Anyone else plan on racing?
Dad and I were in... however, he ran aground last Thursday and is now having the keel repaired. Have fun Sheclown... good luck to you and Strider!!
How'd you guys do????
Two days until the Mug Race!
STARBOARD!
Some pictures of this years Mug Race:
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Hobie Cat Mid Race
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A collection of cruisers battling it out.
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Hobie glides in
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End of day chores
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Gathered at the dock -- Rudder Club
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Waiting their turn to haul out, the party begins!!
For any of you that has run this race before, the conditions were a bit different than normal. In past years, the wind was light, going lighter and then comes on pretty strong. This year the winds were good for the start, went somewhat lighter as the day went on and didn't really come back until the bitter end. We were always moving, but actually finished only 30 minutes sooner than last year when we sat for about 30 minutes without wind.
We didn't go to the results party yesterday and the results haven't been posted yet and I know that we didn't win class this year as a world class trimaran sailor was in the race and literally smoked us. I know sometimes they have a news report about it, but if they did this year, I missed it.
Results:
FIRST: Roberts, Eric, Jupiter FL Dream On Multihull Spinnaker 1 MHS1 1
SECOND; Canfield, Skip, Jacksonville FL Multihull Spinnaker 2 MHS3 1
THIRD: Wilkins, Robby, Lexington SC vamoose Monohull Spinnaker 3 MS 1
There are plenty of divisions and division winners.
Read more race results here: http://www.rudderclub.com/Mug2010OverallResults.pdf
Oh...and how did we do? Well, all I can say is that we had a lot of fun! ;D