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Round the Island -
MUG
Race - Miami-Key Largo
The 1997 Round Island Race was held on Saturday September 20th. 1997. The
race is a 110 mile sprint around Santa Rosa Island on the Florida Gulf Coast.
The race started at 7:30 am with 79 competitors and 5-12 Mph winds from the north east at
Ft. Walton Beach Florida. After a short 5 mile trip to Destin Florida the competitors
headed south through the channel and into the Gulf of Mexico. Upon reaching the Gulf of
Mexico and rounding the Whistle Buoy the fleet headed west for Ft. Pickens, 55 miles down
the Florida coast.
Around 9:30 am the wind died to almost nothing and the race slowed to a snail pace. The
top five boats in the fleet were near Navarre Florida when the wind died, an
ARC-22 and RC-30 were
in the lead and almost out of sight. At 10:30 am the wind started to fill from the south
at 8-10 Mph. The wind remained steady for the remainder of the day and into the evening
when it started to build again. At Ft. Pickens, the half way point in the race, the lead
boats include an
ARC-22
with a spinnaker, a
RC-30
with a spinnaker, and two stock
ARC-22's.
After passing Ft. Pickens the remainder of the race is a 50 mile run up the Intercoastal
Waterway, a challenge of narrow channels, shallow water and three bridges. The competitors
started finishing in the late afternoon and continued well into the early hours of Sunday
morning. Competitors who were still on the water in the evening hours benefited from a
steady 12-15 Mph wind, something many of the earlier competitors never saw.
Open Class
| Finish |
Skipper |
Modifications |
Boat |
Sail # |
Finish Time |
| 1 |
Harkrider/Zurn |
all carbon/ spinnaker |
ARC-22 |
2210 |
16:14:02 |
| 2 |
Roberts/Coloquet |
carbon hulls, mast / spinnaker |
RC-30 |
3030 |
16:57:30 |
| 3 |
Kelly / Purcell |
spinnaker / square top |
N6.0 EX |
168 |
17:53:48 |
| 4 |
Banks / Newberry |
spinnaker |
ARC-22 |
2218 |
18:10:28 |
| 5 |
Moody / Levi |
spinnaker / square top |
N6.0 EX |
66 |
18:13:19 |
Stock Class
| Finish |
Skipper |
Modifications |
Boat |
Sail # |
Finish Time |
| 1 |
Haberman/Haberman |
none |
ARC-22 |
2212 |
18:35:10 |
| 2 |
Jennings / Knowles |
none |
ARC-22 |
22834 |
18:45:10 |
| 3 |
Sneed / Hiniki |
none |
N6.0NA |
248 |
18:48:41 |
| 4 |
Ederer / Bond |
none |
N6.0 |
117 |
19:26:14 |
| 5 |
Kerby / Hinely |
none |
H21 |
58 |
19:29:09 |
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The MUG Race is a annual long distance race from Palatka Florida to
Jacksonville Florida on the St. John's River. The race is hosted by the Rudder Club of
Jacksonville. The 1997 MUG Race was held on Saturday May 5th. with winds that brought the
competitors within minutes of the record held by Bill Roberts on a
RC-27.
| Finish |
Skipper |
Boat |
Finish Time |
| 1 |
Doug Harkrider |
ARC-22 |
12:00:43 |
| 2 |
Jeff Bowers |
Mystere 6.0 XL |
12:16:21 |
| 3 |
Robert Onsgard |
Nacra 6.0 |
12:16:39 |
| 4 |
Rick White |
Nacra 6.0 |
12:23:03 |
| 5 |
Bruce Powers |
Hobie 20 |
12:24:18 |
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The Miami-Key Largo is a 42 Mile distance race hosted annually by the
Miami Yacht Club. The 1997 Miami-Key Largo race was held on Saturday April 26th. There
were 253 entries, of which 212 finished. 93 of the finishers were multihulls, 70 of which
were classified as beach cats. The wind was fast and brought Eric Roberts within minutes
of the 1 hour 45 minute record set by Bill Roberts on his
RC-27 in 1989.
| Finish |
Skipper |
Boat |
Elapsed Time |
| 1 |
Eric Roberts |
RC-30 |
1:54:44 |
| 2 |
Dan Lawrence |
Nacra 6.0 SX |
2:00:22 |
| 3 |
Steve Allen |
Shockwave 37 |
2:03:38 |
| 4 |
Clive Mayo |
Nacra 6.0 SX |
2:04:15 |
| 5 |
Hans Barth |
Tornado |
2:06:58 |
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