Wye Island Electric Boat Marathon 2012
Submitted by editor-JCMD. on Sat, 2011-08-27 17:09.Calling all electric boat enthusiasts!
If you have an electric boat, or can make one that can go 4 mph or more over 24 miles of Chesapeake Bay, come on down to the Eleventh Annual Wye Island Marathon and try it out on a great course. Here is the information on the upcoming marathon:
Annual Winner's List
Submitted by Jim Campbell on Sat, 2011-08-27 17:06.Here are the particulars about the entries that placed in the Wye Island Marathons as judged by the EBAA.
(not all the winners are known to this author. If you can supply more info or see any errors here, please contact Jim Campbell at medesign.us@gmail.com).
2011:
Conditions: Partly cloudy, Mid-70s, Winds NW 5-10- MPH, moderate chop in open water.
Single-Hull Category:
First Place: Ned Farinholt. Boat: 1967 Starcraft utility. WLL: 14.16ft. Motor: Torqeedo Cruise 4.0R. Power:
The Forum and Comment sections are now restricted
Submitted by Jim Campbell on Sat, 2011-08-27 16:31.Due to spamming and unwanted comments flooding the Forum and Comments sections of this site, these capabilities have been restricted to the site administrators only.
If you want to post a comment or have other electric boat information published on this site, please contact me, Jim Campbell, at medesign.us@gmail.com. I will edit the post as needed and publish it on the site as soon as I can.
New Page Info Needed:
We need a new page for the Cortez, FL, Electric Boat Marathon for this site. I will put up a new page for that event if readers will send me the information, map, etc.
Wye Island Electric Boat Marathon Current Records
Submitted by editor-JCMD. on Sun, 2006-11-05 10:34.Monohull Record: 3 hrs. 11 minutes 21 seconds. Set by Denny Wolfe in 25' "Sparky" launch, October 5, 2007. 7.47 mph.
Multi-Hull Record: 2 hrs. 42 min. 00 sec. Set by Paul Kydd in a 25XL Stillwater Coaching Launch, October 2008. 8.82 mph.
Hybrid Record: 4 hrs. 9 min. Set by Richard Ball in a 19.5' Harry Bryan designed Handi-Billy skiff using a battery/biodiesel generator combination, October 2003. 5.74 mph.
