Below are pictures of an Ericson 35-2 crossing the finish line of the 2014 Oregon Offshore race.
For those of you unfamiliar with the race, it is a 193 mile ocean race starting at the Columbia River bar and continuing north up the Pacific to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, then down the strait to the harbor at Victoria, BC.
The E35-2 pictured (name of "Aja" and owned by Rich Elstrom of Astoria, Oregon I understand) covered 193 miles in roughly 29 hours, for a course average speed (by my calculation) of 6.65 knots. Weather stations on the course were reporting winds as high as 35 knots out in the ocean with heavy rain. These "Roaring 40s" conditions require tremendous stamina for a race of this length and duration.
Congratulations to "Aja" and owner Rich Elstrom.
For those of you unfamiliar with the race, it is a 193 mile ocean race starting at the Columbia River bar and continuing north up the Pacific to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, then down the strait to the harbor at Victoria, BC.
The E35-2 pictured (name of "Aja" and owned by Rich Elstrom of Astoria, Oregon I understand) covered 193 miles in roughly 29 hours, for a course average speed (by my calculation) of 6.65 knots. Weather stations on the course were reporting winds as high as 35 knots out in the ocean with heavy rain. These "Roaring 40s" conditions require tremendous stamina for a race of this length and duration.
Congratulations to "Aja" and owner Rich Elstrom.