2024 August Cruise

Welcome to the Event Page for the 2024 Northeast Harbor Fleet August Cruise! This year's cruise will include our International One Design Fleet, Cruising Class & newly added Power Fleet. The IOD & Cruising Classes will use their usual NOR/SIs (attached below) for race instruction. Racing for the Cruising Class during the August Cruise will be scored PHRF - Time over Time. All communication throughout the weekend will be either through VHF Channel 65 or the NEHF August Cruise Whatsapp Group. Itineraries for each class are listed below:

INTERNATIONAL ONE DESIGN

Friday

(NEH to Brooklin Race)

• 10:30 AM Warning Signal from Start Line between Mark GL & RC Signal Boat "Shearwater".
• IODs will then sail an open race track and finish between Mark EE & "Shearwater" at the entrance of the Eggemoggin Reach. Competitors may choose at their discretion to either sail through Casco Passage or North of Pond Island to reach the finish line.
• Friday's IOD Course Diagram can be found here.
• After completing Friday's race, the IODs will sail to the Western edge of the anchorage off the Wooden Boat School to anchor for the night. Crew have the option to either stay overnight at the anchorage in Brooklin or coordinate rides amongst themselves for lodging onshore or make the one hour drive back to MDI and return the following morning.
• The Cruising Class (after completing their separate race to the Northern tip of Marshall Island) and Power Fleet will join the IODs at the Western edge of the Wooden Boat School anchorage for a raftup at 6:00 PM

Saturday

(Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, then ERR Party at Wooden Boat School)

• Register for the 2024 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta here! All wooden IODs and wooden Cruising Class Boats are eligible to compete. Further info regarding the event can be found at https://www.eggemogginreachregatta.com/.
• After racing is completed during the ERR on Saturday, everyone (including the Cruising Class & Power Fleet) will anchor/raft up once again at the anchorage in Brooklin off of the Wooden Boat School.
• The ERR Party, Dinner & Awards will follow shortly at the Wooden Boat School. Please coordinate sharing dinghies to take to the dock at Wooden Boat School as there is limited space available there.

Sunday

(Brooklin to NEH Race)

• 9:45 AM Warning Signal from Start Line between Mark EE & RC Signal Boat "Shearwater".
• IODs will then sail an open race track once again and finish between Mark GL & "Shearwater" right off the Fleet. Competitors may choose at their discretion to either sail through Casco Passage or North of Pond Island to reach the finish line.
• Sunday's IOD Course Diagram can be found here.
• Both Friday & Sunday's IOD races have newly established time records, which began with the Brooklin to NEH race in 2023. The inaugural time trial list can be found here.

CRUISING CLASS

Friday

(NEH to Marshall Race, then sail over to Brooklin)

• 10:45 AM Warning Signal from Start Line between Mark GL & RC Signal Boat "Shearwater". *Racing for the Cruising Class during the August Cruise will be scored PHRF - Time over Time.
• The Cruising Class will then sail an open race track and finish between (R) Hat Island Ledge Buoy 4 & (G) Marshall Island Buoy 3. Competitors may choose at their discretion to either sail to the east or west of Swans Island to reach the finish line. Cruising Class Boats will continue sailing on to Brooklin after finishing (which is just a quick 6.5 NM sail from the finish line).
• The Cruising Class will use the Kwindoo app for scoring on Friday. One member of each Cruising Class boat needs to have the app downloaded from the app store on either their phone or IPad by at least one crew member onboard (it uses GPS, so cell service is not required). Please take a screenshot of the app right when cross the finish line between (R) Hat Island Ledge Buoy 4 & (G) Marshall Island Buoy 3. If you are having issues using the app during or leading up to the race, then please just record your finish time instead in a corinthian manner then relay it to the RC for record keeping. More information on how to use the Kwindoo app will be given out leading up to the event.
• Friday's Cruising Class Course Diagram can be found here.
• After finishing, boats will anchor at the western edge of the harbor off of the Wooden Boat School for the night.

Saturday

(Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, then ERR Party at Wooden Boat School)

• Cruising Class participants can either opt to sail on any of the Wooden NEHF IODs or other Wooden Cruising Class Boat Competing in ERR. We will also have powerboats from the Fleet spectating that can take Cruising Class crew out to follow the spectacle that is the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta.
• The ERR Party, Dinner & Awards will follow shortly after the conclusion of racing on Saturday at the Wooden Boat School. Please coordinate sharing dinghies to take to the dock at Wooden Boat School as there is limited space available there.
• The Cruising Class will anchor off the Western edge of the anchorage off of the Wooden Boat School in Brooklin on Saturday night also.

Sunday

(Brooklin to NEH Race)

• 10:00 AM Warning Signal from Start Line between Mark EE & RC Signal Boat "Shearwater". *Racing for the Cruising Class during the August Cruise will be scored PHRF - Time over Time
• Cruising Class will then sail an open race track once again and finish between Mark GL & "Shearwater" right off the Fleet. Competitors may choose at their discretion to either sail through Casco Passage or North of Pond Island to reach the finish line.
• The Cruising Class will be scored by RC Signal Boat "Shearwater" on Sunday. The Kwindoo App will NOT be used on Sunday by the Cruising Class.
• Sunday's Cruising Class Course Diagram can be found here.
• Both Friday & Sunday's Cruising Class races will have newly established time records for the first time this year. The inaugural time trial list can be found here.

POWER FLEET

Friday

(Spectating, then Raftup at Brooklin)

• Please register for the event above. Registration takes less than a minute and is free! You obviously don't have a 'sail number' to input during the final step of registration, so just enter a random number or letter for that field and then you'll be all set!
• The Power Fleet can decide whether to leave at 10:45 AM with the Cruising Class to spectate or leave later in the day to make the Raftup at Brooklin.
• There will be a raftup of our Power Fleet next to the Cruising Class & IODs at the Western edge of the anchorage off Wooden Boat School on Friday at 6:00 PM. Members of the Power Fleet can either spend the night anchored in Brooklin or head back to Northeast Harbor afterwards and return Saturday to specate the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta.

Saturday

(Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, then ERR Party at Wooden Boat School)

• The Power Fleet will specate the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, which begins in the morning. There's no rush to get out on the water right away as it's a long race with over a hundred classic wooden boats competing with numerous starts. The IODs are the first start, if you'd like to see them begin their race, but you can still catch them on the way out leaving the Eggemoggin Reach as they head towards the Famous Halibut Rocks.
• We encourage the Power Fleet to bring picnics and refreshments as it is a full day on the water.
• The ERR Party, Dinner & Awards will follow shortly at the Wooden Boat School. Please coordinate sharing dinghies to take to the dock at Wooden Boat School as there is limited space available there.
• The Cruising Class will anchor off the Wooden Boat School in Brooklin on Saturday night.

Sunday

(Brooklin to NEH)

• The Power Fleet can either spectate the sailboat racing from Brooklin to NEH Sunday morning or venture home at their own pace! It's most important that all of our Power Fleet to makes it out to Brooklin on Friday night for the raftup, as that will be the social highlight of the weekend. There is also the option to head back to MDI on Saturday (or even after the raftup on Friday) if two nights (or even one) is too much of an adventure, but we'd also like to encourage all of our Power Fleet to join the ERR Party on Saturday night also! Dinner/Drink tickets for that event can be found here.

Nick Johnstone

Fleet Manager

nehfgeneralmanger@gmail.com