J/Crews Ready for Singlehanded, Doublehanded and Fully Crewed Lake Ontario 300

(Port Credit, ONT, Canada)- The Lake Ontario 300 originated through the interest and vision of several single-handed sailors at Oakville Harbor Yacht Club, now part of Oakville Yacht Squadron, and the Port Credit Yacht Club. Johan Pederson and his group envisioned a long-distance race to challenge the skills of those who usually raced single-handed in the Lake Ontario Short Handed Racing Series (LOSHRS), around the cans on their club’s race nights, or at regattas such as the Lake Yacht Racing Association. Most, if not all, of these long-distance races were for fully crewed boats. Johan realized that often sailing on Lake Ontario was done by 2 people, and racing double-handed was a good way to improve and challenge skills. Since then, the Lake Ontario 300 has grown in both crew allowance and race length. While there are still double-handed and solo entries, many boats race fully crewed. Over time, J/Boats teams have performed very well in this event on western Lake Ontario.

PHRF Spin Singlehanded- 8 boats
Evan Dinsmore’s J/99 SELKIES will be racing in this singlehanded fleet.

PHRF Spin Doublehanded- 3 boats
Arvd va Leeuwen & Raymond Ruthernberg’s J/112E HIGH TEA hope to get a podium finish in this small fleet!

PHRF Spin- 26 boats
Robert Dewitte’s J/121 VANTAGE and Dan Stanford’s J/99 SAZERAC will be facing a host of experienced Lake Ontario offshore yachtsmen in this huge fleet.

For more Lake Ontario 300 Race sailing information
https://racing.loor.ca/