http://solfans.org/blog/races/plum-gut/ fans of sailonline.org Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.34 http://solfans.org/blog/races/plum-gut/#comment-27 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 13:11:48 +0000 http://solfans.org/?p=265#comment-27 Thanks for adding local knowledge.

]]> http://solfans.org/blog/races/plum-gut/#comment-26 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 12:35:06 +0000 http://solfans.org/?p=265#comment-26 Nice Post Java. One minor correction is that Plum Gut is between Orient Point and Plum Island, while The Race is between Plum Island and Fishers Island near the CT shore.
Often in the Vinyard Race there is a “restart” at the Gut in any given class (especially the smaller boats) if the tide is adverse when re-entering the Long Island Sound. The leaders get slowed up there fighting the 4 knot current allowing the laggards to catch up some.

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