Water Events

Canoe and Kayak Races

Saturday 10:00 AM start

Paddling Events Area

Downloads:  Race Information, Registration Form

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These races are considered “recreational”, which means they are not officially sanctioned by any local or national Governing Body. They are open to all canoers and kayakers - any class, any age, solo paddlers or tandem paddlers. There is a 2 mile race and a 4 mile race, run concurrently on the same buoyed course on the lake. Registration is required, with a registration fee of $18 per adult, and $10 for children 16 and under. Registration includes a t-shirt. Registration begins at 8:30 AM, pre-race meeting at 9:30, and starting gun at 10:00. Lots of trophies for multiple winners.

Sailing Races “Buoy Race”

10:30 AM start

Watts Bay, but best viewing at Lakeview

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Watts Bay is about 1 mile beyond the entrance to Lakeview along North Shore Drive. Open to any and all boats and sailors. Participants must register with Race Officials at Watts Bay, but there is no fee. The Buoy Race is a race around a broad triangular course marked by large buoys, which course is in the main part of the lake directly across from Lakeview, so Lakeview is an excellent place to watch all the action of the boats under full sail. Registration begins at 9:30 AM, skippers meeting at 10:00, and the starting gun at 10:30. Trophies for the winners.

Sailing Races “Bridge to Bridge”

Sunday Noon Start

Watts Bay, Finish in front of Lakeview

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Watts Bay is about a mile further along North Shore Drive beyond the entrance to Lakeview. Open to any and all boats and sailors. Participants must register with Race Officials at Watts Bay but there is no fee. The race is from the rt. 422 bridge across from Lakeview to the rt. 528 bridge 4 miles up-lake and back. Registration begins at 10:30 AM, skipper’s meeting shortly thereafter. Open class. Starting gun is High Noon. Trophies for the winners.

Wooden Canoe Heritage Association

Saturday only 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Paddling Events Area

The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association is an organization devoted to the preservation of wooden canoes and other boats, and of the skills to create them. The Three Rivers Chapter will be on site with a display of classic, vintage, and newly constructed wood and birch bark canoes.

Moraine Model Mariners

Saturday and Sunday 11:00 to 4:00

Lakeview, along the lakeshore on the west side

A variety of radio-controlled boats, from two to six feet in length, will be plying the waters and will be on display, and the Mariners will be on hand to tell you all about them. They’re fast, they’re fun, and they’re amazingly detailed.

Moraine Sailing Club

Saturday and Sunday 10:00 to 2:00

Paddling Events Area

Moraine Sailing Club will have a tent with information about sailing here at the Park and can tell you how easy it is to get involved. During the Sailing Races, club members will be on hand to explain what’s going on, tactics, etc. to add to your enjoyment while watching the races from shore.

Cleveland Amateur Boat Building Society

Saturday and Sunday - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Paddling Events area

Will demonstrate the construction of an “Optimist“, an 8 foot sailboat which anyone can put together from easily available and inexpensive materials. Plans and a materials list will be available, and a completed version will be on display.

Boat Parade

Saturday 3:00 PM

Bear Run Launch Area

Open to any and all Watercraft of any description - sailing vessels, motorboats, pontoon boats, canoes, whatever. Boats may be decorated for the occasion or just “come as you are”. Assemble at the Bear Run Launch Area directly across the lake from Lakeview just before 3:00 PM and follow Nautical Nature on the Parade Route from Bear Run, to Lakeview, to Watts Bay, to Crescent Bay. Parade will pass in front of Lakeview in a “close approach” just after 3:00 PM

Dead Fish Polo

Saturday and Sunday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Paddling Events Area

An elimination game in which people in canoes try to heave a wet sponge into another player’s boat using only a paddle (no hands allowed!). If the sponge lands in the boat, that boat must retire from the game. Last one left wins! Boats and all equipment provided. No charge. Be prepared to get wet!

Kayak Experience

Saturday and Sunday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Paddling Events Area

Try your hand at paddling a kayak. You will be fitted with gear and a kayak, and will go out on the lake for a short tour accompanied by experienced paddlers who will give you some basic instruction along the way. No Charge.

Voyageur Canoe Ride

Saturday and Sunday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Paddling Events area

Take a ride in a 24-foot wooden Voyageur Canoe. You can paddle along if you wish, or just come for the ride. No charge.

Whatever Floats Your Boat

Vessels on display Saturday

Race at 12 Noon on Sunday

Paddling Events Area

Downloads:  Flyer, Introduction Letter, Rules, Application

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Participants construct a “boat” out of Goodness Knows What - it could be anything from bubble-wrap, to an old sofa or a ‘67 Buick (yes, we’ve had them all) - which they hope and pray will actually float, and just might lead them to Victory! The unlikely craft will be on display all day Saturday and the Moment of Truth is Sunday at High Noon. Be there! A whole pile of equally unlikely trophies.

Freestyle Canoeing - New Event for 2008

Exhibition Performance Saturday 4 PM

Paddling Events Area

Instructional Session Sunday 10:30 AM

McDanel’s Launch Area

Freestyle Canoeing is a style of paddling which pays particular attention to Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion (“for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”). It combines this with an intimate knowledge of how a canoe wants to move in the water and the ways in which one can use and enhance those tendencies to maximum advantage, along with a subtlety of paddle placement and action, to produce exceptionally fluid and graceful movement. Those who do this well can make a canoe move in ways which are both amazing and beautiful to watch.

In the Performance segment, several freestylers will paddle their canoes in 2 or 3 minute “routines” to musical accompaniment, and in costume. You will believe a canoe can dance!

The Instructional Session will teach some of the basic freestyle moves and techniques. It is open to one and all, but you must bring your own canoe, paddle, and PFD (PFD’s are required on the water). No equipment will be provided. This class is not for beginning paddlers. You must have some basic canoe paddling skills and an ability to reliably handle a canoe and make it go where you want it to go. While the techniques and moves that will be taught are certainly flashy and fun, they are not just for show. In learning how to do some of these things, one learns about balance, about efficient and effective paddling, and boat control - all of which skills serve one well on moving water. Or on Lake Arthur. No charge.

Bass Fishing Tournament - Returns for 2008

Sunday 6:00 AM

Old Marina Restaurant at Davis Hollow

Downloads:  General Info, Details & Rules, Application

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The 8th Annual Lake Arthur Bass Fishing Tournament, hosted and conducted by Bob Warren Boat Sales, is being held this year in conjunction with the Regatta. The Base of Operations will be at the old restaurant building at the Davis Hollow Marina, located on North Shore Drive about 3 miles beyond the entrance to Lakeview (see Park map). Open to all anglers. Click below for all registration details and rules.
 

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