I wish a belated Happy New Year to all visitors to seakayakphoto.com. As way of a celebration of the last year and in anticipation of sea kayaking adventures yet to come, here is the 7th annual sea kayaking desktop wallpaper calendar from seakayakphoto.com. The above link will lead to high resolution photos in four different desktop sizes.
January, Arran, Firth of Clyde.
February, Loch Creran,
ACT NEW SMYRNA FIELD ADDS FORD POWER WITH LATEST ENTRIES
For Immediate Release ACT – 010611-03 Waterbury, VT – The battle for the Goodyear Speedweeks Cup just got tougher with the announcement from the American Canadian Tour (ACT) that three of the powerhouse Ford teams in ACT will make the trip to the sunshine state for the first ever New Smyrna Speedway (NSS) World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. |
Joey Polewarcyzk, Jr. (Pole) from Hudson, NH was the hottest driver on the ACT at the end of 2010. His wins at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) ACT Invitational last September were followed up with a $15,000 payday at the Peoples United Bank Milk Bowl at Thunder Road Speedbowl in Barre, VT. Pole finished the touring season with a stunning performance in the 150-lap closer at the Waterford Speedbowl in Connecticut. “I had a great finish to what started out as being a little frustrating while we tried to get our Ford program mastered during the first half of the season. I have to give my dad (Joe Pole Sr.) and the whole team a lot of credit for the effort they put in to get the car to work. It sure paid off when we got to NHMS and Thunder Road for those big races,” said Pole. “We won on the mile at New Hampshire, the high-banked ¼ mile at Thunder Road, and then the 1/3rd mile at the Waterford. Now we get to tackle the ½ mile at New Smyrna. It should be a great break from the snow and cold and get us headed for the 2011 ACT title in the spring,” concluded Pole. Joey Pole was only one of a few ACT drivers who have competed at the famous winter haven for short track racers and fans, the New Smyrna Speedway. Pole will be joined by Lee USA Speedway Late Model Champion Wayne Helliwell, Jr.from Dover, NH. Helliwell won 9 feature events driving for Bruce Bernhardt’s Ford team in 2010. The team has entered the full 2011 ACT US schedule and is using the Goodyear Speedweeks Cup event to get an early start to the season. Joey Laquerre from Barre, VT, a veteran racer for over four decades, will round out the Ford team heading to New Smyrna over the February Speedweeks campaign. Laquerre had one of the fastest Fords at the Invitational last September and likes the speed tracks. “I really am excited about heading to New Smyrna this February. I like our chances with our Ford against the 20+ Chevys we will compete against at NSS. I have raced at a lot of places over a lot of years, but this is one trip that I am really happy to be a part of. Everyone should have fun and a good break from the winter,” said Laquerre. The Goodyear Speedweek Cup will feature double 100-lap events. Sunday, February 13, 2011 will be the first feature, and then the field will be inverted for the second 100-lap event to be held on Monday, February 14, 2011. Both features will pay a moderate purse, with the bulk of the $30,000.00 posted awards going to the overall combined standings of the two events. For additional information contact the ACT office at 802.244.6963, www.acttour.com, or media@acttour.com. -30- |
ACT: Plusieurs Canadiens à New Smyrna
Pour diffusion immédiate (05-01-11 -01) PLUSIEURS PILOTES CANADIENS SERONT Waterbury, VT--- Le vétéran Donald Theetge a été le premier pilote québécois à s’inscrire en prévision de la Coupe Goodyear qui se tiendra à la piste New Smyrna en Floride, mais plusieurs de ses rivaux ont également fait parvenir leur inscription en prévision de ces deux épreuves qui auront lieu dans le cadre de la « Série mondiale sur courte piste asphaltée » à cet endroit. Ces deux confrontations de 100 tours sont prévues pour le dimanche 13 février ainsi que le lendemain soir. |
Alors que milliers d’amateurs se dirigent vers Daytona durant cette période, la majorité d’entre eux se retrouvent à New Smyrna lors des soirées du 10 au 19 février. C’est une tradition qui existe depuis longtemps et tous se souviendront des présences à cet endroit de réputés pilotes tels que Richie Evans, Jerry Cook, Bugsy Stevens dans la division modifiée et celles de Junior Hanley en ce qui a trait à la classe Late Model. La direction de l’American-Canadian Tour a annoncé que Karl Allard de St-Félicien, le champion de la série ACT-Castrol Edge y serait présent pour défendre les couleurs de l’équipe Larue tout comme Patrick Laperle de St-Denis-sur-Richelieu, double champion de l’ACT et un pilote redouté à cette piste floridienne. Laperle est venu près de remporter le titre en 2009 à New Smyrna après dominé. Malheureusement, un accident lors de la dernière soirée devait mettre fin à ses espoirs. Il a tout de même terminé au second rang. Parmi les autres Canadiens qui ont expédié leur inscription pour New Smyrna, on y remarque le nom du vétéran Yvon Bédard qui avait quitté la série ACT-Castrol Edge avant la fin de la saison en 2010, alors que le groupe de pilotes ontariens sera guidé par Jonathan Urlin. Justin Holtom, Tim Dorning et Spencer McPherson se joindront à lui. Aussi Patrick Hamel et Kevin Roberge ont également fait part de leur intention d’y participer. « Nous sommes plus que satisfaits des inscriptions reçues jusqu’à maintenant et je pense que nous n’aurons aucune difficulté à former la grille des 26 partants à chaque épreuve de la façon dont les choses se déroulent présentement », de dire Tina Gallison, directrice administrative de l’ACT. -30- Source : American Canadian Tour (802) 244-6963 |
ACT CANADIAN STARS TO INVADE NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY IN FEBRUARY
ACT CANADIAN STARS TO INVADE NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY IN FEBRUARYFor Immediate Release ACT – 010411-01 Waterbury, VT – Quebec City racer Donald Theetge might have been the first Canadian to enter the American Canadian Tour (ACT) Goodyear Speedweek Cup event to be held at the New Smyrna Speedway in Florida, but the Canadian competitor list continues to lead the way toward the first-ever ACT events to be held during the World Series of Asphalt Short Track Racing in New Smyrna. The two 100-lap main events will be held on Sunday, February 13th and Monday, February 14th. |
While many head to Daytona during Speedweeks in February, most asphalt short track fans can be found each night from February 10th-19th during the 10 days that is the World Series of Short Track racing in nearby New Smyrna, FL. The tradition of northern competitors heading to Florida from the days of Richie Evans, Jerry Cook, Bugsy Stevens and a host of the greatest from the Northeast Modified division to Late Model Canadian great Jr. Hanley--- New Smyrna has always been the place to be during the heart of the northern winters. ACT announced today that 2010 Castrol Champion Karl Allard has entered his Quebec City Larue Industrial team into the inaugural Goodyear Speedweek Cup event. Allard narrowly beat out another Quebec Champion, Patrick Laperle from Montreal, QC, who has also entered the two events. Laperle is one of the few ACT drivers to compete at New Smyrna in the past few years. His family team led most of the World Series standings in 2009 in the Late Model crate division before he was wrecked in the next to last night of competition. The Allard-Laperle rivalry will get an early start in 2011. Other notable Canadian teams that will make the trek to New Smyrna include Quebec veteran Yvon ‘The Bullet’ Bedard and London, Ontario’s Jonathan Urlin. A large number of young Canadian teams have entered, including: Justin Holtom, Tim Dorning and Spencer Macpherson from the Ottawa region of Ontario, along with Castrol regulars Patrick Hamel and Kevin Roberge from Quebec. “We are really excited about the pre-entries we have received. I don’t think we will have any problem filling our 26-car field with the support we are getting. Right now we have an equal number of Canadian and US teams who have entered, and we expect another half dozen entries by the January 10 deadline,” said Tina Gallison, Director of Administration for ACT. The Goodyear Speedweek Cup will use the unique qualifying system of heat racing, and each 100-lap event will award points on two consecutive nights to determine the overall standings and the first winner of the Goodyear Speedweek Cup. For additional information contact the ACT office at 802.244.6963, www.acttour.com, or media@acttour.com. |
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River Clyde, Glasgow Green to Port Glasgow
Glasgow Green to Erskine.
Erskine to Port Glasgow.
A 33km day paddle on the tidal reaches of the river River Clyde from Glasgow Green to Port Glasgow.
The Arc frames the Glasgow Tower.
HMS Dragon undergoing final fitting out at BAE Systems yard at Scotstoun.
TidesHW Port Glasgow: +0010 HW GreenockHW Glasgow: +0020 HW GreenockStreams turn about local HW and LW.
We launched at 2 hours before HW
Erskine to Port Glasgow.
A 33km day paddle on the tidal reaches of the river River Clyde from Glasgow Green to Port Glasgow.
The Arc frames the Glasgow Tower.
HMS Dragon undergoing final fitting out at BAE Systems yard at Scotstoun.
TidesHW Port Glasgow: +0010 HW GreenockHW Glasgow: +0020 HW GreenockStreams turn about local HW and LW.
We launched at 2 hours before HW
Clyde built: tough ships, tough people.
From Dumbarton we set off on the final leg of our Clyde paddle to Port Glasgow in a snow storm. At times the snow was falling so heavily that there was near zero visibility and we lost sight of the channel markers, even though they were only 600m apart. We were rather anxious not to be run over by a ship in the night, so we navigated by keeping to the north of the channel markers, then crossed
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