Ever heard of a predicted log race (PLR)? I hadn't until last year's Leukemia Cup when the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society added a predicted log race to their annual weekend long event that raises money to fight blood cancers. PLRs are not about speed (you can do the course as fast or as slow as you want); it's about using your boating know-how to predict how long it will take your boat to do a particular course and then heading out on the water to run the course. The Leukemia Cup PLR is fun for the whole family and a great way for all powerboaters to spend some time on the water and raise money for a good cause with some friendly competition.
[box type="info"]How it works: A course is determined ahead of time by the Leukemia Cup committee. As a PLR participant, you are given the course info and you predict the time your boat will take to get from one point to the next along the course. You do your predictions in advance and on the day of the regatta you run the course without looking at a clock. An observer aboard records the time at each point, then afterward the actual times are compared with your predictions to determine how close your predictions were to your real time on the course. Trophies are awarded to the winners with the lowest errors at a party following the regatta.[/box]
Check out the PDFs below for more info then head over to www.leukemiacupmd.org to register today!
[ilink url="http://www.proptalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PLR-Race-Instruction…" style="download" target="_blank"]PLR Race Instructions[/ilink]
[ilink url="http://www.proptalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PLR_Log_Control_Shee…" style="download" target="_blank"]PLR Log Control Sheet[/ilink]
[ilink url="http://www.proptalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PLR-CHART-2013.pdf" style="download" target="_blank"]PLR Chart 2013[/ilink]
[ilink url="http://www.proptalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PLR-V1.pdf" style="download"]FAQ[/ilink]
Monday, May 6, 2013 - 09:32
Ever heard of a predicted log race (PLR)? I hadn't until last year's Leukemia Cup when the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society added a predicted log race to their annual weekend long event that raises money to fight blood cancers. PLRs are not about speed (you can do the course as fast or as slow as you want); it's about using your boating know-how to predict how long it will take your boat to do a particular course and then heading out on the water to run the course. The Leukemia Cup PLR is fun for the whole family and a great way for all powerboaters to spend some time on the water and raise money for a good cause with some friendly competition.
[box type="info"]How it works: A course is determined ahead of time by the Leukemia Cup committee. As a PLR participant, you are given the course info and you predict the time your boat will take to get from one point to the next along the course. You do your predictions in advance and on the day of the regatta you run the course without looking at a clock. An observer aboard records the time at each point, then afterward the actual times are compared with your predictions to determine how close your predictions were to your real time on the course. Trophies are awarded to the winners with the lowest errors at a party following the regatta.[/box]
Check out the PDFs below for more info then head over to www.leukemiacupmd.org to register today!
[ilink url="http://www.proptalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PLR-Race-Instruction…" style="download" target="_blank"]PLR Race Instructions[/ilink]
[ilink url="http://www.proptalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PLR_Log_Control_Shee…" style="download" target="_blank"]PLR Log Control Sheet[/ilink]
[ilink url="http://www.proptalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PLR-CHART-2013.pdf" style="download" target="_blank"]PLR Chart 2013[/ilink]
[ilink url="http://www.proptalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PLR-V1.pdf" style="download"]FAQ[/ilink]