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In this issue - Summer fun!
• ILCA 6 and Waszp accomplishments
• First 36.7s win LO300 and Bayview Mac
• Double header in Port Credit
• CAN Sail GP up and (oops) down
• Light vs heavy air tactics
• Virtual long distance sailing – it’s a thing!
…much more
Contributors this issue: Laurence P.Rousseau, Koreen Ott, Martin Rutter, Dave Dellenbaugh, Marjolyn van der Hart, Nick Bailey, Tyler Bjorn, Suzanne Rent, LOOR, John Gambles, Sail Canada and Canada SailGP
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CAN SailGP
Race 3 - Plymouth Splashdown!!
Challenging conditions in the third event of SailGP Season 3 put Phil Robertson and his crew to the test at the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix - Plymouth this weekend. The team was strong out of the gates with a win in Race 1, went on to have an epic splashdown in Race 2 and finish sixth overall. As Driver Phil Robertson stated at the opening press conference...
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World sailing
Annalise Balasubramanian – Canada’s best showing in years at 2022 Youth Sailing World Championships
Annalise Balasubramanian from Toronto came up with the best Canadian performance in ILCA 6 since 2009 at the 2022 Youth Sailing World Championships with a 12th-place finish The regatta was held in mid-July at The Hague, Netherlands. Through the seven races that were held during the competition, the 17-year-old sailor finished four times in the top 15 against 55 other athletes from around the world.
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Racing
Sarnia’s Huzzah wins class in Bayview Mac
Greg Chamberlain and crew of Sarnia Yacht Club sailed his boat Huzzah in the Bayview Mac on the July 16 weekend in the Beneteau First 36-7 class. Won the class and second overall in division. This is Greg’s first time racing the boat in the Mac. From his win, he then participated in the Chicago Mac Race, which started on July 26!
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Foiling
WASZP NAs in Kingston
The 2022 WASZP North Americans were held at Kingston Yacht Club in Kingston, ON Canada 27-31 July 2022. Attracting 24 sailors from across Canada, United States and Bermuda, the fleet consisted of 7 females and 13 Juniors (U20). A pre-regatta clinic, conducted on Wednesday, featured Pearl Lattanzi as the guest coach, emphasized foiling fundamentals, but also appealed to the more seasoned and experienced WASZP sailors.
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Learning Programs
ABYC introduces Girls in Sailing
As Rear Commodore at Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club in Toronto, I have been actively involved in addressing the inequity in sailing. Working with a team of women who are involved in the sport, Irene MacNeill (IRO), Kelly Lyon (Board Director on Sail Canada) and Shona Moss Lovshin (former Olympian- Barcelona) we put together a comprehensive, data driven presentation proving that girls drop out of sailing as a very high rate. Especially at the age of 10 after completing their CanSail 1/2.
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Racing
Sail Canada 2022 49er & 49erFX Senior Championships
Kingston hosted close to 60 athletes for Sail Canada 2022 49er and 49er FX Senior Championships, presented along with the 29er Canadian Championships during the 2022 CORK Olympic Classes Regatta, July 21-24. In 49erFX, the Tokyo 2020 Olympians Ali ten Hove (Kingston, ON) and Mariah Millen (Toronto, ON) finished first, followed by the bronze medalists...
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People
First-time skipper at Chester Race Week encourages more women to get into sailing
Anna Millar doesn’t remember the first time she went sailing, but she said she’s been sailing “since forever.” She was just a mere six weeks old when her father took her on a boat. “We sailed a lot and spent a lot of time on the water. As I grew up, I was very connected to sailing,” Millar said. “My dad was a big racer, so I probably did my first race Wednesday night race when I was about eight or nine.”
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LOOR
Dad and Son win LO300 doublehanded
What an incredible race! July’s LO300 with its many ups and downs and constantly changing wind conditions, continued to deliver this year an amazing racing experience! The level of competition and constant pressure from all the great sailors around us, just kept us pushing harder and harder to try and not make many mistakes. We exchanged places with our competitors multiple times over the course of the race, a mini victory each in its own when we gained our ground back.
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Speed & Smarts
Light and Heavy Air Differences – Part 2: the effect of wind velocity on strategic choices
In most races, two key strategic variables seem to have by far the biggest impact on boats’ overall success (or failure). These are wind velocity (‘pressure’) and changes in wind direction (‘shifts’). If you find the best pressure on the course and also play the shifts correctly, you’ll be in great shape. But sometimes you can’t do both at the same time.
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Racing
Port Credit Hosts Two Of The Biggest Regattas Back To Back Proving Sailors Are Ready for Competition Post Two Years of Pandemic
Port Credit Yacht Club proudly hosted its annual Steerers’ and Four Sisters regattas July 21st to July 24th welcoming more than 350 sailors to compete in challenging weather conditions. Competitors participated from out of province, across Lake Ontario and the United States to compete in PCYC’s first ever hosted C420 Canadian Championship.
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Racing
ABYC welcomes J Fest 2022
Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club hosted 30 participating boats for J Fest 22, with one from ABYC and others from clubs all around the lake including RCYC, PDYC, KYC, NYC, MCC, BPYC, OYS, NSC, HYC, BHYC. Saturday saw each fleet race four times around the pins under sunny skies, with winds up to 22 knots. Unfortunately, dense fog prevailed on Sunday and no races were held.
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Disabled Sailing
The 10th Regatta for the AQVA: August 20
Every summer, for the past ten years, sailors from different yacht clubs, including sailors with physical and/or sensory disabilities, have gathered for the Regatta for the Québec Adapted Sailing Association (AQVA). Volunteer sailors are once again organizing the largest philanthropic regatta in Québec, to raise funds to allow the AQVA to offer the freedom and excitement of adapted sailing to as many people living with disabilities as possible.
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Eight Bells
1996 Olympian in Sailing Dr. Paul Hannam
It is with great sadness that Sail Canada shares with the Canadian sailing community the passing of Olympian sailor Dr. Paul Hannam in July. He was 50 years of age. Dr. Paul Hannam represented Canada in the Men’s 470 (Two-Person Dinghy) class at the 1996 Olympic Games, where he finished in 20th place with Brian Storey. He was also Chief of Emergency Medicine and Program Medical Director at North York General Hospital, and well-known across the country.
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Virtual Racing
Lake Ontario 300 on Sailonline
For those of you not familiar with virtual racing it is said to be as close as you can get to the real thing without getting wet, and in the case of the Susan Hood, cold! The popularity of virtual racing increased significantly during the Covid-19 epidemic and has continued. LOOR, after observing the partnering of the Newport Bermuda Race with SOL, when that bi-annual Race was cancelled in 2020 due to Covid-19, decided to follow their lead and...
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