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In this issue: Room at the mark
• Tom Ramsay, ace SailGP grinder
• Back from the edge – LORC re-born
• Jackrabbit jumps in BC
• Tribute to the Wizard of Zenda
• The entire country talking foils
• Big events in Port Credit this summer
• Big fleet, no wind at ABYC
Contributors this issue: Penny Sundstrom McLaren, LOOR, Dave Dellenbaugh, Katie Nicoll, Valerie Louis, Angus Aitken, Graham Heath, Wendy Loat, Sail Canada
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John Morris, Editor
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People
CANSailGP’s Tom Ramshaw Talks with SinC
Right after CANSailGP wrapped up its surprisingly successful season, Sailing in Canada Editor, John Morris, caught up for a quick chat with Olympian, Sail Canada National Team member, and now CANSailGP grinder Tom Ramshaw, currently training in Puerto Vallarta. Since he started sailing on Stony Lake at age 8, Tom Ramshaw has been a winner. His many faceted career has included Laser, the Olympic Finn as a National Team member and earned him Rolex Sailor of the Year in 2018 and 2022 Sail Canada Male Sailor of the Year.
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Campaigns
The Year of The Rabbit?
When September rolls around and teacher tasks you to write an essay on “how I spent my summer vacation,” you need some good stories! What better way to generate those than enter in the Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race. The race is a 550 mile, 9 stage counter clockwise circumnavigation of Vancouver Island coming up 3 to 17 June. Our entry is Jackrabbit, a Carroll Marine 1200 built in 1996 and raced for the past nine years by skipper Colin Nichols out of the Canadian Forces Sailing Association in Victoria. Colin and Jackrabbit did the race in 2017.
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News
LORC Lives!
First some history. The Lake Ontario Racing Council (LORC) was formed back in the mid 1980's when the Metro Yacht Racing Council (MYRC) and the Canadian Yacht Racing Association (CYRA) joined together. A constitution was written and eight clubs in the greater Toronto area were the players at the table. In the early days, there were two racecourses - a course for smaller one-design boats, and a much larger course for all others. The member clubs, which at that time hosted only one-day events, paid a hefty sum to LORC, which in turn, organized the race committees and covered the course expenses in return.
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Buddy Melges – The Canadian Connection
My first recollection of Buddy Melges was on Lake Geneva Wisconsin at the first world laser Championships. There decked out in his 1972 US Olympic team blazer he towered over Hans Fogh who also was wearing his DANMARK labelled Olympic baser. A mutual respect for these to Flying Dutchman sailors was evident and clearly long standing. Buddy had just recently returned from the 1972 games with a Gold medal in his new adopted class the Soling. Melges was one of the most decorated sailors of our time. He won at the Olympics, The Americas Cup, two Star world championships...
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The Big Picture
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Intercollegiate
CICSA 2022-2023 Season Recap – Queen’s Wins
It was a dramatic season of racing this year in the Canadian Collegiate Sailing Circuit (CICSA), filled with tight racing, every wind and weather condition imaginable, camaraderie, and the overall national title being decided in the final regatta. The season follows the school year, wrapping up in spring. Throughout the season, 12 events took place all across the country, from Halifax to Vancouver, spanning from September to April. This year, 20 university teams were involved in the circuit, including 6 US colleges, all taking their bid for the coveted CICSA title.
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ILCA 4 and 6
St. Margaret’s SC Hosts Spring Fling
The St. Margaret’s Sailing Club hosted some 25 athletes competing in the Olympic ILCA classes from Canada, USA and Mexico for the Spring Fling Regatta May 20-21, part of Sail Canada Canadian Sailing Team (CST) and Canadian Sailing Development Squad (CSDS) Integration Camp. Among the sailors registered, Tokyo 2020 Olympian in ILCA 6, Elena Oetling from Mexico and Lilly Myers from USA were in action, as well as Sail Canada National Sailing Team members Clara Gravely and Coralie Vittecoq. Also participating was Sail Canada Development Squad member Annalise Balasubramanian.
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LOOR
Lake Ontario Offshore Racing Events Start Friday!
Friday June 2nd is the start of our 2023 season with the Susan Hood Trophy Race (SHTR) presented by driveHG. Running since 1955 and fondly referred to as the 'Coolest Race on the Lake', the Susan Hood Trophy Race is a 75 nautical mile overnight race that kicks off the racing season. The event is open to fully crewed, short-handed and solo sailors. The Notice of Race is available at YachtScoring and includes rules, course, scoring and other race details. Racing continues on Sunday, June 4th with the Lake Ontario Short Handed Racing Series (LOSHRS) Race #1 – a 16 nautical mile Course Race.
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Coming Events
Steerers' Invitational, Four Sisters Open + 420 Canadians
Port Credit Yacht Club announces the 64th Annual PCYC Steerers' Invitational and the 22nd Annual PCYC Four Sisters Open events will be held July 20-21, and July 22-23, respectively, with lead sponsor DriveHG.ca. These two renowned regattas annually provide four days of exciting competition for new and experienced Optimist, C420, ILCA 4,6, & 7, and 29er sailors. The Steerers' Invitational is historically a club learn-to-sail competitive event, and the club earning the most points over the two days wins bragging rights and the Steerers' Trophy.
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New Gear
Cyclops ¾” and 1” Load Sensors
Canadian distributor, Indie Marine announces the new products and upgrades from Cyclops Marine with their world leading load sensors. For 2023, Cyclops is adding two new Smarttune load sensor to their line-up, a ¾” and soon the 1” turnbuckle with Bluetooth load sensors built in. These new sizes allow larger boats and Catamarans to take advantage of the performance and safety benefits from using Cyclops load sensors. In addition, Cyclops has been working hard on their software and now most of the load sensors are faster (more measurements per second) and more efficient with battery usage.
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Regatta Report
Reid Distilleries ABYC Open – Much Ado, Not Much Wind
The Lake Ontario Racing Circuit kicked off the 2023 season at Ashbridge's Bay Yacht Club at the east end of the city of Toronto. The weather forecast looked spectacular with sunny skies and warm temperatures expected. Given the cold water of Lake Ontario this time of year, the development of thermal winds is inevitable; or is it? Regatta Organizer, Geoff Brown had lined up an array of sponsors to ensure a fabulous post-race party. Registrants were invited to come to the club Friday night for dinner and a sundowner.
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Speed & Smarts
Familiar Layline Dilemmas – Part 2
A layline seems like such a simple thing – a dotted pathway on the water that leads you straight to the next mark. But dealing with laylines while you are racing is not always so straightforward. When sailors approach the edges of the course, too often they overstand the next mark, understand it, miss wind shifts, get stuck in traffic or end up in bad air. As a result, it’s common to see boats make race-winning gains (and race-losing losses) near laylines. If you want to be successful at managing laylines you need several skills. The first is simply knowing where the laylines are.
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