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In This Issue – sailing and more sailing
• Fillah Karim - Canada’s best ILCA 7
• Laser 28s live on
• Downwind sailing tips
• Martin 242 NAs
• Instant boarding ladder you need
• The Finn says goodbye
• Sail the Susan Hood online
Don’t miss this:
The 2nd episode of “Whitecap”, the Canadian sailing podcast, is now available and the guest is Tokyo 2020 Olympian in ILCA 6 Sarah Douglas!
Two ways to listen/watch this interview:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-1-ep2-world-cup-and-pan-am-games-gold-medalist/id1622324747?i=1000564534515
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu8m7DDqPsw
Contributors this issue: Mark Lammens, Andrew Alberti, Penny Caldwell, Sharon Green and John Gambles plus help from North Sails, Sail Canada and Martin 242 Fleet 1 & 2.
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2022 Calendar - a one-stop guide to a busy summer
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Send us your dates, feedback, class and club news, stories here: sailingincanada@kerrwil.com
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News
Martin 242 NAs at Nanaimo in July
The 2022 NA’s in Nanaimo are approaching quickly on July 2-3. 25-30 M242’s are expected from California, Washington State, BC, and Alberta. The world-renowned Opti races and Regatta Party take place on Friday evening after the M242 practice race. All competitors need to have at least the helmsperson Registered with a Fleet for the NA’s, PCC’s, and BC Championships, plus the boat itself, per Class Rule 7, so to join Fleet 1 or Fleet 2 go to “Member & Boat Registration”...
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Fillah Karim - Canada’s Best at 2022 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship
Two Canadian sailors qualify for the Gold Fleet for the first time since 2016. This weekend, Canadian sailor Fillah Karim from Vancouver, BC, closed out the 2022 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship as the top Canadian with a 43rd-place finish. Throughout the competition held May 23-28 in Riviera Nayarit, MEX, Karim won race #2 and finished in the top ten in three of the six qualification races, allowing him to start the final stage in 16th place overall.
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Virtual Racing
Sail the Susan Hood Online
LOOR has once again partnered with SailOnline.org to hold a virtual Susan Hood Trophy Race presented by driveHG. SOL will set a virtual but identical course and, using real-time weather, race the V-SHTR from the comfort of your own home with the start at 8:00 PM EST. Register your virtual boat at any time for free (for LOOR races every racer will have their own Beneteau First 36.7 to control).
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A Fleet Reborn
Laser 28
News via John Mills. The story is that a few years ago a friend I crewed with bought a Laser 28 and I liked it so much I had to buy one. Then another friend the same, and another. Soon we had five locally and we decided to all get together in the winter around March. From that, we all decided to show up at a few regattas and race level to pretty much class rules and then award ourselves a cup.
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Operation Cruising
Over the Rail
Seasickness is the elephant on the boat that everyone is thinking about but trying to ignore. Dictionary.com defines seasickness as: “nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the rocking or swaying motion of a vessel in which one is traveling at sea.” What does this mean for your sailing adventures? If you are someone who is not affected by the motion of the boat, wonderful. However, if you are, this could really put a damper on your sailing plans.
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The Rules Guy
Mark Room – When Do You Have to Gybe?
I have now written three articles about mark-room at a gybe mark. Last time, we talked about situations when you were allowed room to gybe. I finished off showing a case where you are required to gybe. The situations in my earlier articles occur most commonly when boats have been sailing a reach or upwind course to the mark and the next course is downwind. This time we will look at marks where boats have been sailing downwind and the next course is upwind.
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Gear
Instant Emergency Boarding Ladder
Imagine. Boat at anchor, coffee in your hand, the wind is blowing. Suddenly, this tranquil moment is interrupted by the sound of rushing water, and an ice cold feeling across your entire body. You've tripped and fallen overboard! Yikes - “How do I get back onto the boat?" Boarding ladders are one of the most important pieces of hardware on a boat. Having easy access to return to your vessel can be critical in an emergency like the one described above.
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Steering Downwind
Less is More
Courtesy North Sails. Coordinating commands to perfect downhill steering. Steering off the wind, on reaches and runs, requires a coordinated effort between helmsman and spinnaker trimmer. The spinnaker trimmer often has as good a feel for performance as you do while driving, and together you can coordinate efforts to take advantage of changes in conditions. Of course, as the helm, you must respond to other inputs as well. The tactician may suggest one move, and changing sailing conditions may suggest another.
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News
Goodbye Finn – Some Olympic History
When I was first attracted to Olympic sailing all the boats were designed for big men. The top sailors were larger than life. They won big silver World Championship trophies and Olympic medals. Some wrote great books and others made fast sails and built fast boats. Some top sailors were secretive and mysterious representing nations behind the iron curtain such as DDR/East Germany and SR/Soviet Union. They were not always at major events, and they never travelled away from Europe.
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Sarah Douglas Leads 8-Member Canadian Team at the Second World Sailing World Cup
Canadian sailor Sarah Douglas from Toronto, is leading a Canadian team comprised of eight athletes at the second World Sailing World Cup of the season being held this week in Almere-Lelystad, NED, May 31 to June 5. At the first World Cup held in April during the Princess Sofia Trophy in Mallorca, Spain, Sarah Douglas won her first career gold medal at a World Sailing competition in the ILCA 6 event. This week, she is joined in her class by Coralie Vittecoq, Clara Gravely and Maura Dewey.
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News
Sail Canada Insurance Conference
Insurance is a major topic in many different areas in sailing: officials, competitions, clubs, sailors... Join us on June 21 at 7pm (ET) as a representative of Gallagher Skipper's Plan will clarify many points regarding insurance in sailing. Do you have any questions regarding insurances in sailing? Register now and write your insurance-related question that you would like to have covered during this seminar. Deadline to submit your questions: June 12th!
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