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In This Issue
• Shark season preview
• Dragons breathing fire
• 8B Sid Dakin
• LYRA 2022
• Penny on Foul Weather gear
• Iceboat veteran
• Fixing the slows
• Sea Spray cats
…much more
Contributors: Glenn Lethbridge, Penny Caldwell, Dave Dellenbaugh, Patrick Godbout, Wendy Loat
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News
National Team: Canadians Shine at US Open
Two-time Olympian in sailing Tom Ramshaw took second place overall at the 2022 US Open Sailing Series held January 15-17, which ended Monday in Fort Lauderdale, USA, while taking part in the ILCA 7 (Laser) event, a class the Canadian sailor had not competed in since 2015. Over the six-race competition, the athlete from Toronto initially made a strong return by finishing first in the first race, his first since Tokyo 2020. And on Monday, he closed the event with his second first-place finish.
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Class News
Sharks are Attacking for '22
The Shark 24 has enjoyed over 60 years of sailing success since the first launched in 1959. The strong leadership of sailing clubs across Canada and the Canadian Shark Class Association has maintained a energetic one design fleet. It shows the resilience of the Shark as this little boat remains the mainstay of the one-design sailing on the Great Lakes for now over 60 years! The class is excited to announce the 2022 Counter Regatta Schedule.
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Operation Cruising
Foul Weather Gear
Winter is a great time to assess your gear and what upgrades you would like to make. Perhaps you are due for new sailing gloves? Maybe some new footwear? If you’re needing new foul weather gear, you may be a bit worried about the price tags and overwhelmed with the choices. However, investing in solid gear that fits well and meets your needs, can be invaluable on a cold, dark, cruising passage. Finding the right gear that works for you is key.
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News
Mainsail: Expanding Sailing Even During Pandemic
This week the Ontario Sailing Board of Directors committed to invest over $60,000 in the Mainsail Program for the coming 2022 season. The investment will include the purchase of eight new RS Zest boats and a new trailer thanks to the assistance in the purchase of Fogh Marine and RS Sailing. Mainsail programming is set for the summer of 2022 with two locations. We are thrilled to welcome back Stormont Yacht Club as a valued member of Ontario Sailing.
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People
On Deck: André Baby
The 2022 Iceboats US Nationals are currently being held in place of the 2022 North American Championship, which was cancelled because of the pandemic. Six Canadians are competing. “On Deck” conversation with an iceboat racer who was a medalist in sailing at the 1963 Pan American Games: André Baby. What do you remember the most from the 1963 Pan American Games? Sailing was held on Lake Guarapiranga, near Sao Paulo, in Brazil. I’ll never forget the opening ceremonies held in the city’s soccer stadium.
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News
Eight Bells - Sid Dakin and James Barkman
Last week the shark fleet said goodbye to two of its finest, Sid Dakin and James Barkman. Sid Dakin – One of the first and most ardent supporters of the Shark, his early ventures in the shark brought recognition to the class and a great respect for the sailors that sailed them. Sid won six World Championship, the first five ever held from 1966-1970 followed by a remarkable sixth world title in 1999, 29 years after his previous win.
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News
Eight Bells - Royal Vic Medalist David Cook
It is with great sadness that Sail Canada has learned of the passing of 1996 Paralympic medalist in Para sailing David Cook from Victoria, B.C., on Friday, January 14, 2022, at the age of 62. David Cook, who was diagnosed at age 17 with a degenerative and incurable neurological disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy, competed at the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta at which time Para sailing was a demonstration sport. In the Mixed Crewboat event, he won the silver medal.
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Class News
Dragons Firing Up for '22
It’s been a quiet couple of years for Dragon sailing in North America. In 2020, most events, including Club Racing, were cancelled until late in the summer. But by 2021, a full set of local events were held. Because the US-Canada border was closed to non-essential travel, many big events were cancelled or had reduced attendance. With the border now open in both directions (with some restrictions), we expect 2022 to be better.
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Class News
SinC Inbox: SeaSpray is now in
Hi, just wanted to be included in the sailboat classes of Canada. Our class is the Sea Spray Class, a 15’ catamaran. We are still an active class mostly in Western Canada and the Western US. We still have regular regattas and although the boats are not in production there are numerous used boats available for upgrade to competitive race boat status and safe recreational use.
The SeaSpray is an excellent one person catamaran with numerous advantages over other catamaran classes.
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Ultimate Photos
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Caribbean update
Rules for Kids in Sint Maarten
My husband, Nick, and I planned our trip to Sint Maarten back in July hoping that everyone would be good and get vaccinated so we could get this pandemic over with. In September, we nearly pulled the plug, but as time went on, cases on the Caribbean island dropped to about three a week. We packed our snorkels and bathing suits and headed off in late November, just before Omicron decided to invade Canada.
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News
Ontario Sailing Hires Program Manager
Ontario Sailing is excited to announce that Megan Medlock has been hired in the role of Program Manager. She will be working in Officials Training, Cruising Instructor Programming, Special Programs and helping to build more Partnerships with the Boating Community. Megan began her career at Ontario Sailing in 2001 managing the BOOM Mobile sailing program and supporting the growth of accessible sailing opportunities in Ontario. Megan returned to Ontario Sailing in 2011 to manage the Instructor Development Program and the Boom Mobiles.
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Racing
Speed & Smarts: How To Tackle a Speed Problem - Part 1
In sailboat racing, speed is almost everything. It’s important to be smart at tactics and strategy, of course, but if you’re not pretty fast you will never be consistently at the top of your fleet. Therefore, good speed is worth a large investment of time and effort. Every racing sailor has issues with speed from time to time, but these won’t normally turn into big problems unless you don’t make any concerted effort to fix them.
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News
LYRA 2022 Heads to Sodus Bay
The Sodus Bay Yacht Club is excited to be hosting the Lake Yacht Racing Association Annual Regatta from July 25 to July 31, 2022. The members of SBYC invite racers from all around Lake Ontario, Eastern Lake Erie, the Finger Lakes, and the St Lawrence Seaway to enjoy an exciting week of Corinthian racing at its finest. The week begins on Monday with the Feeder Races from Canada to the US – LYRA is organizing three Centennial Race feeders from Toronto, Whitby, and Kingston.
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News
New Zealand Accepts American Magic AC37 Challenge
Last week (Jan 26), the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron formally accepted the New York Yacht Club American Magic's challenge for the 37th America's Cup to be held in 2024 – the third additional challenge accepted for AC37. "It is great to be back in the America’s Cup for AC37, and our pursuit of bringing the Trophy home remains the same," remarked Terry Hutchinson, President of Sailing Operations for American Magic. “We've been preparing for AC37 from the moment our time came to an end at AC36.”
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