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In this issue: Sailing is in the air.
• SailGP Halifax preview
• Valentines Edition – Sailing Shorts
• Rules Guy - unusual finishes
• Some hopeful Olympians
• 8 Bells John Clark
• Shellbacks are shantying
• Wingless Catalina keel
• Canadians podium in 2.4M
Contributors this issue include: Andrew Alberti, Shan McAdoo, Fran Burstein, Tina Barnes, Dianne Leggatt, Dave Dellenbaugh, Sail Canada
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News
Sail Nova Scotia Prepping for SailGP
The countdown to the ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix slated for Halifax on the weekend of 1-2 June is on, with four months until ten international teams descend on Halifax for the 11th event of Season 4. The season then finishes in San Francisco in July 2024. Sail Nova Scotia had the vision to bid for Canada’s first ever Sail Grand Prix; Halifax beat out three other cities to host the event in spring 2023. With the support of the Province of Nova Scotia and...
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Club News
Shellbacks Goes Live and Zoom
The Shellback Club is celebrating 89 years and is beginning its 90th! As usual, the club has selected speakers and videos presenting a wide range of nautical and maritime topics and sometimes outdoor adventures. Shellbacks plans for a series of meetings loaded with friendly women and men who like nautical topics and interesting informed speakers. The FORMAT this year is in person and Zoom. You will be kept up to date by the Skipper and you may also peruse the Shellbacks web. To attend, one, several or all Shellbacks sessions ON ZOOM, please register at...
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News
Sail Canada Names Ryan Kelly CEO
Sail Canada has named Ryan Kelly as its new Chief Executive Officer starting March 11, 2024. A lifelong sailor, Ryan Kelly worked for a long period of time in support of the Cadets Canada Sailing Program and he was the President of Sail Newfoundland and Labrador for eight years. Ryan Kelly is currently a dinghy coach at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron and is an active Sail Canada Learning Facilitator. He also spends his spare time focused on developing as an offshore sailor. Ryan’s professional career is centred around the Ocean Sector...
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Racing
Canadians Rank Well at CanAm Series Events 1 & 2
Ten Canadian boats were among the 24 International 2.4 Meters and sailed in two events over five days during the last week of January in Port Charlotte FL. The fleet encountered a variety of weather conditions over the week from 3 knots to 30 knots of air. The Americans and Canadians battled to a draw for podium positions after both events. Event 1. CanAm Series Event 1 ran from Jan 22, 23. The fleet sailed six races. Day 1 saw 35 knot gusts. The breeze moderated on Day 2. Jeff Linton won the event. Victoria’s Bruce Millar, member of the Canadian National Sailing Team was second.
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Sailing Shorts
February 14 2024
Leave a Sailing Legacy. Until recently the 1st Boundary Bay Sea Scouts Group in Tsawwassen ran a very successful sailing program for over 20 years for scouts living in Tsawwassen. The training enabled some scouts to achieve their certification as qualified Day Skippers from the Canadian Yachting Association. Rather than restarting that program exclusively for Tsawwassen Scouts, we intend to expand the program to include Scout groups...
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Speed & Smarts
Review and Test – Sailing Smarts Part 4: Ahead or Behind?
With the mild weather around, it’s hard not to get cranked up about the season ahead. Dave Dellenbaugh’s review tests are a brilliant way to get your brain in gear. Last issue we took a look at when boats converge and what to do about it. This time, the critical question – are you ahead of them? Questions: Question 20: The direction of your wind is 240°. You are racing upwind and you take a compass bearing of 335° on a nearby boat. Are you ahead of or behind them? A) You’re ahead. B) You’re behind. C) Both boats are even.
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2024 Olympics – Canada
Luke Ruitenberg and Nikola Girke Take the Lead for Potential Canadian Spots
ILCA 7. Luke Ruitenberg from St. Margaret’s Bay, N.S., was the top Canadian at the 2024 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship, which ended January 31 in Adelaide, Australia, with a 40th-place finish, therefore taking the lead for the Canadian spot that will be awarded in this event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, if Canada qualifies a spot. The 2024 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship was the first of two competitions serving for the Canadian athlete qualification process in ILCA 7. The second and last opportunity will be the Princess Sofia Regatta, March 29-April 6 in Palma, Spain.
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The Rules Guy
After You Cross the Finishing Line II
In the last article I discussed a few situations that can happen after you cross the finishing line. I focused on the first two exceptions in the definition of finish. This article will focus on the third exception (c) “continues to sail the course.” In the diagram, the course is a twice around windward-leeward course. A common situation, the same mark is used as the start mark, the leeward mark and the finishing mark. The race committee either uses a different boat for the start and finish or moves in between the start and finish. At position 5, Purple crosses the finishing line from the course side.
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News
Eight Bells: John Clark
Following a struggle with cancer, adventurer, sailmaker and world champion, John Clark, passed away peacefully with assistance at the age of 59 with his family by his side at his home, just as he wished on January 17, 2024. Born in 1964, John learned to sail at Frenchman’s Bay Yacht Club and some of his many sailing accomplishments included being a multiple-time Shark World Champion between 1994 and 2004 and an Albacore World Champion. John’s sailing passions more recently turned to kiteboarding including locally and in exotic locations around the world.
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Tech
MarsKeel and Catalina’s New High Lift Aspect Shoal Draft Bulb Keel
The Catalina 425 is an all-new design that replaces the Catalina 42. Embracing a contemporary aesthetic, it is designed to endure in function and aesthetics in the Catalina tradition. Burlington, ON- based MarsKeel’s in-house Keel Technologist, Bill Souter, collaborated with Catalina Yachts to design and produce the first few of these keels for the new 425. The new keel design was to be an option to the existing wing keel. This new design maintained the same draft without the wings while improving the VCG and righting moment. The new modern bulb design also maintains excellent pointing ability and slightly increases boat speed.
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News
SailGP Adopts Apex Group’s Women’s Accelerator Program
SailGP and its exclusive financial solutions partner, Bermuda-based Apex Group, have launched the league’s first Women’s Accelerator Program. Having signed a new three-year sponsorship deal in June 2023, SailGP and Apex Group have been working together to bring the latter’s Women’s Accelerator Program into the world of sport for the first time. The recent 2023 McKinsey Women in the Workplace Report, the largest study of women in corporate America, recorded that there are only 28% women at c-suite/senior vice president level, 37% at senior manager/director level and 40% at manager level.
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