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In this issue
• Electric auxiliary X-Yachts
• Canadian Optis in Turkey
• Ali and Mariah in 49er FX
• Qualifying for Pan Am Games
• Mode Sailing with Keven
• Off to Nanaimo: Too Wicked takes NAs
Contributors this issue: Keven Piper, Michael Clements, Jeff Butler, Sail Canada and Canada SailGP
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National Team
Ten Hove and Millen Top Canadians at the 49er European Championships
Ali ten Hove (Kingston, ON) and Mariah Millen (Toronto, ON) were the top Canadian team in the 49erFX class with a 7th-place finish at the 2022 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships that ended Sunday in Aarhus, Denmark. Over the 15 races that were held throughout the competition, the Tokyo 2020 Olympians finished nine times in the top 10, including eight times in their last nine races. In Sunday’s Medal Race, they finished fifth to climb one spot and end up in 7th position.
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Racing
Gold for Canadian Corinthians at 2022 Etchells North American Corinthian Championships
Congratulations to Connor MacKenzie, Sam Thompson, Jack Porter and Erin Sauder from the Oakville Yacht Squadron who won the 2022 Etchells North American Corinthian Championships held at the Shelter Island Yacht Club, June 21-26 in New York, USA. Event results HERE. The team will now train for the World Championships to be held in September in Cowes, UK.
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O/D Keel
Team Too Wicked Wins the 2022 Martin 242 NAs
The 2022 Martin 242 NAs were held in light air in Nanaimo with a fleet size of 15 boats. Many top Regional Teams attended the event, including three-time winner Michael Clements, two-time winner Alex Fox, runners-up Ken Holland and Matt Collingwood, and Phil Cragg and Reto Corfu, a top Vancouver team. It was a very tough regatta that required everyone to be "on" every minute, and relatively minor mistakes resulted in several boats passing by in an instant.
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News
LYRA 2022 Begins July 25 with Feeders from Canada
To be as inclusive as possible for overall Regatta Champion in handicap racing, LYRA is organizing two separate Centennial Race feeders from Canada. One will start from Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club and the other will start from Kingston Yacht Club. For US sailors, we will have two Founder's Race feeders from Rochester and Oswego. Qualification for overall handicap Flying Sail Regatta Champion in PHRF and ORC requires: 1. Competing in a feeder race (either a Centennial Race or a Founder's Race).
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News
Vic-Maui Underway
Held every two years (in even years), this ocean racing classic starts from Victoria, British Columbia and finishes Lahaina, Maui. Cruising and Racing divisions have staggered starts to cover this great circle route distance of 2,308 nautical miles. Between 12 -20 boats in the fleet on any given year with a maximum of 25 entries; this year there is a dozen competing. The race got underway last week on July 4 and 6 and the Maui Finish Venue opens on July 15.
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News
ILCA NAs – Canada Secures Two PanAm Spots
Congratulations and thank you to James Juhasz and Clara Gravely who qualified a spot for Canada in the ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 events at the 2023 Pan American Games with their performances at the 2022 ILCA North American Championships that ended Sunday, bringing large ILCA fleets to Kingston. In ILCA 7, James Juhasz won the bronze medal amongst 51 sailors, while other Sail Canada Development Squad members Luke Ruitenberg finished 5th, Liam Bruce, 7th, Forrest Wachholz, 8th, and Ryan Anderson, 10th.
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Plugboats
X-Yachts Adds Electric Option
X-Yachts of Denmark is the latest shipyard to offer electric propulsion on its sailing yachts with the introduction of the X4⁹E, an adapted version of their existing X4⁹ model. X-Yachts joins builders like Arcona, Beneteau, Excess Catamarans, Elan, Salona, Fantail, Viator and others who either have electric propulsion as standard or now make it available as an option on some models. “We didn’t want to be first movers on this area, but preferred to wait until technology and knowledge had matured properly.”
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Racing
Five Canadians at Opti World Championships
Five Canadians took part in the 2022 Arkas Optimist World Championshps in Bodrum, Turkey, June 29-July 6, and Andi Kinnear was the best Canadian with a 104th overall on a total of 273 sailors. Sterling Ott took the 183rd position, Andrew Noriega, 196, Spencer Hrubant, 200, and Jack Gillis, 202. Full results HERE.
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Sail Techology
Sailing in the Right Gear
I was helping teach my daughters to drive a 5-speed manual over the last while, and they have gotten very good at it. The clutch has survived, and they willingly take that car when they need it, so I think that is a win. I only wish my customers would figure out the 3 gears they need to race a sailboat! Where are these gears? They aren’t exactly gears, but “modes” of sailing. Upwind there are 3 modes: FAST/low, VMG (normal), HIGH/slow.
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On Deck
Allan Clark Wins ILCA Master Worlds in Mexico
In June, BC sailor and coach, Allan Clark, won a gold medal at the 2022 ILCA 6 Grand Masters World Championship in Mexico and finished 6th at the ILCA 7 event. Congratulations on your gold medal in ILCA 6! How does it feel? I was satisfied to win the ILCA 6 Masters World Championship. It was a goal and I was relieved to reach that goal. You also took the 6th spot in the ILCA 7 event. Were you pleased with that result?
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