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In this issue: Canadian sailing – gotta love it!
• Heineken fun + win!
• Canadian DNs storm NAS
• 49er FX – it’s Lewin-LaFrance sisters
• New North Sails in Victoria
• Kingston Sail Loft full speed
• Georgian Bay regatta glory
• Mainsail design explained Part 2.
• New antifouling paint
• Force 5 accomplishments
Contributors this issue include Larry Huibers, Phoebe Chalmers, Roger Renaud, John Curtis, André Baby, LOOR, Jesse Woolnough, Keven Piper, Daisy Cobden, Sail Canada (Dave Dellenbaugh returns next issue)
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Paris 2024
Nova Scotia’s 49erFX Crew Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance Qualify to be Nominated for Paris 2024
Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester, NS, qualified to be nominated on Canada’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games sailing team in the 49erFX class following the results they posted at the 2024 49er and 49erFX World Championships which ended on Sunday in Lanzarote, Spain. Holding the 16th spot following the races held on Friday, the Lewin-LaFrance moved up to the 10th position to qualify for Sunday’s Medal Race as one of the top ten teams in the standings following the preliminary races. They took the second spot in the Medal Race, which allowed them to climb two ranks and finish in 8th place.
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Canadians in the Caribbeans
My Heineken 2024 Report
The Serious Racing, Serious Fun regatta lives up to its advertised promotion. After missing this regatta for a few years, the chance to go back came up and I jumped on it. (Ed Note: Larry and Warthog won their Division!) The Boat – Warthog. A program I have been keen to sail with made some room for me and it was all I hoped it to be. Jim Vos owns the boat; I know him from doing J109 racing on Long Island Sound. Jim decided to transition from racing his large catamaran and looking for something in a manageable monohull that would provide a good turn of speed and be competitive.
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Iceboats
Canadians Best Ever at DN NA’s
Earlier this month, Canadian DN Sailors journeyed to Wisconsin and made a very strong showing at the DN North Americans finishing four boats in the top ten. Over the past 4-5 years a keen group of sailors from Montreal and Kingston have been quietly honing their skills at the oldest form of competitive sailing – Iceboat racing. The Canadian team made up of four sailors from Montreal and three from Kingston, set out for the North American Championships before actually knowing where the regatta would be held. This is not uncommon in iceboat racing because above all else we need sailable conditions.
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News
North Opens Victoria BC Loft
North Sails has opened a new loft in Victoria, British Columbia. Spearheaded by local experts Stuart and Joy Dahlgren, and supported by their expert team of sailmakers, they seamlessly integrate into North Sails Canadian operations. Located on picturesque Vancouver Island, the new North loft, in the purpose built 5,700 square foot facility that until recently operated as a UK Sailmakers loft sits on the shores of Tsehum Harbour adjacent to Van Isle Marina. “We look forward to continuing to foster the valuable relationships we’ve built within the sailing community."
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Kingston Sail Loft Continues
As of February 1, Kingston Sail Loft is up and running with repairs and new sails for 2024. Stephen Yates, Sue Fraser and Ali Meller at Kingston Sail Loft are busy with servicing, repairs and selling new sails. Bay Sails will be supporting KSL with new sail design and production. KSL principal, John Clark, who passed not long ago, was excited for them to continue running the loft, and even gave them sewing lessons on the venerable Adler 166, with extensive instructions to keep it oiled. Every sailmaker knows nothing runs like a well-oiled sewing machine, unless it doesn’t get oiled.
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Racing
LaSalle Mariners a ‘Force’ in Florida
LaSalle Mariners Yacht Club in Windsor a fun, friendly little club on the Detroit River and a ‘Force’ to be reckoned with. Member, Andrea Hill, among others, did her club proud at regattas in Florida this past February. Andrea and her team initially brought her S2 7.9 to the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Regatta, held at St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Florida, February 16-18, 2024. “Congrats to Andrea Hill and her boat Ginger, on winning the first race.” John Spierling of SYC, MI, sailing Rebel, won the regatta beating Andrea by 3 points. Third place was taken by Jeff Padnos, sailing K2 out of Holland MI.
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Regattas
Georgian Bay Regatta July 31 to August 4, 2024
The Georgian Bay Regatta is the ultimate test of racing skill and strategy with light air, heavy air and everything in between. What brings it all together is competition among some of the world’s great scenery. History/Background: In 1985, the Georgian Bay Regatta (GBR) began as an ambitious sailing regatta featuring two main events that lasted a week each. Initially, the regatta kicked off in Thornbury. One of the events was a challenging, non-stop race around Georgian Bay, including a leg into Parry Sound. The second event consisted of daily competitions...
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The Big Picture
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Sail Tech
Triradial vs Crosscut Mainsails – Part 2
In most one design classes like Stars or Etchells, where intense effort is made by sail designers to make the fastest sails, a very high proportion of the sail shape is imparted with tapering of the edges of the assembled panels. Sailmakers call this broadseaming, but it should be more accurately described as seam curves. This converting of flat pieces of cloth into a smoothly curved three-dimensional surface requires that the edges of each panel is super accurately cut and assembled. This sounds difficult to do with scissors, and it is, since the amounts of curve are measured in fractions of millimetres in some cases.
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News
Volunteers Pumped for SailGP Halifax
Team Helix sailor and influencer-in-chief, Daisy Cobden, rocks her Rockwool Canada Sail GP shirt as volunteer for the June event. “I’m thrilled about the upcoming ROCKWOOL SailGP Halifax event this summer, and I’m honoured to be one of the Volunteer Co-Leads on the Sail Nova Scotia Volunteer Steering Committee!” The main event's coming up fast, scheduled for June 1st and 2nd. But before the GP race, there’s a lineup of fantastic activities and events leading up to it! While all boat volunteer positions have already been filled by SailGP-approved individuals...
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Profile
Magenta Project Gets Women Foiling
Canadian sailor Phoebe Chalmers is a member of the Magenta Foiling Team. Phoebe grew up sailing with her family on the Okanagan Lake in BC, taking the helm from her mother whenever she could. Phoebe raced in the 420 class and then transitioned to foiling. In 2022-23, she was a part of the Magenta Project Mentoring Program with mentor Helena Scutt, Moth world champion and America’s Cup engineer. Currently, Phoebe sails WASZPs and keelboats whilst studying engineering at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON. In June 2023, The Magenta Project collaborated with Foiling Week, a 10-day special event for foiling boats.
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Sailing Shorts
March 20, 2024
Last Sail Canada IDE Training Session. Sail Canada’s fourth and last bilingual Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Training Session, named “Wind of Change: Sailing through the waves of anti-racism”, will be held Tuesday, March 26, at 7pm (ET). Details and register now HERE. By then, you can watch the recordings of the first three sessions HERE, under Resources/Sail Canada Inclusion, Diversity and Equity training series.
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New Products
New Antifouling in North America – Hempel’s Silic One
Hempel, the Denmark-based worldwide coatings company, announced its innovative, high-performance, copper-free, and biocide-free antifouling coating – Silic One will be available in the United States and Canada. Sold exclusively in North America by SeaWide Distribution, Hempel’s Silic One is a revolutionary bottom coating that is environmentally friendly while reducing time spent cleaning a vessel’s bottom and improves efficiency by delivering higher boat speed and lower fuel costs. Hempel’s Hydrogel technology is unique to Silic One and elevates it high above other antifouling products.
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Sailing in Canada One Design
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