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In This Issue - packed!!
• Canada’s SailGP readies for first race
• Sarah and Team score well
• Sailing Hall inductees
• WASZP action
• SailGP Canadian crew who’s who
• Patos Island Race
• We CAN foil
… More, more, more
Contributors this issue: Andrew (the Rules Guy) Alberti, Keven Piper, Dave Dellenbaugh, D Danger, Brent Jacobi, Sharon Green plus help from Sail Canada, CANSailGP and the Melges Team.
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News
CANSailGP Lifts Off in Just TEN DAYS!!
These are glorious days to be a sailing addict in Canada. The National/Olympic Team is soaring and getting better all the time. Club and regional racing is back in gear with big regattas including NAs scheduled in places from Vancouver to Kingston to Chester, NS. But best of all, the Canada SailGP Team has emerged. Yes, for a couple of years, Sail GP has been grabbing our attention as the hottest sail racing on the planet.
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News
Sarah Douglas Finishes 5th, Six Points From the Podium, at French Olympic Week
Canadian Sarah Douglas from Toronto, ON, took fifth place overall at the French Olympic Week competition that kicked off last Monday in Hyères, France, finishing only six points away from a bronze medal. Qualified in fourth place for the Medal Race following the 10 preliminary races, Douglas, who won a gold medal in ILCA 6 at the World Sailing Hempel World Cup in Spain earlier this year, took the fifth spot in Saturday’s Medal Race.
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We Were There
Patos Island Race 2022
“This popular event is hosted by the Sidney North Saanich Yacht Club on Vancouver Island and is the first in the ‘triple crown’ of the big Island events (followed by the Round Salt Spring Race and the Swiftsure Race). The race itself is a great tactical challenge, navigating along the Canada-US border between the southern Gulf Islands and the San Juan Islands. Strong tidal currents are a major consideration here as we’re really playing at the edge of the Juan de Fuca Strait”
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News
2022 Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
The Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame, Sail Canada and the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston have announced the 12 people who are part of the class of 2022 that will be inducted into the Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place Saturday, October 15th, 2022, at the Kingston Yacht Club, from 2 pm to 5 pm. Details regarding tickets are available below. These are the 2022 inductees into the Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame.
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Regatta Preview
Canada SailGP Joins with WASZP to Launch We CAN Foil
As part of its commitment to building a pathway for the next generation of Canadian athletes in sailing, the Canada SailGP Team has partnered with WASZP and Pitch Pole Skiff Products Inc. (PPSP), to inspire the next generation of sailors from coast to coast with the team’s We CAN Foil program. “Foiling is changing the way the sport of sailing is perceived and growing it from a completely different angle,” Marc Ablett, General Manager of WASZP.
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News
Canada SailGP Team Members Announced
When SailGP Season 3 commences on May 14 in Bermuda, it will mark an historic moment for Canadian sailing. Canada’s first-ever fully professional sailing team will be on the start line with an all-star crew onboard the leading-edge F50 foiling catamaran. Since the beginning of the year, Phil Robertson, Driver for the Canada SailGP Team, has been trialing and training a curated selection of Canada’s top sailors at the F50 simulator in Belfast and onboard the team’s training foiling catamaran in Portugal.
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The Rules Guy
Mark Room – When Can You Gybe?
I have now written two articles about mark-room at a gybe mark (Part 1 and Part 2). In both cases, the mark denotes a point at which boats would clearly need to assume a different tack to sail to the next mark. We typically call these marks gybe marks, a term for which there is broad, but unwritten agreement as there are no definitions for gybe marks in the Racing Rules of Sailing.
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Ultimate Photos
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The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow
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Speed & Smarts
Risk: A Racing Sailor's Curse
One definition of risk is ‘exposure to the possibility of loss.’ That basically sums it up for sailboat racers. When you take a risk, you are accepting the chance that you will lose something you have – boats, time, you’re standing in the series, a chance to catch up, etc. In the perfect world, sailors would not take any risks at all. Ideally, we would always know what the wind is going to do.
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Sail Techology
Choosing Woven Sailcloth for a Sail
Even after 30 years in the business, I still love thumbing through the pages of Canadian Yachting magazine - the beautiful new boats, the latest electronics or sailing gear. I particularly like reading the advertisements describing something that I may or not know anything about. “Lighter, faster, stronger, brighter”. I am currently looking for some new salopettes and a spray jacket and the ad copy I’m looking for is “Dryer….and stays dryer.”
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People
The Life of Kai
So, I’m at Mobility Cup in Nepean, across the river from Ottawa. I’ve participated in Mobility Cup as a volunteer and companion sailor for over fifteen years. I don’t do it because of some sense of civic duty. I do this because I love it. I meet wonderful people and the outpouring of love and respect is overwhelming. If, as a sailor, you’ve never been to the Mobility Cup, you should go. You’ll quickly discover what I’m talking about.
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New Products
Harken Single-Acting Integral Backstay Adjuster
It’s one of the best things about sailors: we hate to give up on our equipment. But if you’re like a lot of owners of boats with vintage integral hydraulic backstay units, you’ve been putting up with seepage and slippage for too long. We’ve introduced our new integral hydraulic unit to convince you it’s finally time to pull the pins on that leaker and start anew. Unlike some competitive units, you’ll notice the Harken Single-Acting Integral Backstay Adjuster has no external hydraulic hoses.
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On Deck
Canada SailGP Ramshaw and Lewin-Lafrance Speak About Joining the Team
As Sailing in Canada announced last issue, the Canada SailGP sailors have been recruited - this is a first opportunity to get two members’ impressions of what they are about to tackle! Sail Canada National Team Member and 2-time Olympian Tom Ramshaw and Canadian Sailing Development Squad member Georgia Lewin-LaFrance have been selected by Canada SailGP Team for its inaugural season which starts on May 14. “On Deck” conversation with both sailors.
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News
Ontario Sailing Makes a $70K Investment into Sailing
The Ontario Sailing Board announces a significant investment into our Main Sail Program! With support and thanks from two long standing partners, Fogh Marine and Marine Cradle Shop, we have taken possession of a new trailer and 8 RS Zest Sailboats. Main Sail helps clubs develop their own Learn to Sail Programs with support from Ontario Sailing with the capital equipment and training of instructors under the CANSAIL Community Stream.
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News
LYRA 2022 Race Week Goes on July 25
Sodus Bay Yacht Club is hosting the Lake Yacht Racing Association Regatta open to boats from both sides of the border at last. In addition to great racing, registrants will enjoy live entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights. Delicious meals will be available at the club Thursday through Sunday, as well as options of local fare from your favorite Sodus Point restaurants. To be as inclusive as possible for overall Regatta Champion in handicap racing, we are organizing two separate Centennial Race feeders from Canada.
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New Products
Nodus Factory Textile Deck Fittings Arrive in Canada!
Nodus factory, the French developer of revolutionary soft fittings for a wide variety of purposes, is finally available in Canada. Thanks to their in-depth research in modern textile fibers, Nodus factory is at the leading edge of this exciting revolution in rigging hardware fittings. Their products include soft shackles, friction rings, snap shackles, block fittings, pulleys, and many other connectors. Their incredible textile designs are very light, resilient, and maintain or exceed the strength of metal fittings.
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New Products
SIONYX Night Vision Camera
All it takes is a SIONYX night vision camera and an iPad or Android tablet (or phone) and you can be streaming full color night vision back to your helm station. In just a few seconds, you can mount the SIONYX camera anywhere on your boat and wirelessly stream back to your iPad at the helm. Using current color night vision technology is an eye-opening experience that must be seen to be believed.
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Officials
Sharpen Your Protest Hearing Skills!
This Sail Canada course is designed to provide structured training on best practices for hearing protests. Participants will act as judges and will conduct hearings in small groups under the watchful eyes of Canada’s senior judges. Feedback will be provided to each group by the mentors, ensuring that these exercises will be highly educational. This course is open to certified judges as well as to those interested in applying for certification.
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