17  LOCCA Rendezvous (@ Dalhousie YC)
  24  Cruise to National Yacht Club
  31  Cruise to Oakville Yacht Squadron

  01 - 02 Cruise to Oakville Yacht Squadron
 

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The Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the names of candidates who have so far confirmed that they will be running for positions this September:

 

Commodore

 

Pat Flynn

 

 

Bob Hedley  

(running with Elizabeth Sloss as his running mate)

 

 

Senior Vice Commodore

 (No Photo Available) 

 

Vice Commodore Planning

 

Bob Brew

 

 

Vice Commodore Member Services

 

Mike MacDonald

 

 

If any other members are interested in running for Board positions please contact:

 

Bruce Hannah

Petra Fischer

Jim Allen

 

Bruce Hannah

Chair, Nominating Committee

 

 

 

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This past weekend, National Yacht Club hosted LYRA.  Several ABYC boats competed in both the long distance and course racing.  In addition, ABYC Race Committee volunteers were on hand to run a course.

In IRC 2, Crime Scene was racing against bigger boats than she is used to for the most part, and managed a fourth place in the course racing.  In the Centennial, Stephen Trevitt and the gang placed second in division and overall, while in the Freeman they were first in division and fifth overall.

IRC 3 saw Starwatch ably sailed by the Flynn family and friends capture 3rd place in the course racing, and 5th in the Freeman.

Cliff Walkington's Gypsy finished 3rd in the R Boat class, and Martin Gibb, (Consort) Placed 3rd in the PHRF whitesail division.

Next weekend ABYC will be hosting the Ontario Laser Masters Regatta.  Only those over 35 years old are allowed to compete.  Meanwhile, the Juniors will be headed up to Ottawa.

The following weekend ABYC will be hosting the Beneteau Great Lakes Championship.  Meanwhile, many of ABYC's Race Committee volunteers will be headed back to Kingston for CORK.

Back at the ABYC Open Regatta, the C&C99 fleet made a special presentation to Frank Hudson., (Plum Danish III) There was a brief write-up in S2S at the time, but I since received the following from Dexter Halsall:

"I have attached a "Bear's Eye View" of the ABYC 2013 regatta.

 

We made a special presentation to Frank Hudson for his support of sailing and the C&C 99 Fleet.

 

Captain Bear 

 

I am often visiting other clubs around the lake (and elsewhere) for the purpose of judging.  Many of the events I choose to do are youth events.  There are many reasons why I like youth events, and one of those reasons is that generally speaking, the younger sailors want to learn and are eager to talk to the judges about the rules and what they may be doing correctly and incorrectly.  Their enthusiasm is inspiring.

 

My favourite event so far happened right here at ABYC.  Mike Goldfarb, who is the coach of the Opti Green fleet (the Green Fleet consists of the youngest racers and those with little or no racing experience) invited Petra Fischer and myself to talk to the students in the program about the rules.

 

They were keen beyond expectation.  Petra and I thought we would have to work hard to keep them interested, but that wasn't a problem at all.  They had a million questions (mostly from Danny) but they all had stories to tell and situations to describe.  It is clear they are having fun, which is first and foremost why they are there, and although some of them are ready to move out of the Green fleet and into  the white, (such as Hunter), it is clear they are all friends.  It was a privilege to spend time with such a keen group of young sailors.

Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't pass along a compliment I received from one of Ontario Sailing's volunteers.  He told me that DJ Bott is one of the most pleasant coaches on the circuit with whom to deal.

Our ABYC Juniors and their coaches are doing us proud.

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This week, our Championship Fleet prepares to go to Opti CORK, in Kingston, which starts this Friday and goes through the weekend.  

 

For more information on our team with daily photos, results and much more please 'like' us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ABYCJuniorRaceTeam