ABYC's 2014 REGATTA

 Commodore's Ball May 7th, 21st, then the 4th of June + May 28th if not sold out

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Hugh, loving father and uncle passed Saturday, May 17, 2014, age 90.  Hugh was a kind, calm and considerate man, always with decorum, manners, dry English humour an easy smile and well loved by family & friends.  He has gone to meet Mom on the boat in heaven.  May fair winds and sun be with you all of your days.

Memorial service will be held mid June.

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MARJORIE PATTERSON

 

 

Published in the Toronto Star from May 25 to May 27, 2014

 

BCaron

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ABYC hosted our annual One Design and LORC Open Regatta on the weekend, and despite the appalling weather we have had in the last six months, the sun gods shone upon us and we even had wind as well as sunshine and no fog.

ABYC boats fared very well. In IRC2, Stephen Trevitt sailed Crime Scene to second place in his final race before leaving us.  He received a well-deserved standing ovation at the presentations, as he will be missed not only by the ABYC racing fraternity, but also by all of those who have raced against him in interclub racing over the years.  But even more than the outstanding racing record Steve has achieved while racing under the ABYC burgee, Steve will be missed by all members of ABYC for his outstanding volunteer service, including rebuilding of the seawalls every winter.  On a personal note, I will miss sharing a pint or two with Steve, and all of us who had the pleasure of sailing with him will miss his mild manner and welcoming smile.

Murray Gainer and the Lively crew were fifth, and Larry Harrison and the Merlin2 crew were sixth, also in IRC2.

Sona, sailed by Calum Semple, dominated the IRC 3 fleet, with five firsts, a second and a fourth place finish.  Congratulations to the the Sona team!

On Bravo course, Eli Gershman and his crew aboard Black Swan managed an 8th place in the J24 fleet. Also competing were Eriks Kalvins in Black Pearl, Tim Connolly in Humidor and Wes Shera and the crew of Excalibur.

The T-Bird fleet was small, but competitive, with only 7 points separating first from last.  Congratulations to David Holmes and the Rattle ya Dags crew for eking out a one point victory over Looney Tunes with the last hurrah for Drew Robertson and the Full On team taking third place.  Although the PHRF Jib and main fleet was won by a boat from another club, Martin Gibb and the Constor team were second with Hazel Wood and Dan Gregory third in Satori.

All in all, we were blessed with great weather, excellent race committee work and another successfully organized Regatta by Roger van Vlack.  A big shout out of thanks to all the volunteers who made the weekend so special.

For full regatta results, follow the link:  ABYC Regatta and select Course A, B or C.

On the Victoria Day weekend, the brave (and foolish!) raced in the TS&CC Icebreaker.  Linor Berezin and her new partner finished third in the 29er fleet while Shawn Gershman finished a very respectable 12th in the Laser Radial Fleet.  ABYC provided Race Committee volunteers on a chilly mark boat as well as the judges.  Meanwhile in the Netherland, ABYC's Matt Sherar raced in the Laser fleet.

Keep posted for the Opti fundraising events to be held throughout the summer.  The program has been so successful that new equipment is needed. Remember, Opti sailors are the future of the club!  Currently we are looking for donations to the fundraising auction to be held later this summer.  If you or your company have an item that could be auctioned, please let me know at wendy.loat@bell.net.

That's all for this week.
 

A Great Start to the Season

- Emily Nicoll, Championship Fleet Coach

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This weekend, ABYC's Championship Fleet Optimist sailors ventured out to the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club to compete in the Lilac Festival Regatta.  This was the team's first regatta of the season and we were fortunate that the wind conditions were exactly those that we had been practicing in this spring - light winds, around 6-8 knots.  As a bonus it was a warm, sunny weekend!  As always, the RHYC race committee ran a great regatta and made us feel very welcome.

 

This event was the first qualifying Opti regatta for the Ontario Sailing Grand Prix Development Series, in which the athletes' cumulative performance throughout the season is scored against all participating Ontario sailors.

 

The team's main goals for this regatta included focusing on their boat speed by adjusting their sail controls while racing.  By the end of the regatta the sailors were much more confident reaching forward and tuning their sprit pole tension and boom vang mid-race, especially around the marks.  In addition, the sailors worked on being more aggressive on the start line.  We also identified the areas that we need to work on over the coming weekends.

 

The teams' hard work led to some admirable results.  Quinten Beelik was the top ABYC sailor, placing 5th. overall, out of 28 competitors.  In addition, Oliver van Rossem won the award for 1st.  Blue Fleet and Paul Staadecker was close behind in 3rd. Blue Fleet. Timothy Morland and Hunter Dejean were both in the top half overall.  Martin Staadecker had a commendable 17th., despite missing the first day of the regatta. Sacha Wilson placed 22nd. overall, which was a great achievement as she just recently transitioned from Green to Championship Fleet.

 

The team should be tremendously proud of their performance!  This was a great start to the season and I am looking forward to the continued success of our athletes.  They will be competing next at the RCYC Open Regatta on June 21^st and 22^nd.

 

Photo - Alison Wardman

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The sailing website Sail-World.com recently contained a very good write-up regarding ABYC's hosting the 2014 LYRA events.  This can be found at the following link: