February 2, 2012
by Sailing Office
Lake Ontario IRC fleet Annual General Meeting
Carson Woods named as IRC Offshore Representative
On Thursday evening January 26th the International IRC Owners Association, Lake Ontario Fleet hosted its Annual General Meeting at the National Yacht Club in Toronto.
Over the years this annual meeting has become much more than the formality of election of officers, financial reports and discussion of IRC rule changes. The meeting has become a productive way for the IRC executive to hear directly from owners for input and to discuss ways we can make IRC racing in the region attractive to an ever increasing cross-section of the racing community around Lake Ontario.
From the meeting we know that all of you realize the IRC rule is stable, reliable, inclusive of a very diverse fleet and free of regional bias. All very positive traits to attract Lake Ontario racers to the IRC rule. In the last number of years the IRC has proven to be the fairest, most equitable rule we could possibly be racing under in the Lake Ontario region. For 2012 we have again created a regional schedule of IRC sanctioned events that encompasses a variety of racing venues and disciplines. Our racing divisions should again prove attractive to a very wide range of boat size, speed potential and vintage. It is the intention of the IRC executive to underwrite a portion of measurement costs in 2012 to make it even more attractive for owners to get their boats weighed and fully measured. Stay tuned for more details in upcoming newsletters.
For 2012 the IRC regional executive includes Kevin Brown as Chairman, Adam Farkas as Treasurer and Carson Woods as Offshore Racing Representative. Regional Representatives include Don Finkle for Youngstown/Niagara, John Odenbach for Rochester with Jim McGuinness for Toronto East and Andrew Riem for Toronto West. Both Jim and Andrew are new to our executive for 2012 and we give a very big thank you to Winston Beckett for his efforts as our outgoing Toronto East representative. Also part of our executive committee is our measurement team. They are key to the continued growth and success of IRC in the Lake Ontario region. Our 2012 measurers include John Crawley as both our Chief Measurer and keeper of the
www.lorc.org website which is the source for all IRC information for the Lake Ontario region. John works tirelessly on our behalf. Our regional measurers include Peter Wallace in Toronto and Tarry Polidor in Rochester. We thank them both for their outstanding efforts in 2011. With over one hundred IRC certificates processed in the Lake Ontario region in 2011 we met all our expectations for regional growth. We promise to do our best to keep them busy measuring more new boats in 2012.
This years edition of our AGM featured informative presentations from a number of regatta hosts and a seminar on sail design, and IRC sail optimization, from North Sails Toronto. We would like to thank Goeff Moore and Nick Dovbniak from North Sails for their informative presentation and their insights into the development program for Buckeroo Banzai that culminated with David Ogden's nearly stock J35 taking first overall at the 2011 IRC North American Championship.
We would like to thank John Gary for travelling from Oswego to deliver a very interesting presentation regarding Oswego and the Oswego Yacht Club's hosting of the 2012 LYRA Regatta this summer. They are well on their way in planning an excellent event and we encourage everyone to consider attendance. We would appreciate input from all owners that are planning to attend LYRA as to whether a two or three day course racing program would be most desirable. For slip information at the Oswego YC please contact Jeanne Cooper at jcooper@oswego.org or 315-342-8186.
Brian Townsend of the Lake Ontario 300 Organising Committee delivered an excellent presentation on the 2012 edition of the LO300 which will include a new Sperry Topsider trophy specifically for the IRC overall winner. Who is going to be the first boat to get their name on this very prestigious piece of hardware? We expect the IRC fleet will be stronger than ever for this years race. The race is sure to be its usual test of offshore sailing skill. The LO300 is quickly becoming the premier distance race on the Great Lakes and certainly the only one offering multiple IRC divisions.
With Don Finkle unable to make the AGM due to illness it fell to our IRC executive to present the Youngstown Level Regatta. The 'Level' is sure to be an entertaining and competitive weekend especially as this year it has been chosen as the host of the 2012 IRC Great Lakes Championship. It is the first time this event has been hosted on Lake Ontario and we expect a very large and diverse fleet from all corners of the lake in attendance. We encourage everyone to sign up for IRC when registering for Levels this year as we wish to be able to break the fleet out into at least three divisions for the best racing possible. This is a not to be missed IRC event in 2012.
Awards for both the IRC Lake Ontario Championship Series and the Toronto IRC Fall Series were presented at the AGM. This years winners in the Lake Ontario Championship Series included Xoomer Xpress in IRC 1, Crime Scene in IRC 2 and Five Fifteen in IRC 3. Overall awards put Xoomer Xpress in 3rd, Red Jacket in 2nd and Crime Scene in 1st. Fall Series winners included Maggie Kelly in IRC 1, Crime Scene in IRC 2 with the top three overall places going to Red Jacket in 3rd, Maggie Kelly in 2nd and Crime Scene in 1st. Go to
www.lorc.org to see complete results.
Special awards were given out to Robert Eckersley's Blue Streak for their IRC Overall win in the 2011 Lake Ontario 300 and to Chris Rypkema's Umi Taka for taking IRC Overall in the Susan Hood. The presentation of Suunto timepieces went to Suunto IRC Canadian Championship division winners Chris Rypkema for his win in IRC 1 and to Stephen Trevitt for his win in IRC 2. JIm McGuinness previously received his Suunto Yachtsman timepiece as the overall winner of the 2011 IRC Canadian Championship. Congratulations to all.
The final presentation of the evening was the awarding of the prestigious IRC Boat of the Year for 2011. We are proud to announce that Stephen Trevitt and the crew of the J35 Crime Scene are this years deserving winners. Their regular attendance and outstanding performances throughout the season made them the overwhelming choice as this years recipient. It seems that 2011 was the year of the J35. Not bad for a thirty year old design.
Lake Ontario IRC Executive Committee
International IRC Owners Association, Lake Ontario Fleet
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January 31, 2012
Lynne Beale Chosen to the Olympic Jury
Very Special Recognition
Lynne Beal , a shark sailor and RCYC member, has been selected to serve on the International Jury for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition. This, on the heels of her service on the Jury for the ISAF World Sailing Championships this November-December in Australia, is an appreciation of her knowledge, her skill, and her extraordinary ability to work under pressure in difficult situations and with highly accomplished athletes and officials.
The job? It ordinarily starts long before the regatta, reading, correcting, and organizing major documents, the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions. Then at the regatta to meet early on the morning of each day of competition with coaches and competitors, then to spend the day on the water in small boats enforcing the rules about kinetics (illegal pumping, rocking, and sculling), then to spend the evening in protest hearings. That can well be a 14-hour day.
In addition, this January Lynne has been at the International Federation for Disabled Sailing World Championships, in Florida, where she was a member of the International Jury. And next summer she will additionally serve on the Jury for the Paralympics Sailing Regatta in Weymouth, England.
January 24, 2012
Canadian Yachting Association Annual Awards Banquet
The CYA will be honoring RCYC Member Paul D. Phelan with the Rolex Sailor of the Year Award and the following other Members at the annual Canadian Rolex Sailor of the Year Event on Saturday, February 4th at the Carlu Theater in Toronto.
Click here for more event information and tickets.
Marvin McDill Award – Ingrid Merry
President’s Award – Grant Hood (owner) and Oskar Johansson (Helm)
For The Royal Canadian Yacht Club’s Canada’s Cup Victory
President’s Award – John Hele (owner) and Terry McLaughlin (Helm)
For The Royal Canadian Yacht Club’s NYYC Invitational Cup Victory
January 23, 2012
by Sailing Office
Road to London 2012 - KEEP CALM AND SAIL ON
Save the Date! Thursday, February 16th, 2012 5:30 - 9pm; Kick off the 'Family Day' Long Weekend with a fun
evening in support of our Olympic Sailors!
Meet our Olympians, Live Entertainment, Silent Auction, British Themed Photo Booth & More!
Call for Membership Support: We need additional auction items! No vacation property too smail or BIG ticket item too BIG!!
Please contact Scott McGregor: scott.mcgregor@oracle.com or Caroline Van Nostrand: cvannostrand@rsgc.on.ca to donate!!
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January 19, 2012
by Sailing Office
RCYC laser & Radial Sailors prepare for their Olympic Trials
Starting this Sunday, January 23rd six male sailors and six female radial sailors will be competing in their final Olympic trials to see who will represent Canada in London 2012.
In the laser fleet Chris Dold is narrowly leading David Wright coming into Miami. There are only two positions separating these two sailors after the first trials in Perth Australia. (As a side note thank you to the members who financially supported all these sailors to get to Perth)
In the radial fleet, Claire Merry has an uphill battle going into her final trails. Currently sitting in third place behind Isabella Bertold from Vancouver and Danielle Dube. Claire needs a solid result to progress; only eight positions separate Claire from her dream of London in August.
In addition to these trials we wish the best for Caroline Kaars Sijpesteijn, Barb Kaars Sijpesteijn & Joanne Prokop in their trials as well. The girls have shown great improvement over the past year and are hopeful they will win one of the last remaining match racing spots in London.
Finally best of luck to our other members who are competing in Miami. Although not their Olympic trials this grade one event will test their skills against the worlds best.
Finn class Chris Cook, Greg Douglas, Martin Robitaille
49er Class- Gordon Cook, Billy Gooderham, Ian Hogan, Dave Mori, Arthur and John Ferguson, Justin Barnes
RSX class David Hayes
2.4 meter Alan Leibel
Laser class- David Wright, Chris Dold, Lee Parkhill, Mitch MacDonald, Robert Davis, Greg Clunies
Radial class- Claire Merry, Ingrid Merry, Brenda Bowskill, Violet Stafford, Bronwyn Richardson, Samantha Rey
For more information and to check the results go to http://rmocr.ussailing.org/
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January 18, 2012
by Sailing Office
2012 IRC Calendar and Certificate Renewal Information
All Canadian IRC certificate holders will now be receiving their IRC renewal forms from the CYA office. If you are making any changes to your boat or sails for the 2012 season do not return your renewal until you have been measured or have a sailmakers measurement certificate for your new sails. By doing this you will incur no additional fee's when renewing for 2012. We suggest that all Canadian owners return their IRC renewal documents to our IRC Chief Measurer John Crawley (jccrawley@gmail.com) to ensure all documentation is correct and to expedite the renewal process. Once checked John sends your renewal forms directly to the RORC in the UK and copies the CYA on all submissions. This process is not necessary for US based owners in our Lake Ontario Fleet. All US owners in the Lake Ontario fleet may confirm all changes with our regional US-IRC measurer Tarry Polidor (etp@qvii.com) who is based in Rochester as your renewals will be sent through US-IRC.
Remember that the IRC Annual General Meeting and Prize Giving is coming up on January 26th. The meeting is being hosted by the National Yacht Club and will commence at 6pm with the serving of light fare. Awards will be given out for the 2011 IRC Lake Ontario Championship Series and Toronto Fall Series in addition to special awards including the announcement of the IRC Lake Ontario Boat of the Year award. This is an open meeting and social event. We will have presentations from a number of our 2012 regatta hosts. Anyone interested in the IRC is invited to attend.
Brian Chapman as the principal of our very active and loyal fleet sponsor UK Halsey Sailmakers in Toronto has brought our attention to their very good website and invites everyone to sign up for their regular educational newsletter here. There are a number of very interesting features to the UK Halsey site that includes a very informative Rules Quiz section that everyone will find useful and educational for the whole crew.
Please be sure to download and print the IRC Racing Calendar that is attached to this e-mail. The calendar is being displayed at numerous booths throughout the Toronto Boatshow this week and is being sent electronically to all yacht clubs around Lake Ontario and vicinity. Please insure your club posts our calendar and encourage your club to distribute the calendar through their club E-Newsletters if possible.
The Lake Ontario IRC Executive Committee
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January 12, 2012
by Sailing Office
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January 11, 2012
by Sailing Office
DO YOU HAVE POTENTIAL CREW – OR JUNIOR CREW - WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM A
“LEARN TO CREW” PROGRAM?
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND – 7-10 PM – 4 Tuesdays in April
The RCYC “Learn-to-CREW” program provides 12 hours of classroom and “hands on” instruction to potential and junior keel boat racing crew members aged 16 to 50.
Assumes little to no keel boat or racing knowledge, although some have Junior Club sailing or cruising from years past.
Sessions start with sailing and racing vocabulary and knot tying. We use videos to review actual crew racing activities, and have “hands on” with Harken winches and cleats. We coach students on what to say to the skipper and when, and we go through the race process. The course finishes with a review and a test on the final week to provide a “Basic Crew Certification”. Skippers who used the grads last year found them effective and able to contribute starting on the first night. Taught by regular Tuesday night racers and CYA certified instructors, Maureen Giles and Gavin Pitchford
If you have crew – or family members past age 16 – who would benefit – sign them up here minimal $35 charge for course materials and refreshments.
And If you need crew – go to the On-Line Crew bank here.
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Janurary 2, 2012
by Dan Cunningham
RCYC Junior Club 2012
The RCYC has a long history of producing excellent sailors with a passion and dedication for the sport. Its graduates include olympians, top offshore racers, and many lifelong sailors. All members of the RCYC Junior Club will have the opportunity to experience the sport of sailing in a safe, fun-filled, and challenging environment.
The RCYC is offering several new programs this year including:
- Increased sessions and capacity for Sailing and Sports
- Spring Bonze Sail Program: Bronze sail curriculum 10am - 3pm Saturdays May - June
- Youth Keel Adventure Camp: A two week camp focused on teaching hands on navigation and crusing skills
Full information on each program can be found in the Youth Sailing Section of the Website
Registration for 2012 programs can be found
HERE
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December 15, 2011
by Sailing office
HH makes a great xmas present for the true sailors in the family!
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December 14, 2011
by Sailing Office
Major Regatta Fixture list 2012
Mark down these dates in your calendar. Information on these events will be found under regattas in the sailing section of the website in the New Year. In the meantime reserve the date and/or if you have the time to volunteer to be on one of these event committees contact mikemilner@rcyc,ca for more details. More regattas and dates will be added as they are confirmed.
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All Fleet Club Championship |
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Dec 12 2011
By Dan Cunningham
The second half of the 2011 ISAF worlds has kicked off in Perth. Today saw a wide range of conditions due to a number of storms west of Fremantle. 49ers raced on the tricky Center course close to the breakwall, entertaining spectators with spectacular wipeouts. RCYC's Gordon Cook and Crew Hunter Lowden are the top canadians in 30th position.
Lasers raced much further offshore contending with thunderstorms and big seas. Chris Dold is currently the top Canadian, scoring a 20th and a 3rd and sitting in 30th overall. Just on his tail in 33rd is Dave Wright, scoring a 16th and a 9th.
Full results and news can be found
here
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Dec 7, 2011
by Sailing Office
Road to London 2012 - KEEP CALM AND SAIL ON
Save the Date! Thursday, February 16th, 2012 5:30 - 9pm; Kick off the 'Family Day' Long Weekend with a fun
evening in support of our Olympic Sailors!
Meet our Olympians, Live Entertainment, Silent Auction, British Themed Photo Booth & More!
Call for Membership Support: We need additional auction items! No vacation property too smail or BIG ticket item too BIG!!
Please contact Scott McGregor: scott.mcgregor@oracle.com or Caroline Van Nostrand: cvannostrand@rsgc.on.ca to donate!!
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Dec 7, 2011
by Dan Cunningham / Claire Merry
2011 ISAF Worlds Day - 3
Day three of the 2011 Worlds brought more typical Fremantle conditions with a seabreeze filling in by mid-day and bulding until 5 pm. On the radial course Claire merry put together the best day of the Canadians with a 5, 15, 12, putting her in 22nd overall. On the Finn course Chris Cook put together a respectable day with a 7, 15, 9 and sits in 16th going into the finals.
Claire Merry wrote the below report on racing thus far.
G'day mate,
It is the third day of racing and we have now finished the qualifying series of our ISAF World Championship here in Australia. So far we have had a mix of conditions during the event with yesterday being cancelled after lots of waiting around because of storms. Today we did three races to make up for lost time yesterday. We sailed out in very light winds but as our MET staff predicted, the wind shifted to 240 very quickly and picked up to about 12 knots for our first race. For the second and third race the wind picked up to 15+ knots with some tough chop to steer through. The wind continued to shift left throughout these races and there were multiple course changes made to accommodate this. The second and third races were particularily testing because instead of sailing the typical two upwind/downwind trapezoid courses, we sailed three upwind and downwind legs and the races were around 70 minutes each. All in all, it was a warm day out there with some good winds and quality racing. Tomorrow is the first day of final races.
Claire,
Full results can be found here
results
And Race tracking can be found here
tracking
Brenda Bowskill on her way to the finish of race 5
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Dec 6, 2011
by Sailing Office
Join us at the City Club on December 11th at 6 pm for the Premier Screening of the Canadian Sailing Film - O CANADA PROJECT - featuring some of Canada's finest sailors learning to sail an Open 60 in New Zealand. This is Part 2 of the Sailing Documentary Film Series.
Click here to watch the trailer.
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Dec 6, 2011
by Dan Cunningham
No racing on Day two of the ISAF worlds. An unstable weather system brought a string of thunderstorms and rain through the day. Athletes waited out the day in the Fremantle Sailing Club until the day was called at 2pm. Tomorrow's forcast looks much more favorable with more stable weather and seabreeze in the afternoon.
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Dec 5, 2011
by Sailing Office
Perth ISAF Worlds starts
Four fleets have started the ISAF worlds. Click here. This event is every class’s Olympic qualifier and world championships. The fleets that have started are the Finn, laser radial, and the women’s match racing. The RCYC currently has 14 members competing at this prestigious event.
To follow the Finn fleet check out this link for up to date news on the racing and this link for results. The RCYC has 3 sailors competing in the Finn class. After 2 races Chris Cook stands in 12th place, Greg Douglas in 27th overall, and Martin Robitaille in 50th place.
In the match racing we have one team competing Sharon Ferris with members Joanne Prokop and Caroline Kaars-Sijpesteijn. Click here for results and here for latest match racing news.
In the laser radial class we have Ingrid Merry, Claire Merry, and Brenda Bowskill. After two days Claire sits in 33h place, Ingrid Merry sits in 46th place and Brenda Bowskill, 78th place. For the latest radial news click here and for latest results here.
Good luck this week to our Olympians and best of luck next week for the next group.
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Dec 5, 2011
By Dan Cunningham
2011 ISAF Worlds - Day 1
Day one of the 2011 ISAF Worlds is in the bag. Racing got off to a slow start with unsteady breeze until 2pm when the thermal finally kicked in. Of RCYC's radial girls Claire Merry put together the best day. In Race one she had a stellar start and was 4th until receiving a flag during the final reach, finishing around 14th. During race two she worked the left side hard but did not commit enough on the 2nd beat and finished just above mid fleet. Claire’s sister, Ingrid had a respectable top 20 in the first race, followed by a mid fleet finish in race two. Of note was Ingrid’s downwind speed, as she passed at least 5 boats per run.
For the Finn's the thermal kicked in a little stronger than on the Radial course, providing some physically challenging conditions for the guys. Chris Cook had a top 5 and a top 15 finish, Greg Douglas was just a little behind him. AS of writing this results are not up, but race tracking data and results will be here http://www.perth2011.com/
Hoses are not allowed for rinsing off at the end of the day so some athletes are being creative.
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Dec 2, 2011
By Dan Cunningham
Fifteen of RCYC's High Performance Team members are gearing up for the 2011 ISAF Worlds in Perth. This worlds is the first Qualifyer for next years Olympic Games in London. Here is a quick note from Laser Sailor Lee Parkhill.
Greetings from down under,
RCYC’s laser contingent of Myself (Lee Parkhill), David Wright and Chris Dold have all arrived in Perth and are gearing up for our upcoming Worlds and Olympic trials beginning on December 12th. Training before a World Championships is some of the best practice you will get all year. A day on the water usually consists of speed tuning in our Canadian group on the way out of the harbor, heading for where our race course is proposed to be during the Regatta. Once in the race area coaches organize marks and a race course and all the laser sailors converge and take part in practice races together. The past week we have had up to 50 of the top Laser sailors from around the world all training together and taking part in informal practice races. It’s not often you find a sport where all the top players and Countries train together. So far we have seen a large mix of conditions, but the majority of time the sea breeze dominates in the afternoon.
From the three of us we would also like to thank RCYC and the Olympic Committee again for their support.
Thanks,
RCYC Lasers
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November 29, 2011
By Sailing Office
This is a reminder that the 2012 Dock Forms are due by January 1, 2012. You can print the Dock forms
here and the Yacht Owner's Agreement form
here.
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November 28, 2011
By Sailing Office
Great Article on RCYC member David Ogden on his winning of the 2011 IRC North American Championships. Click here for the article.
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November 28, 2011
By Sailing Office
Join us at the City Club on December 11th at 6 pm for the Premier Screening of the Canadian Sailing Film - O CANADA PROJECT - featuring some of Canada's finest sailors learning to sail an Open 60 in New Zealand. This is Part 2 of the Sailing Documentary Film Series.
Click
here to watch the Trailers!
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November 24, 2011
By Bob Medland on behalf of the Olympic Sailing Development Committee
A Special Thank you to the following people who have supported our Olympic hopefuls through donation and/ or attending the Olympic Fundraising dinner on October 6th. Your support has allowed for our athletes as well as a coach to get to Perth Australia for the Perth Olympic class World Championships.
Thank you!
Alan Adelkind
Alan Heisey
Alison Jones
Andre B Colenbrander
Andrea J. Camerson
Andrew L. Jones
Anonymous
Bernard Luttmer
Bill & Lynda Merry
Bob & Sally Medland
Bruce I. MacTaggart
Bruce Moyle
Bryan J Buttigieg
Caroline Kaars Sijpesteijn
Catherine Mary Birt
Cedric G.E. Gyles
Charles M. Scrivener
Chris Dold
Christopher K. Rich
Crosbie Allan
David E. Howard
David I. Matheson
David Jarvis
David Wright
Debra & Craig Lindsay
Doug Bullock
Edwin Jarmain
Edwin K. Weir
Elizabeth Fanjoy
Elizabeth Lesslie
Fiona Kidd
Frank J. McLaughlin
George Meadows
George Mezo
George V Hughs
Gordon McIlquham
Heather A. Sampson
Hugh Drake
Ian Farquharson
Ian Struthers
James H. Lisson
James Keating
James R Bateman
James Hamilton
Jane E. Emery
Jane Green
Janet Armstrong
Janet M.M. McDougall
Jay Nicholson
Jennifer A. Provan
John C. Millen
John Curtis
John E.A. Wildman
John McLeod
John O'Dwyer
John W. Thompson
Karen McRae
Karen Brookman
Kevin R. Pask
Louise Cannon
Margaret Winter
Mark Decelles
Mark Baker
Martha Henderson
Michael C Birley
Michael C. Newbury
Michael Chapman
Michael J. Hill
Michael Jones
Oskar Johansson
Peter Brymer
Paul Scrivener
Pamela Campbell
Patrick E. Kierans
Patrick E.M. Gillen
Patrick J. Shield
Paul Henderson
Peter A. Adamson
Scott McGregor
Peter A. Milligan
Peter Hall
Philip MacDonnell & Nancy Garrow
Richard S. Self
Robert A. Noble
Robin Clarke
Roland Orlie
Ruth Ann Penny
Sarah Domino
Scott Bell
Sheila Smith
Sherry Monahan
Stephen A.E. Boake
Stewart Green
Stuart & Laurie Bruce
Susan Fulford
Terry Vaudry
Thomas Kenedy
Timothy Walsh
Todd Irving
Tony Anderson
William F. Brennan
Wendy Anderson
William & Dale Douglas
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November 21, 2011
by Sailing Office
RCYC Sailors prepare for the ISAF Worlds in Perth, Australia
Starting December 4th through to the 18th, Fourteen members of the RCYC will be competing at the ISAF Worlds in Perth. Every four years the ISAF Worlds hosts each Olympic class Worlds in a combined event. This event also serves as the first opportunity for Nations and the athlete's to qualify for the Olympics.
The RCYC has Fourteen athlete's currently preparing for this event. We wish the following the best winds and fair sailing.
Good luck to all!
Laser
Chris Dold
Lee Parkhill
David Wright
Laser radial
Claire Merry
Ingrid Merry
Brenda Bowskill
Match Racing
Joanne Prokop
Carolynne Kaars Slipesteijn
Mens RSX
David Hayes
49er
Gordon Cook (w/royal van crew)
Billy Gooderham
Ian Hogan
coach Dan Cunningham
Finn
Chris Cook
Martin Robitaille
Greg Douglas
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November 10, 2011
by Sailing Office
RCYC's Finn team, Greg Douglas, Chris Cook, Martin Robatille, and Rob Hemming have been working hard for the last month in Clearwater Florida. Have a look at the video below for an insight into what its like to train and compete in a Finn.
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November 9, 2011
by Sailing Office
After Several Years of crewing aboard Tall Ships Pathfinder, Playfair, Bounty & The Bark Europa, Crossing the North Atlantic with a crew of only 12 sailors, Michelle joins us at the RCYC in the Role of Dockmaster and Adult Sailing Instructor. This winter Michelle would like to share her skills and knowledge through hosting our new informative and enjoyable series: Hands on Seminars!
Come and join to learn and hear first hand exciting Tall Ship stories while tacking down your sailing skills!
The first Seminar will be:
Knots, Splices & Rigging- November 17th & 24th 6:30-9pm $75/ member
You can register online
here.
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November 9, 2011
by Sailing Office
Busan Cup 2011
The 2012 Olympic Games are only nine months away, and that means it is crunch time for Canadian athletes trying to qualify for the Games. Our sailing squad is trying to qualify for Women’s Match Racing, and has approached our journey to the Olympics in four stages.
Stage 1: July – September
Qualify for the World Championships
Stage 2: October – December
World Championships. Qualify Canada and ourselves for the 2012 Olympic Games
Stage 3: January – July
Full Time Training for the Olympic Games (Focus on ISAF Sailing World Cup)
Stage 4: August
2012 London Olympic Games
This fall our team of Sharon Ferris-Choat, Caroline Kaars Sijpesteijn, Joanne Prokop and Barbara Kaars Sijpesteijn successfully completed our first Stage of training. Finishing second at the Canadian female qualifier at the end of September, we earned the right to represent Canada at the World Championships, which is the first stage of the Olympic Trials.
We kicked off the second stage of our training plan by competing in the 2011 Busan Cup, in South Korea. This event is an ISAF Grade 1 event, and one of only two Women’s Match Racing events that offers prize money. We were fortunate enough to be offered an invitation to this prestigious event, and entered the competition ranked 7th of the nine teams attending. Competitors included Renee Groeneveld, NED (ISAF Ranked 10th), Stephanie Hazard, NZL (ISAF Ranked 19th) and Camilla Ulrikkeholm, DEN (ISAF Ranked 20th).
The Busan Cup was sailed in five person keelboats called Bakewell-White 30. For this event Sharon Ferris-Choat was on the helm, with Barbara and Caroline trimming jib, Caroline on bow, and Joanne on main and spinnaker trim. Our team was also joined by Michele Cimon on pit. We had two goals for this event. (1) finish top five in the Round Robin, and (2) finish top 4 overall.
We started this regatta somewhat rusty. Our previous Grade 1 regatta (2011 Santa Maria Cup – 4th overall) at the beginning of October came at the tail end of a long push of training and regattas, after which we took a break before our November training block. Our team discovered how much rust can actually develop in a short time off the water, which helped us plan our training time and breaks leading up to the World Championships, to be held in Perth, Australia.
Despite spending much of the regatta getting back into sailing mode, we managed to accomplish all of our goals. We finished the initial round robin in 4th, winning a tie-break against the Russian team. We faced the Russian’s a second time in the quarterfinals, with the first team to three points moving on to the semi-finals. We started the day off going 2-0, with the Russian team being black flagged (disqualified) out of the second race. We then made things very difficult for ourselves, by getting a couple penalties in the prestart we couldn’t quite kill, as well as our own black flag in the fourth match.
The quarterfinal came down to a single race; a $10,000 race. Despite the pressure, our team was able to come together, and sailed a clean race. We got off the start line ahead, maintained a clear lead for the entire race, and advanced to the semi-finals. Goal achieved!
In the semi-final round we faced our toughest competition: the first place team from Denmark. Unfortunately we struggled to defend our lead on the downwinds, and missed out on the finals. This is something that our team plans to focus on during our World’s preparation, which will continue in Wellington, New Zealand during the month of November.
Our petit-final match for 3rd and 4th was against the Dutch team. Due to light and unsettled winds, we were held on shore under postponement. Due to time constraints and unruly weather, when we hadn’t started sailing by 1:30pm, our petit-final match was changed from a “first to two” match to a “first to one” race. Essentially making the 3rd/4th match a single race.
When we were finally able to make it out racing, our team was met with puffy and shifty conditions, which made it very difficult to kill the penalty we received in the prestart. The entire team worked extremely hard to keep the distance between the boats close. But in the fluky conditions we were faced with, we weren’t able to offset the penalty.
This regatta is our second 4th at an ISAF Grade 1 event, and the prize money ($10,000) is exceptionally important in helping to finance the second and third stage of our Olympic Campaign.
Looking forward to Perth, our team is training full time in Wellington, New Zealand during the month of November. We will be competing in the New Zealand National Match Racing Championships, as well as clocking hours with the New Zealand National Team and the RPNYC Under 21 Match Race Team in the hope of honing our skills before the World Championships. Our team would like to thank RCYC for all of their continued support in the achievement of our Olympic Dream.
If you are interested in following and supporting our team, we encourage you to join our mailing list by sending an email to 2012olympicchallenge@gmail.com for updates, or liking 2012 Olympic Challenge on facebook.
Photos!
Team Canada (L to R): Sharon Ferris-Choat, Joanne Prokop, Barbara Kaars Sijpesteijn, Michele Cimon, Caroline Kaars Sijpesteijn
Start - Canada vs. Denmark
Pre-start - Canada vs. Netherlands
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Pre-start - Canada vs. Netherlands
Downwind match racing - Canada vs. Netherlands
Upwind match racing - Canada vs. Poland
Upwind match racing - Canada vs. Russia
Canada winning quarter-final match against Russia to advance to semi-finals
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November 10, 2011
by Sailing Office
Check out these great pictures from the 2011 sailing season
8 Meter North Americans
http://www.eye4photos.ca/8meternorthamerican2011#h38869bb8
International 14 Canadians
http://www.eye4photos.ca/2010international14canadianchampionshipsrcyctoronto#h1d771036
J 105 Canadians
http://www.eye4photos.ca/j105canadians2011#h2506698e
RCYC Open 2011
http://www.eye4photos.ca/rcycopen2011
RCYC Tuesday night mid week racing
http://www.eye4photos.ca/tuesdaynightracingboatsearch
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November 8, 2011
by Sailing Office
This is a reminder to all Dock Holder that your dock forms are due by January 1, 2012. If you have not received your forms, they are now available online here. Or please contact Kathleen Archibald in the Sailing at 416-934-4435 or sailing@rcyc.ca.
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November 1, 2011
by Team RCYC
Join us Saturday, November 5th at the RCYC City Clubhouse and celebrate RCYC’s impressive 2011 international victories!
The fun gets started with a champagne reception at 6:00, followed by the recognition of our champions in the Badminton Courts. At 7:15 watch the exclusive Canadian release of Gary Jobson’s 2011 ESPN New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup video. Appetizers will be served. Tickets are available at reception $25 ($10 for children under 16 years).
After the video – meet in the Crown and Beaver for libations and a special Victory Party bar menu, or reserve in the Dining Room for a prix fixe Victory Dinner at just $40.00 per person
October 25, 2011
NYYC Invitational Press release showing off RCYC members. Click here for the link
October 21, 2011
The annual dock applications are now online! click here.
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RCYC HPT members Claire and Ingrid Merry training in October 19th
Big Waves in Toronto from Dan Cunningham on Vimeo.
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Follow RCYC member David Wright as he comptes for Canada at the Pan Am Games. David is sailing the laser and is one of the regatta pre favorites.
You can find the results here
Follow RCYC member David Wright as he comptes for Canada at the Pan Am Games. David is sailing the laser and is one of the regatta pre favorites.
You can find the results here
Follow RCYC member David Wright as he comptes for Canada at the Pan Am Games. David is sailing the laser and is one of the regatta pre favorites.
You can find the results here.
Good Luck David!
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RCYC Match Racing - October news - Boat Pack Up Day
Pack Up Day
Originally I had thought this weekend would be the weekend, but looking at the early forecast, it’s meant to be blowing about 35, with temps around 10 degrees, with a light drizzle. So we’ll pass on this weekend, and everyone can pencil in their calendars October 22nd, catching the 8:45 boat over to the island (Ferries are hourly - running from city to island on the :45’s, and from the island to the city on the hour). Hoping to have all the boats packed up so we can all catch the noon ferry back to the city. I need to figure out the end of season party location, so a few details still to come, but save the evening as well…
End of season results
I’d like to congratulate everyone for great results, not only in match racing, but in other regattas sailed through the summer. The end of season run that sailors from the match racing group was truly amazing. I’ll run down the list, but if you want the full story, congratulate the names below in person. In no particular order, and probably missing out on other results, here are some of the highlights:
Caroline Kaars Sijpesteijn, Joanne Prokop, Barb Kaars Sijpesteijn and Sharon Ferris. 1) Canadian Match Racing Championships – Three days of great racing, a mixed bag of weather (the Friday was pretty miserable…windy, but only a raindrop or two short of torrential downpour for most of the day) that saw a full schedule of races left Peter Wickwire, Tim Bishop and Matt Christie standing at the top of the podium. Jen Provan, Martha Henderson, Katie Abbott and Sue Beatty/Melissa Clark were second, and third went to
2) Women’s Perth Qualifier – Straight after the Canadian Match Racing Championship, we rolled into 2 more days of sailing using Wind Athlete’s 2 Elliott 6M’s. 4 teams were competing for 2 spots at the Perth ISAF World Championships which present the first opportunity to qualify Canada for the 2012 London Olympics. After two days of racing Jen Provan, Martha Henderson and Katie Abbott edged the Sharon Ferris, Caroline Kaars Sijpesteijn and Joanne Prokop team. These two teams will represent Canada in Perth in early December. Good luck!
3) Canada’s Cup – Canada’s Cup was held off Macatawa Bay MI over the Labour Day weekend. Going into the event, the RCYC team, helmed by Oskar Johansson were given long odds against succeeding against an MBYC side that had practiced all summer. The American defence trials saw Don Wilson (last year’s Canada’s Cup winner) dispatched handily by Bob Hughes. In the end however, Oskar and team didn’t listen to the oddsmakers and sailed a solid series, often completely controlling the American side in the prestart and bringing the Canada’s Cup back to RCYC.
4) NYYC Invitational – Terry McLaughlin led the RCYC team down to Newport and after a 2nd place in the first race, won the 2nd race and then never gave up the regatta lead to end up winning after 11 races. Never one to let a fleet race get in the way of his match racing, Terry (and team) focused in on the 2nd place NYYC team and took a 4 point lead and stretched it to 20points by the end of the regatta.
5) Richardson Cup – Peter Wickwire, Matt Christie, Tim Bishop and Will Gyles are just back from Chicago and the Richardson Cup where they placed a close third.
6) Albacore Internationals – Sarah Bury raced to 6th place out of 54 competitors in the Albacore Internationals held at the end of September in Toronto.
7) Melges 32 World Championships – Rob Emery spent part of September in Palma de Mallorca racing the Melges 32 Worlds. Racing with Yasha Samurai, the team placed 4th.
8) Santa Maria Cup - Sharon Ferris, Caroline Kaars Sijpesteijn and Joanne Prokop left Toronto immediately after the Perth Qualifiers and headed to Annapolis where they faced off against a number of the top competitors in this ISAF Grade 1 event. End result for the team was a 4th place, with victories over some of the top ranked teams in the world.
Congratulations to all!
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The RCYC match racing program pays dividends
In addtion members Caroline Kaars Sijpesteijn and Joanne Prokop sailing with transplanted New Zealander Sharon Ferris are now ranked 44th in the World. Click here.
Congratulations to the program and the sailors!
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Click here for Tuesday Night Bravo Course Pictures.
Click here for Tuesday Night Racing Pictures.
What a Day on the Water! Click here for Commodore's Cruise video.
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"TeamRCYC WINS NYYC Invitational Cup"
see details, videos and final scoring at nyyc.org - invitational cup.
RCYC wins the NYYC Invitational Regatta. For details check out the regatta website here
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Congratulations to Vincere for winning the Canada's Cup!!
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Canada's Cup 2011
After an impressive victory over the Chicago Yacht Club and a couple of days of rest, the Macatawa Bay Yacht club welcomed the RCYC to the Canada’s Cup. Over the next few days Oskar Johannsen and his tactician Andy Horton will test their skills against Bob Hughes and tactician Morgan Larson.
Day 1: Saw no wind and racing was abandoned at 3pm.
Day 2: Saw a perfect day setting up for the two teams. Winds were 10-15 knots from the SSE with a large chop.
Race 1: Had an even start between the two teams, with Canada being to the left of USA. Only seven seconds separated the teams at the first leeward mark. After the leeward mark, USA went left and Canada went right. After they split for two minutes USA got into a new breeze and sailed away from Canada to win the race by 44 seconds.
Race 2: Saw an impressive display of seamanship with the two boats buffing side by side from the four minute pre signal to the start. Canada took the right side of the course, got ahead of the USA and lead all the way around the race course to win by 55 seconds.
Race 3: A very aggressive start sequence by both boats saw many calls for the umpires to intervene but they felt all was fair and Canada held a three second lead off the start. Canada once again took the right side of the course, and passed USA after a tacking duel. Canada held at twenty second lead at the top mark extending once again over the race course to win by two minutes and twelve seconds.
After the third race the wind died and the competitors headed in for the day. Racing will commence tomorrow September 3, 2011 at 11:00 am.
For up to the minute action please click here
**Rounded windward mark 65 seconds lead heading to finish line.
**Correction 40 second lead now flying down wind to finish.
** Canada over a minute lead last mark.
**Vincere made up 35 seconds on last leg and lost 1st but looks good. Appears we are faster . Next race should be interesting. Oskar doing really well with a good team.
**The RCYC boat has won in the second race by 55 seconds**
**Third race to start at 1:30pm**
Check out these links for more information on what is happening at the Canada's Cup:
www.sailingupdates.com/
www.kattack.com/webplayer/?raceGUID=dbcb5322-8296-4be9-9733-9e3271125725
canadascup2011.us/
**HERITAGE- of Macatawa Bay Yacht Club has won the First Race by 44 Seconds.**
**As of 1pm today the racing at the Canada's Cup has been postponed due to lack of wind**
Requirements for Private Boaters entering Canadian Waters
Simplified cell phone reporting for private boaters
The following is excerpted from a July 2011 Fact Sheet by CBSA.
While the law has not changed, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has modernized its reporting requirements for pleasure craft entering Canadian waters, in an effort to make it easier for private boaters to comply with reporting requirements.
The Fact Sheet is available in its entirety on the CBSA website at:
RCYC Open 2011 Photos
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Team RCYC | 2011 NYYC Invitational Cup
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