25
Sep, 2019

Regatta Winning Tips from Jim Goddard

  • Check your boat and fix all the little things you have been ignoring. A breakdown is hard to overcome in a competitive fleet.
  • The starting line is not a place to be conservative. You can pass the whole fleet at the start so be aggressive and smart at the starting line.
  • Sail clean, penalties and arguments sap your energy and lose places. Even if you are in the right you are better off to avoid a collision.
  • Remember a regatta is made up of many races, keep the big picture in mind and sail according to your position.
  • Double-check your mast and sail setup, measure the rake, check the boom vang and outhaul adjustments. You should have a starting point recorded after a season of sailing that is the place you start your tuning.
  • Get on the water early and between races. Sail the windward leg a couple of times and keep a mental note of persistent shifts, where the new wind comes from and how that changes through the day.
  • Soling 1M’s do not like tight sails and pointing especially in light air. Keep the boat moving, then sail the shortest course.

There you go, the start of a winning formula.

10
Jun, 2019

2019 Bill Traill Memorial Regatta

Download the full results:
https://hamyc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BT.pdf

The annual Bill Traill Regatta was held on June 9, 2019, bringing together the club to share memories of Bill and a fun day of sailing. It was a beautiful day, with light winds to start and building through the day. A ‘Terra Beata Blueberry juice’ toast to Bill was held and the day’s sailing was paused for a snack of fruit and vegetable trays prepared by Barb Lovitt and Ben Rusi.

Don McDermaid told of his funniest memory of Bill sailing his boat in Sullivan’s Pond and doing so poorly.  He passed off his boat and asked someone else to sail it and see what was wrong with it. The boat won the next two races and Bill surmised that there wasn’t anything wrong with it.

Extra thanks to Ben Rusi who also took time to repair the three launching wharves and made a new table for the utility pole. Ben is a great promoter of sailing at the Cranberry Pond site and along with Victor Lovitt makes it possible for us to sail there in comfort.