Canada Games 2009

Day 1

The first day of racing took place in light to no wind in PEI. We started the first race with a solid 6 knots which lasted for one race for the double and single handed sailors. Both the fleets races a second race, the double handed finished the race, the single handed did not finish, it was cancelled half way through.

In the 29'er, Jonathan Scott and Mark Pataky had a great day, finishing in 2nd and 3rd after having led in both races.
In the single handed classes, both Kevin Grierson and Isabella Bertold won their races. Kevin won by only a few inches over Nova Scotia while ISabella was far ahead despite being last at the start.

Day 2

The wind stayed longer today and we got 3 races in for the single handed sailors and 4 races for the double handed sailors. The light breeze which blew 4-7.5 knots and shifted left throughout the day gave for some good light air racing.

In the single handed class female class, Isabella Bertold continues to dominate and sits 1st overall with 3 first and one second place. She was over early in a start and went back with 3 other boats and sailed herself back to a close second race. In all the other races she as dominated from start to finish.

In the single handed men's class, Kevin Grierson sailed a solid 3 races and finished with a 3, 1 and a 4th. .

Jonathan Scott and Mark Pataky had a rougher day and are sitting 4th overall.

So far, Isabella is 1st overall, Kevin is 3rd with another 3 days of racing to go.

Day 3 at the Canada Games

The single handed sailors raced 3 excellent races with hiking conditions in all of them.

Isabella Bertold was over early in the first race, but went back and came back to win the race. She also won the next 2 races easily. She is sitting first with 6 points after having won 6 races and one second. There are 3 races to go.

Kevin Grierson finished second twice and won the last race. HE is also first overall, but tied in that spot with Nova Scotia.

Mark Pataky and Jonathan Scott got a 2,3,4 and are tied in third. One more race for them to sail today.
We have two more days to sail. We have a great team spirit and feel great about the way we are sailing.

Final Report

Canada Games 2009 is over with a complete series of races finished a day early.

Thursday gave us excellent breeze and our sailors worked hard to either extend their leads or hold on to a medal.

In the Laser Radial class, Isabella Bertold easily won the first 2 races and went in.

Kevin Grierson won all 3 races today with great distance and claimed the gold medal so Royal Van swiped the single handed gold medals.

In the 29er class Mark Pataky and Jonathan Scott got a 3-3-4-4 and got the bronze medal, well done!

The regatta was run by excellent race committees and our sailors and coaches are looking forward to 2 days with taking part in the games and watch other events.

For pictures and complete results, please go to www.teambc.org

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