Miami OCR 2009 Slide Show

Miami OCR 2009

We had 20 Royal Van Members at the regatta this year and had good success and plenty of learning experiences all around.

Kevin and I towed the Big trailer with 11 lasers , a RSX board , and 2 coach boats.

Those that headed south were:

Alanna Vitery, Isabella Bertold, Keamia Rasa, Jen Spalding, Erika Vranizan in the Radial Class

Andy Wong, Ben Scott, Alexander Heinzman, Ricardo Montemeyer, Luke Ramsay, Abe Torchinsky, Mike Leigh, Derik Vranizan in the Laser Class

Ben Remoker, Hunter Lowden and Kevin Grierson in the 49er , Bruce Millar in the 2.4 M Class

Nicola Girke in the RSX class,Eric Holden in the 470 class,John Romanko in the Finn Class

Kevin Black and Al Clark Coaches

Generally it was a light air event with strong north breezes on the final day of the metal races.

Highlights for the results of the team was Jen third and Isabella ninth in the Radials,
Mike Leigh forth in the Laser, Nicola sixth in the RSX, Bruce Millar forth in 2.4m

Results are at:
http://rmocr.ussailing.org/Results.htm

We keep the trailer in Florida for the other Laser events coming in Febuary, Womens North Americans in Fort Lauderdale and the Mids East Regatta in Clearwater.

Our new truck was the envy of many in the US Sailing centre parking lot

Thanks for the support Royal Van

Al

Last Day of the NewYearsCamp09

So we started the day with digging out the trailer for the trip to Florida. This took a group of about 8 of us about 45 minutes, (what a winter!).

After that task was done we headed out sailing for a few hours. Started with a long line and short course sailing, the group had plenty of practice with tacking and gybing as well as mark roundings.

After sailing we began to load the trailer and of course eventually it began to snow, oh well we plan to finish loading this week and then begin the drive south on Thursday.

We had Luke, Alanna, Chris, Alex H , Kyle and Eric on the water today.

Well done to all the sailors that came out for some of the sailing at both of our winter camps!

Al

NewYearsCampSnowDay09

Well the day started with flurries that were supposed to be rain, per usual for the last 2 weeks.

We decided to go and had Kyle, Chris , Ben , Alex K , Luke and Alex Heinzman come sailing.

Jen and I thought lets go out , it's worth a photo op at the very least.

So out we went and the snow just kept falling, we ended up with a nice 10 to 12 kt easterly.

We did lots of mark rounding and tacking/gybing on the whistle .

About 2 hours on the water and the coaches were frozen as well as most of the sailers, a few wanted more but we figured it was soup time!

One more day to go and hopefully loading tomorrow for Florida, (assuming we can dig out the trailer in the parking lot!)

Al

New Years Camp 09 Slide Show

Slideshow

New Years Camp 09

We arrived at the club this morning to the parking lot being a literal skating rink.

Eventually by the time we went sailing at noon it had warmed up and it was relatively decent on the water.

11 sailors left the dock and we had a good practice working on start drills as well as mark rounding.

We had a 6kt south easterly for a 2 hour session. Most of the team's feet were numb by the time we went in .

The next important call was to either go hsve a hot shower right away or hold off, (too quick a thaw out in the hot shower causes pain and itching in the hands and feet!)

2 more days for the camp then load the trailer for Florida.

Al

Day 2 Christmas Camp

We had a bit of a different crew out today for the 2nd day of our camp.

Kevin Black (BC Sailing Coach) made a guest appearance.

Ben Scott , Joanna Moore and Alex Shepard were new .

Luke and Alanna were back from the first day.

We started the day with hard rain and a solid easterly.

Then as we launched at noon it died down and the rain subsided.

We ran a number of races and drills then the wind died almost completley.


Kevin mentioned that the forcast was for a good westerly and just as he said it the wind filled in from the west.

It picked up quickly and hail came with it.

Moments later it was blowing 25 kts and a few boats were upside down and Kevin had broken his mast.

Alanna and Luke stayed out for one more lap and got plenty cold but had a good sail in!

Al

Christmas Camp 08

Well its been quite a few weeks with about 2 !/2 feet of snow falling from the middle of December till right before our camp started.

I walked over to the sea bus from the North Shore and Jen picked me up on the other side, way too much snow on the north shore!

The first day was called off due to too much snow on the ground.
We did make it out on the 28th and were greeted with moments of sunshine and a nice 8 kt easterly.

Kevin , Alanna, Luke , Jaime, Alex H and Alex N made it out .

We sailed for a few hours before everyone got too cold then in for some hot soup.

We will do another day then wait for the New Years Camp to start on the 2nd to the 4th.

Al

Mike wins again

The Sydney Olympic Regatta has just finished, a quote from scuttlebutt-

"A mixture of Beijing Olympians and aspiring new young guns
took honours at the ISAF Grade 1 Sydney International Regatta, which
hosted 220 entrants amid the Olympic and invited classes. Michael Leigh (CAN) in the Laser Class
overcame a serious challenge from Javier Hernandez (ESP), ultimately beating out his fellow Beijing Olympian"

http://www.sailing.org/26448.php

The Christmas camps are next for the team training.

Race Team Banquet Pictures