Tuesday, March 17, 2009
March Madness
The next regatta on the Calender, a little later this year. The high school aged team members were starting their spring break.
The wind definitely cooperated, easterlies at 10 to 15kts and we had 3 races each day.
Just shy of 20 sailors came out from our team with a number from Jericho sailing club.
Luke sailed per usual and won most of the races with Ricky taking one off him and a break down for his drop.
In the Radial Jon Scott and Jaime Bone had a good battle with Jon the victor.
Turned out to be an excellent beginning to an extended time of training and competing ending at the West Coast Midwinter's in California.
Oh yea it was snowing at times on Sunday afternoon, we like the cold, but were ready for a little warmth in Cali!
Al
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Mids East Laser Champs
The team arrived Saturday,(Luke Ramsey),Sunday (Ricardo , Natalia and Becky) and Tuesday night (Kyle and Alex) after missing their conection.
The training was excellent prior to the event and was great preparation going into the first day.
Thursday was the first day of racing and after some delays racing was off in moderate breeze. 2 races were eventually completed and then in to the beach.
We continues thru the next 3 days and with excellent breeze on the friday a full complement of races were held (10).
In the end the racing was very close with every type of sailing encountered.
Luke Ramsey had a good event and ended in 5th , also claiming a worlds spot in Halifax this August.
Ricardo Montemeyer also sailed well and was 18th with Alex another youth aged sailer 19th (Alex if off to the youth Worlds in uly in Brazil).
Keamia had a tough event with Airline troubles and broken mast issues , so ended 9th in the Radial silver fleet.
Becky and Natalia both had good moments and learned lots in the Radial fleet.
The third and final event in Florida was a well run regatta and we'll be back next year.
Thanks for the support
Al
The training was excellent prior to the event and was great preparation going into the first day.
Thursday was the first day of racing and after some delays racing was off in moderate breeze. 2 races were eventually completed and then in to the beach.
We continues thru the next 3 days and with excellent breeze on the friday a full complement of races were held (10).
In the end the racing was very close with every type of sailing encountered.
Luke Ramsey had a good event and ended in 5th , also claiming a worlds spot in Halifax this August.
Ricardo Montemeyer also sailed well and was 18th with Alex another youth aged sailer 19th (Alex if off to the youth Worlds in uly in Brazil).
Keamia had a tough event with Airline troubles and broken mast issues , so ended 9th in the Radial silver fleet.
Becky and Natalia both had good moments and learned lots in the Radial fleet.
The third and final event in Florida was a well run regatta and we'll be back next year.
Thanks for the support
Al
Friday, March 6, 2009
Womens Radial North Americans
The next winter regatta on our schedule was the Womens NA's.
Isabella and I arrived in Fort Lauderdale for the Championship on the Wednesday prior to the 3 day regatta.
We had brought the Joker coach boat and Isabella's Radial after the Miami Regatta on a small trailer.
We went on the water for some training on the thursday we went to the registration and prepared for the beginning of the event.
Racing scheduled for Friday morning. That day saw light winds and tough tactical conditions. The fleet was relatively small but was fairly deep with talent , especially in the light air.
Bella had a few tough initial races but found her stride as the regatta progressed. We worked all weekend on sound tactical decisions after clear starts. As the breeze came up on the Saturday we had a chance to work on downwind technique.
In the end Isabella sailed a consistent series , finishing 4th overall , with Anna Tunacliffe 1st (the Olympic Gold Medalist)
Isabella flew home Monday morning and i drove to Clearwater Sunday night to meet up with 7 of our team preparing for the Mids East regatta.
AL
Isabella and I arrived in Fort Lauderdale for the Championship on the Wednesday prior to the 3 day regatta.
We had brought the Joker coach boat and Isabella's Radial after the Miami Regatta on a small trailer.
We went on the water for some training on the thursday we went to the registration and prepared for the beginning of the event.
Racing scheduled for Friday morning. That day saw light winds and tough tactical conditions. The fleet was relatively small but was fairly deep with talent , especially in the light air.
Bella had a few tough initial races but found her stride as the regatta progressed. We worked all weekend on sound tactical decisions after clear starts. As the breeze came up on the Saturday we had a chance to work on downwind technique.
In the end Isabella sailed a consistent series , finishing 4th overall , with Anna Tunacliffe 1st (the Olympic Gold Medalist)
Isabella flew home Monday morning and i drove to Clearwater Sunday night to meet up with 7 of our team preparing for the Mids East regatta.
AL
Monday, February 2, 2009
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
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
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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
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
Saturday, January 3, 2009
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
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