President’s Report March 2022

Canadian 2.4mR Class Association 

 Canadian News

This report is well overdue. We are finally getting closer to pre COVID normal. The February CAN AM winter series event in Florida had fifteen boats including three Canadian boats. Alan Leibel placed second with Bruce Millar finishing third in his jib boom boat. The March final CAN AM regatta will see at least seven Canadian boats and an expected fleet of more than twenty boats.

Future Regattas

 In January we had a successful regatta scheduling meeting which finalized dates for the 2022 summer season. I would like to thank Brian Robinson, Aaron Wong-Sing, Louise Anstey, Joe Gerlinsky, Angela Cromarty, Paula Stone, Peter Eager and Darrell Suderman for being on the Zoom meeting.

The 2022 Canadian 2.4mR championships will be held at National Yacht Club in Toronto August 26 – 28. It will be held 5 days after the finish of the Canada Games in Niagara on the Lake Sailing Club. Already the Saskatchewan Sailing Team is planning to stay in Ontario for our championship. We are hoping that other Canada Games teams will also attend.

Both the Victoria and Toronto fleets have an active summer schedule with Victoria just recently hosting the David Bleakney Ice Bowl (March 12). The Toronto fleet starts off its sail season with the Canadian Olympic Classes Ice Breaker Regatta May 21 & 22. The Victoria fleet sails Wednesday afternoons and Sundays out of the Royal Victoria YC while the Toronto fleet has organized one regatta per month for June, July, August and September. Please check the class website www.canada24mr.com for the complete schedule of future regattas.

As restrictions across the Canada United States border have eased it is great to see that there are two new 2.4mR regatta hosts in the Eastern United States. On April 30 – May 1 the Tred Avon Yacht Club in Oxford MD is including the 2.4mR class in its spring invitational regatta. This is a beautiful club in a quiet part of the Chesapeake Bay. Although I have never raced here, I have cruised the region and am working hard to find an excuse to attend this regatta. The second event is the Sandy Bay Yacht Club invitational in Rockport MA on July 8 – 10. The Sandy Bay fleet is new, and we should give them some support as they grow their fleet. Finally, I would be remiss if I didn’t let everyone know that I will be attending the Clagett Regatta in Newport RI. June 21-26. Sailed out of Sail Newport I have been attending this event for more than ten years. They have the best coaching, great race committees, excellent on shore support and the best sailing conditions.

Growing the Class 

There are a few issues hindering class growth in Canada. One of course is the availability of good used boats. This is aggravated by the availability of new boats with slow delivery from the current principal builder. I am hoping that the International Class is addressing this problem with new builders in Germany and England.

The second issue hindering class growth is our reluctance to promote the boat to potential boat owners. In my mind the target sailors are either a person who is 40 years old or older who previously or currently sailed a physically demanding One Design dinghy such as a ILCA 6 (Laser) or who sailed a One Design Keelboat and is tired of chasing crew for weekend regattas (J-24, E 22, Sharks, T-Birds etc.).  We need to let them sail our boats. In my mind there are three ways of doing this. One is to organize a “try the boat” day where sailors can come to the club and sail the boat for 60 minutes or so. The second approach is to persuade owners who cannot participate in a race or a weekend competition, because of other commitments, to lend their boats to sailors who meet our target market. The third approach is to organize a regatta and invite the best sailors from other fleets to sail in our 2.4mRs. Copying the Victoria Fleet at Royal Victoria YC, the Ottawa fleet is organizing a club fleet championship inviting each fleet in the club (there are twenty fleets) to nominate a sailor to compete in the championship. Because we have only 5 boats, we will be running heats. We are hoping we will have enough heats so that each sailor will get to race against every other sailor at least once. Low point scoring will prevail with no discards. After the event we will survey the participants about their thoughts on the event and on the boats.

International News 

The class elected a new International President in December 2021. Heiko Kröger is a Paralympian gold medallist who has been active in the class for a number of years. Bruce Millar from Victoria was re-elected to the Executive Committee and was elected to the Technical Committee. Tim Ripley of the USA continues to serve as class secretary.

The 2022 World Championships will be hosted by Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa Florida November 5 – 12. The Notice of Race has been posted here.

The 2022 European Championships is being held in Quiberon France May 15 – 20 with expected entries to exceed one hundred boats. Further details are on the international website.

Final Thoughts 

Let’s get out on the water and enjoy our boats.

Peter Wood
CAN 14

Sailing Schedule Winter – Autumn 2022

 Sailing Schedule

Winter – Autumn 2022

Please see note below

CanAm #1
Results

CanAm Series 2022
Results

January 24 - 25, 2022Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club

Port Charlotte, FL
CanAm #2
Results

CanAm Series 2022
Results
January 27 - 29, 2022Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club

Port Charlotte, FL
CanAm #3 (Edge Sailing Midwinters)
Results

CanAm Series 2022
Results
February 19 - 20, 2022Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club

Port Charlotte, FL
CanAm #4
Results

CanAm Series 2022
Results
March 28 - 29, 2022Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club

Port Charlotte, FL
US Nationals CanAm Finale #5
Results

CanAm Series 2022
Results
March 31 - April 2, 2022Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club

Port Charlotte, FL
Tred Avon Yacht Club Spring Invitational
April 30 - May 1, 2022Tred Avon Yacht Club

Oxford, MD
Canadian Olympic Classes Icebreaker Regatta
The Etobicoke Yacht Club
May 21 - 22, 2022National Yacht Club

Toronto, ON
Fleet Championships

Incl. Boat Tuning Day
June 3 - 5, 2022Royal Victoria Yacht Club

Victoria, BC
Nepean One DesignJune 18 - 19, 2022Nepean Sailing Club

Ottawa, ON
C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and RegattaJune 21 - 26, 2022Sail Newport

Newport, RI
Interfleet Championship

Invitational only
June 25, 2022Royal Victoria Yacht Club

Victoria, BC
2.4 CanAm North Kickoff

2.4 CanAm Series Regatta #1
June 25 - 26, 2022National Yacht Club

Toronto, ON
2.4mR Training Camp & 1-Day Regatta
July 8 - 10, 2022Royal Victoria Yacht Club

Victoria, BC
Sandy Bay 2.4mR Invitational
July 8 - 10, 2022Sandy Bay Yacht Club

Rockport, MA
Sail West 2022
July 15 - 17, 2022Gimli Yacht Club

Gimli, MB
The National Event

2.4 CanAm Series Regatta #2
July 16 - 17, 2022National Yacht Club

Toronto, ON
Club Championship 2022

Invitational only
July 23 - 24, 2022Nepean Sailing Club

Ottawa, ON
2.4mR Team Racing
July 24, 2022Royal Victoria Yacht Club

Victoria, BC
Independence Cup & U.S. Para Sailing ChampionshipAugust 4 - 7, 2022Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing

Burnham Harbor

Chicago, IL
2.4mR Training Camp & 1-Day Regatta
August 12 - 14, 2022Royal Victoria Yacht Club

Victoria, BC
Canada Summer Games 2022August 14 - 21, 2022Niagara-on-the-Lake Sailing Club

Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
2.4mR Canadian Championship

2.4 CanAm Series Regatta #3
August 26 - 28, 2022National Yacht Club

Toronto, ON
2.4mR Pacific Coast Championships

May incl. a Training day
September 9 - 11, 2022Royal Victoria Yacht Club

Victoria, BC
2.4mR Great Lakes Regatta

2.4 CanAm Series Regatta Finale
October 8 - 9, 2022National Yacht Club

Toronto, ON
2.4mR World Championship 2022November 5 - 11, 2022Davis Island Yacht Club

Davis Island, FL
David Bleakney Ice BowlDecember 30, 2022Royal Victoria Yacht Club

Victoria, BC

Please Note:

  1. Regatta Organizing Authorities have the right to reduce the scope of their regatta in accordance with the current public health guidelines for COVID-19 (e.g. from a national/regional regatta to a local regatta)
  2. Sailors from out-of-town planning to attend a specific regatta are requested to contact the respective Regatta Organizing Authority at least 4 weeks in advance of the event to advise of their intention of participating and to receive news of any relevant changes.

Notices of Race and Results are linked above, where available.

Please also consult the Calendar