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2021 2.4mR CanAM Finale Results
2.4mR Canadian Championships 2021
Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Victoria BC
10-12 September 2021
We did it! We actually managed to host a championship regatta, the first held one at RVicYC since the pandemic began in March 2020. So on behalf of the organising committee we’d like to start by thanking club staff, our volunteers, supporters, sailors, coaches, race committee, jury and especially our visiting teams for making the huge effort required to come to this beautiful bay and sail.
There were many moments during the planning stages when we wondered if this would ever happen, with constant pivoting, adjusting, organising and re-organising. However when our visiting sailors from Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario and Seattle finally drove down onto the foreshore with their boats, we knew we had a regatta.
The racing itself was tight, varied, challenging, exciting and eventful. Friday dawned bright and clear with very light wind from the SE and Race Officer John Abel ran two races in the bay before we felt the warmth of the westerly and moved out into Oak Bay for two more in the breeze, with enough waves to surf downwind. Visiting sailors were heard whooping with delight! Unfortunately on Saturday it was wet and windless all day and we only succeeded in filling up our bilges with rainwater. However this did give us precious time to reconnect with our much-missed sailing community (and a bit of boat fixing). On Sunday the there was a battle between a SE wind and the westerly, causing much moving of committee boats, resetting of marks and radio chatter. We sailed three races in very varied conditions with plenty of ladder climbing, sliding down snakes and all types of spinning.
In the end, however, the biggest battle was for the championship, with Bruce Millar and Bob Britten duking it out right up until the final leg, with Bruce winning on a tie-breaker. Louise Anstey completed the podium with her third place. In the disabled event Bruce was winner with Jackie Gay second and Peter Eager third. It is heartening to note that of 21 boats, 11 were disabled sailors and seven were women. Truly inclusive sailing of the highest calibre.
It is exciting to see our young sailors mixing it up with this highly experienced fleet. All the sailors had great moments and huge learning opportunities. Bring on the next one!
Jackie Gay
CAN 23
Full results here: https://theclubspot.com/regatta/UHQ9CKF99i/results
2021 2.4mR Great Lakes Championship Results
Below are the 2.4mR Great Lakes Regatta Results
Congratulations to Allan for an impressive showing.
Thanks to all participants for making this a fantastic weekend of racing.
The last 2.4mR regatta on our local schedule is the CanAm finale (Sept 18/19) when John Kitchener and his 5 star RC volunteers will once again be providing us with fair winds and a great race course.
Cheers,
Darrell
2021 2.4mR Great Lakes Championship Results |
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Position |
Sail # |
Name |
Race 1 |
Race 2 |
Race 3 |
Race 4 |
Race 5 |
Race 6 |
Race 7 |
Race 8 |
DROP |
Total |
|
1 |
CAN 8 |
Allan Liebel |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
3 |
8 |
|
2 |
CAN 96 |
Jerry Wendt |
3 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
|
7 |
14 |
|
3 |
CAN 3 |
Darrell Suderman |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
|
5 |
18 |
|
4 |
CAN 0 |
Peter Eager |
4 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
|
6 |
21 |
|
5 |
CAN 91 |
Mike Hren |
5 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
|
5 |
21 |
|
6 |
CAN 16 |
Catherine Belanger |
6 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
|
7 |
35 |
|
7 |
CAN 13 |
Trish Doyle |
8 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
|
8 |
41 |
|
8 |
CAN 5 |
Janice Graham Foscarini |
7 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
8 |
45 |
|
2.4mRs Sail at Nepean Sailing Club’s NOD (Nepean One Design) Regatta August 14 & 15th
A fleet of eight 2.4mR’s competed in the NOD regatta. For most of the fleet it was their first competition in 18 months or longer and it was great to get out on the water. The regatta offered interesting sailing conditions with the average wind speeds of 9.5 Knots. (16 knots on the first day and 3.5 knots on day 2).
The higher wind speed on Day 1 caused serious attrition with only Peter Eager (Toronto) completing all races. Eric Gouin & Erick Poirier of AQVA Pointe Claire sailed all three races but confusion about the courses to be sailed resulted in them only being scored for Race 3. Other sailors retired with a variety of boat issues (Aaron Wong broke his forestay pendent and Brian Peckover & Peter Wood had steering issues) or general fatigue from a lack of experience in the heavy air conditions.
Day 2 had very light conditions and the whole fleet came out for a challenging experience of seeking wind pressure on the course. Three races were sailed with the final race shortened to three legs. It was great to be back on the water.
2.4mR Fleet
Rank | Boat name | Sail # | Helm | Club | Race 1 Aug 14 |
Race 2 Aug 14 |
Race 3 Aug 14 |
Race 1 Aug 15 |
Race 2 Aug 15 |
Race 3 Aug 15 |
Total | Net |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | CAN22 | Peter Eagar | NYC | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | (2.00) | 2.00 | 8.00 | 6.00 | |
2nd | CAN 14 | Peter Wood | NSC | (9.00 DNC) | 9.00 DNC | 9.00 DNC | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 31.00 | 22.00 | |
3rd | Inspiration | CAN 88 | Aaron Wong-Sing | NSC | 7.00 DNF | 7.00 DNF | (9.00 DNC) | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 32.00 | 23.00 |
4th | La Vagabonde | CAN 85 | Erick Poirier | PCYC | (7.00 DNF) | 7.00 DNF | 3.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 32.00 | 25.00 |
5th | CAN 66 | Brian Peckover | NSC | 7.00 DNF | 7.00 DNF | (9.00 DNC) | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 35.00 | 26.00 | |
6th | CAN 40 | Eric Gouin | PCYC AQVA | (7.00 DNF) | 7.00 DNF | 2.00 | 7.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 35.00 | 28.00 | |
7th | CAN 77 | Debbie Reinhart | NSC | 7.00 DNF | 7.00 DNF | (9.00 DNC) | 6.00 | 7.00 | 9.00 DNC | 45.00 | 36.00 | |
8th | Small Expectation | CAN 84 | Paula Stone | PCYC | (9.00 DNC) | 9.00 DNC | 9.00 DNC | 8.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 DNC | 52.00 | 43.00 |
2.4mR Canadian Championship 2021
President’s Report June 2021
Canadian News
While the ice went out on our lake early this spring, COVID 19 has played havoc with the start of our sailing season. While the Victoria members have been sailing regularly on Wednesday afternoons and on Saturdays, Members in Ontario and Quebec are now seeing their provincial lockdowns slowly being eased and access to sailing and yacht clubs returning to near normal. At my club (Nepean Sailing Club in Ottawa), the large keelboats are being launched June 5 so our first 2.4mR sails will begin after that. We look forward to the easing of provincial travel restrictions and even travel restrictions within provinces (between health units in British Columbia, for example).
The continuing closure of the Canada-United States border is having a detrimental effect on both the recovery of boats and equipment trapped in Florida since March 2020 and the delivery of new boats that have been shipped to Florida in containers along with US boats. At this point there are at least five boats, three trailers, one vehicle and lots of equipment stuck in Florida. It does not appear that the Canada- US border will be open for what is called “non-essential travel” until at least late July 2021. Is not sailing 2.4mR sailboats an essential activity for our mental health?
Almost all of our boat owners have renewed their membership thanks to Brian Robinson, our new class Secretary, Aaron Wong-Sing, our Treasurer, who did a great job revising our website-based membership renewal system, and to all the members who have renewed their membership for the 2021 – 2022 year. If you haven’t renewed your membership, please go to https://www.canada24mr.com/canadian-class-membership-2021/ and complete the membership registration form. This year, we have reduced our full membership from $50.00 to $40.00. We also have an associate membership category for individuals who are not boat owners but are supporters of the Canadian 2.4mR class, and an association membership for Provincial Sailing Associations, community groups and similar organizations who own one or more boats that their members use jointly.
The Victoria fleet and Royal Victoria Yacht Club are working hard to organize a successful 2021 Canadian 2.4mR Championship September 10 – 12th. The regatta chair, Randy Diamond is an experienced organizer and has a great team working to make this a special regatta. They have a dedicated website http://www.2pt4canadians.com/, which is loaded with useful information. For planning purposes, the organizers are asking sailors considering attending to contact them early. The regatta registration is open, and they are not requesting regatta entry fees until a later date. If you have any questions, you can contact the organizing committee directly at [dot][dot][dot][at][dot].
If you have recently sold your 2.4mR, we would appreciate you dropping a note to the class Secretary at [at][dot] , giving us information about the buyer including name, e-mail address, telephone number, hull number and sail number of the boat sold. If you are keeping your personal sail number because you own more than one boat, we will contact the new owner to issue them a sail number. Of course, we would like to welcome the new owner into the class and provide them with information about regattas etc. We also maintain a data base including current measurement and buoyancy certificate information on all known boats in Canada. We will amend the ownership information on file.
This is also a reminder that boats with Floatation Certificates dated 2016 or earlier must be retested in 2021 in accordance with Class Rule B4. In Victoria, please contact Bruce Millar, Chief Measurer, and in Toronto, contact David Foscarini. In other locations, contact Bruce Millar to identify acceptable alternative measurers.
International News
A number of positive initiatives are coming from the Executive Committee of the International Class Association. First, the class is updating the look and content of the class website to give it a more modern feel and make it more appealing to the general sailing public while still providing the information class members require. The new revised class website should be online in the later part of July. Second, the EC of the class is asking whether the next AGM should be a virtual meeting. The exact proposition is as follows:
Should the EC run an AGM/Special Meeting in order to hear from NCA representatives and conduct the business of running the class including elections and approval for other class business. This meeting will take place over Zoom and be run in a professional no biased manner by an experienced professional moderator.
Please let the International Class Secretary [dot][at][dot] know your views on this matter.
The third initiative taken by Heiko Kroeger was to prepare and submit an application for the 2.4mR to be added as a mixed event in the 2024 Paris Olympics. As a background, the IOC rejected World Sailing’s recommend class the “doublehanded long-distance event” for among other reasons World Sailing had not run a World championship in the event. On very short notice the International Class put together a submission which was not successful. However, the class learned from the experience and believe it did raise the profile of the class at World Sailing.
Finally, we are receiving reports from the German 2.4mR class and appreciate that they are sharing their ideas of how to grow the class. These, and reports from other National Class Associations (NCA’s) will be posted on the website.
Stay healthy and get your vaccination so we can all sail together soon.
Peter Wood
CAN 14