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Summer 2011

Canadian Radio Yachting

Regional Reports 4

Class News 8

Regatta Reports 9

Windsor Club News 13

Notice of Race 14

Inside this issue:

On The Cover: Downwind at the CanAm Regatta in Stowe Famous for it’s light and shifting winds, the pond at the Commodores Inn delivered a steady diet of challenging conditions.

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CRYA: Canada’s Radio Control Sailing Authority

The CRYA is a National Organization dedicated exclusively to R/C Sailing in Canada. The CRYA is a class Association within the Canadian Yachting Association (CYA) and a member of the International Sailing Federation, Radio Sailing Division (IYRU-RSD). CRYA has a number of model yacht racing classes and maintains the standards for these classes enabling our members to race in Canadian and International Regattas.

For membership information please contact the Treasurer/Registrar. The annual registration fee is $15 and there is a fee of $5 per new or transferred boat - $2 for transfer with return to registrar of original card of registration. On registering one’s boat, a unique sail number is issued which enables the yacht to compete in official racing events in Canada and in other countries.

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Position Name Address Phone / Fax Email

President Gary Bugden 63 Union Street,

Bedford, NS B4A 2B6

Tel: 902-835-5006

Fax: 902-835-4963

[email protected]

Past President Lana Butler 1429 Sydenham Road,

Kingston, ON K7L 4V4

613-634-1140 (day)

613-546-9777 (night) 613-634-1109 (fax)

[email protected]

Executive Secretary

Nigel Ashman 416-580 Raven Woods Dr.

North Vancouver, BC V7G2T2

604-929-7730 [email protected]

Treasurer /Registrar

Larry Miskie 848 25th A Street East,

Owen Sound, ON N4K 6W6


Technical Director Nigel Ashman 416-580 Raven Woods Dr.

North Vancouver, BC V7G2T2


Communications

Newsletter

Jim Goddard 108 Thistle Street

Dartmouth, NS B3A 2V9

902-433-0356

902-488-1601 (cell)

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Regional Directors British Columbia & Prairies

James Anderson 1640 Gillard Drive

Kelowna, BC V1Y 4K1


Lawrie Neish 461 Walker Hook Road,

Saltspring Island, B.C. V8K 1N7


Maritimes Jim Goddard 108 Thistle Street

Dartmouth, NS B3A 2V9

902-433-0356

902-488-1601 (cell)

[email protected]

Ontario Paul Switzer 2510 Conning Drive,

Kingston, ON K7L 5H6


Quebec Dennis Edge 566 Essex Road

Beaconsfield, PQ H9W 3V9


Class Secretaries

A Class Doug Diet 461 Belle Isle View,

Windsor, ON N8S 3G2

519- 974-6101 [email protected]

Marblehead

ISAF 1M Barry Fox 210, 1521 Church Ave.

Victoria, BC V8P 5T7


US 1 M John Helmer 13188 Salich Crt

Tecumseh, ON


Victoria Charlie Mann 80, Newbury Drive,

Newmarket, ON L3Y 4R3


Soling Paul Switzer 2510 Conning Drive,

Kingston, ON K7L 5H6


Mini 12 Bernie Reid 192 Kehoe Street,

Ottawa, ON K2B 6A5


CRYA Measurers British Columbia & Prairies

Nigel Ashman Vancouver 604-929-7730 [email protected]

Lawrie Neish Saltspring Island, BC 250 537 2053 [email protected]

Quebec Dennis Edge Beaconsfield PQ 514 630 3777 [email protected]

Ontario Hugh Kidd

PeteVanRossem

Peter Sly

Toronto

Kingston

Picton

416-488-8466

613-546-9777

613-476-8124

[email protected]

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[email protected]

Who’s Who In The CRYA


We must be having fun for the time has flown by since writing the last Western report. Two of our major IOM events which were yet to come are now safely behind us and only the Canadian Nationals of our Western CanAm Series remains to be sailed.

Both events sailed, the Western Canadian Championship and the Hood River Carnage (AMYA Region 6 Championship) did not quite turn out to be as expected. For the Western, the wind gods did not deliver the conditions we have come to expect at Saltspring Island Sailing Club. The Race Officer claimed he had trouble finding sacrificial virgins but it was probably another example of the odd weather we have been experiencing on the West Coast. Despite the generally light conditions and uncooperative wind direction fifteen two heat races

were completed in the two day event. Graham Herbert was the winner. The results and Martin Herbert’s report are included in this newsletter.

Six Canadians made the journey south to Hood River in the Columbia River Gorge in northern Oregon. One, Peter Van Rossem , flew over from Kingston and four skippers drove down from British Columbia by various routes. Notably, the four were what Martin Herbert calls the little Islanders (Hornby and Saltspring). For Dale Chase and Graham Herbert their journey included three ferry crossings each way while Roger Kibble and Martin Herbert made it in two and myself in one. Elsewhere in the newsletter is a report by Graham Herbert on his experience and the results.

My own interest, as the sixth Canadian, was as measurer and scorekeeper. After a hectic three hours measuring followed by revising boat and sail number changes on the scoring computer life became a little quieter and I was able to watch some of the races but somehow missed lunch on the first day. Memories include watching Graham Herbert’s LEO passing BritPOP and Martin Herbert`s Aero going really well in the big wind after the event. The same big wind cleared the lunch table then overturned the table and had me holding down the laptop scoring computer while someone chased my chair. I also was the only one to survive the freight trains at the White Salmon campground - being deaf can be an advantage!

Back in BC there is activity in all our locations - Beaver Lake, Victoria; Long Lake, Nanaimo and Sunset Pond on Saltspring Island. New boats continue making appearances in all locations.

Western Report By Lawrie Neish—Regional Director

As I write this at the end of July, RC sailing is well underway across Ontario. Here in Kingston in June we have hosted the Soling Canadian Championships a report on which can be found elsewhere in this newsletter. We have competed the first series of 12 weekly club races for both Solings and IOMs and are beginning the final series which will take us from the beginning of August until October 19. Kingston Solings retire then for the season while the IOMs begin their Frostbite series which sails every Sunday until the ice freezes over.

The Woodstock Model Sailing Club hosted their regatta July 17 attended by 12 Solings. Check out

their website at www.woodstockmsc.com which contains the results of the regatta as well as a lot of information about their activities.

The Ottawa Model Yacht Club is active as well racing Mini 12s. They have a nice website at http://ottawasailing.webs.com which contains a photo gallery of their Mini 12 fleet and some pictures of some really impressive scale models that are sailed at their pond.

I also see that Windsor Model Yacht Club is busy sailing Solings, EC 12s, US One Meters, Footys and RG 65s probably the only RG 65 fleet in Canada.

I was contacted recently by a Soling sailor in the Barrie area looking for a nearby fleet. I am not aware of one any closer than Newmarket but I would be surprised if there is not model boat activity somewhere in the Lake Simcoe area. If you know of groups in that area, regardless of class, contact me and I will try to coordinate contact with other interested sailors.

I am not aware of any formal regattas in August but near the end of September Belleville will be hosting the Mini 12 Canadian Championships and Kingston will host the IOM Eastern Canadian Championships. If you have information on other regattas or activities in August and September, send it along to me and I will include it in my Fall report.

Ontario Report By Paul Switzer—Regional Director

Opening Regatta in Dartmouth took place at Sullivan’s Pond with good sailing conditions and friendly competition. Jim Goddard won the event sailing the red #544. Full results can be found in this issue of the newsletter.

The HAMYC continues to grow with new members and boats joining the fleet. The Lunenburg fleet have hosted a number of events including a Victoria Day Regatta won by Gary Bugden.

Travel is a hallmark of our club and we have been on the road to Kingston and Stowe for regattas. We were proud to lead the Team Canada contingent at the CanAm event in

Vermont and we had support from other areas as well. This is a great event, fun but serious racing encapsulated in a great weekend of good food and fellowship.

We sent seven boats to the Canadian Nationals in Kingston

Ontario and are proud to say we placed five boats in the top ten,

At home, club Commodore Bob.Comm White is a tireless promoter and enthusiastic cheerleader for our members. He is authoring a regular email to members and promoting at the pond whenever interested passers by come in range. Bob is really irrepressible and has arranged

mentors for new members to help them get involved and have a resource available to them.

Each month we have a day devoted to sharing information, tuning tips and building techniques. This session has become a fun day for everyone with on the water games taking the place of traditional racing. We are committed to building a bigger and better club with each season, and the results are great fun.

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Apart from those mentioned above notably - in Victoria, David Cook’s Porky Pig, Adrian Harrison’s Ska, Bob Haine’s Zoom and not to be outdone Barry Fox with a Reggae. When we started the SE project the first IOM to be registered was 202 the next one we will register will be 302 having filled in most of the numbers in between.

Shortly after you read this we will have the 2011 IOM Canadian Nationals with the present registrations promising a large and competitive fleet.

The scene of the Western Canadian IOM Championships at the

Saltspring Island Sailing Club

Maritime Report By Jim Goddard

Ben Rusi, Gary Bugden and Bill Traill mug it up at the

Soling Nationals in Kingston, ON


We are past the half way point in all five of our racing series with the outcome very much in doubt in all fleets except RG65 where Greg Pare has won 5 of six events. Pare also has three wins in the 17 boat Soling fleet. Ken Miller and Bernie Pepin top US One Meters with three firsts each. John Helmer has three Footy victories.

The closest racing is in the EC 12 series with four different

winners ( Miller, Pepin, Gragtmans, Delaney ) in the five races held.

Special mention to Ken Peltier who is the only member to compete in all five series,a very busy man. Also to Jim Hale who makes a 100 mile round trip from Saline, Michigan to race regularly.

Competition in the club continues to improve each year as more sailors grow in competence.

Our premier event of the season, the 17th Annual Maurice Diet Memorial Regatta is scheduled for Sunday August 21 at the Windsor Campground Pond. The Notice of Race is available at the club website.

www.windsormodelyachtclub.com

Report From Windsor Model Yacht Club By John Helmer

EC-12’s from the Windsor Model Yacht Club are Ken Peltier 713, Bernie Pepin 575, & Ken Miller 82.

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EC-12’s from the Windsor Model Yacht Club are Bernie Pepin 575, & Jim Hale #59.

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The 2011 Soling One Meter Canadian Championships was hosted by the Kingston Yacht Club in Kingston Ontario on June 17 – 19. Friday, June 17 sailors arrived throughout the afternoon and evening and were registered and their boats measured. A short race course was set in the afternoon for anyone who wanted to familiarize themselves with the conditions in Lake Ontario. Several sailors took advantage of that option since amongst the 21 entrees there were participants from Florida, Massachusetts and Michigan as well as Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario several of whom had not sailed in Kingston before.

Saturday and Sunday the regatta was blessed with beautiful, warm, sunny weather with breezes ranging from 5 to 10 knots.

Saturday morning dawned sunny but with a significant fog and a light breeze varying from south to east in direction. This is not typical of Kingston which has a thermal which generates a strong west wind on most hot, sunny summer days drawing the cooler air inshore from Lake Ontario. The skipper’s meeting was held at the designated hour of 9:30 hours and sailors were told that the sailing would have to wait until the fog burned off and the thermal displaced the east wind probably before noon. Luckily this happened like clockwork and the sailing began shortly after 11:00 hours about a half hour late of

the schedule. The wind quickly built to 10 knots and a small chop developed which required the sailors who are used to pond sailing to quickly develop some new boat speed skills.

The fleet was spit into two heats by Lana Butler, the Chief Scorer, based on the HMS 2007 heat management system and two seeding races were run to sort out the A and B fleets. A four boat promotion/relegation process was followed for the remainder of the regatta. These wind conditions persisted throughout the day allowing the race committee to complete 7 of the necessary 10 races that were planned for the regatta including a one hour lunch break. Defending champion Jim Goddard of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia pulled out into a lead with 9 points followed by Jack Ward of

Punta Gorda, Florida with 15 points, Bill Croft of Ottawa, Ontario with 18 points, Paul Switzer of Kingston, Ontario with 20 points and Herb Dreher of Nantick, Massachusetts with 25 points. Racing ended for the day and the sailors retired to the KYC bar for some fellowship and a barbeque in front of the club amongst the boats, one of the more scenic locations along the Kingston waterfront.

Sunday dawned sunny and clear with a well established north east wind of about 10 knots. It was determined by the Race Director, Ross Cameron, from his investigation of the weather report, that this wind would not be displaced by the Kingston thermal until at least noon and that the regatta should proceed on schedule and attempt to complete the last 3 required races. Even though there were some significant shifts because the wind was coming from the shore somewhat, the Race Director felt that a suitable course and starting line

Soling One Meter Report By Paul Switzer—Soling Class Secretary

Jack Ward from Florida finished 3rd overall in Kingston, On

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could be established to ensure fair racing. This turned out to be the case and the remaining 3 A and B fleet races were completed between 10:00 hours and 11:30 hours.

Jim Goddard maintained his lead finishing with 13 points. Paul Switzer improved his position to second place with 20 points winning 2 of the 3 final races, Jack Ward finished third with 24 points, Bill Croft was fourth with 27 points and Bob Boutilier of Dartmouth Nova Scotia moved up from seventh position Saturday to finish fifth with 35 points.

The prize presentations were held after lunch at 13:00 hours presided over by the KYC Commodore Megaera Fitzpatrick with Paul Switzer the Regatta Chair acting as MC. Prizes were awarded for the top 5 sailors and a draw was

held for additional prizes donated by Leading Edge Hobbies, John Bender of Great Lakes Model Shipyard, Roy Folland of Spider Sails and Bob Boutilier.

Many thanks are due to the regatta team of Ross Cameron, Race Director, Lana Butler, Chief Scorer, Peter Van Rossem, responsible for race courses and several other KYC members who assisted in the organization and running of this well run event. Congratulations to the competitors for their great sportsmanship and fair sailing.

The Soling Canadian Championships continues to be a well attended and fun event attracting sailors form both Canada and the United States. If you are interested in hosting his event next year, contact me in my role as CRYA Soling Class Secretary and I will coordinate your proposal with the CRYA Executive.

Results on Page 15

Foggy conditions greeted the competitors on Saturday with light shifty winds at the Soling One Meter

National Championships at the Kingston Yacht Club.

The big news for us was the Western Regional Championships on June 4th-5th. Although we had no sailors from Eastern Canada or the mainland this time, 10 US boats made the trek to join the 12 Canadian boats for a fleet of 22 racers. As usual Lawrie Neish, aided by Barry Fox from Victoria, did an admirable job of race management, marshaling us through 30 heats to finish 15 races in the two-day event.

Two seeding races divided the racers into A and B fleets. The B fleet raced first, with the top six boats “promoted to A fleet” to race

again. At the end of the A fleet race the bottom six boats in A were “relegated to B fleet” for the second race. With this system anyone has a chance to win the race, but the B fleet sailors must first get to A fleet and then win that race. I really like this system as there is more chance to get to know, and learn from, your fellow sailors. Also, there is intense battling for position in the middle of the fleet as sailors try to promote to A or fend off being relegated.

Our prevailing wind, which had served us so well for the past four years and made our reputation as

a World Class site, failed us this year. The committee had to scramble to get races with at least the semblance

of a weather leg. It was not always possible despite Lawrie’s best efforts and the able assistance of SISC sailing instructor Oliver

Cannon, who ran the mark and chase boat. But all made the best of the situation, with no dampening of the fun level. By lunch time on the first day it was apparent that no one was safe from B fleet and two surprised sailors, Chris Brundege and myself, found ourselves tied for first place. This would only last until enough races were held to give a discard but we enjoyed it while we had it. At the end of the first day it was Graham Herbert

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The 2011 IOM Worlds was hosted this year by West Kirby Sailing Club, in GBR. from May the 28th to June the 4th. Unfortunately we had only one Canadian representing us there.

Peter Van Rossem, from Kingston, ON. competed for Canada finishing 26th from a 76 boat fleet. There were 25 races. The top North American was Peter Allen from Barbados, finishing 12th. No chatter about a host for 2013 yet. Israel is talking about putting a bid in. I hope we can recruit more representatives for the next one.

2011 Canadian and US Regattas have begun. The western series and the COW regatta were hosted on the west coast. Hood River Gorge in Oregon hosted their first regatta in July, thanks to Lawrie who traveled south to help them out. Dallas hosted their annual “Blow Out” in March. The US Nationals are rumoured to be

happening in Fort Lauderdale this year the beginning of November.

The IOM Canadians are being hosted by the Salt Spring Sailing Club, September 9 to 11. Get your registration in now. Kingston will host a regatta September 30-August 1-2. We would like to see you at both these events. If anyone is interested in organizing or hosting a Team Racing event this year, let me know and we can look at making it happen.

I would like to welcome all class members to forward to me any regatta dates, ideas, issues or concerns that you may have and I will attempt to address these issues. I hope to see you at various regattas in the coming year.

If you are from the East Coast and have an IOM, either you are not sailing or want to sail with someone else, I have a gentleman from Dartmouth who is looking to purchase an IOM for himself, and I

am sure he would like someone to sail with too. If you can help out, send me an email and I will forward you his information.

On a parting note, as you know, I have been holding down the fort for a number of years and presently my plate has filled it other matters closer to home. I regret to say that I have to step down from the post of IOM Class Secretary at this time. I will be remaining involved with the CRYA as Past President and Website helper at this time.I will also be staying involved with IOMICA as the IOM ICA Rep.

The good news is that Barry Fox from Victoria, will be taking on the role of IOM Class Secretary and assisting me (or I, him) with the IOMICA position. We do not anticipate any transition difficulties and I know that Barry has good ideas for the class that he will enlighten us on in the near future. Welcome aboard Barry.

Thanks all for your support over the past several years. Maybe I will get to put my boat in the water soon!

International One Meter Report By Lana Butler Class Secretary

Regatta Report— Western IOM Championship By Martin Herbert

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Regatta Result

Western IOM Championship

from Hornby Island and Joe Damico from Sequim, Washington, at the top and a pack of ten boats just points apart breathing down my neck. Only Ole

Anderson had not had a visit to B fleet, having sailed very consistently in 5th or 6th spot.

His streak broke in the last race of the day, but his luck returned that evening, since the next day there were lots of US IOM sailors with square frying pans. Who knew IOM’s had galleys! The second day the wind shifted to a slightly more difficult angle and the racing was moved around the corner into Walter Bay. This made for some very bad situations at the bottom mark as the leaders sailed into less wind and the trailing boats piled in, blanketing the leaders and causing crashes. This does not make for good racing. Fortunately, the last two races were moved out off the dock with slightly more wind.

After 15 races it was Graham Herbert who took the win with Joe Damico in second and Morgan Dewees, from Portland Oregon, in third. Your SISC racers all made the top ten, with myself in fourth, Ole Anderson in eighth and Roger

Kibble in ninth.

As with all regattas there are many behind the scenes who make it all run and let us sailors have fun. Here I thank my wife, Rosemary Harbrecht, who had 30 sailors and entourage to dinner at our house on the Friday, and to Aileen Neish and assistants who kept us fed and watered during both race days. Well done and much appreciated.

The site of the Western IOM Championships at the Saltspring Island

Sailing Club

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Dale Chase and I travelled down to Hood River on Wednesday from Hornby Island via 2 BC Ferries and the Coho from Victoria and arrived about midnight to a campground that was right beside the train tracks, what a night that was!

After a fine breakfast in town we went to the sailing site and had a fantastic 8 hours of practice with our B-rigs. Many of the other competitors joined us as the day progressed so we got to test our speed and I felt pretty confident that my LEO was as fast as anyone else. Martin Herbert joined us for a meal in the local pub then we went in search of a better campground and ended up in Tucker State Park which was very quiet and right on the Hood river 5 miles from the sailing site.

On Friday the racing finally got started 2 hours late due to the seemingly endless setting and resetting of the marks. The wind was much less than normal but still enough to get in 6 fine races. I found it very difficult to get good starts partly because the starting line was much farther away than I am used to and partly because the competition for the best spots was fierce.

LEO proved to be very fast though and I was able to pass many boats in most races to end up in the top few places. I ended the day in 5th place and was very happy with that.

Saturday the races again started 2 hours late even though there was a great wind the whole time. This time it was also because of the mark setting plus a long drawn out skippers meeting with endless discussion of seemingly insignificant details. This was

Regatta Report— Hood River Carnage By Graham Herbert

Peter Van Rossem concentrates on the action at the Hood River

Carnage Regatta.

Graham Herbert and Leo.

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extremely frustrating. Once the racing started it was excellent. We had A-rig most of the day but had a few B-rig races in the afternoon. I had a great day and even managed to win a race which was the highlight of the regatta for me and it moved me up to 4th at the end of the day.

Saturday evening we went to a Mexican restaurant with some of the Oregon sailors. That was a lot of fun.

Sunday the racing got underway almost on time and was really exciting as the wind was a bit stronger. Unfortunately for me I was over early in the first race and I fouled another boat in the last race

so I dropped down to 6th over all. The highlight for me though was passing the BritPOP! in the last race in top end of B-rig conditions. I had a nice lead at the second windward mark when I hit it and also fouled the 2nd boat. After 2 penalty turns I was lucky to salvage 5th in the race. The wind then picked up to solid C-rig conditions but the race director decided to cancel any farther racing due to the inadequacy of the rescue boat.

Several of us decided to sail with our C-rigs anyway and right in the strongest wind the inadequate rescue boat went out and effortlessly picked up the marks. This was a huge disappointment as

this was the very wind we travelled all that way to sail in and when it finally came we couldn't race.

Dale and I packed up and headed home spending Sunday night at Joe's place in Sequim. On Monday Joe took us to his local pond where there was Soling racing and Dale and I got to try our hand at it. It was a lot of fun. That evening we camped at Cowichan Lake and sailed our boats there for a couple of hours before heading home to Hornby Island. We were gone from home seven days and we sailed on six of them, we had fun camping and we drank a few beers too. An excellent trip!

Regatta Result—

Hood River Carnage

Downwind at the Hood River Carnage.


The third annual CanAm Challenge Regatta was held in Stowe, VT on July 30 & 31.

This event is definitely growing in popularity: we had 10 boats in the inaugural year of 2009, 13 boats last year, and 23 boats this year. There were 12 boats from Canada (8 from the Halifax, NS club and 4 from Ontario), and 11 from the USA. The USA contingent is almost entirely represented by the Stowe club (Glenn Chalder from CT joined us this year). We need to work on bringing in more boats from the Northeast next year.

George Dean and Bob Letwenski, our RD’s, dealt with light & variable winds on Saturday, but managed to keep the pace moving right along. With 23 boats, we ran two-fleet racing under the Odd/Even system. This system was consistent with the theme of the regatta: “A Friendly Cross-Border Rivalry”. It is essentially a random selection process, which had the top sailors mixing it up with the newer sailors. And speaking of “newer sailors”, we had 4th grader, Ben Conabree, grandson of Robert & Gloria Langlois, race in his first regatta. He hung in there and had some moments exhibiting some solid racing prowess (with a bit of mentoring from the grandparents). The racing was based on individual performance – no team racing allowed. However, the individual scores were then applied to the Team scoring, with the top 5 scores from each country applied to the Team results for that race. In this manner, any sailor could help out his team by scoring

in the top 5 for his team in any given race.

Nine races (18 heats) were run on Saturday, with 1 throw-out allowed. Jim Goddard ended the day with 11 points, closely followed by Bruce Nourjian with 12 points. Charlie Berry was in the

hunt with 16 points. Charlie was unable to race on Sunday, but Niels Olsen filled in for him. They would not count in the individual scoring, but could help out their team’s score. The U.S. group held a solid lead in the team scoring at the end of the day, with individuals holding the 2nd through 7th positions.

Sunday treated the group to a building breeze throughout the day. After light & shifty conditions for the first race, a fairly steady

southwest breeze filled in. The RC managed to run 7 races (14 heats) before the 2:30 deadline. Jim & Bruce continued their battle right to the wire, with Bruce winning the regatta by just one point over Jim. Paul Fixx, Glenn Chalder, and Phil Tonks rounded out the top 5. The Team Award went to the USA group for the third straight year. The chant from Team Canada: “Wait ‘til next year!” The

camaraderie both on and off the water showed that there will, indeed, be a next year.

The Corinthian spirit of this regatta was in full display at the dinner on Saturday evening. The USA team had donned patriotic red, white & blue pinwheel “curb feeler” headgear at the Saturday skippers meeting, in answer to the Canadians wearing red and white hats adorned with the Canadian maple leaf. The Canadians outdid themselves when they showed up

Regatta Report CanAm Challenge By Charles Berry and Paul Fixx Stowe Yacht Club

Competitors and volunteers assemble before the CanAm Regatta in

Stowe, VT.

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for the casual buffet dinner wearing striking red ties declaring their Canadian allegiance. Several of their wives wore complementary scarves with a maple leaf motif. Following supper there was a lively exchange of banter interspersed by even more lively singing of Canadian classics led by Bob “Boots” Boutilier and his wife Anne. Somewhere in there, Gary “Doc” Bugden presented the top skippers with drug test sample collection kits left over from his family’s top secret endeavors.

There is no question that the “friendly cross-border rivalry” is now quickly becoming a tradition. There was strong support to hold the CanAm Challenge next year, again at Stowe. The 2012 date will be determined and promoted well in advance to avoid as many conflicts as possible and to build support from other U.S. and Canadian clubs.

CanAm Challenge Regatta Results

Place Skipper Club Points 1 Nourjian, Bruce Stowe, VT 20 2 Goddard, Jim Halifax, NS 21 3 Fixx, Paul Stowe, VT 37 4 Berry, Charlie & Stowe, VT 47 ** Olsen, Niels 5 Chalder, Glenn Simsbury, CT 47 6 Tonks, Phil Stowe, VT 48 7 Stone, Tim Stowe, VT 50 8 White, Bob Dartmouth, NS 68 9 Boutilier, Boots Bedford, NS 71 10 Rusi, Ben Lunenburg, NS 75 11 Lindeijer, Fred Bedford, NS 79 12 Varall, Ken Stowe, VT 83 13 Wilmshurst, Brian Hubley, NS 85 14 Bugden, Gary Bedford, NS 86 15 Clay, John Brighton, ON 88 16 Townsend, George Stowe, VT 93 17 Langdon, J. D. Stowe, VT 103 18 McKinney, John Woodstock, ON 104 19 Stotler, John Stowe, VT 109 20 Lovitt, Victor Halifax, NS 127 21 Conabree, Ben Port Stanley, ON 155 22 Smith, Bob Stowe, VT W/Draw 23 Langlois, Gloria Port Stanley, ON DNS

** Not eligible for individual award.

Regatta Results 2011 Soling 1 Meter Canadian Championship


We feature building tips submitted from time to time. I would like to make it a more regular feature. This month I will be sharing some of my experience with winches I have used in the Soling 1 Meter. I invite anyone to follow my lead and send me some building or maintenance tips for the next newsletter.

One of the sailors here in Nova Scotia has started using the Eurgle drum winch available from Chinese suppliers . The Eurgle is about the size of the typical analog servo used for rudder servos. It is a 6 turn drum servo with tremendous power and speed. It has no programmable features such as end point adjustment or travel volume. They currently sell for about $28 plus shipping from online sources.

I had a couple of them and tried them but I was not happy with the quiver that was omnipresent when the servo was not active. I tried to run them for awhile to see if use would diminish the quivering

but I did not have any success. I gave it away.

My first Soling had a smaller Futaba S3801 arm winch which was quick, reliable and robust. I used it for several years configured with a double arm arrangement. I liked this setup a lot but I found that in higher winds I could not adjust the sails going upwind because the winch could not handle the load. I did like the speed of the arm arrangement and the ability to flick the sails over on a Gybe going downwind but the

power issue was a deal breaker. My current boat built in 2005

has been rigged with the Hitec 785 drum winch since it was new. The Hitec 785 is a 3.5 turn drum winch operating at 4.8 or 6 volts. It has good power but is slower than many of the more expensive drum winches and even the Eurgle. It currently sells for about $50 and is available at most hobby suppliers. I am now on my fourth or fifth of these winches,

the third this year. The latest failure is just a simple burnout, no visible water infiltration, no burning it just stopped

working. I will have to decide this winter if this winch is suitable going forward as it cost me a regatta in Vermont. Paul Switzer installed a Hitec 7955 digital arm winch and it has worked very well this summer. It is the size of the S3003 rudder servo so it saved some weight and space. It has tons of torque and it is fast like the Futaba S3801 for gybing. He shared that he had to learn how to

sheet in gradually coming onto the beat so as not to kill the boat. He did have some overheating problems with the first installation but once It was configured it to minimize the angle between the winch arm and the sheets close hauled it worked fine. It is programmable up to 180 degrees of rotation and for things like overload protection and speed but the programmer is bit expensive. The 7955 is available from most hobby suppliers for up to $150.

Builders Corner By Jim Goddard

The Eurgle sail winch, available online from

Chinese suppliers

The Hitec785 drum winch is my

favourite.

The Hitec 7955 digital winch combines power speed and easy

installation.

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Heckman’s Island Regatta included fresh mussels and boutique beer provided by the organizers.

Measuring in for the Hood River Carnage.


Model Sailing Online By Jim Goddard

Many of the clubs that make up the CRYA , maintain an online presence for the use of their members. These sites can provide a wealth of information and ideas to beginners and seasoned sailors alike.

This month we are featuring the site of the West Coast Model Yacht Assoc. found online at www.wcmya.ca/. With schedules and links for IOM, ODOM, Laser the site draws together information for west coast sailors.

Building information is focused primarily of the IOM fleet with detailed treatments available for building jigs and fins.

Check it out for yourself, and see what ideas you can include for your site. Submit your site to [email protected] for future issues.

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M-12 NOTICE of RACE

2011 Mini-12 National Regatta Saturday September 24, 2011

1. Event:

The Quinte Model Yacht Club invites Mini-12 sailors to participate in a National Regatta to be held at the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club, Victoria Park, Belleville, Ontario, on Saturday, September 24, 2011.

2. Eligibility: Entrants must be current members of the CRYA or their National Authority. Yachts must conform to CRYA Mini-12 Class Rules dated March 1, 2008, using the “B Rig”.

3. Entry: Eligible boats may enter by submitting the entry form, complete with the required fee, to the Quinte Model Yacht Club. Entries must be received no later than Sept.1st, 2011. Late entries may be accepted at the discretion of the Regatta Chairman. Frequencies will be allocated based on the date of receipt of paid entries including those accepted after the entry deadline.

4. Fees: Entry fee is $20 which includes awards for finishes 1st through 3rd . Entry will be limited to 18 yachts. Cheques or money orders should be made payable to Peter Sly, Treasurer, Quinte Model Yacht Club.

5. Rules: The regatta will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing, including Appendix E, the rules of the Mini-12 Class dated March 1, 2008, this Notice of Race, and the Sailing Instructions.

6. Measurement: Measurement will be conducted at the time of registration and may be conducted thereafter on any or all boats without notice, as determined by the Race Director, acting in his or her sole discretion.

7. Registration: Print and fill in the following form and mail it to: Mini-12 National Regatta c/o Peter Savidge, Regatta Chair-man, 9 Dorthy Drive, Trenton, ON, K8V 5P5. Entries will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Registration will close Sept. 1, 2011. Late en-tries may be accepted at the Regatta Chairman’s discretion. Entrants must be CRYA or AMYA members and all boats must be registered. Boats will be subject to measurement.

8. Schedule Firm details will be communicated to entrants as the date approaches. Provisional Schedule:

Friday, September 23rd:

Registration and measurement 1700-1900 hrs.

Saturday, September 24th: Registration: 0830 – 1000 1st race: 1030 Lunch break: 1230 -1300 Racing resumes: 1330 Last race to start no later than 1530 Prize awards: 1630


M-12 Entry Form

2011 Mini-12 National Regatta Saturday September 24, 2011

FIRST NAME _____________________LAST NAME____________________________ ADDRESS ____________________________ CITY PROV/ STATE_______________ POSTAL/ ZIP CODE __________ PHONE NUMBER _________________ E-MAIL____________________SAIL # ________ CRYA or AMYA #_______________ Radio Frequency List: Primary Frequency: ____ Second Frequency:_______ Entry Fee: Cheque or money order for $20.00 CAD (incl. HST) payable to Peter Sly, QMYC Treas-urer, enclosed: Disclaimer I hereby agree to comply with the rules as defined in the current 2009-2012 Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the rules of the Mini 12 Class, this Notice of Race, the Sailing Instructions and any amendments to the Sailing Instructions made by the Race Director. I acknowledge that my boat will at all times fully conform to the class rules. I acknowledge that I am entering this regatta entirely at my own risk and do hereby release and hold harmless the Quinte Model Yacht Club, the Bay of Quinte Yacht Club, its members, the regatta organizers, the CRYA and the AMYA all jointly and severally, from liability for any loss, injury or damage to any persons and property however caused, even if such loss, injury or damage is caused by the negli-gence of those released and held harmless. The laws of Ontario, Canada shall apply to any issue, dispute or claim arising directly or indirectly in respect to this regatta and the Courts of Belleville, Ontario, Canada shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any such issue, dispute or claim. I am aware that my personal information will be used to organize this event and that my name, membership details, boat registration details, home town and race results may be published, and may be submitted to the AMYA and CYRA for their use. I am assured that my personal contact information will not be disclosed outside the organizing bodies.

Signature:___________________ Date:_________________

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IOM 2011 Canadian Eastern Regional #1 – NOR

September 30-October 1-October 2, 2011 - KINGSTON, ONTARIO 1. INVITATION: The Kingston Yacht Club (KYC) and the KYC Radio Controlled Fleet invite In-ternational One Metre (I.O.M.) radio-controlled model boat sailors to the 2011 I.O.M. Canadian Eastern Region

#1 Championship Regatta at KYC in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 2. SITE: The regatta will be hosted at Kingston Yacht Club with sailing on the fresh waters of Kingston Harbour. 3. ELIGIBILITY: To complete registration, entrants must be paid up members of the CRYA/AMYA or their National Authority. Yachts must comply with the ISAF-IRSA International One Metre Class Rules. 4. ENTRY & FEES: The Entry Fee is $70 (including GST), which includes (3) days of sailing; Friday Night light meal; Saturday and Sunday lunches; Regalia, and prizes. Entry deadline is open. Please make cheques payable to the Kingston Yacht Club (for US cheques, please add a $5 processing fee). Credit Card payments are available. 5. PRIZES & AWARDS: Prizes will be awarded to the top five skippers. 6. ACCOMMODATION: There are a limited number of billets. For more information, contact Lana Butler, Regatta Chair at (613) 634-1140 or by e-mail at [email protected] 7. CONTACT: Lana Butler, Regatta Chair, (613) 634-1140 or by e-mail at [email protected] Kingston Yacht Club, 1 Maitland Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 2V3 Fax: (613) 634-1109

ENTRY FORM

SKIPPER NAME: Address: City: Prov/State: Postal/Zip Code: Country: Telephone: Home: Work: Fax: e-mail:

BOAT INFORMATION: Sail Number: CRYA/AMYA Number: Yacht Club: Winch Type: Hull Make: Channels: Primary: Alt #1: Alt #2:

PAYMENT INFORMATION: Entry Fee: $70 (includes HST). Entry deadline is "open". Cheque or Money order: (add $5 for US Cheques) Amount: $ Credit Card: Visa___ Mastercard ___(circle one) Amount: $ Name on Card: Card Number: Expiry: yyyy/mm 3 Digit code: __________

Disclaimer Please accept this Entry Application for the 2011 International One Metre Canadian Eastern Region #1 Championship at Kingston, Ontario.

I hereby agree to comply with the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), Class Rules, the Notice of Race and the Sailing Instructions. I acknowledge that I am entering this Regatta at my own risk and do hereby release and hold harmless the Kingston Yacht Club and the Organizing Committee, as well as their officers, members and agents, both jointly and severally, from any liability for any loss, injury or damage to any persons and/or property that might arise from my participation in this Regatta, even if such loss, injury or damage be caused by the negligence of those so released and held harmless. I agree that the jurisdiction and venue will be Kingston, Ontario, Canada and that Ontario law will govern any arbitration or litigation. signature

If the entrant is under 19 years of age as of the opening of registration a parent/guardian must also sign: (This section can be presented at registration)

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