SCIRA Canada

As many of you already know the US Nationals will be held at Buffalo Canoe Club this July 19-26. The NOR and Regatta Info Sheet are now available. As Canadian teams are welcome at this event, please plan to attend this excellent regatta.

The Snipe Canadian Championship/Ontario Open will be held July 6-7 at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club.  NOR can be found here.Canadians NOR 2013

If was previously posted that the Palm D’Or Regatta would take place on the June 1-2 weekend. In order to avoid conflict with the Colonial Cup, it has now been moved to the previous weekend of May 25-26. Junior sailors will want to note that it is the Canadian Qualifier for the Junior Snipe Worlds in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sept. 14-20 2013.

As this year gets under way, the regatta dates that are of interest to SCIRA Canada members have started to come in. Dates will be added as they are confirmed.

Harri

Report by Katie Nicoll

It came down to the wire this afternoon at the 2012 Snipe North Americans, held at the Etobicoke Yacht Club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, between Raul Rios and Ernesto Rodriguez. After two days of light winds, an 8-10 knot SE breeze filled in nicely for sailors from four countries on the waters of Lake Ontario. Up to that point, winds had been light and variable with significant shifts for the past two days of racing.

PRO, Irene McNeil, guessed correctly on the shifts, and was able to set six good courses in the tough conditions to make the fleet of 23 boats very happy. In the end, Ernesto and Raul finished with tied scores, only to be broken by the last race, which Raul Rios and Edgar Diminisch won. Finishing in third, with very consistent races, was Carol Cronin and Kim Couranz  followed by Jim Bowers and Julia Marsh in fourth. Reigning World Champ Alexandre Tinoco and Kathleen Tocke were fifth. Top Canadian Team and winner of the Id Crook Trophy was Harri Palm and Molly Kurvink in 8th place.

After much lobbying from numerous national sailing federations and concerned Snipe sailors around the Americas and Caribbean, PASAF has re-instated the Snipe into the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto. This is great news and welcomed by many countries that would otherwise have suffered if the Snipe had been eliminated.

Current world champ Alexandre Tinoco will be doing a Snipe clinic at the Etobicoke Yacht Club the weekend before the NA’s (September 8-9). This is a great opportunity to be coached and assessed by one of the best sailors in the world and to have your boat tuned and ready for the NA’s.

Updated pricing:

Spots are limited to 8 boats with 5 boats already confirmed, leaving 3 spots left. Cost will depend on how many boats participate but with 8 it will be between $125-$200 depending on how many boats register. Anyone interested should contact Harri Palm at harripalm@hotmail.com or leave a comment here.

Participants will be able to leave their boats at EYC until the NA’s the following weekend.

The  2012 edition of the Canadian Championships/ Ontario Open were held the weekend of July 7-8 at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club. Snipe sailors from Canada and the US gathered on Hamilton Harbour and experienced first class racing  expertly run by PRO extraordinaire Irene McNeill and her crew. Seven races over two days, with conditions that were close to ideal, were completed.

Austin Kana and Jason Hill from North Cape YC were the class of the field finishing first overall with 7 points. On Sunday they won every race. Kana and Hill were winners of the Ontario Open Trophy, respectfully known as “The Painting”.

While Kana and Hill were showing the fleet their transom, a battle for the Leckie Trophy was going on behind them between Julian Inglis and brother Justin, defending Canadian Champs Chris Hains and Barb Mann, and Harri Palm and Molly Kurvink. When all was said and done Palm and Kurvink came out on top of the Hoser Fleet to win the Canadians.

Between RHYC’s excellent hosting, the Saturday Cook Your Own Steak Dinner and entertainment from SCIRA Canada’s official regatta band The Hoofbeats, a fine time was had by all.

final results

A few changes have been made to the Canadians NOR. All changes are in red.

Canadians NOR-version 3 June 26 2012

Registration is open at the new 2012 Snipe North Americans website.