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North Americans: THISBE wins hands down!

Nine 8 Metres sailed in this year’s regatta. Great series under a variety of winds starting from 5 knots in the first day at first and up to 25+ knots by the end of the last race. It was a regatta that saw a boat, and not Iskareen this time, sail a near perfect series. Congratulations to Thisbe! It saw two collisions, the first one between Bangalore and Norseman. And the second one between Venture and Severn. It was a series where Iskareen and Venture each only got one bullet. It was a series where Severn & others beat Iskareen twice and Venture three times. It was series where Bart and not Terry McLaughlin steering got a bullet after leading the entire race. Close racing throughout the series including the starts, laylines, mark roundings, and finishes. Just a great series. (And the evening parties were good fun too. Thanks Derek for the Clamato and Andrea for the vodka which complimented the rum blender drinks nicely).

We had our moments throughout the series with some great sail handling and trim between the starts and the finishes. The crew work was good throughout, with some superb maneuvers around the marks, though Norseman didn’t seem to think so at one of the leeward mark roundings the first day which was also accompanied by a protest which was later mediated by Terry Mclaughin so the protest was avoided. In every race where we found ourselves in deficient position due to windshifts or dirty air we battled back to improve our position. And when the collision with Venture occurred, we were heading for one our best starts of the season. Venture in deciding to try to barge between the committee boat and Severn, they hit us several times down our starboard side, with her last nudge pushing us over the line early and we had to return and restart. We never did recover though from last spot we finished 6th in that race. On the last race of the final day, we were again sitting fourth behind Bangalore, Venture and Iskareen, but then the front moved in changing the direction by 30 degrees. Our crew spotted it but not before Bangalore recovered, and Ranja and Thisbe who were behind us saw it sooner. We again settled with another fourth in the series. Thisbe wins the Sodus Bay Cup and the Globe & Mail Trophy.

A now for a weekend off, with a few corporate cruises between now and the next series, which is the EYC weekend. Details to follow of course. See you then.

Regards,

Ced

LYRA: Iskareen takes on water but wins the Regatta !

Hot weather all weekend under mostly sunny skies with some good winds. We also had the opportunity back at the dock after racing each day to try our new tarp supported by battens; great sun cover! Also great to sail again with Joan Smart, a Severn alumni, who re-joined the crew for this regatta.

I won’t go into each race in detail, but it was a regatta where we had trouble for the most part of getting on the right side of the shifts whether it was directional or for the velocities. And though the end results didn’t show it we had good crew work and communication all weekend. The regatta started with a “may day”,”may day” call over the radio from Iskareen. Apparently she was taking in water so fast that there was a threat of sinking before we even started the first race. She was rescued and towed in by one of the committee support boats and discovered that her bilge pump was taking water back into the boat. With Norseman’s extra buckets she managed to keep ahead of the water and solve the problem back at the dock, but had to miss the first race.

After that bit of drama, Ranja seemed to be the boat to beat after winning the first race easily with coach Doyle returning for another engagement at this year’s regatta. (You may recall he helped Ranja get to the top of the podium at last year’s LYRA in Sodus assisted a little by the infamous protest that Bart dragged Severn into as a “witness”). We took a third spot behind Thisbe in this race. (Norseman trailed, Ced Sr unable to sail the regatta and brother Ed doing it with a short handed crew). In the second race Iskareen was once again back on the course and won this race. We took third again behind Ranja. The second day we found more difficult trying to find the right side of the shifts and had to settle for two fourths for the day. On the last day of the regatta, we had what looked to be a good start but was called over early. Took most of the race to catch up but never enough to finish more than fifth. The last race of the series was our best. The winds were up to the max of the no. 1 genoa and with a good start we appeared to be in third spot going up to windward, but then decided much as we did at Levels, to tack away from the leaders and go for the windward mark feeling the wind was fairing enough for us to do so leaving the others to overstand. We reached the windward mark first with Iskareen on our tail. At first Iskareen seemed to take us but we found our air and almost closed her out at the gate marks, but had to give her room (by inches), which then allowed her to round first. We rounded behind and went to windward on the same tack for awhile. The next thing we found out that Thisbe in taking the other mark actually gained on us and we ended up rounding behind her at the second windward. By this time Iskareen was well ahead, but we battled Thisbe all the way to the finish drawing even with her finally and getting the last wave surge to nip her by a nose to take second spot. It capped off a great race and a fun race series. Iskareen wins the Gooderham Trophy.

2007 Mackenzie North American Champion: Thisbe

Light airs hit Scottish crew.

News Release

Wednesday 18th July

The third day in the International 8 Metre Class Centennial World
Championship saw seven times world champion Gefion from Canada win the
first race of the day. The day began with sunshine but little or no wind. After
a long wait the race committee took the fleet several miles down river in
search of wind. The first race was started in five knots of northerly breeze.
At the first mark Gefion was in the lead, followed by Hollandia and the two
Swiss boats Aluette and Yquem.
After a course change due to a wind shift to the east, at the next weather
mark Gefion was still in the lead, then Hollandia and Aluette, with Lafayette in
fourth place, having improved from fifth. This remained the order at the finish.
Aluette, however, was disqualified for a premature start. First of the classic
boats was Anne Sophie from Germany.
The second race of the day started in 7 to 8 knots of wind.
At the start most of the fleet were at the starboard end of the line, with
Lafayette in the middle, allowing Aluette to start in clear air at the port end.
On the first leg Gefion went up the left hand side of course, the rest of the
fleet going right.
First to the weather mark was Aluette, followed by Yquem then Hollandia and
Lafayette. Lafayette then overtook Hollandia round the mark. On the next leg
Aluette extended her lead. Second at the leeward mark was Yquem with
Lafayette and Gefion immediately behind.
On the last two legs of the race, Aluette maintained her lead to the finish.
After several place changes in a tricky shifting breeze, the boats were barely
able to hold spinnakers on the final downwind leg. Yquem finished second,
followed by Gefion and Lafayette.
After an exciting tussle involving several boats over the last hundred yards of
the race, the German boat, Wyvern, in 6th place in the fleet, was first of the
classic boats.
Lafayette, skippered by the host club’s Allan Manuel remains in the lead
overall, despite a disappointing day in the lighter conditions.

Second day success for Scottish yacht

News Release

Tuesday 17th July 2007

The second day of racing in the International 8 Metre Class World
Championship at Rhu in Scotland saw a welcome change in the weather, with
sunshine all day, and a south westerly breeze of around eleven or twelve
knots providing two good races for the twenty one yachts from eleven
countries.
After a postponement Hollandia made a perfect start followed by the local
boat, Lafayette. Gefion, from Canada, led at the first mark after a tricky first
leg, followed by the Swiss boat, Aluette, then Gefion, Hollandia, and
Lafayette. At the beginning of the third leg the first three boats went one way,
and Lafayette the other. When the boats next came together, Lafayette was
in the lead from Aluette, with the German boat Wyvern leading the classic
boats from the Australians in Saskia and Finns in Windy. Lafayette scored
her second win, and Aluette her second runners up spot. Hollandia, a
previous champion, was third. Saskia passed Windy to finish once more first
of the classic boats, followed by Windy, and the Japanese Aun.
A second race was started after a long delay caused by a shifting wind and a
general recall, when virtually the whole fleet was over the starting line early.
At the first mark Aluette had a lead which she held throughout the race,
chased all the way by Lafayette. Hollandia fought her way up to third place
from fifth. Aun was first of the Classic boats. After three races the Scottish
boat Lafayette leads from Aluette.

Scottish yacht takes the lead after first day

News Release
Lafayette, owned by Murdoch McKillop and skippered by Allan Manuel took the
lead on the first day of the 8 Metre Centennial World Championship 2007, run by
the Royal Northern Yacht Club at Rhu, sponsored by Chopard.
The Scottish yacht has yet to sail in a championship and not be on the podium.
She has always been pretty much unbeatable in heavy air and since her keel
was changed she has become a superb all-round performer for the conditions in
Scotland.
I
n spite of poor visibility the first race started on time at 11.00 in 12 to 14 knots of
wind. Wyvern was disqualified for being over the start line early.
Soon after the start the wind backed, resulting in a rather one-sided course.
The leading boats at the first mark were Lafayette, Aluette and Hollandia. These
three were in the lead throughout the race which lasted just over an hour.
Lafayette extended her lead throughout the race and the crewing was
conspicuously superior to other boats.
First of the classic boats was Saskia from Australia which finished 6th overall
having sailed a very good race.
Carron from Norway retired with damage to her mainsail, but managed to return
to the race area in time for the second start.
A second race was started in about 6 to 8 knots of wind but was abandoned soon
after the leading yachts had passed the windward mark as the wind there died to
virtually zero. At time of abandonment Hollandia was leading followed by
Lafayette, then Alluette, which had just passed Peter Wilson’s Ganymede, the
newest boat in the fleet, which had its first sail only two days ago.
Lafayette, better in heavier conditions, struggled off the start line in the second
race, but recovered impressively to be closely in touch with Hollandia at the top
mark, with the remainder of the fleet well behind.
After a long wait for new breeze the race officer abandoned racing for the day.

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Commentary and photos will be posted later this week. Congratulations to Norseman! With 3 bullets, she walked away with victory this weekend!

8 Metre Fleet

Rank	Fleet	Boat	Class	SailNo	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total

Race Report – 8m Summer Series

Lightning, sideways rain with forecast winds of up to 40km/h. Thisbe and crew made her way to the start at 9:30 AM Sunday morning. It was beginning to rain, the winds were light as we made our way through the Eastern gap. At the mouth of the gap the rain began to come down in sheets and we had completely lost sight of the city skyline. Lightning was striking within 1 km at a regular interval. We decided to drop out main and fly only our #3 head-sail. The race committee was on standby as Quest and Norseman began to make their way back to the club, with Thisbe close behind, picking-up a tow from the gray zodiac. Bangalore wanted to wait in the gap for a break in the weather, while no one else really seemed interested. A few radio calls and it was decided to call the day. By 11 am we were all safely in our slips, the rain falling steadily, the wind gone after the main storm had traveled East. The tarps were quickly assembled into a make-shift party tent, and the fun ensued. Even Jackeen made her way into the club to join in the festivities.

So, Severn, Venture, Iskareen and Ranja get a free pass and lose no ground in the season standings. It may have been the right decision to stay out in the gap until the weather cleared, but it seemed too sketchy with the quickly changing forecast. We had sunshine with 35 degrees and 10-15 winds to more thundershowers and winds reported at over 50km. The small craft warning did not make many of us pleased to wait either. Who wants to be a lightning rod? Me neither.

Caullyn.

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