The 2018 US Championship was contested by a group of 12 competitive Soling sailors from as far away as Nova Scotia, Milwaukee, and Germany.
The weather in Annapolis in the spring can be quite unpredictable as most of you know but due to a huge high-pressure system, the weather turned out to be perfect for the first 2 days of the event with summer-like temperatures in the upper 70’s and southerly breezes.
It was enough for a number of Canadian crews to break out shorts! Peter Hall in CAN 225 showing no slowing from his past ankle injury negotiated the 3 races held on Day 1 to take a commanding lead with 3 bullets but due to the consistency of John Finch & Gordy Devries CAN 210 and Tom Freeman CAN 233, there was still plenty of racing to be had to challenge for the Championship.
Day 2 again greeted the fleet again with 70+ degree temperatures, however, the results of Day 1 were not to be repeated. Race 4 again saw Peter move out again to record the win. Race 5 was a game changer as the southerly breeze decided to die to nothing on the left side of the course leaving Andy Dize USA 798 and Peter hung out to dry to watch the mid and right side course boats moving smartly to the weather mark on the incoming wind. Congrats to Tom Mitchell CAN 227 for putting together a great race for the win! Stu Walker USA 839 who also gladly took advantage of the right side wind rounded the weather mark second. Peter was able to claw back to an 8th place finish which pulled the leading boats point totals closer together. For race 6 with the wind back to a steady southerly direction and velocity (14-17 knots), the fleet enjoyed a near perfect 5 leg windward-leeward race. Peter was back to his form and handily won with Michael Dietzel GER 11 finishing second, and US 798 in with a respectable third.
Day 3 as forecasted slapped the competitors all back to reality that it was still spring and not summer! Easterly wind at 12 – 18 knots and 52 degrees quickly made us all forget the near perfect weather of the prior 2 days. The racing was still close and competitive for the final 2 races however Peter Hall’s march to another US Championship was not to be denied as he won both races. CAN 210 and CAN 233 held on for their respective 2nd and 3rd place finishes in the regatta.
In addition to the excellent racing, there was no lack of good spirits on shore after each day of racing. At the awards ceremony, all competitors joined in with a raucous chorus of happy birthday for our elder statesman, soon to be 95 years old, Stuart Walker. Even with diminished eyesight and a variety of wind conditions, Stu started and finished every race. Cheers to Stuart!
Canadian Update;
Plans are shaping up for two very major events in Canada this year. The first being the North Americans which will be held June 23-26 to coincide with and celebrate master boat builder and Canadian Soling Forefather Chief Bill Abbott Sr's 90th birthday!
The Abbott's home club, the Sarnia Yacht Club has a rich history of world class Soling events and this four day event will surely be one of the best and should not be missed. Opening ceremonies will be on Thursday evening and Dinner/Dance on Saturday. For more information go tohttp://soling.com/na/2016/ , registration is open so get signed up and mark your calendars today.
The biggest event of 2016 will be the Soling World Championships hosted by the Kingston Yacht Club in beautiful Kingston on Eastern Lake Ontario. KYC and regatta chair Paul Davis are set to host a true world class event. The venue offers fantastic and predictable sailing conditions, excellent race management and logistics all within walking distance of a very trendy and current waterfront city. Website with logistics and registration coming very soon.
A current listing of available charter boats can be found in the Marketplace area of our Forum; http://groupspaces.com/CdnSoling/forum/
Some other notable Canadian events are the Ontario Championships July 30-31 hosted by the Port Stanley Sailing Squadron and the Canadian Soling Championships August 27-28 hosted by the Etobicoke Yacht Club and will serve as good fun and practice for the main event.
2015 North Americans Wrapup
Two weeks ago 18 teams from the US, Canada and Germany descended upon beautiful Wilmette to compete for the title of Soling North American Champions.
The Sheridan Shore Yacht Club together with John Kennedy and team hosted a fantastic event filled with fun social gatherings, good food, great local beer and entertainment.
The Soling family struggled to make the best of the frustrating light wind condones but over the four day event only managed 4 races, one short of the required five races to constitute a Championship.
Congratulations to Canada's team Hall for their victory in the 2015 Wilmette Open!
Results are below, looking forward to seeing everyone on the water soon,
It's time to start some serious planning for this year's Canadian Soling Championships scheduled Aug 23,24 in Etobicoke.
Our 2014 National Championship event being held as part of the Etobicoke Yacht Club Levels Regatta is guaranteed to be good fun with the experience of sailing in Humber Bay under the Toronto skyline not one soon forgotten!
Boats are now committed from Toronto, Port Stanley and US fleets will make for a competitive fleet and exciting racing.
-Information and directions for EYC can be found here; http://eyc.ca/
Congratulations to Thomas Fogh, Roger Cheer, Gord Devries on their recent Ontario Championship victory. We are happy to see Thomas carry on Hans's legacy racing Solings!
Seven teams from fleets in Toronto and Port Stanley took part in the DYC regatta June 7th and 8th in Port Dalhousie Ontario. Although we had two days with little wind, racers enjoyed great, competitive sailing. The Dalhousie Yacht Club is idealy situated on the north shore of Lake Ontario near Niagara on the Lake, only an hour or two from both of the major Soling Fleets. Competitors enjoyed social events including a steak dinner, and Painkiller™ Party on Saturday evening.
Many t
hanks to Dalhousie Yacht Club and members for hosting an enjoyable regatta! Congratulations to all sailors.
Pos
Sail
Helmperson
Midperson
Bowperson
Points
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
1
CAN 230
Thomas Fogh
Roger Cheer
Gord Devries
10
3
2
1
1
3
2
CAN 210
Ken Davy
Berk Kadakgil
17
1
1
6
2
7
3
CAN 226
Cookie Kanter
AM Willan
Kevin Dutra
17
4
4
2
3
4
4
CAN 96
Blair Tully
John McNeil
Tom Freeman
19
2
6
4
6
1
5
CAN 227
Tom Mitchell
David Johnson
20
5
5
3
5
2
6
CAN 211
Andrew Malpass
James Malpass
Ted Paul
23
6
3
5
4
5
7
CAN 231
Ed Berkout
Jose Correa
34
7
7
7
7
6
A Great Start!!
Canadian Soling racing got off to a great start last weekend in Port Stanley with the Donker Memorial. Six boats saw a variety of very good sailing conditions over the two day event with Sundays 15-18 knot SW breeze providing some excellent surfing conditions.
Junior sailors, and hopefully future Soling skippers Marlee and Maria did a fantastic job crewing for Tom Michell who has joined our group this season. Long time Soling crew, Gord Devries made the trip to Port Stanley to sail with CAN 96 and share some go fast secrets. Racing was very close through the fleet with many positions only decided in the last race. Congrats to all of the competitors
Looking forward to Ontario Champs June 7,8
Overall Results
Sail
Skipper
Total
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
1
CAN226
Kanter,Manfred
6
2
1
2
1
2
CAN96
Tully,Blair
6
1
2
1
2
3
CAN211
Malpass,Jim
14
3
5
3
3
4
CAN227
Mitchell,Tom
16
4
3
5
4
5
CAN233
Freeman,Tom
18
5
4
4
5
6
CAN121
Waud,Kerby
27
7 DNC
7 DNC
6
7 DNC
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