Canadian Radio Yachting T h e Pub l i cat ion of th e C an adi an R adi o Yach t in g A sso ci ati o n Winter 2011
Inside this issue: President's Report
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Promoting our Sport
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Regional Reports
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Class News
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Building
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Windsor Club Profile
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Financial Reports
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Halifax Club Profile
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Sailor of the Year
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Notice of Race
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CRYA: Canada’s Radio Control Sailing Authority
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CRYA Business Calendar
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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Published by the CRYA quarterly for the benefit of their members. The newsletter includes notices of coming events, club reports, model yacht construction tips, racing tips and newsworthy articles. The newsletter also publishes changes to model yacht standards and racing rules as they occur. Our preference is that all material be submitted in electronic format via email however we welcome any clearly written or typed material. We love pictures and can deal with most electronic formats (JPEG is the preference) as well as actual photographs and art (no negatives please).
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Position President Past President
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Who’s Who In The CRYA Name Gary Bugden Lana Butler
Address
Phone / Fax
63 Union Street,
Tel: 902-835-5006
Bedford, NS B4A 2B6
Fax: 902-835-4963
1429 Sydenham Road,
613-634-1140 (day)
Kingston, ON K7L 4V4
613-546-9777 (night) 613-634-1109 (fax)
Email president@crya.ca pastpresident@crya.ca
Executive Secretary
Nigel Ashman
416-580 Raven Woods Dr.
604-929-7730
secretary@crya.ca
Treasurer /Registrar
Larry Miskie
North Vancouver, BC V7G2T2 848 25th A Street East,
519-370-0352
treasurer@crya.ca
Technical Director Nigel Ashman
Owen Sound, ON N4K 6W6 416-580 Raven Woods Dr.
604-929-7730
technicaldirector@crya.ca
Communications
North Vancouver, BC V7G2T2 108 Thistle Street
902-433-0356
communications@crya.ca
Dartmouth, NS B3A 2V9
902-488-1601 (cell)
1640 Gillard Drive
250-763-6012
jimander@shaw.ca
Lawrie Neish
Kelowna, BC V1Y 4K1 461 Walker Hook Road,
250-537-2053
wlneish@shaw.ca
Maritimes
Jim Goddard
Saltspring Island, B.C. V8K 1N7 108 Thistle Street
902-433-0356
jwg@accesswave.ca
Ontario
Paul Switzer
Dartmouth, NS B3A 2V9 2510 Conning Drive,
902-488-1601 (cell) 613-541-0704
switzerp@cogeco.ca
514-630-3777
authentica@videotron.ca
519- 974-6101
ddiet@wincom.net
Jim Goddard
Newsletter Regional Directors British Columbia James Anderson & Prairies
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
Marblehead ISAF 1M
Lana Butler
1429 Sydenham Road,
613-634-1140 (day)
Kingston, ON K7L 4V4
613-546-9777 (night) 613-634-1109 (fax)
pastpresident@crya.ca
John Helmer
13188 Salich Crt
519-735-8522
john_helmer@sympatico.ca
Victoria
Charlie Mann
Tecumseh, ON 80, Newbury Drive,
905-868-9329
c.e.mann@rogers.com
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Paul Switzer
Newmarket, ON L3Y 4R3 2510 Conning Drive,
613-541-0704
switzerp@cogeco.ca
Bernie Reid
Kingston, ON K7L 5H6 192 Kehoe Street,
613-596-4595
avalanche-reid@rogers.com
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Mini 12
Ottawa, ON K2B 6A5 CRYA Measurers British Columbia & Prairies
Nigel Ashman
Vancouver
604-929-7730
technicaldirector@crya.ca
Lawrie Neish
Saltspring Island, BC
250 537 2053
wlneish@shaw.ca
Quebec
Dennis Edge
Beaconsfield PQ
514 630 3777
authentica@videotron.ca
Ontario
Hugh Kidd
Toronto
416-488-8466
hugh.kidd@lewisbuilds.com
613-546-9777
peter@lalift.ca
613-476-8124
Psly@kos.net
PeteVanRossem Kingston Peter Sly
Picton
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President’s Report By Gary Bugden Except perhaps for those of us fortunate enough to live in the fabled land west of the mountains or those able to journey south until conditions improve, sailing is on hold until Old Man Winter releases his grip. On the other hand, this is the time for improving existing boats, building new ones and learning more about the technical aspects of our hobby. Our local club, the Halifax Area Model Yacht Club, recently had a luncheon meeting to discuss Soling 1m building tips. All had a good time and not a few “war stories” were exchanged. Great way to speed the winter onward! In the Autumn 2010 issue of the Newsletter we inadvertently published the personal information of one of our members. We did not have the member's permission and it was a mistake for which we have apologized. Let me assure all members that the CRYA respects the privacy of your information and does not distribute, sell, lend or otherwise use address information for anything other than member communication. On the other hand, one of the primary purposes
of the CRYA is member communication so, in the longer term, we will be adding a field to the membership database indicating the member's preference concerning the publication of their coordinates in a Membership Directory or something similar. This will ensure that we can fulfill our communications role and still respect the wishes of those members who do not wish to have their contact information widely available. As President of the CRYA I am the Canadian contact for the International Sailing Federation / Radio Sailing Division (ISAFRSD). Over the past several months there has been some activity on this front. The name has been changed from ISAFRSD to International Radio Sailing Association (IRSA). This change has been accepted by ISAF and the ISRA is now an affiliate member of ISAF. This name change, which clearly identifies the Association’s responsibilities, provides tremendous scope for the ISRA to represent all Classes of Radio Sailing throughout the world. Opportunities exist for new
members to join, increasing international coverage. Another initiative underway is the revision of Appendix E of the Racing Rules of Sailing, that portion of the rules which deals with the specifics of radio sailing. Members of the CRYA Executive Lawrie Neish and Nigel Ashman took the opportunity to review and comment on some of the proposed revisions. Apart from grammatical changes, the main thrust of these proposed revisions is to have rules that reflect current practice and the principles of single-handed sailing as a default position. It is now proposed that a small working group be established jointly between the ISAF and IRSA. The task for this new working group will be to agree to a revised Appendix E, that meets the requirements of both the ISAF Racing Rules Committee and the IRSA, and to prepare the necessary submissions to the ISAF before 31 July 2011, which is the deadline for submissions to take effect from January 2013. More information can be obtained at www.radiosailing.org.
Promoting and Building Our Sport By Lawrie Neish One of the challenges with a sport such as radio yachting is to maintain interest, and keep renewing it. We are not a big spectator sport such as Soccer or Ice Hockey. I am not suggesting we liven our events with slug outs to settle port starboard situations but we need to keep bringing in new skippers to make up for those of
us who finally make it into the to the eternal “A” heat. I think we face three basic steps in promoting radio sailing. First we need to make others aware of radio sailing and able to find us. Secondly we need to make it easy for potential skippers to try radio sailing out, and finally, if they like it, then make it easy for them to get a boat and join in.
The first requirement of making people aware of radio sailing can be met by chasing local media outlets - print and radio/ TV etc. This puts us at the mercy of editors and reporters some of who are very good and some, to be kind, are not. To escape this, we need to do something about our own efforts. Here, we sometimes sail in sites
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which may not be the best but are visible to the public. These generate considerable interest. More to the point in this electronic age, we need to make use of our newsletter and our web site, both of which, as a western director, I find generate enquiries - but not many. However, I think we can improve on our use of both. My first thought is that we could circulate the newsletter in its electronic form to “big” yacht people via various yacht clubs and perhaps hobby stores. The second thought is now that we circulate the newsletter via the internet, why can it not also be posted on our CRYA and other web sites - perhaps in an edited form. At present the CRYA web site provides access to four issues one in each of the years 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009. The 2009 issue was the Spring edition which means that it is almost two years old, or out of date. This brings me to comment that the CRYA web site has many sections which are out of date. For instance the Classes page is dated January 2008. We have class secretaries who seem content to let their class sink, some we hear nothing about. The Events page is probably as up to date as can be with coming events listed for this year but the Home page events are last years. We have articles, fine as they may be, which have been there for a long time and may not be relevant
to the boats we are now sailing. We have to keep our information up to date. Some years ago, I tried to find information on radio yachting in Canada, and by association, the USA. After searching, my impression was that radio yachting had died out in Canada about three years earlier and the AMYA information regarding Canada was much the same. More than a year ago I lobbied for the CRYA to initiate registering clubs and the classes they sail in much the same way as the AMYA does to the south. I spent a lot of effort in getting the AMYA to clean up their listings for the west and submitted an update to them - noting clubs which had disappeared and contact people who no longer seemed to exist or were off gold panning . Much the same information is in the hands of the CRYA somewhere but by now it is likely again out of date. It should be on our web site allowing potential skippers to find a club or group in their area.. I do not have any brilliant ideas for solving the second item
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nationally. But, I do think you have to start locally. I offer our experience here in the West as a way. Victoria and Saltspring have maintained at least one loaner boat each for the use of potential skippers. Members in the west are very good and let interested people try radio sailing with what are first rate boats. Martin and Graham Herbert are outstanding in this respect. Finally, the third item. The SE project was a starter method of getting boats under skipper’s thumbs economically and focussed on one class. Focussing on one class I think is important to avoid becoming fragmented. It depended on skippers being willing to complete boats from a very bare hull. With the interest in building boats here in the West, we are now seeing the arrival of second and third boats and the selling of the first generation. Barry Fox keeps his eye glued to the screen and is a great source of information on what is available. Our friends to the south, in Washington and Oregon seem to prefer this approach and have built three competitive fleets by swallowing up all the boats which appear for sale on the internet. In this third item it helps for groups to avoid the pitfall of becoming elitist and looking down on newcomers and their boats. Let’s help them, and grow our sport— together.
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Maritimes Report— A Newbie Turns Sophomore By Bob White It’s Late January, ice covers the pond and we are still 10 weeks away from sailing. This time last year, my school chum Brian, of 50+ years ago was building my first 1 Meter Soling “Nautiboy”. We are now both building together a new Soling each; mine will be named “Whim”. Based on tons of research and lots of helpful hints from long tenure members, we are hopeful of a successful build. We recognize the value of having restrictive class rules as this provides a level playing field without costly expenditures. I learned in my first year some basic truths about 1 meter Soling racing: Get a good start; go for clean air, keep away from the pack (trouble), have a plan and above all focus! Last year I had my share of finishing at or near the end; it is my goal this year to finish in the middle with glimpses of the leaders. A competitive boat is only part of the equation; the proper mindset and preparation are equal components.
Like many of the HAMYC I hope to share this fun with skippers, I had a sailing past; this all of you who read this some day should shorten the learning curve and wish you a successful 2011 as the basics of racing and rules and many Fairwinds! are well embedded. This year, I hope to increase the number of races engaged by 25%, locally as well as partake in the Nationals in Kingston, ON as well as the Can Am in Stowe Vermont for the first time. While it is one of my long term goals to be competitive with my club as well as external racing; I must confess that I really enjoy sailing my 1 Meter Soling on the pond or nearby lake by myself, just for fun. (I was thinking of naming the new boat – “Such Fun”). This is my escape; over 50 years ago my dad built me a toy sail boat, and all of those pleasant memories flood back. Yes, on this cold January day, I miss the sailing; but taking a step back, I think what I really miss it the fellowship of the Bob White is entering his second members of HAMYC. One races season with the Halifax Area Model for pride, but at the end of the day, Yacht Club and is the club’s new one sails for fun! Commodore for 2011
Ontario Report By Paul Switzer—Regional Director This is the time of year when I am always envious of the snowbirds amongst you who pack up your favorite boat and head south for the winter. Today, January 23, it is -25C here in Kingston so warm weather seems a long way off. Even from the limited number of trips I have made to both Florida and California I know there are many great model boat ponds and small lakes in those states and keen groups who sail there year round and welcome winter visitors from
the north. Back in Ontario it is boat building and maintenance time, I guess. I have a couple of significant projects one aimed at refitting my 10 year old Soling One Meter, with upgraded electronics and the other looking for ways to get almost a pound of unnecessary weight out of my Mini 12 without destroying it. I learned this winter that Futaba has discontinued the S5801 drum winch. There are a
couple still in stock in hobby shops if any of you want spares. There is an inexpensive drum winch with similar specs to the S5801 made by Eurgle but I have heard mixed accounts of its performance. The Hitec HS785HB will work but it is slow. Alternately, the Hitec premium and ultra premium programmable digital arm winches are very strong and very small being about the size of the Futaba S3004 rudder servo. I have had reports of the HS-7955TG in a Soling and
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HS-7950TH in an IOM and they both work well once the travel and the speed is programmed to your liking. With the 7955, It is important to design the sheeting geometry and arm length for 180 degrees of travel so that the close hauled and dead running positions result in the sheets being aligned with the winch arm since it does tend to make noise and heat up if it is held under full load with a large angle between the sheets and the arm. I sometimes hear of building projects but not so much this year. Almost every year someone in Ontario is building a Soling here or there and some clubs run building clinics although I am not aware of anyone doing that this year for any given class. I am always looking for building news in the winter or
themselves to an interesting endeavor this winter. There are 4 brothers and a sister all with grown families of their own and, throughout the years I have known them, they have had many family adventures together especially in the out of doors and often involving canoe trips or long distance hiking. Usually one of them comes up with an idea and everyone joins in. This year, one of the brothers has challenged his siblings, and any other family members who might be interested, to a one metre RC yacht race to be held at one of the family cottages in August. The challenge declares this August to be the first of what is to become an annual event. The boats have to be built by family members or there is a one minute penalty that I have
meter classes and how popular they are in Ontario, and what would be involved in building each of them. Then as they researched options, I answered questions about radio equipment and sails. Although I suggested it might be the fairest test of sailing skills if everyone built the same class of boat, that idea was quickly ruled out because some family members are skilled wood workers one of whom wants to build a wooden boat, maybe even from scratch, and possibly from cedar he wants to mill himself. Others are not so handy or less motivated by the building part of the challenge and are looking for a boat that requires minimum construction so they can concentrate on the racing. So I am sure there will be a mix of classes. There was a flurry of activity just before Christmas so I assume some family members received their kits for Christmas. So far I know one boat is complete, one is nearing completion, one is still in the box and some others are still being contemplated. It will be interesting to see how this challenge develops throughout the spring and how many different boats arrive at the challenge. I have offered my services as race committee so I am hoping to join in the fun. What a great way to prompt a family reunion and establish a new annual family tradition. When you read this in March, hopefully even the most Sea conditions in Hudson, QC are similar to those the Soling 1M fleet will northerly of us will be only a see in Kingston, ON this summer. month away from sailing. In the meantime, as anyone tried to build articles about interesting projects. assured them is insurmountable an RC iceboat yet or modified a The most interesting given the time the average model land yacht to sail on skates? If so, building project I have heard of so yacht race takes. I was originally contact me at far this winter is the following. I approached by one of the brothers p_switzer@yahoo.com and share was approached just before who knew I was involved in RC your experience or better still, Christmas by a family I know who sailing for advice on how to write a short article for the have not had RC experience of proceed. There followed a series newsletter. any kind but who have challenged of emails about the various one
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Western Report By Lawrie Neish—Regional Director In the West we are in our season of, if not poor sailing, certainly more limited sailing, and all over the West glassy eyed skippers with twitching thumbs, try to find relief from withdrawal symptoms with TV clickers . However, there are some with more iron, or perhaps more nickel and cadmium, in their soul and scattered around the big and the little islands next season’s killer IOMs are being designed and built. It looks like I will have a busy spring measuring. Up on Hornby Island Graham Herbert has already launched “Scorpio” and rumour has it that it may be undergoing sea trials at a secret location in Hawaii. Graham before he left did report that it at least equals his “Zoom” Further south, on Saltspring Island, Martin Herbert is working on two new boats. One of these, I understand, is going to our hot lady skipper. Also on Saltspring Roger Kibble is trying is trying to find time to get his new boat together. Roger keeps disappearing to the UK -
somewhere in Essex, his excuse is seeing his mother. We happen to know Graham Bantock lives in Essex, so Roger may have
Victoria members of VMSS are frantically building new IOM,s in a desperate attempt to catch up with the “little” Islanders. Adrian
Adrian Harrison with Reggae
brought in a high level consultant. Things are starting to get tough. At the bottom end of Vancouver Island in and around
A Bad Day on the West Coast!
Harrison competed and launched his Reggae after some head scratching resulting from two sets of drawings with different setups. The Reggae went well enough to encourage Barry Fox to produce a boat from scratch, making use of Adrian Harrison’s Reggae mould. Adrian, himself, is well on the way to producing moulds for Ska. David Cook’s second boat is coming along as he works his way through deck mouldings. On the racing front the various organisers for the Western CanAm series are busy with their NOR;s, and such like things in preparation for what looks like a good year. The Western kick off in Seattle with the COW Cup at the beginning of May followed by the Western Championship in
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June. The Hood River Carnage, in July, is now definitely the AMYA Region 6 IOM Championship event. Skippers who find cobwebs on their #3 rig are guaranteed to have them blown away. I understand the event is being advertised with a slogan of “leave your #1 at home� - and they do not mean your spouse. I suspect that this event is the reason for some of the some of the new boats being designed. The IOM National Championship has been moved from our usual big event date in June to the second weekend in September to avoid clashing with the World Championship in the UK. Instead, on the first weekend in June, we will be holding the Western Championship on Saltspring Island. If any skipper from over the Rockies is in our area at any time, and would like to sail, there are some pretty good
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He is working in the Vancouver area - no he is not building IOMs. We came close in December but unfortunately we had a snowfall and while sailing was possible getting to the water was not! At the time of writing we have a weekend coming up just before Rob is due to return home, but his employer is encouraging working seven days a week in order to get Rob and his buddies back to the UK early. So we wait in suspense!
Graham Herbert with Scorpio
boats available to borrow. Since before Christmas we have been playing tag with Rob Walsh from the UK. Rob is one of the top IOM skippers in the world.
Having indicated there was not much sailing going on, I have to admit that there is some. At all locations, Beaver Lake Saltspring and Long Lake are all seeing sailing activity. To prove it, with this report there are few photos from Barry Fox just to remind you poor people as you take a break from shovelling that it does not rain all the time in BC - just in Vancouver. Barry took these today, January 29th at a regular VMSS Sunday sailing day with the sky blue and a #2, pushing #3 rig wind.
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IOM Report By Lana Butler - IOM Class Secretary Greetings IOM skippers and all: 2010 was our qualifying year for the 2011 World Championship, coming up this spring in West Kirby; The Canadian National Champion, Peter Van Rossem, will be attending to represent Canada. Congratulations Peter and best of luck to you. I am sorry to say that although we were granted three spaces this year; we have no other skippers available for the event (unless I hear from someone tomorrow as that is my cutoff). I will try to post the link to the local site on the CRYA site for those who would wish to follow along. Please check out the IOMICA webpage at http://www.iomclass.org/ for other events and IOM discussions. I
would like to encourage all CRYA members with a registered IOM to join the forum and stay involved with the Class and the decisions involving the class. The West Coast continues to be on fire with IOM builds, new members and events. Salt Spring Island will host the Nationals this year. They have moved their date to September as to avoid the conflict with the Worlds. Check out the events page of the CRYA site for all the Western regatta details. www.crya.ca There will be an Eastern Regional but no confirmed date as of yet. Keep an eye on the events page. If you would like to host this or any event in the future, please contact me with your proposal. If you would like to host any IOM event and
need assistance, please speak to me and I will do what I can to assist you. There are also a ton of US events scheduled for 2011, consider supporting these events as well. Their new website is www.iomusa.org I am still interested in finding members interested in building the IOM fleet in Eastern Canada. Thank you to David Balsdon, an Ontario IOM skipper starting this task. If anyone is interested in doing boat building, workshops, etc., please get in touch with me and pitch your idea. Send me your news, suggestions or information to share with the IOM class to iomsecy@crya.ca
Soling One Meter Report By Paul Switzer—Soling Class Secretary I am not hearing much news from Soling sailors this winter although I am sure that new boats are being built across Canada. I have heard of a new group in Cape Breton, which is exciting, and more boats are being built in Halifax. The USA National Championship was held in Charleston South Carolina in December and two Canadians, Jim Goddard of Halifax and John Lowther of Kingston, competed. Results and a regatta report can be found on the Charleston Model Yacht Club website at www.cmycsail.com. Kingston will host the 2011 Soling One Meter Canadian Championships on the 17 – 19 of June at the Kingston Yacht Club. The NOR is published in this
newsletter and will be available electronically through the CRYA website or the Kingston Yacht Club website at www.kingstonyachtclub.com. The venue is where the local Soling One Meter and International One Metre fleets sail weekly from May to October within a few steps of the Kingston Yacht Club so the facilities are excellent with food, washrooms and other amenities close at hand. Also looking forward to next summer, keep an eye out for the Can Am Regatta hosted in Stowe Vermont by the Stowe Yacht Club at the Commodore’s Inn. It is a fun event made even more interesting by the conditions in the pond at the Inn and the antics of the Canadian sailors who have established a tradition of dressing
the part. Accommodation and food at the Inn is excellent and the pond could not be more conveniently located on the grounds. The Halifax Fleet has been carrying the load up until last year when one sailor from Montreal and one from Kingston joined them. Canada has yet to win the team event. It would be nice to add a few more of us so that, if the challenging pond conditions continue to frustrate the Canadians, we can at least win the vote. The 2010 event was held on the August long weekend and look for the 2011 regatta July 3031. The Notice of race and Entry form are in this newsletter or you can find more information online at www.stoweyachtclub.com.
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What To Do When the Water That Doesn’t Freeze Does By Barry Fox Sitting around and not sailing can lead to some interesting projects. During one of these periods, I got to talking to fellow sailor Jan Schmidt about building the small piece that go into the structure of a boat. Things like fin boxes, mast pockets, small braces; those kinds of things. Sometime ago Jan had constructed a vacuum system from some plans and parts he found on the Internet but had so far not made anything. I was starting in on a fresh build and was going to be in need of a fin box to fit a keel I have had for sometime as well as a mast pocket. Away we went. We started out just trying to build a fin box that would maybe become something that we would have in a standard size that we could make for anyone who needed one. The standard size would probably require anyone who used it to do some modifications to the
Wanted Used Soling One Metres, in various states of repair, by a growing fleet in the West . Contact Lawrie Neish wlneish@shaw.ca with price and where, etc. and the information will be passed along to the right people.
top of their fin to fit it but that isn’t an unusual thing to have to do. Jan took a piece of MDF and routed the shape we thought would be right into it and then we took a piece of UHMW plastic I
even better. We were fortunate (?) in that we were getting down to right at 35% epoxy. So these first pieces were a bit flimsy but the fit and finish was just great. Now we turned our attention
had that was the right thickness for my fin and made a plug that would fit into the routed shape. We simply covered the MDF with clear packing tape (epoxy doesn’t stick to it), cut some strip of fiberglass, mixed up some epoxy and kind of followed what we had watched in some YouTube videos. Sealed it all up and turned on the vacuum. What we discovered is that we could draw most of the epoxy right out of the piece and make it be very light. Almost paper thin and not very rigid. Our information told us that a really well done, hand laid, moulding would be about 50% cloth and 50 % epoxy. It also said that Vacuum bagging could result in a 60/40 ratio, or
to different combinations of cloth and worked our way toward what we thought was a good compromise between weight and strength. Next we worked out what was needed to make the mast pockets. One of the first things we arrived at was that we would like to have the fin box and mast pocket be an integrated piece. For my boat I knew exactly where the mast was to sit in relation to the fin so we had hard dimensions to work from. Soon Jan had his router at work again and fabricated a new MDF mould that would contain all our pieces. We looked at pictures and other diagrams that we could find and discovered that most had
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once glassed into the hull and deck would be quite rigid. But we thought that is should be better. Lots of head scratching, some complete guessing and we arrived at a cloth layup that we thought would keep the weight close to what we already had but would be a lot more substantial. Here comes the complicated part. On each side of the structure we used (in this order) a layer of ¾ oz cloth, layer of 2 oz cloth, a layer of 6 oz cloth cut on a 45 degree bias, another 2 oz. and another ¾ oz. Away we went. Laid down the cloth and epoxy on one side, pressed the plug pieces in, put the five layers on the other side, sealed the bag onto the plate we were using, held some small blocking piece down to help get their mast pockets designed with a get down into that space. nice sharp edges around the secvertical forward face and allowed Next day (there is always a tions and let the vacuum go to for as much as 7 degrees of rake. day, or at least 12 hours or so, to work. It all pulled down nicely as Based on our original pieces let the epoxy set up) the finished made we had a bit of an issue as past came out and looked terrific. we watched the excess epoxy belled out into the cotton placed we had not sloped the forward When trimmed of all the extra around the work piece. face of the fin box and so the mast flashing it weighed a mere 17 Next day we pulled the pocket would hit the front of the fin grams. It looked pretty useable but piece out and found that our combox. That caused us to adjust the we felt that it was maybe a little bination of thicknesses and cloth leading edge of the fin box to thin. It was reasonably rigid and angles had produced a very stiff, match the mast tube slope, and away we went. With the MDF routed out to exactly half depth, UHMW plugs for the new fin box shape and the mast pocket in hand, we laid up an assembly using out last good cloth arrangement. When we first pulled the vacuum we ran into a bit of a problem as the plastic we were using as the bag component stretched across the gap between the fin box and mast pocket and wouldn’t have done a good job of the joint between the two sections. So we released the vacuum and held a small block between the sections before introducing the vacuum. What that really did was introduce some slack in the plastic bag so that it had some reserve to
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very solid feeling part. Trimmed to size it ended up 4 grams heavier, which we were very happy with. I have just finished installing that piece in the boat it was aimed for and it fits like a glove, all the angles we had come up with work out perfectly and it looks very top rate.
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All of this just wet Jan’s appetite and we have been trying to arrive at all the right combinations to do a hull. But that is another story and could be just as long as this one. Maybe next issue.
Club Profile—Windsor Model Yacht Club By John Helmer, Secretary WMYCB This club, located in Windsor, Ontario was founded in 1994 by Doug Diet and a group of model sailing enthusiasts. Doug was a relatively young man at the time and learned of model sailboats from his late grandfather, Maurice Diet. In tribute, the Maurice Diet Memorial Regatta is an
invitational race for all One Metre classes held each year. Club membership ranges between 20- 30 dedicated sailors and we race five different classes, US 1 Meters, Soling One Meters, EC 12s, Footys, and RG65s. The Club has two regular racing venues,. One is a man
made pond located at Windsor Campground. Occasional races are also held in Lake St Clair. Weekly racing is held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays from May through September. The Wednesday racing group, comprised of Footys and RG65s is more relaxed and sails afternoons at a smaller city pond. This club has hosted several National Championships for both the Soling 1 Meters and the US1Meters. Racing is very competitive and the Club has produced some excellent sailors over the years. Given our close proximity to the U.S. border a fair bit of interaction takes place with the Detroit and Ann Arbor Model Yacht clubs. We are also an AMYA sanctioned club. In addition to our racing schedule the club has been active in charitable causes such as support for Cancer fundraising. For dry land sailing an informal lunch meeting is held year round on Wednesdays. During the last two winters, group boat building exercises have been held. These are very popular and help while away the hard water time. All in all this is a congenial group who welcome visiting sailors whenever they are in the area. For more information spend some time exploring our website at www.windsormodelyachtclub.com
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Club Profile—Halifax Area Model Yacht Club By Bob White—Commodore HAMYC is located in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia and was formed more than ten years ago. We have around 20 members; with the 1 Meter Soling serving as our core yacht. We boast a very active and competitive club; our opening regatta in 2010 attracted 16 boats. Our primary home port is the very historic Sullivan's Pond; part of both the Shubenacadie Canal System and the Trans Canada Trail and is located in central Dartmouth, NS. We race every Sunday afternoon, starting
in early May from 1 to 3 as well as Wednesday evenings up until the end of September. We have hosted the National Championship as well as our own club championship where members of HAMYC as well as distant yachtsmen compete for the coveted Borgal Cup. In recent times, we have also raced in Annapolis as well as Lunenburg, NS. Beyond the racing, members are very helpful in assisting newbies as well as taking the time to patiently
entertain the many questions generated by curious onlookers. Our long term members offer build tips, loan gear, provide technical assistance as well as tutorials on racing techniques such as, rigging and sail trim, starts, first leg strategies, buoy rounding, rules and sportsmanship. From time to time, we also meet socially as the fellowship from the pond spills over. Online at www.hamyc.ca , we provide not only wonderful galleries and historical data, but a link to all related sites. Come sail with us – you will be glad you did!
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2010 Sailor of the Year By Gary Bugden—CRYA President The 2010 CRYA Sailor of the Year Award goes to Barry Fox (CRYA #876) of the West Coast Model Yacht Association (WCMYA). Barry received letters of support indicative of his extensive efforts on behalf of West Coast R/C Sailing. These are presented below. Congratulations Barry.
I nominate Barry Fox as CRYA Sailor of the Year 2010: I have known Barry since he returned from working in the USA. In this time this "prairie boy", as he describes himself, has devoted hundreds of hours helping skippers solve problems with their boat and encouraging their efforts in the sport of model yacht sailing and racing. Without his help the IOM Sweat Equity program would have probably come to naught and model yachting on the West Coast would be significantly the poorer. Barry prototyped most of the designs in the project turning them from a bare hulls into a credible racing boats, showing budding skippers what was possible. Barry has carried the burden of communications between the various groups of skippers forming the WCMYA, setting up and running the various Yahoo groups associated with the WCMYA and the Victoria Model Shipbuilding Society (VMSS). Additionally, he acted as Sailing Director for VMSS and could be seen out on the lake cheerfully laying the marks each sailing day. Getting the mark-laying dinghy to and from the lake has to be a major task in itself. On coming ashore, planning to enjoy sailing himself, Barry can often be found helping to solve a problem with another skipper's boat. That Barry can always raise a smile under these circumstances has never ceased to amaze me. Recently Barry has also become the International IOM Class Association Secretary.
Barry Fox, 2010 CRYA Sailor of the Year, at Sunset Pond on Saltspring Island. In the background on Barry’s right, in the green shirt, is Lawrie Neish who nominated Barry. On Barry’s left is David Cook. Photo by Lawrie Neish
Sailor of the Year should be all about dedication, sportsmanship and support for sailing. Barry Fox has been pivotal in supporting IOM sailing on Vancouver Island. He is the backbone for the club, and does not hesitate to take on the extra job involved in making the sport known on Vancouver Island. He is always involved and willing to put in hours of time to make regattas successful, and even just organize regular Sunday sailing. He is very kind and always lends a helping hand to other sailors. This may be helping work on a boat with a sailor or even finding a boat for someone to borrow, if need be. In stressful regatta situations, he meets every conflict, challenge and dispute with a smile and a friendly word. He epitomizes the title Sportsman and Sailor and should be recognized for his contribution to, not only the local IOM clubs, but also the National and World organizations that he helps with.
Lawrie Neish, Western Region Director CRYA #879 Jan Schmitd CRYA # 986
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I would like to support the nomination of Barry Fox. Three elements are needed to start a fire, heat, oxygen and a combustible substance. Barry Fox is made up of such elements. A spark plug, if you will. Barry has over the past years been such an asset to new skippers. Always ready to promptly advise on matters from sheets to wind vanes, from batteries to winches. You name it and Barry will have a reliable answer to most questions and give you a hand to correct any problem. At the pond, it is Barry who ensures the rescue boat is in the water. It is Barry who has a complete support box to get that broken IOM back in the water. It is Barry who figures out the scoring at the end of the Regatta. Barry Fox contributes so much of himself to our hobby, always there to offer advice. In conclusion, I know of four skippers who would not have been into the IOM, had it not been for Barry Fox, and there were only four of us up island a few years ago. Barry is a credit to the hobby and to he CRYA. He is most deserving in this award. Ray Kretchmar CRYA # 855
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Barry has been a motivation and workhorse that has lead to the massive growth of the BC sailing fleet over the last 4 years. He formed and organizes the local annual All Island Regatta series each year. He encourages new sailors. He is always experimenting, building and sharing new inexpensive rigging ideas to help lower the costs of racing for the entry-level sailor. Barry is also contributing at the International level, where he was voted to be the Secretary of the International IOM Class Association. Always friendly, cheerful and helpful at the lakeside, Barry is a credit to Canadian sailing. John Ball CRYA #965
A summary of registered boats by class
Column C A total of all years for each class. Year is derived from the renewal year of the owner. Years prior to 2007 are in the totals but not displayed in order to make this fit on a page. Columns AH – AJ are historical and are boats registered to persons who have not renewed their membership. Columns Al – AO are summed by class in Column AP labeled Active. These boats are owned by Active members. Row 29 contains column totals.
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Notice of Race 2011 - IOM Western Can Am Series The Western CanAm Series for 2011 will consist of four events: COW Cup, Coulon Park, Renton, Washington. April 30th - May 1st IOM Western Canadian Championship, Saltspring Island, B.C. June 4 - 5 Hood River Carnage, Region 6 IOM Championship. Hood River, Oregon, July 15 -17 IOM Canadian National Championship, Saltspring Island, B.C. September 9 – 11 On the day prior to each event measuring and practice racing will be available
Format Each event will be sailed as a separate entity with their own NOR’s that apply to each event. Entry deadlines, Rules, etc will be published in each event NOR. Individual events will be scored using HMS. The series results will be arrived at by high point totals. Best three events to count
Awards On a scale of one for every five entries. Series entry fee is included in each individual regatta entry fee.
Sponsored by the WCMYA (AMYA #260), Seattle Model Yacht Club, Oregon Model Yacht Club, and Saltspring Island Sailing Club.
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NOTICE OF RACE The 2011 S1M “CanAm Challenge Cup” Regatta “A Friendly Cross-Border Rivalry Continues” Organized by the STOWE YACHT CLUB (AMYA # 159)
Regatta Site: The regatta will be sailed on Commodore’s Pond behind the Commodore’s Inn, Stowe, Vermont, Saturday, July 30 & Sunday, July 31. Objective: To promote a friendly, yet competitive, regatta - in the true Corinthian spirit - that will be scored on two levels: (1) Individual performance, and (2) Team performance (Canada vs. U.S). The emphasis is on the individual sailor; team racing is specifically prohibited. It is anticipated that the top five individual positions for each country, for each race, will determine the Can Am Challenge Cup team winner. This number may be adjusted based on lowest number of entries from one country. Rules: This regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the current version of The Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix E of the RRS, the AMYA By-laws, the Soling One Meter Class Rules, the Regatta’s Sailing Instructions (“SI’s”) and any amendments to the SI’s. Eligibility: Any owner/skipper of a duly registered S1M Class boat, who is a current member of the AMYA or the CRYA, may participate in this regatta. The number of competitors will be limited to 30. Entries will be assigned in the order the Entry Forms are received. Entry: Any eligible owner/skipper, as defined above, may enter the regatta by completing and returning the Regatta Entry Form, together with an appropriate check, payable in USD, to the address indicated. To be eligible for frequency assignment, the Entry Form MUST indicate at least three (3) available frequencies for each boat entered, unless you are using a Spektrum or equivalent 2.4 GHz system. Housing - Transportation: A map with general directions to the regatta site will be provided along with a list of area attractions. Each competitor is expected to make arrangements for their own housing and transportation for the duration of the event. A special regatta rate will apply to a limited number of rooms at the Commodore’s Inn. Call the Inn directly at (800) 447-8693, or email to: reservations@commodoresinn.com, and request this special regatta rate. Schedule of Events: Early Check-in, possible measurement and Practice Racing will be available at the Race Site on Friday afternoon, July 29. Saturday July 30 0800-0915 0930 1000-1600 Sunday July 31
Late check-in Skipper’s Meeting Racing
1730
Cocktails followed by Prime Rib Buffet
0930
Skipper’s Meeting
1000-1430 1500
Racing (no race to start after 1430 on Sunday) Trophy Presentation
Measurement: Boats may be measured for class rules compliance, at the regatta site, before the start of the first race. Any measurement specified by the class rules may be checked by the Race Committee prior to, during, and up to 30 minutes after the last race of the regatta. Sailing Instructions - Frequency Assignments: Frequency assignments and a participants’ list will be mailed or emailed to all regatta participants. A copy of the Sailing Instructions will be available upon regatta check-in. Courses: Courses will be set, based on the prevailing conditions, and announced prior to the start of each race. Race Format: A heat-managed odd/even system will be used if the numbers of competitors or the conditions warrant. This will be determined solely by the Race Committee. Prizes: (1) Individual Awards: A minimum of the first three places will be awarded trophies or plaques. If twenty or more entries, the first five places will be awarded. (2) Team Award: The perpetual CanAm Cup. Disclaimer of Liability: Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta. Appeals, if any, shall not affect the awarding of prizes.
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2011 IOM Western Canadian Championship June 4-5, 2011 – Saltspring Island, British Columbia
1. Event:
The WCMYA and Saltspring Island Sailing Club (SISC) invite International One Metre (I.O.M.) sailors to the 2010 I.O.M. Western Canadian Championship Regatta at SISC on Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada.
2. Eligibility:
Entrants must current members of the CRYA or their National Authority. Yachts must comply with the IRSA International One Metre Class Rules and have a valid measurement certificate and present it at check-in
3. Entry:
Entry fee is $50, which includes lunch on the 4th and 5th of June and an event souvenir. Please make cheques payable to W.L. Neish (WCMYA).
Entries must be received no later than May. 1st, 2011. Late entries may be accepted at the discretion of the Regatta Chairman. Late Entry fee will be $55. Frequencies will be allocated based on the date of receipt of paid entries including those accepted after the entry deadline.
4. Accommodation
Competitors have a range of accommodation from which to choose. There are a limited number of billets. For more information, contact Lawrie Neish, Regatta Chair at (250) 537-2053 or by e-mail wlneish@shaw.ca . Saltspring Island has a variety of hotel, motel and Bed ‘n Breakfast accommodation. It should be noted that the Island is a popular destination and accommodation should be booked well ahead. Limited camping, tent or camper, is allowed in the grounds and docking is available for those who may arrive by boat.
5. Contact:
Lawrie Neish, Regatta Chair, (250)537-2053 or by e-mail wlneish@shaw.ca or by mail to W.L. Neish, 461 Walker Hook Road, Saltspring Island, B.C.,V8K 1N7
Confirmation of entry and a full information package containing Sailing Instructions, event timetable, social schedule, maps and accommodation information will be sent to all registrants. ENTRY FORM
2011 IOM Canadian Championship June 4-5, 2011 – Saltspring Island, British Columbia Skipper/Entrant Name Address
City
Prov/State
Postal/ZIP Code
Country
Telephone: Home CRYA Member #
Work
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AMYA Member #
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Race Announcement International One Metre Hood River Carnage 2011 Region 6 Championship Regatta Western CANAM Event #3 When:
July 15, 16, 17, 2011 (3 day event)
Where:
Hood River Marina - Hood River, Oregon
Hosted by:
Oregon Model Yacht Club, Portland, Oregon
VENUE: The windswept waters of the Hood River Marina basin and the current free section of The Columbia River adjacent to the windsurfing Event Site in Hood River. Both sites offer the best possible wind during the peak wind month of July. Have your #3 rig blown free of cobwebs. For information - Morgan Dewees - mdewees@omyc.org
Friday July 15th 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Check in and boat measurement. 1:30 PM, Skippers Meeting st
2:00 PM, 1 Seeding Race 6:30 PM, End of Racing No Host Dinner, location to be announced.
Saturday Jan 15 9:45 AM, Skippers Meeting 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM, Racing No Host Dinner, location to be announced.
Sunday Jan 16 9:45 AM, Skippers Meeting 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Racing Awards ceremony
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NOTICE OF RACE The 2011 Soling One Meter—Canadian Championship Regatta June 17 – 19, 2011 Invitation:
The KYC Radio Controlled Fleet and the Kingston Yacht Club invite Soling One Meter radiocontrolled boat sailors to the 2011 Soling One Meter Canadian National Championship regatta to be held June 17 - 19 at KYC, 1 Maitland Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 2V3, http:// www.kingstonyachtclub.com/
Dates:
Registration and practice sailing will take place on June 17, 2011. Racing will take place on June 18 - 19, 2011, on the fresh waters of Kingston Harbour, off KYC.
Eligibility:
Skippers of Soling 1 Meter Class boats who are in good standing with the CRYA or their respective National Authority may participate. Eligible boats may enter by submitting the entry form, complete with the required fee, to the Kingston Yacht Club, before June 1, 2011.
Number of Entries: A maximum of thirty-nine entries will be accepted into the regatta. Entries will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Entries received after June 1 may be accepted at the Race Director’s discretion. Entry Fee:
The entry fee of $60.00 CAD plus HST ($67.80) includes racing, a registration ‘goodie bag’, lunch on Saturday and Sunday, and prizes. Cheques or money orders should be made payable to “Kingston Yacht Club”.
Rules:
The regatta will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing, including Appendix E, the rules of the Soling 1 Meter Class, this Notice of Race and the Sailing Instructions.
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. Racing:
Ten races, as defined in Appendix E1.1, are scheduled. This number may be increased based upon final entry total. Scoring and heat participation will be carried out in accordance with the HMS 2007.
Schedule:
Friday June17:
1400 – 2000
Saturday June 18: 0800 – 0900 0930 1030 Sunday, June 19: 0900 1000
Registration Measurement and inspection Practice sailing Registration, measurement Skippers’ Meeting Warning Race #1 Skippers’ Meeting Warning next race No sequence will be begun after 1500h. Awards will follow ASAP after racing
Frequencies:
The Entry Form must indicate at least three (3) available frequencies (or indicate 2.4 GHz) for each boat entered.
Awards:
Trophies will be awarded to the top five finishers in the Regatta.
Regatta Contact: Paul Switzer
switzerp@cogeco.ca
613-541-0704
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2010 Soling One Meter Canadian Championship Regatta June 17 – 19, 2011 at the Kingston Yacht Club General Accommodation: Go to http://tourism.kingstoncanada.com/en/stay/index.asp. Click on the type of accommodation in the column on the right. Racing: The course will be twice around a windward-leeward course including an offset mark at the windward mark and a gate as the leeward mark, with a mid-course start/finish line. Control areas will be adjacent to the start/ finish lines. Lunch: If conditions permit, there will be a break from racing. Racing Saturday: No race shall start after 1700 hours at the discretion of the RD Regatta Dinner: A regatta dinner will be held at Kingston Yacht Club at 1900 hours on Saturday, June 18. Personnel: Our Race Director, Ross Cameron, our Scorer, Lana Butler, and our Mark Layers, Peter Van Rossem and Niilo Avarmaa, share decades of experience successfully managing and participating in major R/C sailing regattas. Registration: To ensure your place in line, REGISTER ONLINE at http://www.kingstonyachtclub.com/ or Print and fill in the following form and mail it to: Soling One Metre Canadian Championship c/o Kingston Yacht Club 1 Maitland Street, Kingston, ON, K7L 2V3 Entries will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Registration will close June 1, 2011. Late entries may be accepted at the Race Director’s discretion. Entrants must be CRYA or AMYA members and all boats must be registered. Boats will be subject to measurement.
Please fill in the following form to enter the Regatta.
FIRST NAME _________________________ LAST NAME ADDRESS ____________________________ CITY POSTAL/ ZIP CODE
___ PHONE NUMBER
SAIL # ___________________
PROV/ STATE ___________ E-MAIL
CRYA or AMYA #
Radio Frequency List: Primary Frequency:
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Second Frequency:
Third Frequency:
Entry Fee: Cheque or money order for $67.80 CAD (incl HST) payable to KYC 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 Soling One Meter 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 Kingston 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 negligence 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 Kingston, 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:
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