April 19, 2023
Over the Easter weekend, CICSA (Canadian Intercollegiate Sailing Association), held its first ever spring 420 event, wrapping up the 2022/23 calendar in style.
420s in Kingston in April? As it turned out, the weather was balmy and the winds excellent and the sailing highly competitive.
After this final regatta, CICSA’s with 25 teams participating over the year, the final results were:
In sailboat racing, speed is almost everything. It’s important to be smart at tactics and strategy, of course, but if you’re not pretty fast you will never be consistently at the top of your fleet. Therefore, good speed is worth a large investment of time and effort.
Our class is the Sea Spray Class, a 15’ catamaran. We are still an active class mostly in Western Canada and the Western US.
Many Canadian sailing clubs and schools are currently looking for instructors as we approach the upcoming sailing season. Find your job among the list of employment opportunities from Sail Canada’s member clubs and schools.
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