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Vic-Maui Race is a Blast

Aug 9, 2016

The TP 52’s set the pace to rewrite the record book in the 2016 addition of the Vic-Maui Race. Valkrie, Kinetic V, and Westerly were 1,2 and 3 on elapsed time.

Congratulation to Valkrie “Line Honour Winner”,on their record setting run to Maui. Congratulations to the overall winner Kinetic V and division winners StringTheory, Rain Drop, Amiskwi and Forty, Valkrie Crew.

Over all winners Kinetic V.

Photo: Reigh North, David Sutcliffe, Karen Brown Barron, Andrew Liebmann, Lindsay Burgess,Christopher Lewis, Kyla Sanderson, Chad Grice,Zach Mesman and Marie-Pier Alary

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Serious Fun at the 43rd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta

Serious Fun! The motto of the 43^rd St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. Canadian Yachting had the chance to attend this bucket list event to capture all of the action over the course of four days of world class racing. And world class partying!

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J/24 Fleets invade Port Credit Yacht Club for the drive HG 2017 Worlds

Whether your style is weeknight beer-can racing or competing on the world stage – the J/24 is undeniably the most popular racing keelboat to make waves around the world.

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Reminder: Bay Port Annual Dealer Day and Flea Market June 11th

Just a quick reminder to everyone that this Saturday, June 11th, is Dealer Day and Flea Market at Bay Port.

The tables will be set up at 8:00am in the parking lot.

Come and see what new gadgets and products our suppliers have this year and bring all of your treasures to sell and trade.

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Racing: 30 sailors to represent Canada this week in Spain

More than 1,000 sailors will compete at the first major Olympic multiclass competition to take place since Tokyo 2020. Canada will be represented by 30 sailors at the World Sailing Hempel World Cup held at the 51st Princess Sofia Trophy in Mallorca, Spain, which began on Monday, April 4 and will run until this Saturday, April 9.

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Coast Guard releases names of crewmembers involved in vessel capsizing

Having completed notifications of the next of kin, as well as debriefing immediate family members regarding the details of the search, the Coast Guard is officially releasing the names of those boaters who died and those who were rescued this morning in Lake Michigan.

Deceased are: Suzanne Bickel, age 41; and Mark Morley, 51, both of Saginaw, Mich.

Rescued were: Christopher Cummings, age 16; John Dent, 50; Stan Dent, 51; Peter Morley, 47; Stewart Morley, 15; and Lee Purcell, 46.

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Thinking about next summer ….

On the Friday of this year’s Chester Race Week I had the opportunity to watch the racing from the “media boat” ably helmed by Race Week Co-Chair Pat Nelder.

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Mandate Wins J105 NAs

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