Bluenose Regatta

The Bluenose regatta and the Royal Vancouver club champs were held out of the Kits Yacht Club. Day one brought no wind in the morning. We were postponed till around 1:00. The first race got under way in a really light easterly but by the last leg the wind had done a 180 and we were beating up wind in a nicely building westerly. The next three races were sailed in about a 6-10kt westerly. It was some good English bay racing with the beach paying as it most always does. Then it was down to Kits Yacht Club for after sailing homemade chili and fresh baked bread. I had a good solid day, three 2^nds and a 3^rd I was sitting in 2^nd just one point out of first

The morning of day two there was not a breath of wind to be had. The race committee did try to get a race off at the scheduled time of 12:00 but it ended in abandonment. Then we just played the waiting game till 2:30 when a bit of a westerly came in with a lot of south in it. We were able to get one shifty race in before the 3:00 time limit. I was 3^rd right behind my dad. It had been a long cold day of sitting around but it was nice to get a race off. After sailing it was back to Kits Yacht Club for more leftover chili and awards. Ricardo won 1st was 2^nd and my Dad completed the podium finishing 3^rd. Full results can be found here.

It was another great bluenose regatta with light wind, some tricky racing and as always awesome homemade food.

Kyle martin