This video was taken of me during a great, windy training session we had last week. The other boat in the video is my training partner Ricardo Montemayor who sails for Mexico (MEX). It is days like this that just do not come often enough to English Bay. But when they do you have to jump on them. On this day I did the double session. But now Vancouver is back to lots of rain and not so much wind.

Kyle

Dale Jepsen One Design Regatta Write up in 48° North

This Write up from the Dale Jepsen One Design Regatta appeared in the November 2011 issue of 48° North on page 38 and 39. 

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 

CYA National Sailing Championships Training

CYA National Sailing Championships

The CYA National Sailing Championships regatta was held at the St. Margarita Bay Sailing Club between Sept-28th and Oct-1st. I finished 16th out of 22 boats. The regatta results can be found here.

Ricardo and I flew out four days before the event started. The first day there was not a breath of wind so we unloaded our boats from the trailer and did not sail. Later on that night Al (my coach) got in after multiple flight delays. The next day brought more of the team and enough wind to sail. We had a great session sailing, at the end the wind swung a round and we got some hiking breeze out of the SW. There was more of the same the next day and we got great training in with some really good sailors. The day before the regatta started we went out for a shorter session and it was by far the best wind we had had so far.

The first day of the event brought winds of about 10-14kts. I had a good first race after which I had some good up winds and some slow down winds. I was not overly happy with the way I sailed. Day 2 brought almost a carbon copy of the first day and I sailed about the same. On day three I was just hoping for something different and I got just that. We woke up to some serious fog but by the time we were to start racing it had burned off a little. There was 12kts for the start of the first race then it built to a round 18kts by the end of the day. This was my best day so far, I could finally make the boat go. My results got better throughout the day although my down winds were still nothing special. The last day was a lot like the first two; I had a good start although I was OCS. Despite that it was a good race and I was happy with how I sailed.

Overall the event was excellent. We had great accommodation as we were staying a 30sec walk from the sailing club and we had our own launch ramp and dock right outside of the place we were renting.

As for right now I am happy to be home and looking forward to spending some time here which is something I have not done in a long long time.

Dale Jepsen One Design Regatta

The Dale Jepsen One Design Regatta was held in Bellingham Harbor out of the Bellingham Yacht Club on the weekend of September 17 and 18. There were 17 boats entered in the laser fleet.

Day one brought around 20kts building as the day went on. The wind was shifty and unstable we got three races off before the wind got to be too much and the race committee sent us in. My scores the first day were 1,1,2.

On day two the race committee held us on shore for an hour because it was too windy. By the time we went out the wind had died off to about 18kts and it would continue to die throughout the day. There were 5 races run with the last two almost drifters. In fact the wind did completely die on our sail in. My results from day two were 1,2,1,6,3. I won the event with 10 points between me and the boat in second. The event results can be found here.

CYA Youth National Sailing Championships

The CYA Youth National Sailing Championships were held at the St. Margaret Sailing Club, between August 26 and September 1st. There were 15 boats entered in the laser fleet. The first two days were a training camp. We had wind and a good training session the first day but the next day there was a hurricane predicted to blow through so the organizers canceled training for the day. Our Royal Vancouver team went out anyways and it was a great day of training although the wind was really starting to pick up during our sail in. After all the preparation for the hurricane it was downgraded to a tropical storm and almost missed us altogether.

 For the first day of racing there was still a bit left over weather from the storm the day before and there was around 18 kts. The race committee got two races off, I finished 1st and 2nd respectively. The wind was out of the SW and it paid to go left.

The next few days saw the breeze lightening and swinging N as the passing storm had sucked the sea breeze out with it. The last day of racing brought one really light race in the morning then the wind swung around to the SW and the last race of the event was sailed in a fresh sea breeze.

 I won the event with a 9 point gap to 2nd. The event results can be found here. I am looking forward to heading back to Halifax for the CYA National Sailing Championships next week.