By: Bernie Peine

Stowe Yacht Club hosted the CanAm Regatta. It was the first time since 2019, as COVID stopped border crossing in early 2020.  We held the first day of racing on Saturday with 21 Soling1M sailboats completing 9 races with Odd & Even heats in each race. Due to a lack of wind, we delayed starting for over an hour.

Over the two days, we raced the  boats completing a total of 22 races. The races split into odd even groups keeping the total boats on the water limited to smaller groups. There were hardly any collisions, but a few troubles seemed to affect a couple of boats. Saturday and Sunday's weather was full of sunshine, light winds with blue skies and temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s.

Don Ouimette finished the regatta in 1st place with 22 points and 11 bullets out of the 22 races. He was followed closely by Jim Goddard with 25 points and 6 bullets. The complete summary follows.

 

 

 Summary of the CanAm Regatta

     Class:  Soling 1M Class Boat

     Date:   August 5th & 6th, 2023

     Location: Commodores Pond at the Inn, Stowe, VT

     Host Club: Stowe Yacht Club (#159)

     Entries: 21

     Winds: Light to Moderate from variable directions

     Races completed: 18 heats

     Scoring System: Odd & Even heats

     Thanks to Race Committee: George Townsend, Fred Skeels, Steve Safford and Al Pierce

 

 Special Thanks to Bruce for the facilities at the Commodore Inn and everything Bruce provides in support of the Club's activities.

CanAm Regatta Results:

Place	Skipper	Team	Points
1	Don Ouimette	USA	22
2	Jim Goddard	Canada	25
3	Bruce Nourjian	USA	31
4	Tim Wright	USA	43
5	Blake Moran	Canada	53
6	John McKinney	Canada	53
7	Bob Boutilier	Canada	56
8	Don McDermaid	Canada	66
9	Clark Abbott	USA	70
10	Julian Whittaker	Canada	73
11	Richard Haab	USA	79
12	Phil Tonks	USA	84
13	Richard Wakeman	USA	88
14	Russell Franklin	USA	88
15	Gudmund Thompson	Canada	88
16	Mark Whitehead	USA	92
17	Marino Bartolomei	USA	108
18	Glenn Chalder	USA	109
19	Dave Cunnigham	Canada	116
20	Al McMillan	Canada	120
21	Rob del Re	Canada	136

 

 The USA team maintained the Top team status again this year. The top 5 USA skippers scored 245 points. The top 5 Canada skippers scored 253 points. Everyone had fun and we look forward to hosting the CanAm again next year.

 

 

 

 

From Left to right: st Place - Don Ouimette, 2nd Place - Jim Goddard, 3rd Place - Bruce Nourjian,  4th Place - Tim Wright and not present 5th Place - Blake Moran.