M242 Fleet One

Latest News:

SOLD - 6th boat of 2025 to change hands and the 84th in 8.5 years - Vancouver, BC, in April/May, 2025: Scarlett - Hull 57 (unlisted transaction): to Erica Crilly from Cedric Carter. The boat has a yard dolly and a 2016 Measurement Certificate and is a past NA's winning boat. It will stay at Royal Vancouver Yacht Club.

Erica's love for sailing first started at RVYC as a youth in the JTP which eventually led to a great summer job teaching for several summers at RVYC. Later in her University years she was able to spread her enthusiasm for sailing and briefly volunteered with the Disabled Sailing Program in Toronto Harbour.

After she moved back to Vancouver and clambered out of the chaos of two kids in diapers, she got back into racing/sailing via crewing at RVYC on Wednesday evenings in the Div 1/2 fleet and then "jumped ship" to the Martin 242 Fleet in 2019 after a perfect "match" with Whippet at the crew night. She has been sailing regularly on Whippet since then, but has also occasionally sailed with other Fleet members for weekend races and is well known for bringing good lunches for all! (Editor comment: I can attest to that!)

She bought Scarlett this past Spring and has been building her helming skills over the summer with a few races but also still crewed here and there with others over the summer. She hopes to race more consistently next summer as well as will try to take Scarlett on a quick overnight camping trip to the RVYC outstations with her kids.

She has been a great contributor to our M242 Fleet One setting up the WhatsApp community, taking over Crew Night last year, and helping with the NA's this year, and we look forward to continuing to sail with her via adding another female skipper to our Fleet.

Welcome to the Regional Fleet, Erica!

This Wednesday (Sep 10) is the final Beer Night at RVYC after racing. 1 free beer for all Fleet One Members!

July 2025 Race Reports

Some recent results from all the Martin 242 racing in July

M242 Win at SOAR Regatta
Congratulations to Troy McNamara on Checkmate for winning the short division race and short course fleet race!

Full Results here:
https://squamishyachtclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SOAR-2025-Results-pacakge.pdf

Kitsilano Invitational Regatta/M242 BC Championship
Congratulations to Phillip Cragg and team on Back in Black

A Great regatta with good winds
1st - Phillip Cragg and team - BC Champions!
2nd - Jim Hyslop and team
3rd - Michael Clements and team

The Saturday BBQ was delicious - Thank you Chef Charles Leland.
Thanks to Peter Grimm for the Aerial Shot!

Full Results here:
https://www.kitsilanoyachtclub.com/kitsinvitational

Gary White (Gibsons) Regatta
The Gibsons regatta was another excellent event and we’d like to thank our hosts for putting on a memorable regatta. The weather was excellent both days and so is the wind and once again we are reminded that Gibsons is a championship venue: neutral, current, and medium to strong winds and wind shifts.

As you can see from this snippet from Navionics, the racing venue is well over a mile long (1.3 miles) and about 1/3rd of a mile wide, which is plenty of room for a 20-30 boat Fleet to compete in. And there’s zero commercial traffic and almost no private traffic. We are considering this as the venue for the 2026 Canadian Championships!

Fast Lane Surfing Video:
https://video.wixstatic.com/video/7c790e_6565be5dcefb440386a6a585d37d420d/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

Full Results here:
https://www.scycsailing.ca/gibsons-regatta