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July 2025 Results

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

KYC Passage Island Race

Congratulations to Don McInnes on Ambergris for the overall win!




Thrash Regatta June 20-21

Alex Fox wins overall on Crantini! Congratulations Alex and Team.

 



Class Rule 3.5 Proposed Changes

Class Rule 3.5 Proposed Changes
 
IMCA Technical Committee recommendation regarding changes to rule 3.5 for optional equipment and instruments.
Please see the this link to a PDF document outlining the proposed changes and inviting comment before September 30 through your local Fleet Measurer.


Gybe Set How To

No-Pole Gybe-Set Hoists - An Essential Racing Tool

Weather Mark Chaos!

Most of the time when we go around the weather mark (or the spacer if one is in place), you simply bear off, hoist the kite, and proceed merrily along on starboard gybe until you either reach the leeward mark or have to gybe for it. But wait...there is another option!

The "no-pole gybe-set hoist" - after rounding the weather mark you immediately initiate a gybe while hoisting the spinnaker.

Why would I ever attempt this crazy maneuver you ask? Three reasons to consider doing a gybe-set hoist:

  1. There might be more wind or beneficial current on the left side of the course, and you want to tap into that before everyone else does,
  2. the leeward mark or the finish line might be skewed so far to the left that you can lay it immediately on port gybe, in which case all distance travelled to the right is wasted, and
  3. just to avoid playing "follow-the-leader." Gybing to port immediately breaks you to everyone's left into clear air. (But be careful if there's a wall of boats behind you approaching the spacer or weather mark - there can be a lot of disturbed air if you gybe early, so a delayed gybe may be better). It also sets you up as a starboard boat coming into the leeward mark, which can be beneficial for establishing mark room or right-of-way.
So how to pull this off without wrapping the spinnaker around your shroud and mast and creating an ungodly mess of a gybe?
 
Step 1. Communicate to your team that it's going to be a gybe-set, and why, well before you get to the windward mark
 
Step 2. After rounding the windward mark, pre-sheet the starboard corner of the spinnaker past the port shrouds and get most of the spin out of the bag in someone's hands (like the foredeck person)
 
Step 3. As you are rounding the spacer mark and initiating a gybe, send the kite up as fast as humanly possible, or faster. The crewperson flying the spinnaker from the cockpit should be pulling the sheet (and thus the spin) around to starboard as fast as possible while easing the port guy a bit
 
Step 4. The foredeck person takes on the role of the human spinnaker pole on the port side, grabbing onto the port shroud with the left hand hand and leaning out as far as possible with the guy in the right hand to help fill the spinnaker and stabilize it. As such they are facing backwards to the stern & crew during this maneuver. If it is necessary to face forward during the sequence, that's OK but takes more time.
 
Step 5. The pit person (cabin-back) now furls the jib because it's unlikely to wrap the upper section of the spinnaker in the jib
 
Step 6. Only when the spin is flying perfectly (and everyone agrees) does the foredeck person go for the pole and then connect it to the guy. Remember: what's important is keeping the spin flying, not racing to get the pole clipped on.

Practice this maneuver many times in advance of important races so everyone knows what to do. Failure to practice equals failure on the race course, almost guaranteed!
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