SOLD - 7th boat of 2025 to change hands and the 85th in 8.7 years - Vancouver, BC (listed July 24 for $13,000, offer accepted August 31): Hot Flash, hull #201 (now called BEaR). The boat was purchased by Brett Wilson & Team (Eleanor Hawkins, Rebecca Harper) of RVYC and sold by Michael Clements who trailered it down from Alberta and lent it out to Julie Coll from LA for the recent NA's. The boat measures in perfectly, is 41 pounds underweight, and came with a very good Highliner road trailer, a 2.5hp long-shaft Yamaha outboard, a 15-year-old Ballenger mast in excellent condition, and some good usable sails other than the jib (2022 Ullman main in very good condition; 2011 main in OK condition, 2015 Quantum spin in good condition, 2010 Ullman in OK condition). The bottom has VC Onshore and many of the boat systems have been tweaked to a race-ready level by the owner, who wanted the boat to be bought by an active racer in the Class. It has a 2016 Measurement Certificate and partially-completed Sail Register. It will stay at Royal Vancouver Yacht Club.

Brett, Rebecca, Eleanor, and Kendra Penner were the 10th Place Team in the 2025 NA’s. They borrowed Showtime from Grant Atkins for the event. Brett is a former Star and Elliot 6 Meter sailor, and his core Team of Eleanor and Rebecca raced Elliots, Dragons, and also participated in a J-70 in the Helga Cup in Hamburg, Germany. They will campaign the boat hard in the coming years, and are already planning on the Canadian Championships at Gibsons next mid-July followed by the annual Cow Bay Regatta.

Welcome to the Regional Fleet!

L-R: Kendra, Brett, Rebecca, Eleanor