2024 Kitsilano Invitational & M242 BC Championships
This year's event saw 8 Martin 242's attend the sunny and reasonably windy competition. The racing area was in the lower middle of the Bay, which was new to most of the competitors. A premium, as always, was placed on getting good starts and lining out to whatever side of the course was favored.
In an unusual turn of events, even though there was a theoretical huge flood tide that should have existed for most of the racing day, there was in fact a large back-eddy current flowing up the upper-middle-right side of the course all the way to the windward mark. This situation enabled boats to tack early onto port and lift up to the mark, which negated a lot of the otherwise overwhelming urge to hit the beach side.
Michael and Reto had a dogfight in many of the races, employing match racing tactics upwind and down to gain an advantage. In the end Michael prevailed with his Team on Too Wicked (Adrienne Mennell, Alan Barnes, Sheridan MacRae) and the racing was far closer than the results would otherwise suggest.
And of course KYC put on an excellent dinner on Saturday night which was well attended and appreciated. Thanks also go to the excellent Race Committee who did a great job setting good lines and fair courses.
A link to the results can be found here: https://www.sailwave.com/results/kitsinvitational2024.htm
