Latest News:

SOLD - #91 White Rabbit!

As the seller, Tom Bennett, says:  “We have sold " White Rabbit" Sail/ hull # 91 on November 5th. The new owner is Simon Deller, He is one of our crew and we will continue to race with him in the Comox Area.”   Details and photos to follow soon.

 

Congratulations Simon!

 

SOLD - #63 Steel Breeze!

SOLD - 11th boat of 2024 to change hands and the 77th in 7.9 years - Nelson, BC, on November 25th, 2024: Steel Breeze -Hull 63 (Nelson, unlisted transaction): to Rob Fox and three partners from Gary & Anne Armstrong.   Details and photos to follow soon.

 

Rob is a former CDN Sailing Team Coach and then went into private coaching. He's currently working in another field in the Nelson area and has a fairly large group of younger folks that he wants to get out racing on Silver Bullet, so this is excellent news for the area.

 

Congratulations Rob and all your Partners!



Thermopylae Regatta!

This year's M242 Fleet 2 Championships were held at Royal Victoria Yacht Club during the Thermopylae Regatta on October 5/6.

 

The winning Royal Vancouver Yacht Club Team was Michael Clements (Skipper), Adrienne Mennell (RVYC), Erica Crilly (RVYC)  and the fourth member of the team was Luzzara Mazariegos on Too Wicked!

Mike and Team were also awarded the “Fleet 2 Championship ”trophy (the M242 half model), the first time it’s ever been won by a non-Fleet-2 boat, plus the Royal Vic M242 Award (the big silver trophy)!

Races were held under mostly sunny skies on Saturday with variable wind speeds from 2-12 knots for the 6 races. Sunday was sunny all day with very light air for all 3 races. Both days saw flat water and extremely variable current with multiple streams on the course.

Final Results can be seen here:
2024 RVYC Thermopylae Regatta (theclubspot.com)



Winners!


2nd Place - Alex Fox (2nd from left) and team (#11 Crantini), with PRO Dugald Smith on the right.


3rd place - Bob Britten (3rd from left) and team (#266 No Worries)



Mike Cannon is the new Fleet Captain for M242 Fleet 2!  

Adrienne Mennell presented Mike with his Fleet Captain’s M242 flag, handmade by Annabelle Martin back in the day.  The flags are one of a kind!

 



 

RVYC One Design Boat of the Year
 
Too Wicked was announced on Thursday night at the RVYC Awards Dinner as the "RVYC One Design Boat of the Year" (the Albert Austin Trophy).
 
This was a pleasant but welcome surprise for the team. It's the 6th time in 13 years that Too Wicked have won this distinctive award. Phil Cragg & team on Back in Black have won it 4 times in the past 7 years, so they've had a good run also.

Too Wicked's results this year were: 
- Fleet One Champions
- 1st Fleet One In-Bay Series
- 1st Fleet One Out-of-Bay Series
- 1st Gibsons Regatta (M242)
- 1st Kitsilano Invitational Regatta & BC M242 Champions
- 1st Thermopylae Regatta (M242)
- 1st Gray Creek Regatta (Nelson, BC, Tactician, M242)
- 2nd North American M242 Championships
- 2nd RVYC Fleet Championships
- 2nd RVYC One Design Series
- 2nd Wednesday Night Series
- 2nd Lawrance Cup Race
- 2nd Westsound Spring Regatta (Orcas Island, Tactician)

2024 RVYC boat of the year Too Wicked, left-right: Adrienne MennellMichael Clements, Aubrey Mayer (RVYC Sailing Director and High Performance Manager), Fred Stearman (RVYC Captain - Fleet)


Back in Black 1st Wed Nights, left-right: John Baker, Phil Cragg, Randy Vogel

left-right: Michael ClementsJohn Baker, Philip Cragg, Alison Cimszko (photo by Adrienne Mennell)


hardware!