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Ken Holland Takes on Another Winter Project Boat
 
SOLD to Ken Holland on August 11 by Zak Grove, only 5 hours after it was listed: Hull 7 (Frostration, Arrow Lake, Castlegar, BC) for about CDN$2500. Ken's current boat, hull 12 (Blackadder) is now up for sale.
With a dark blue hull, Frostration came with:
- 5HP Mercury Fourstroke SailPower outboard ~50 hours
- Main sail and roller furling jib and covers
- Spinnaker with launching bag and spin pole
- Lifejackets, anchor and rode
- Cassette toilet, spare parts, paddles etc.

The deal did not include a trailer, and the boat needs to be fully-measured, but Allan Strain thinks it is his old boat that had a good keel put on it by Don Martin in 1985.
2024 North American Championships Report

The 2024 North American Championships were held in Cowichan Bay on Vancouver Island this year on the August long weekend, and sailed in perfect conditions of 8-14 knots of breeze.
 
Mike George of Los Angeles on "All In" put on a master class in speed and tactics to top the competitive fleet of 21 boats, with RVYC's Michael Clements and Team (Adrienne Mennell - RVYC, Alan Barnes, Colin Gilbert) on "Too Wicked" in 2nd overall and Bob Britten/Jose Grandizo of Royal Vic YC on "No Worries" in 3rd. 
 
This was Mike George's 5th NA's win, and Michael Clements has won it 4 times.



photos: credit Andrew Madding

Full results here:
https://theclubspot.com/regatta/9dXZG5Bzig/results?class_id=O3pchF38eJ

Some great shots by Andrew Madding and others on facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/cowbayregatta

Thanks to everyone for participating, see you next year!
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.

More photos and videos here: Kits Invitational Regatta 2024 - Google Drive
 
A link to the results can be found here: https://www.sailwave.com/results/kitsinvitational2024.htm