Category Archives: Regatta Reports

Wind, cottage ambiance, good food and friendly sailors are the hallmark characteristics of annual Toronto 505 regatta, also considered the Ontario Championships.   A sure sign that the RC is awesome when they said at the skippers meeting that I … Continue reading →

Regatta report from Evan Jennings, Canadian National 5O5 Association Vice President: Have you ever wondered how much wind was enough? Yesterday at the Canadians, many if not all of the 11 boats present found out. As this article in the Squamish … Continue reading →

King Neptune decided to have some fun this weekend. On Friday, an easterly developed over Lake Ontario and persisted all day and through the night.  The fleet woke up Saturday morning to a warm sunny 15-18 knots and still from … Continue reading →

No regatta report.  Just tight racing and no mistakes allowed because someone was on your ass all the time. Chuck and Cynthia rock.  No only did they sail the best but Charles drove across the country just to attend the … Continue reading →

Was this regatta the Eastern Canadian Championships?  Was it the Ontario Championships?……Awhh screw it.  Who cares, let’s just get together and go sailing and then come back, put your feet up, suck back a few beers and then chase that … Continue reading →

July 11-13, 2014, Kitsilano Yacht Club A forecast of sunny and hot weather attracted a number of boats from BC and Washington regions to compete in the 2014 Canadian Championships hosted by Fleet One as part of KYC’s annual Invitational … Continue reading →

Reporter:    Christian Dechamplain I wonder how many people in the fleet remember my box of tissue floating away after Marg and I capsized at CORK a few years ago?  Marg was nice enough to bring me back to shore so … Continue reading →

I’d be surprised if results appeared anywhere on the web since I saw that the results were hand-written. It was a light air regatta, very little trapezing, only for brief moments here and there. Only one race on Saturday, the … Continue reading →

We have all had bad wind this summer.  You know those days where an event is scheduled and you make arrangements, show up and you get crap.  Well, for all those bad wind days of summer, Toronto flushed all those … Continue reading →

The 2011 Canadian 505 Championships saw a good fleet of 12 boats for two days of racing out of Kits Yacht Club in Vancouver. Several teams made the trip up from Washington state, and we saw some new faces trying … Continue reading →