anyone’s game, but with strong finishes
RIPS
by Jeremy Smith on Joyride tying for
points with Sandy McMillan and Tim
Canadian Race Week
Knight’s Pepe in Division 1, and Ken
Holland on Blackadder in the Martin
division. In Division 2, Alistair Elliot’s
Melaque finished with three bullets along
with Division 4’s Ghost Dancer, helmed
by Larry McFadden.
By day three southeast winds
clocked around to more northerly winds
and again saw war on the water. Currents
remained fickle and gained in strength
as the week wore on. While some chose
to dance close to shore, others found
their way along the opposite side of
the Sound. What worked once rarely
W
hat once was the best kept secret beer tents, rum night,
in the Pacific Northwest is now games, slideshows, and
out in the open as is evidenced by the RIPS Idol talent shows.
sudden increase in racers during 2009’s If you didn’t get enough
RIPS Canadian Race Week. Racing in fun on the water, there
Plumper Sound (RIPS) hosted a forty- was always fun to be had
five boat fleet to five gut-busting days of onshore.
fun and hard racing competition August Day one of this
15th to the 19th. Cloudy skies moved summer camp racing
into hot, sun soaked, windy days that was a mixture of cloud
dealt up thirteen races for each of the and sun but with a steady
four divisions making this year’s RIPS wind of 8-10 knots easing The overall prize of a First Nations carved war paddle
one of the best ever. to 5 knots by the end of was presented to Larry McFadden of “Ghost Dancer”. L-R:
If there was ever a regatta worth the day. Principal Race Jamie Naismith, McFadden, Janice Brown & Trevor Coverdale.
circling on your racing calendar, this Officer, Paul Ulibarri,
regatta is definitely the first one. The kept courses true despite Plumper seemed to work twice, which brought
newly renovated Port Browning’s Sound’s constantly shifting currents a lot of seasoned racers to shake their
marina, set a landscape for fun and which, as always, eliminated any local heads in frustration.
friendship renewals. Regatta organizers knowledge. Both one-design fleets of Day four was a similar story with
Alex and Sue Foley and David and Lynn J-80’s and the M242’s stayed close to currents and winds, but also a day of
Sutherland kept everyone busy with each other’s transom making every race pushiness at the start. While radios kept
racers apprised of the line at all times, it
Pl Boat Type Sail# 5 Dirty Dog M242 127
Division 1 6 White Noise M242 257
didn’t keep Bruce and Penny Cameron’s
1 Joyride J-80 585 7 Zoom Zoom M242 260
Lily from tangling with Ghost Dancer’s
2 Pepe J-80 385 8 Treachery M242 267
mast resulting in the top of their mast
3 Swish J-80 344 9 Watergirl M242 46522
4 Crazy Ivan J-80 USA 151 10 Min of Mine M242 215
breaking and forcing them to end their
5 Sheva J-80 808 11 Silver Bullet M242 87
efforts in the regatta.
Division 2 12 Way M242 159
In the final day of racing, counting a
1 Melaque Sloop 30 CAN 11 13 The MRS M242 204
2 X-S Hotfoot 30 29919 Division 4
string of bullets, overall regatta winner
3 Radio Flyer X Hotfoot 27 CAN 27 1 Ghost Dancer San Juan 24 1033
for Division 4, Larry McFadden’s
4 Caliente Peterson 37 87262 2 Prairie Sun Sun 27 74418
Ghost Dancer was easily dominant for
5 Pendragon Moore 24 109 3 Odin Sonar 23 131
6 White Wave Mega 30 64215 4 Haida 26 Haida 26 19073
finding the right combination of wind
7 Scoundrel Olson 30 18199 5 Crystal Dolphin C&C 26 74333
and proper current. In other divisions,
8 Radiant Heat J-30 67901 6 Presto Kirby 25 29577
Jeremy Smith on Joyride, shared similar
9 Bumpercar M244 7 7 Lily Gazelle 22 49125
10 Mystik Catalina 320 159 8 Wild Oats C&C 30 34777
bragging rights, but Melaque obviously
11 Hotspur C&C 35 MK11 39023 9 Cliantha C&C 29 74334
was having troubles doing the same in
Division 3 10 Lightcure C&C 27 20
reading conditions as his leading points
1 Blackadder M242 209 11 Taliesin Ranger 29 27573
2 Wicked M242 171 12 Avanti II Tartan 30 245
slipped behind Mike Woodward’s Radio
3 Urban Daisy M242 272 13 Water Turkey Cal 20 153
Flyer and overall division winner Colin
4
MapTown.com M242 282 14 Dreamer Oday 25 5
Nichols’ X-S. And always a tight division,
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