Pl
Sail# Skipper
Alpha Course 29er Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
707 Sam Gustin 267 Jack Toland
669 Puck Louwes
10 455 Emma Toone 42
Pumpkin Regatta The weekend of October 15th &
16th, in West Vancouver, saw the annual Pumpkin Regatta for junior sailors in the Northwest. Sailors from Seattle, Victoria Calgary, Kelowna, Comox, Powell River and the Lower Mainland of Vancouver were hosted for the weekend by West Vancouver Yacht Club. Over 190 competitors competing in 158 boats raced over two days. Classes included 29ers, 420, Laser, Radial, 4.7, and Opti.
racing season started with the Kitten Cup in April in Vancouver and then went to other venues including Victoria, Kelowna, Cultus Lake and Vancouver. As the final event, the regatta was a successful culmination to the year. With over 80 volunteers coordinated
by Ken Cutting, Karen Johnson and Stewart Jones, West Vancouver Yacht Club was certainly the center of marine action in the Vancouver area. West Vancouver Yacht Club volunteers all pitched in to help, ranging from Race Committee work to organizing billets for our guests from outside our area. In total West Vancouver Yacht Club hosted over 300 people for the event. Parents were accommodated by spectator boats for the two days on the water and this proved to be very popular. A great deal of thanks should be given to all who gave up their time for this event. Thanks should also be given to the competitors whose attitude the author found incredibly positive and helpful. Thanks should also be given to our
Jack Rieder (1st place in the Optimist Fleet) rounding the mark.
The racing was held under brilliant
blue skies. Temperatures were cool, with variable winds. Each day was spent trying to catch the outflow Squamish wind that fizzled out by noon, to be replaced by a stronger westerly. A strong ebb made the racing challenging. Three courses were used for the various dinghy types with the largest class being the Radials. A strong class showing was also made by the Opti racers. This race is the final one of the Helly Hansen B.C. Circuit for dinghies. The
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sponsors; Harken, Pro-TECH Yacht Services, Filosophievents, Bradner Homes, Cobs Bread, Wilf’s Automatic Transmission, Sewell’s, Linda Burger, Pacific Arbour, First Yacht Service, Craig Lee Insurance, Hub TOS, North Shore Seabridge Marine Contractors, Upward Construction and Lion’s Gate Electric. Time to put away the boats for a few
weeks, and then get ready for the racing in 2012. It should be a great season. We have to be OPTImistic! Youth sailing is alive and well!
by Bev Parslow photos courtesy of Pierre Martin
420 Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Crew
Ian Woodbury Nate Clement
633 Graham Harney Greame Zacharias 651 Rachel Spinelli 291 Alana Tacy 678 Sophie Papp 19 81
Gleb Moisieyenko Quinn
Alex Demmier Justin Smyth
Madison Innes Charlie Fratt
Connor Stanton Graham Diamond Ross Alexander
344 Richard Minielly 40 16 46 11
4781 Carlos Schaub 4785 Jack Pilley
10 6451 Josh Kyle 11 41
12 301 Brianna Tsui 13 302 Hannah Ker 14 45
Kia Meiklejohn Heather-Elen Strain Conner McKenzie Calum MacDonald Phillip Pennel
ARkus Fredriksson Emmanuel Allen Jayden Potter
Elmeri Hakkinen Joseph Gustaphson Theo Truax
Danika Dyer Sally Brown
Ben Kyle
Andreas Perez Emily White
Mina MacDonald Morgan Ruskowsky Eleanor
Matthew Yee 15 5542 Daniel Dubichez
16 5578 17 4789 Corey Brooks 18 303 Olivia Walker 19 1119 Piotr Natanek 20 1088 Tristan Trefz 21 5780 Breton White 22 49
Laser Full Rig Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
197160 191533 191559 17
192099 183818 191547 66554
178865
10 188648 11 102061
188853 191531 193282 194042 173725 199992 182339 197046 192002
Laser Radial Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 199325 11 77
12 177716 13 186555 14 180337 15 131632 16 185428 17 196119 18 195945
21 158751 22 190486 23 187638 24 187380
Rebecca Harper Brandon Lauzon Connor Mckay
Sophia Stewart Evan Warburton Gabriela Natanek Matt Fults Kelvin Vo
Malia Rose Larbi Andrew McLean Alexander Heinzemann
Aidan Koster Reid Cannon Cole Wunder Emerson Kirby Ryan Cordingley Nick Smith
Chad Grandison Brandon Fitzgerald Brandon Piper
Christopher Turner Natalia Montemayor Alexander Kroitzsch Matthew Turner Ellie Shaw
Maura Dewey Hanne Weaver Fillah Karim Max Gallant
Adrian Vlasic Chris Wilson Austin Stewart
Miranda MacGillvray Boyd Borjiet
Grand Hardisty
Hanny Buitenwerf Evan Robson Aidan Collins Alex Prins
19 1820951 Lauren Van Rassel 20 1
Blake Bentzen Arek Sredzki Alex Brown
Adam Sorensen Brendan Yates
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