Single Handed Race

A favourite of Ken Hodgson, the Single Handed Race for the Lake of Two Mountains Gazette Trophy will be run on Saturday 31 July, warning signal 11:00.

A race traditionally set to challenge the skippers boat handling skills with a very unusual course, it is open to all classes. There will be a single start for all competitors and the race is limited to white sail.

Copies of the SI's will be available at the club and on http://hudsonyachtclub.com/racing_documents.html

The Lake of Two Mountains Trophy was originally presented to the club in 1964 to be awarded for Club Championship in the GP14 Class. During the 1970's the participation in GP14's fell and the trophy was rededicated to the Class Winner, Miscellaneous Centreboards. In 1982 the trophy took on its current award to the winner of the Single Handed Race. Since then it has been won by such notable members amongst others as Greg Bowser, Ken Hodgson, Cork Winters, Ed Cowell and Ron Harris.

HYC Women's Regatta

The HYC Women's Regatta will be held on Sunday, 8 August.

• The regatta is open to anyone (so long as they are female).  
• All boat classes are eligible (so long as they have a valid SLVYRA handicap).  
• There are 2 races planned (so long as they happen before 3pm).  
• Skippers meeting at 11:00 in the HYC bar with first gun at 12:30 (so long as there is no AP).  
• Entry fee $5/participant.  

Please register via the office.  NOR and SIs are available on http://hudsonyachtclub.com/racing_documents.html

La Nocturne - The Night Hawk Race - 6th August

This race is unique in our sailing calendar for two reasons: it's the only race that takes place at night and the only race that uses a "pursuit start" format.

Run by CVMO (Oka), the race starts at 20:00 with slower boats starting first and faster boats starting later depending on their handicaps.  The start times are calculated so that, theoretically, all boats arrive at the finish at the same time.  So, once you're racing, you need to beat everyone boat on boat.   Added to this excitement, is the challenge of racing at night.  The race lasts about 4 hours and ends well after sunset - so you have the added thrill of tracking your competitors via their navigation lights, and  seeing boats appear suddenly out of the darkness.  It's all rounded off with a reception and prize-giving at Oka.

Last year, this race was won by a Tanzer 22, Sloup du Jour, beating a J22 by 2 boat lengths, who were narrowly ahead of a J27.  It's a fun race that anyone can win.

Details, NOR, and start times, are available on www.cvmo.ca

HYC Wins Hudson / Kingston Challenge

by Roy Folland
For the second year in a row Hudson's Soling One Meter fleet wins the annual Kingston / Hudson Challenge Regatta.
Held at HYC this year, Kingston's four man team Raced against our team of four which were chosen on the basis of best scores of HYC's finest nine.

Saturday evening, almost all competitors participated in the Carribean event and everyone had a great time and were all ready to go Sunday morning.

Saturday racing (July 19) was abandoned due to the heave storms and squalls in our area.
Sunday(July 20) racing started about 10:30 and ended at 2:30 with nine races completed with very challenging winds from all directions.

Kingston's total score ended with 194 points against our Hudson team score of 136. (Low points scoring system)
Our individual team members scores were;

Ed Cowell                 20 points.
Roy Folland              29 points.
George Roberton.     37 points.
Ken Walker.             50 points.

TOTAL                    137 points

Next year the Kingston / Hudson Challenge will be held at Kingston Yacht Club.

Resail of Wed B3

Unfortunately the wind gods finally deserted us last week and there was no racing on Wednesday night due to total lack of breeze. As per the SI’s, this race will be attempted to be resailed on Monday, August 2nd and will be the only resail for the Wednesday B-series. Warning signal, as usual at 7pm.

Race Committee Tip – Resist the Green Letter – It’s Safer

With so many boats out racing, the fleets have spread out and we often face the situation where one fleet is approaching the finish line, while another is still rounding the mark for another leg.   This can lead to potential collisions if the finish involves a starboard rounding. 

In the diagram, boat A is finishing and boat B still has a leg to sail.  On the left, with a starboard rounding, A and B are approaching the mark in opposite directions.  If boats in B fleet have already rounded the mark they will be approaching A on a possible collision course.  If the course is set with a port rounding to finish, as on the right, the problem goes away.  Both A and B will round in the same direction.   

This will also work for a downwind finish.  Once the race is underway, the RC simply moves the boat to the other side of the pin, and you can end with a port rounding finish. 

LTM Championship Results

The Lake of Two Mountains Championship series completed last week.  We had a great participation with 45 boats in total from 4 clubs coming out to race.  Also, this year we were blessed with good wind and no resails.  HYC performed very and took the bulk of the flags at the prize giving on Wednesday.  Top 3 in each fleet were as follows (for full results refer to the HYC website)

PHRF 1A

1^st Slim, Alan Gray, HYC

2^nd Still Lost Boys, Paul Laflamme, HYC

3^rd Quill, Scott Lawrence, HYC

PHRF 1B

1^st Jazz, Ron Harris, HYC

2^nd Won Ton, David Godin, HYC

3rd Springbok, Femke le Duc, HYC

PHRF 2

1st Redcoat, Ross Tellier, HYC

2^nd Spanish Coffee, Simon Robinson, HYC

3^rd Farouch, D. Castonguay, CVL

PHRF 3

1^st Coquine, Marois-Rousseau, CVL

2^nd Shigawac, Chris Campbell, HYC

3rd Knot A Clew, Mike Laventure, HYC