A three day Racing Camp at the Gimli Yacht Club with guest coach Kelsey Stroppel from Alberta was held from Thursday, June 25 – Saturday June 27, followed by the Summer of Sailing Regatta on Sunday, June 28. Click here for results

Kayden Polachek, Molly Ingenmey, Brennan Agar

The annual Viking Cup took place last weekend.  Congratulations to Molly Ingenmey and Tomas Green for winning the Cup in the Laser Radial and Optimist class respectively. A big thank you to our volunteers, Mike Guezen, Nancy Folliott, Daniel Guezen,  Neal Boyd, Mike Plueschow, Nelson Barrett and Brian Wadsworth from the Gimli YC for helping out on the water with Race Management.

Join us to celebrate 50 years of Sail Manitoba with a Homecoming Dinghy Regatta on July 5 at the Gimli Yacht Club

The registration fee is $20 per boat. It includes one Sail Manitoba burgee and one t-shirt. Extra t-shirts are available for $15 and extra burgees for $20. A skippers meeting will be held on Sunday, July 5 at 10:00am on the deck of GYC .

The first start on Sunday, July 5 is at 11:00am. Seven short course races, no drop race, one race constitutes the series, no race shall be started after 3:00pm. The Awards ceremony will commence immediately after racing

Awards
A Navy blue Sail Manitoba HH Jacket for the first overall finisher in the combined single- and double handed fleet.  Medals for first, second and third place finishers in singlehanded and doublehanded.
Black Sail Manitoba Hoodie for the first finisher in the Opti class.  Medals for first, second and third place finishers.

Laser District 4 Trophy for the first finisher in the combined Laser classes.  Medals for first, second and third place finishers overall and 18&under respectively.
Alumni Cup for the first Alumni finisher.  Medals for first, second and third place finishers.
Manitoba Dinghy Championship medals for first, second and third place overall finishers.
Manitoba Master Championship Trophy for the first finisher in the Master category.  Medals for first, second and third place overall finishers.
Gold medal for Apprentice                           Gold medal for Grand Master
Gold medal for Master                                  Gold medal for Great Grand Master
For info on the master scoring rules visit http://sailmanitoba.com/racing/

Join us to celebrate 50 years of Sail Manitoba with a Homecoming Keelboat Regatta on July 4 at the Gimli Yacht Club

Pursuit Race
Pursuit race for all keelboats. A skippers meeting is at 10:30am on the deck of the Gimli YC.  The start is at 11:30am.

The skipper of the first place finisher will receive a navy blue Sail Manitoba HH Jacket. Medals for first, second and third place finishers.

Dinner Saturday Night
Danny’s Whole Hog will be catering a dinner on Saturday night.  The dinner tickets are $20 per person and include slow roasted pulled pork, buns, coleslaw, baked beans, and potato salad. Drinks are extra. Register in advance at sailing@sportmanitoba.ca  by Wednesday, July 1.

Registration Fee
The registration fee is $20 per boat and includes one Sail Manitoba burgee and one t-shirt! Additional Sail Manitoba t-shirts will be sold for $15. Additional burgees are $20. Click here for the NOR.

Anthony with coach Jackie

Laser fleet

The annual Fish Fly Cup took place on June 14 at the Gimli YC.  The first race of the Fish Fly Cup regatta established the winner of the Prairie Wind Trophy,which couldn’t be given out last weekend due to lack of wind. Congrats to Anthony Clark and Tomas Green who both won with 7 bullets and were awarded the Fish Fly Cup as well as the Prairie Wind Trophy.

The teams for the Buffalo Cup

Race Committee Chris Aldridge and Jona Green

Coaches Willie Macdonald and Jackie Spear

The annual Buffalo Cup was held on Wednesday, June 3 and was attended by 10 sailors. Congrats to our athletes and their crews with James Thompson in first, Gavin Robinson in second, and Linus Schweizer in third place. A big thank you to the Race Committee Chris Aldridge and Jona Green as well as to our coaches Jackie Spear and Willie Macdonald.