Honorary  Member – Tannis Leach, RLWYC
President’s Award – Paterson Family, RLWYC
Sailor of the Year – Kayden Polachek, Gimli YC
Don Freudenberg – Bryson Foy, Winnipeg SC
Charles Fleming Trophy – Hunter and Bryce Kristjansson, RLWYC
Susan Meszaros Trophy – Sara Telles Langdon and Katie Sauer, Falcon YC
Most Improved Sailor – Matt Sauer, Falcon YC
Youth Elite Award – Linus Schweizer, WSC
Rising Star – Lauren Burns, Black Sturgeon SC
Opti Grand Prix – Tomas Green, VBYC

The Sail Manitoba hiring committee of Liz Kristjansson, Ryan Van Berkel, and Paul Krestanowich as well as Tannis Leach, Dave Langdon and Brigitte Smutny in an advisory capacity, have concluded the job search and interviews this past week and we introduce with great pleasure the new half time Executive Director, effective March 1, 2018, and full time Technical Director/Head Coach, effective April 1, 2018. Many of you are familiar with both candidates and know of their contributions to our sailing community. Brigitte will be leaving on March 31, 2018 and the remaining months will guarantee a smooth transition. Please welcome:

Katja Smutny as Executive Director and
Shelby Williams as Technical Director & Head Coach

If you like racing you will be interested in this ‘Sweet Deal’. The Carrera 290 is unbeatable in light wind and a ton of fun and a bit more challenging in heavy wind. Ideal for a consortium of 6-8 people, who would like to do Wednesday night racing at Gimli YC and race at all the other keelboat regattas in the province (comes with trailer). For sale for $9000. For more information click here. If you are interested contact us.

Bill Dawson (Viper), Lauren Burns (Laser 4.7) Linus Schweizer (Radial) Audrey and Andrew Murtomaki (Viper)

Patti Cohen (Radial), Sharlene Telles-Langdon (Radial) Jean Trottier and Crew (Wayfarer)

Optimists Jon Melsted, Tomas Green, Jonah Friesen and Kendra Penner

Falcon Yacht Club hosted the Falcon Cup on Sunday, September 10th. This regatta was also the Provincial Master Championships and the Provincial Optimist Championships.  What a perfect day for racing. The participants enjoyed the great weather with sunshine and a nice breeze.  A total of five races were run and the Race Committee finished just in time before the breeze really picked up.  Thanks to Wendy and Michael Sauer, who helped running the races and supplied their beautiful Zodiac as Race Committee Boat.  Very much appreciated!

Congratulations to Linus Schweizer from the Winnipeg SC in the Radial for winning the Falcon Cup, followed by Lauren Burns from Black Sturgeon SC sailing a Laser 4.7 and Andrew Murtomaki with Crew Audrey and Bill from Gimli YC sailing his Viper.

The Master trophy was won by Sharlene Telles-Langdon from Falcon YC followed by Patti Cohen from Falcon YC in a Radial and Jean Trottier with crew from Falcon YC in his beautiful Wayfarer. For the overall results click here

The Provincial Optimist Championships was won by Jonah Friesen from Pelican YC.  The 15&under trophy went to Tomas Green from Victoria Beach YC, the 13&under female trophy went to Kendra Penner from Falcon YC and the 13&under male trophy went to Jona Friesen.  Well done everyone!

The Provincial Team is moving their fall training to Gimli YC for the upcoming weekend and will train as long as the weather plays nice.  Join us for the Frozen Tears Regatta on September 24 and the Frost Bite Regatta on October 8 at the Gimli YC.  Everyone is welcome! Click here for the NOR and the SIs

Penguin Cup winner Keith Holm with last year’s winner Jim Paterson

Radio controlled boat Penguin Cup Regatta

The annual Penguin Cup was hosted by Jim Paterson at his cottage at Penguin Lake.  Four boats participated in 5 races in very light wind.  The winner was Keith Holm, followed by Jim Paterson, Bruce Pito and Rod Nuttall.  Great fun to watch the racing of these unique radio controlled boats.  If you are interested to learn more about these boats send an email Rod.

The Games run officially from July 28th – August 13th. The Sailing Event being hosted in Gimli, MB will take place during week 1 from July 28th – August 4th.

Volunteers on site will be working hard to cover the event on multiple social media platforms before, during, and after racing. We will have plenty of photographs and video coverage on Facebook and Instagram throughout the event, as well as live updates from the race courses via Twitter. In order to expose the wonderful of sport sailing and promote our high performance youth athletes, we ask that you tag and share our posts using the links and handles listed below. Additionally, we ask that anyone in Gimli for the games as a spectator or supporter tag and share their own social media posts with us and our partners using the hashtags and handles listed below.

Results will be hosted online at the links below, as well as shared on the social media platforms throughout the event. Preliminary results will be posted on Sail Wave during the day as they are received from the Race Committee. Following each days scheduled races the Official Results will be posted on the Canada Summer Games Results Page.
Results Links

2017 Canada Games
Official Website of the Games: http://canadagames.ca/2017/

Sail Canada
Event Page & Technical Documents: http://www.sailing.ca/canada-games-s15800

Official Results (Click Here)
If link above is not working, the results page can be found by visiting https://canadagames.ca/2017/home , then clicking “schedule”, followed by “SCHEDULE/RESULTS”

Preliminary Results by Event
Single-handed – Laser Male
Single-handed – Laser Radial Female
2.4m Para Mix
Double Handed – 29er Male
Double Handed – 29er Female

Social Media Links

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Sail Canada Social Media
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Provincial Sailing Organizations Social Media

Social Media Hash Tags & Handles for Facebook, Instagram & Twitter

Official 2017 Canada Summer Games Sailing: #CGSailing

Official Canada Games: #CanadaGames or #CSG or #GetYourGamesOn

Canada Summer Games Official Social Media Links

2017 Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg
https://www.facebook.com/2017CanadaGames
https://twitter.com/2017CanadaGames
http://instagram.com/2017canadagames

Canada Games Council
https://www.facebook.com/CanadaGames
https://twitter.com/CanadaGames
http://instagram.com/canadagamescouncil/
http://www.youtube.com/user/cgc1967
http://www.flickr.com/photos/canadagames

National Partners of Canada Summer Games

Team Manitoba

The Team Manitoba Sailing Team is made up of one Laser, one Laser Radial, one male 29er, one female 29er, one 2.4, one coach, one manager and a mission staff:

Laser – Anthony Clarke
Laser Radial – Molly Ingenmay
Male 29er – Hunter and Bryce Kristjansson
Female 29er – Sarah Telles-Langdon and Katie Sauer
2.4m – Bryson Foy
Coach – Shelby Williams
Manager – Willie MacDonald
Mission Staff – Katja Smutny

Lets boost the exposure of our athletes! Cheer on Team Manitoba using the following social hashtags in your post

Team Manitoba Official:    #HerdOfUs, #FollowTheHerd, #TeamToba, and #GoToba

Official 2017 Canada Summer Games Sailing:  #CGSailing

Congratulations to all athletes and best of luck at the Games!!

Group picture in front of the Yacht Club

A fantastic event hosted by Royal Lake of the Woods YC came to an end on Sunday, July 16.  Everything played out well with sunny and warm weather and a constant breeze between 9-15 knots. The club has an abundance of friendly and dedicated volunteers who billeted and fed the athletes and made sure, they were driven from the island to their cottages in the morning and the evening.  There is a reason that Lake of the Woods is called ‘The Best Kept Secret Ever’!

Jim Richardson and the winners in the 29er class

This event was also the Laser District 4 Championship and the Alumni Cup Regatta. Congratulations to the winners in the Laser Kayden Polachek, in the Radial James Thompson, 18&under Radial Linus Schweizer and to Mike Couture who took home the Alumni Cup.

Winners at Sail West were Michael Pacak in the Opti green fleet, Tomas Green in the Opti, Peter Magnus in the Bic, Joe Gerlinsky in the 2.4,  Tanja Smutny in the Europe, James Thompson in the Radial, Kayden Polachek in the Laser, Geoff Konantz and Connor Stewart in the 420, John Nicolls and James Heimbecker in the Feva and Katja Smutny and Rob Ewanchuk in the 29er class.

Commodore Leney Richardson, Mike Couture, Rod Nicolls, Kayden Polachek, Liz Kristjansson and Kyle Ross

Results:
Laser, Radial, Europe, 2.4m
29er, 420, Feva
Optimist, Bic
Optimist Green

Kayden Polachek in his Laser

After a three day training camp for our Canada Summer Games Team with coach Dominic from Vancouver Waves, a three day regatta was held at the Royal Vancouver YC.  Tough competition and tricky winds made for a great learning experience.