The 2019 Manitoba High School Sailing League has started! Races were off to a slow start Monday night due to light winds, but they did manage to get a few races off! Your champions to date are as follows:

Monday night
1. Argyle School – Morrigan Beauchamp & Nick Oliver
2. Sanford Collegiate – Kendra Penner & Lena
3. College Beliveau – Evan Owen & Chloe

Wednesday night
1. St. John’s Ravenscourt – Peter & Aidan Lawton
2. College Jeanne-Sauve – Katie Sauer & Jerry
3. St Norbert Collegiate – Avery & Malia Neufeld

Learn to Sail lessons for kids and adults are taking place at the Winnipeg Sailing Centre at Fort Whyte Alive all summer long. Come see what all the fun is about!

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Calling all dinghy sailors born between 2003 and 2010! Are you interested in competing at the 2020 Manitoba Games in Dauphin? The Regional Qualifiers for the Games will be taking place this summer! Please visit our Manitoba Games page for all the info!

The 2019 Richardson Regatta will be held on Saturday July 27th and Sunday July 28th at the Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club. The Notice of Race is now available.

Calling all instructors and instructor candidates for the 2019 CANSail Instructor Clinic!

Sail Manitoba will be hosting its annual CANSail instructor clinic on Monday June 24th to Friday June 28th at the Sport 4 Life Centre and at the Winnipeg Sailing Centre! The clinic will cover the Sail Canada Fundamentals, Coach Boat Safety, and CANSail Technical components. Please ensure you have the proper pre-requisites prior to registration. See instructor page for more details.

Master sailors – mark your calendars! Every Monday evening starting on June 24th, the Gimli Yacht Club will be hosting a Master Laser training session from 6:00-8:00 pm to help prepare master sailors for the upcoming Master Canadians in August.

The Notice of Race for the 2019 Laser Canadian Masters Championships can be found here!

The annual Sail Manitoba Awards Banquet was held on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at Fort Whyte Alive. Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our athletes, coaches, and volunteers! Congratulations to all our award winners!

Rising Star Trophy – Elly Heimbecker from Royal Lake of the Woods YC
Youth Elite Award – Jonah Friesen from Pelican YC
Most Improved Sailor Trophy – Tomas Green from Victoria Beach YC
Susan Mezaros Memorial Trophy – Lauren Burns from Black Sturgeon SC
Charles Fleming Memorial Trophy – Matthew Sauer from Falcon YC
Don Freudenberg Memorial Trophy – Anthony Clark from Pelican YC
Sailor of the Year – Mike Couture from Gimli YC
President’s Award – Phil Burns from Black Sturgeon SC
Honorary Member Award – Paul Krestanowich from West Hawk Lake YC

Thank you for all your great submissions! If you would like to have a hard copy, please email us and we will be happy to mail you one.

The 2018 Optimist Provincials were held over the July 28 & 29 weekend at the Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club. Despite very light winds on both days, the Opti’s were able to get 3 races off. A huge thank you goes out to everyone who helped organize this wonderful Regatta!

Results are as follows:

15+Under Provincial Champion:
1. Kendra Penner

13+Under Provincial Champion:
1. Jonah Friesen
2. Kate Sigurdson

10+Under Provincial Champion:
1. Elly Heimbecker
2. Jaelyn Boychuk

The West Hawk Lake YC held a successful Racing Camp on July 20th-21st, followed by the Rising Star Regatta on July 22nd. Big thank you to Paul Krestanowich for organizing the event and hosting the team!

Results from the regatta are as follows:

Open Fleet
1st – Linus Schweizer
2nd – Matthew Sauer
3rd – Tomas Green

Opti Fleet
1st – Jonah Friesen
2nd – Jon Melsted