New Page for Vanguard Sailboats SoCal / Matt McKinley
This past summer Matt McKinley took over the reins of
Vanguard's 49er program, introducing himself to the
class with parts and on-water support at the 2005 Gorge
North American Championships. Matt's enthusiasm to learn
about the 49er, grow the class (and maybe even buy a
boat!) is a great sign that our class is moving forward
in NA and can expect great parts/sales support in the
future.
Visit the NEW Vanguard Sailboats
SoCal Page on this website...HERE
2006 49er North American Championships
US Sailing Team Coach Luther Carpenter has confirmed
that the 2006 49er North American Championships will be
held February 2-5, 2006 in Miami, Florida, USA. A Notice
of Race and confirmation of ISAF Ranking status will
follow shortly. Expect a BIG turnout as this event
begins six days after the ISAF Grade-1 Ranked Miami OCR
ends.
Invitation Extended:
49ers at WVYC's Pumpkin Bowl 2005
West
Vancouver Yacht Club is inviting 49ers for the first
time to their Annual Pumpkin Bowl Regatta. West Coasters
get your registrations in!
WVYC
Pumpkin Bowl Regatta 2005
Cunningham/Paterson win International 14 Canadians
Tied after two days of breeze at Royal Canadian YC in
Toronto, it all came down to one final light air race
between CST 49er veterans Dan Cunningham/Rob Paterson
and Toronto skiff kingpin Fred Eaton and crew Jason
Lemieux. Cunningham/Paterson won the final race,
crowning themselves 2005 I14 Canadian Champions. Other
solid performances in the top ten included 2005 49er
rookies Steve Waldie and LP Bougie-Bastien (6th
overall), and RCYC 29er phenoms Billy Gooderham and
Peter Dixon (10th overall).
I14 Canadian Website
Minutes from the 2005 World Council Meeting are now
available
Ben Remocker represented Canada at the 9th Annual World
Council meeting at the 49er Europeans in Denmark this
past August and has forwarded the meeting minutes for
the NA Class.
2005 World Council
Meeting
Canadian 49er Class 2006 Membership Forms are now
available
At their Annual Class Meeting this past July, the
Canadian 49ers voted unanimously to begin collecting
class dues. The 2006 dues are $50 CAD per boat and can
be submitted with your 2006 Canadian Class Membership
Form (available online) to register you as a 2006
Canadian 49er Class Member.
Your Canadian Class dues will allow Canadian 49er
sailors to have a voice
in the International 49er Class, allow us to compete
internationally and at major events, and will help
support the growth of the 49er class at home and
internationally. The dues cover the calendar year
January to December.
Trevor Parekh was elected as the inaugural Canadian 49er
Class Treasurer and had the tough job of collecting 2005
class dues mid-way through the season. If you have any
questions regarding 2006 Class dues, please contact
Trevor, or any
of your other Canadian Class
contacts.
2006 Canadian
49er Class Membership Form
2005 Canadian 49er Class Meeting Minutes
Mexico
Update (summer 2005)
Here all has been very slow this year. One of our teams
is doing a lot of car racing on the weekends, another is
getting married so we've hardly done 5 regattas. Our
Nationals are going to be on Oct 15th, we expect 6 boats.
We had a team from Puerto Rico wanting to come but we
could not get him a boat to use. Of course all of those
who are willing to do the traveling, and bring a boat are
very welcome on Oct 15th in Valle (for the Mexican
Nationals). Housing of course is on us! Hope to see you
soon. Antonio
Mexican Nationals are October 15th
in Valle de Bravo, Mexico
...contact
Antonio Goeters for more details.
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