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Alex and Henry tutoring Achilles and George. More detail to follow.…

We will hold the AGM after racing Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 at 1700 at RVYC Boardroom. The Star and Dragon restaurant menu, including half price Pizza and Beer ( Happy ARrrr), will be available a la carte. 

We will announce this year's perpetual trophy winners, elect next years officers and plan for next years racing. We hope all crews, guests and interested sailors will attend. The Agenda is attached. …

8238 has been bought by Rob Cullen. Currently in Florida, former Phillipe Kahn Lillia will be brought back to Vancouver this spring.
Now things get really interesting on the race course!
Welcome back, Rob.

Damien has bought 8083 and moved it to Vancouver. 8083 previously owned by Derek DeCoouteau has great credentials. 

We are all ready to lend a hand to get him up to speed. 

The English Bay Star fleet has been active and building strength. We recently had our District 6 (BC, WA and OR) Championship in Seattle. Three RVYC teams competed and finished behind Olympic Silver medalist Brian Ledbetter and Erik Bentzen - 2^ndAl Cullen & Dave Martin, 4^thHunter Lowden & Brett Wilson and 6^thBruce Long & Ray Rogers.

Results  …

BACK ON in Seattle , August 10-11

KYC hosted a great regatta in sunny weather last weekend. The wind was frustratingly fickle and the RC worked hard to give us 4 races. Doug and 'Becca Smith visited from California and showed finesse in the tricky conditions. They captured first, but the dog fight was for the remainder of the podium, with four teams 2 points apart. 

As usual the Saturday BBQ was amazing! It was great to see Foss, Daniel, David and Kate again. 

New to our fleet were Ben Mumford and James…

Hunter Lowden and Brett Wilson (aka George Michael and Max Lever) have bought 7988 from Al Cullen. Big news for the English Bay fleet and District 6. 7988 is committed to Doug Smith and his daughter from California for the Kits Invite,  so watch for them at the District Champs in Seattle. 

We saw weather that was closer to fall in Vancouver for a few days, big swells in the fog, and finally the California sun came out. It was sunny, 6-12 knots and downwind slides.

The Seattle team of Carl and Jamie Buchan (son of God and grandson of God) finished clear of a group tightly bunched for 2-4. Ledbetter / Liljedahl, Doyle/Infelise and Terhune/Coleman

May One Design Regatta is two weekends away. Get registered at https://www.sailreg.ca/rvycregatta/home/reportView.do?id=201&camptypeid=17

This year there will be a debriefing event in the RVYC Boardroom on Saturday for each regatta. This will be good opportunity to ask the experts about their tactics and enjoy a beverage. The Western Canadian Star regatta on August 17-18 will have a separate…

We decided to cancel today as the wind at Jericho was 17 and the forecast was for gusts to 25k. The guys below are keen, but it may not be an ideal first day!

Sorry to all who expressed interest. We are going reschedule this for another time. The options are to hold it on Wednesday Evenings from May 1 onwards or another weekend day. Let us know your preference. 

Watch this site or our Facebook page (Star Class - District 6) for further notices. If others are interested, please…

So here’s the drill:

                                         Vancouver                   Seattle  

Apr. 6-7                             Training

Apr. 13-14                                                            PSSR

May 4-5                             May OD

May 18-19                                                            POD

Jun.15-16                          June OD                      

Jul. 13-14.                          Kits Inv.

Jul. 20-21…

Results

Walker Cup, Miami.                  3rd

Mid Winters, Miami.                  3rd

Bacardi Cup, Miami.                 6th

Rollins Bowl, Calif.                    1st

June One Design, EB.               1st

Baxter Bowl, Calif.                     1st

Lipton Cup, Calif.                       1st

Silberstein Regatta, Germany.   1st

July One Design, EB.                  1st

King of Spain, Calif.                  …

Below are links to the AGM Minutes, DRAFT 2019 Regatta Schedule,  2018 Regatta Scores and Trophy results. 

AGM%20English%20Bay%20Star%20Fleet%202018.docx  

2018%20EB%20Star%20Fleet%20regatta%20scores%20Final%20.xlsx…

The English Bay Star Fleet has started a facebook page. This platform will allow easier posting, more proactive notification of fleet news and offer better flexibility for communication. I would encourage all to sign up. If you, like I, am reluctant to expose yourself to the deluge of FACEBOOK notifications and gratuitous spam, just TURN OFF ALL NOTIFICATIONS IN THE SETTINGS EXCEPT FROM STAR SAILORS.

here is the website :…

2018 Pacific Northwest District 6 Regatta Schedule

Regatta                             Location                      Date

Training Day                      Vancouver, B.C.          April 7-8

PSSR                                Seattle, WA                 April 14-15

May One-Design               Vancouver, BC            May 5-6

POD                                  Seattle, WA              …

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