Canadian Nationals July 9-10

Started by Steve Chapman, June 16, 2016, 12:02:59 PM

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Steve Chapman

Online registration is open for The 2016 Viper 640 Canadian Championship in Kingston Ontario. Hope to see you there to sail in the fresh water capital. Hosted by the Kingston Yacht Club, just a short distance from the Canadian Olympic Regatta Kingston (CORK) facility in Portsmouth Harbour.

Well know for the fantastic sailing conditions, reliable thermal breeze, this year we will be welcomed by the warm embrace of the Kingston Yacht Club, a wonderful place to socialise after a great day's racing.

http://www.kingstonyachtclub.com/submaster.cfm?aPage=ERS/event_registration.cfm&EnEvId=%22%2A0%3C%20%0A&Action=Registration&AddType=Guest

www.kingstonyachtclub.com
Steve Chapman
Oshunmare - Viper #288
Chair International Viper 640 Class Association
Ottawa - Great Lakes Region

Darren Gilbert

Some more information here...
http://www.kingstonyachtclub.com/regattas

Black Sheep is registered.  Should be an all Gilbert boat that weekend!

I think we are somewhere around 10 boats right now, although not all have registered yet...
Formerly Black Sheep (#29), Black Sheep II (#194) and Black Sheep III (#106)

Darren Gilbert

Formerly Black Sheep (#29), Black Sheep II (#194) and Black Sheep III (#106)

Steve Chapman

I know there are some of you who are sitting on the fence -
Long range weather forecast is good!
Thermal winds in Kingston are reliable.
Local craft beer is excellent...
Kingston Yacht Club is a wonderful place to hoist your pint of beer after sailing...

Salty types in the north-east should come and enjoy the fresh water sailing!!

Time to sign up...
Steve Chapman
Oshunmare - Viper #288
Chair International Viper 640 Class Association
Ottawa - Great Lakes Region

Darren Gilbert

What will it take to finally get some of the East Coast vipers to show the Great Lakes some love?  Come on guys and girls!  There's still time to make plans to visit one of the great hidden gems of North American sailing venues!
Formerly Black Sheep (#29), Black Sheep II (#194) and Black Sheep III (#106)

Peter Beardsley

Personal emails.  It's a pretty limited group of people who populate the forums regularly.  I would definitely be there if I didn't have another commitment that weekend.
Viper 640 East Coast Regional VP / Class Governor
Viper 333 "Glory Days"
Formerly Viper 269 "Great Scott!", Viper 222 "Ghost Panda" and Viper 161 "Vicious Panda"

Darren Gilbert

Thanks Peter!  Can you share with me the email contact info you have and I'll forward out the info.

Cheers!
Formerly Black Sheep (#29), Black Sheep II (#194) and Black Sheep III (#106)

Peter Beardsley

I'll send you a note, but for any event organizers out there, please know that it's pretty rare that you blast out an email, even one to a large group, even in Snake Bytes, even with Facebook posts to various pages, that you get a large turnout for a particular event.  A lot of this stuff takes personal appeals and sales pitches.  We have 30+ Vipers in WLIS and have trouble getting more than one third of them to travel 10 miles to another club down the Sound, let alone longer trips.
Viper 640 East Coast Regional VP / Class Governor
Viper 333 "Glory Days"
Formerly Viper 269 "Great Scott!", Viper 222 "Ghost Panda" and Viper 161 "Vicious Panda"

Darren Gilbert

It's looking like big breeze this weekend in Kingston. 
Formerly Black Sheep (#29), Black Sheep II (#194) and Black Sheep III (#106)

Steve Gilbert

Looking forward to the awesome sailing and great hospitality from KYC this weekend. Darren's right first time since I think 2013 HPDO we had 3 Gilbert's sailing together on on Viper. One of the reasons we enjoy this class so much are opportunities like this.
Viper #194 - Black Sheep

Nick Ward

Very fun event in a great venue.  Thanks to all that help create and run this event.

Nick
Proper Villain #165

Steve Gilbert

Thank you to KYC, the Colburn family and all who attended. 2 great days of sailing, Kingston didn't disappoint for sure! Very tight fleet racing across the board, fun weekend.

Below is the link to the Black Sheep Productions video from the regatta
https://youtu.be/R2o7QqESo9U

Best,
Darren and Steve Gilbert
Black Sheep - #29
Viper #194 - Black Sheep