Soling North American Championship concludes on Lake Erie

by Canadian International Soling Association on 22 Sep 2014

CAN 1 Abbott, Davis, Abbott on windy Sunday. Soling

After the storm at the Soling North Americans, that helped calm down the youngs and the music late at night, the wind moved to the west; Early in the morning it was blowing around 20 knots.

Not all teams went out, probably due to the hangover of the precious night but also because conditions were pretty much similar than Saturday, but since it moved west, the entrance of the harbor was easier with only 2mts of waves braking almost like in the beach...

Only 17 boats started the first race, the first to round the windward mark was GER 1 with Koch, Parsons and Malpass, followed by the fantastic Canadians CAN 225 Hall, Davis, Hall then CAN 230 Fogh, Cheer and Devries and CAN 1 with the Abbott family. This race saw the wind increase in such way that many boats had trouble at the second downwind, with gusts of 39.5 knots measured at the race committee, with Solings surfing like never seen, and people swimming too.

CAN 225 sailing in super shape, managed to pass GER 1 and finish first ahead CAN 1 and CAN 230, while GER 1 finished fourth from only 13 boats finishing the race.

The last race of the championship already blowing like hell with about 30 knots saw only 10 boats finish the race, with CAN 1 showing their experience and CAN 230 in second and GER 1 in third, CAN 225 with the numbers secured, didn't finish but were crowned the 2014 North American Champions.

CAN 1 with Bill Abbott, Joanne Abbott and Larry Abbott took the second place ahead of CAN 230 with Thomas Fogh, Roger Cheer and Roger Devries. These three fantastic teams showed the good work being done in Canada, keeping the supremacy in North America.

USA 818 with John Kennedy, Brendan Kennedy and Claudio Martin won the red fleet and the spinnaker offered by Kanter Marine the main sponsor of the event.

The Classic trophy was won by GER 328 with Michael Dietzel, Tim Shuette and Hannes Ramoser.
The woman prize was a Michael Hill Jewlery watch awarded to Joanne Abbott.

And although I forbid to talk about myself now writing, Sigried Dietzel and Karen Temple deserve a mention, the girls that crewed were so happy with the surfing that the hangover ended when the adrenalin came up, surfing with the spinnaker or without it, they behave on the rail and although not droop hiking (something USA 853 didn't see during the whole event), at some point they were sailing ahead of too many boats...Sigrid words: - It was the wildest ride I ever made sailing in my life... well Karen, with her fifth time in a Soling just couldn't stop smiling and was unable to take the gloves out once the day was finished...

North American Championship / PSSS, Port Stanley, ON 18/09/2014 To 21/09/2014. / Rk=1.5


Pos	Sail	Helmperson	Midperson	Bowperson		Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	D1
1	CAN 225	Peter Hall	Paul Davis	William Hall	RSTLYC	8	2	3	1	1	1	DNC	29
2	CAN 1	Bill Abbott	Larry Abbott	Joanne Abbott	SYC	9	1	1	3	3	3	1	3
3	CAN 230	Thomas Fogh	Roger Cheer	Gord Devries	EYC	12	5	2	2	4	2	2	5
4	GER 1	Roman Koch	Andrew Malpass	Mike Parsons	YCBG/SSS	17	8	4	4	2	4	3	8
5	GER 328	Michael Dietzel	Hannes Ramsmoser	Tim Schuette	BYC	29	4	21	5	5	6	9	21
6	USA 832	Charlie Kamps	Jeremy McMahon	Lucas Hiller	MYC	30	3	5	10	7	5	DNC	29
7	CAN 210	Kenneth Davy	BerkKadagil	Richard Boyle	EYC	35	7	10	8	9	7	4	10
8	CAN 236	Bill Haliburton	Steven McDonalt	Terry Booth	BBYC	39	15	7	11	6	8	7	15
9	USA 845	David Baum	Bill Bresser	James Bruss	MYC	42	20	8	7	12	9	RDG	20
10	USA 843	Steve Bobo	Jeff Spence	Cooper Anderson	SSYC	54	12	9	19	8	15	10	19
11	USA 818	John Kennedy	Claudio Martin	Brendan Kennedy	SSYC	57	13	RET	17	10	12	5	29
12	USA 824	Dave Crysdale	Dan Hanna	Nicholas Hannigan	MYC	58	10	6	14	14	14	DNF	29
13	CAN 96	Blair Tully	Steven Donker	Dave Veldstra	PSSS	62	16	16	9	11	10	DNF	29
14	USA 768	Tom Elliott	Dick Kenney	John Bayldon	SSYC	65	21	13	16	19	11	6	21
15	USA 828	Matias Collins	Dowson Vixon	Sigried Dietzel	CNSI	75	18	DNC	18	18	13	8	29
16	CAN 227	Tom Mitchell	Peter Carson	Matt McLaren	EYC	77	11	18	6	13	DNC	DNC	29
17	CAN 226	Manfred Kanter	Anne Marie Willan	Kevin Dutra	PSSS	82.6	6	10	RDG	RDG	DNF	DNC	29
18	USA 852	Henry Thomas	Gary Greenwood	Al Tierney	SSS	92	19	15	13	16	DNC	DNC	29
19	CAN 233	Tom Freemann	John McNeil	Kristie Weibe	PSSS	98	14	14	20	21	DNF	DNC	29
20	USA 834	Paul McGuan	Mark Keast	Ashley Henderson	MYC	98	22	15	15	17	DNC	DNC	29
21	USA 839	Stuart Walker	Karen Temple	Matthew Sturr	SSA	107	17	12	RET	20	DNC	DNC	29
22	USA 798	Andy Dize	Mary Smith	David Jochum	SSA	108	9	OCS	12	OCS	DNC	DNC	29
23	CAN 211	Jim Malpass	Ted Paul	Joe Cassidy	PSSS	108	24	19	21	15	DNC	DNC	29
24	GER 11	Michael Karda	Daniel McNeil	Maria Bukli	PSSS	117	23	20	22	23	DNC	DNC	29
25	USA 744	Bob Chantler	Paul Lovelock	Daniel Gagnier	PSSS	125	26	23	23	24	DNC	DNC	29
26	CAN 238	Ken Holland	Alex Vendrig	Allen Cook	PSSS	133	DSQ	24	DNC	22	DNC	DNC	29
27	CAN 232	Garry Graham	Glen Graham	Chris Graham	PSSS	134	25	22	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	29
28	CAN 2251	Petter Benneth	Brian Silver	Joy Silver	?	145	DNC	DNC	RET	RET	DNC	DNC	29