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J/105 CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2019
Doug Bullock, J105 Canadian Championship 2019 Chair
Canada’s premier one design, big boat regatta, the J/105 Canadian Championship, was hosted by the RCYC on September 27-29, 2019.
The competition was fierce, with Terry McLaughlin (Mandate), two-time winner of the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, three-time winner of the J/105 North Americans; Olympic Silver Medal holder, and five-time winner of this regatta and Jim Rathbun (Hey Jude) is a seven-time winner of this regatta. Then throw in Terry’s brother Frank McLaughlin (Starcross), an Olympic Bronze Medallist, new to our Fleet and gunning to continue his sailing legacy in a new class.
The Race Committee, led by Paul Clissold, a North American renowned National Race Officer, did a stellar job under challenging conditions to pull off eight races over the course of three days for the sixteen boats competing. We must also compliment his pin and mark boats for quick moves and course adjustments, a job well done.
Late September on Lake Ontario can deliver a variety of racing conditions and this regatta got it all. Friday started with an AP for an hour followed by a light air race building to winds in the mid-teens for the second race and light wind for the third. Saturday saw stronger winds with a steady 12 to 16 knots for the first race, however a line squall came in and hit the fleet on the final downwind leg of the second race. Then we had a 180o shift, making the downwind leg an upwind, ending the day for racing. The last day saw huge waves for Lake Ontario of two to three metres out of the east and winds 16 to 18 with gusts over 20 knots for all three of the final races.
In the end it was Terry with his boat partner, Rod Wilmer, on Mandate who pulled off six bullets and two second-places winning the regatta with 10 points. Frank, on Starcross, came in second with 22 points and Jim, Hey Jude, podiumed in third with 32 points.
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