To all those waiting with baited breath...
Here are the results of the
Canadian Albacore Championships sailed in Hamilton harbour at the Royal
Hamilton Yacht Club.
We began with a very heavy downpour on Friday - it looked like we may not >race - and then the sky cleared and the winds came howling down the bay. At one moment, between whispered instructions from Mr. Bain, I noticed four boats capsized. I could not wait to get on a reach. Saturday was a very pleasant day - the breeze was brisk but manageable. We encountered many wind shifts, tacked on most of them, should have tacked on all of them, or none of them - well now I'm not quite sure, but if I was pressed I could come up with a theory. Sunday was a beautiful day for a game of golf. The wind, such as it was, came from every direction but from no direction for more than 90 seconds, and from no direction for most of the three hours we spent bobbing and weaving. (Run that by your English teacher!).
When all was said and done, Chris Gorton and Dave Smith (alias Chris & Dave, alias Bruce & Bruce) came away with the hardware in convincing fashion over a charging David Harris and Kevin Smith and defending champions John Clark and Martin Shaw. The Challenger Fleet was won by Bruce Nash & Nona Arneson who now must race forevermore in the "A" Fleet - I suggest those in the top ten keep a close eye on these two. Congratulations and welcome. David Harris took the Ladies Plate - on behalf of Ann White who sailed extremely well on Saturday but could not stay on Sunday to accept her trophy. Ken Clarke repeated as Master's trophy winner; and Ron & Leslie Batt took home the Family Trophy.
Don Oakie took us on a tour of five Hamilton bars with five live bands. Actually it was one Hamilton bar with five rooms and one live band. I for one quite liked the rooms and the band was excellent. By the way, Don has an excellent one man tent - easy to assemble and it will fit nicely in most living rooms (sans tableau de cafe). And so, without further delay here are the standings...(they are hard to read but you should be able to copy and paste them into a spreadsheet with excellent results)...If anyone has anything further to offer I would love to hear from you.
Cheers, Mike Leishman
| Helm | Crew | Boat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Sub Total | Drop | Total |
| Chris Gorton | Dave Smith | 8015 | 2 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 6 | 10.25 | 6 | 4.25 |
| David Harris | Kevin Smith | 7166 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0.75 | 16.75 | 6 | 10.75 |
| John Clark | Martin Shaw | 7979 | 0.75 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 23.75 | 12 | 11.75 |
| Malcom Higgins | Peter Epstein | 7961 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 7 | 14 |
| Tim Broughton | Karen Marshall | 7563 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 28 | 24 |
| Mike Morrison | Fran Steacy | 8017 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 64 | 36 | 28 |
| Gary Bain | Michael Leishman | 6700 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 17 | 34 |
| John Cawthorne | Jackie Grummitt | 7964 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 50 | 15 | 35 |
| Ken Clarke | Evelyn Simpson | 7630 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 19 | 36 |
| Ron Batt | Leslie Batt | 7363 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 59 | 22 | 37 |
| Raines Koby | Abby MacInnes | 5600 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 62 | 19 | 43 |
| Larry MacDonald | Kate Nelson | 7700 | 6 | 36 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 80 | 36 | 44 |
| Peter Nurse | Jane Irwin | 7970 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 74 | 25 | 49 |
| Ann White | John Turnbull | 8019 | 36 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 90 | 36 | 54 |
| Tin Htoo | Van Sheppard | 7270 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 18 | 82 | 25 | 57 |
| Todd Johnstone | Kate Nelson | 7479 | 27 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 91 | 27 | 64 |
| Marek Balinski | Nora Hoffer | 8018 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 95 | 25 | 70 |
| Don Oakie | Andrew MacTavish | 7950 | 36 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 107 | 36 | 71 |
| John Gilchrist | Sheri Hogeboom | 7527 | 36 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 110 | 36 | 74 |
| Rosemary Helmer | Chris Pike | 7384 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 108 | 34 | 74 |
| Marty Cameron | Laurrie Harrison | 7471 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 31 | 26 | 105 | 31 | 74 |
| Gord Chu | Christine Mehling | 7954 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 105 | 30 | 75 |
| Ian Rogers | Martha Findlay | 7405 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 14 | 107 | 29 | 78 |
| Steve Goode | Pat Maltby | 7468 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 29 | 25 | 111 | 29 | 82 |
| Dianne Clark | Bill Collins | 8016 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 28 | 23 | 110 | 28 | 82 |
| Elizabeth Marin | Kristen Heulsmann | 7942 | 24 | 16 | 28 | 21 | 27 | 116 | 28 | 88 |
| Milutin Ajdacic | Marilyn Lear | 7944 | 36 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 126 | 36 | 90 |
| Dennis Wettlaufer | Heather Gilchrist | 5923 | 14 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 122 | 29 | 93 |
| George Roth | Michael Leishman | 7400 | 20 | 18 | 32 | 32 | 24 | 126 | 32 | 94 |
| Steven Bretherton | Giana Helling | 7473 | 25 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 28 | 130 | 35 | 95 |
| Rick Needham | Bob Stiff | 6251 | 26 | 24 | 33 | 19 | 33 | 135 | 33 | 102 |
| Ann Savage | Merle Kisby | 7472 | 36 | 29 | 21 | 18 | 35 | 139 | 36 | 103 |
| Uwe Ackerman | Sandy Swiatlowski | 7474 | 19 | 26 | 27 | 33 | 32 | 137 | 33 | 104 |
| Peter Brayshaw | Marian Brayshaw | 7243 | 21 | 36 | 35 | 23 | 34 | 149 | 36 | 113 |
| Robert Sieradzki | Carol ? | 7544 | 29 | 36 | 30 | 34 | 31 | 160 | 36 | 124 |
| Challenger | (B) Fleet Results… | |||||||||
| Helm | Crew | Boat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Sub Total | Drop | Total |
| Bruce Nash | Nona Arneson | 7933 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 2 | 0.75 | 4 | 8.25 | 4 | 4.25 |
| Chris Beneteau | Henry Pedro | 7982 | 5 | 2 | 0.75 | 3 | 2 | 12.75 | 5 | 7.75 |
| Chris Hanson | Mike Christopher | 7957 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0.75 | 20.75 | 8 | 12.75 |
| Mary Neumann | Anthony Robinson | 7967 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 14 |
| Michael Skafel | Matthew Skafel | 4825 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 15 |
| Babak Abbaszadeh | Alex Wilmont | 7966 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 21 |
| John Struthers | Tim Robertson | 8014 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 8 | 26 |
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Last Updated on 10/1/97
By Michael Leishman
Email: leish2@interlog.com