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July 11 races

Typical Falcon Lake summer weather; nice breeze, allegedly coming from the North, but with lots of shifts to make sailing interesting.

Skipper	Time	UK position
Race 1
Feavers	15.15	3
Dave L	15.30	1
Sharlene	17.00	2
B Woods	19.12	4
Roger	20.42	6
Penny	21.31	5
Wendy	21.34	7

RACE 2
Feavers	15.08	1
Dave L	16.32	3
Phil	17.03	7
Sharlene	17.04	2
Penny	18.50	4
Roger	18.55	5
B Woods	19.09	6
Wendy	20.05	8

RACE 3
Feavers	16.18	3
Dave L	16.32	1
Roger	18.40	4
Penny	18.50	2
Phil	18.56	7
Wendy	20.14	5
B Woods	21.07	6

RACE 4
Feavers	14.35	1
Phil	14.42	2
Dave L	16.10	3
Penny	19.14	4
Roger	19.14	5
B Woods	19.41	6
Wendy	19.58	7

First Dinghy Races of 2020

Nice variable breeze from the South with S-East and S-West variations. Hot. Two boats racing for the first time; Phil in his MC Scow, and Craig C sailing the Bombardier.

RACE 1
Feavers	16.42	987	1
Roger	20.17	1066	2
Phil	20.59	1239	5
Patti	22.01	1157	4
Penny	22.16	1107	3
Craig C	25.20	1330	6

RACE 2
Feavers	22.07	1307	1
Phil	22.48	1346	3
Patti	25.11	1323	2
Penny	28.57	1439	4
Roger	29.08	1531	5
Craig C	33.24	1753	7
Cindy	33.20	1657	6

RACE 3
Feavers	12.19	728	2
Phil	13.06	774	6
Roger	14.03	738	3
Patti	14.07	742	4
Penny	14.30	721	1
Craig C	14.40	770	5
Cindy	17.01	846	7

Youth Intermediate Learn to Sail Course Added

We have added an intermediate level learn to sail course for young sailors. This course will include five afternoons (15 hours) of instruction on a diversity of single and double handed boats (Zest, Laser and Laser II). The course will run July 13 to 17 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Please contact our learn to sail coordinator Jean at (jean_trottierATme.com) for more information.

First Keel Boat Race of 2020

Saturday June 27th we had a lively wind gusting up to 15 knots from the South West (mostly!). Five keel boats were on the start line for the first race, plus a few dinghies out to practice. Unfortunately, Dave’s tiller broke when he was doing well in the first race, so he had to retire without finishing. The rest of the fleet had a good time rounding the marks as quickly as possible:

Race 1	Time	Corr. Time	Points
Feavers	28.10	17.24	1
Marcello	29.19	17.59	2
Ian	31.54	20.58	3
Allan C	37.15	22.02	4

RACE 2
Feavers	25.21	15.52	1
Marcello	28.16	16.96	2
Allan C	29.10	17.24	3
Ian	41.04	26.49	4

RACE 3
Feavers	26.12	16.04	1
Marcello	28.28	17.08	2
Allan C	32.30	19.21	3
Ian	34.24	22.19	4

2020 Races Can Begin this Weekend with a Revised Notice of Race

MSA has sanctioned our race program for 2020, so we can start racing this weekend.

We have been advised to adjust the wording of our Notice of Race in order to comply with provincial health regulations as they stand now. Therefore:

Starting immediately, and continuing until further notice, all FYC Notices of Race are amended to include the following:

All racers, volunteers and race management people must;

Pass the COVID-19 self-assessment test before coming to the club each day. https://sharedhealthmb.ca/covid19/screening-tool/ Anyone with COVID19 symptoms must not come to the club.
Ensure that the number of people congregating is less than 50.
Travel with individuals within their own household and jurisdiction.
Maintain social distancing (2 metres/6 feet). Avoid all physical contact.
Maintain good handwashing and respiratory hygiene
Minimize the number of people in the dock/launching/rigging/parking areas.
Not invite visitors/guests to the facilities.
Nothing to be shared. Everything must be provided by the individual. Avoid sharing tools or equipment. If shared disinfect affected tools after use.
Avoid the common courtesy of helping others with their lines or accepting help unless there is an immediate need to avoid injury or damage. Wash hands or use sanitizer after handling someone else’s boat or lines.
Responding to an incident on or off the water (sailor in the water/other injury) may cause the responsible person to come in physical contact with the sailor. As such participants should always have gloves, masks and hand sanitizer available to protect themselves, and sailors, should contact become necessary.
When required, wear gloves that can be washed after use or put aside for several days – do not put gloves in your pocket – virus can live on surfaces up to 7 days – wash hands after taking off the gloves.
Safety Boat and Committee Boat should be sanitized after every use;

These amendments to the rules replace the ones we published last week, and may change again quite quickly, based on advice MSA gets from public health. Watch our website for changes.

Yet another COVID19 notice!

Dear FYC Members

At this time, we are not sure how COVID-19 will affect our summer sailing season. FYC’s top priority is the health and safety of our members. We believe that exercise and outdoor activities are an important component to mental health, especially during a stressful time. The Club will follow all public health orders and recommendations.

We are monitoring the recommendations of Manitoba Health, the government of Canada, and the World Health Organization (WHO) and will keep you updated on how we might open and operate by implementing protocols that control the spread of the virus, keep us safe, and respect the health needs of permanent residents of the Whiteshell Park area. The most recent Sail Canada update urges that all member clubs close their boatyards to boat owners and sailors and suspend all activities. As we approach our opening date (May 16) we will post an update on whether, or how we can open the Club while respecting recommended protocols.

September Keelboat Race

After one postponement, we got some nice weather; a fairly gentle breeze, and five boats completed all three races. It was a relatively cool day, and we were glad to be warmly dressed and sailing keelboats.

Dave/Jean finished first overall, followed very closely by Al/Penny, with Charles, Marcello and Ian following farther behind.

We topped it off with the last BBQ of the season.

Commodore’s Cup 2019

We had worried that the weather would require postponing the Commodore’s Cup regatta due to rain, but on Saturday morning, the sun was shining and there was no lack of wind, instead there was some concern about the strength of the wind as we rigged our boats. 11 boats completed the first race in a brisk wind, enjoying bracing reaches and gybes. By the last race, four boats finished, hanging on through some violent gusts.
A big thank you to Brian K and Deb W for running the races on the water.

Commodore’s Cup Results:
Craig First
Sharlene Second
Mat Third

Rigging for Commodore's Cup — Rigging for Commodore’s Cup

August 17 & 18

Pretty quiet at the club August 17; many sailors away at the Lasers Masters regatta, and the wind not putting up much of a show, but sufficient breezes from the South – South west to set up a sausage course and run five races:

On Sunday a strong and gusty wind blowing from the West, and four boats headed out to the start line, but some parts broke, and in the end a few boats just zoomed around in the mighty wind.