Canadian SeaSpray Association

A short video from a few years ago featuring US SeaSpray sailor Jay Gardner's development of a wing sail. https://youtu.be/C_XRWhS7978

Trophy Upgrade Our venerable 1971 vintage trophy had a nice upgrade thanks to Michael Butler.  A new identical but larger bottom layer of the "cake" was added sometime over the last year by Michael. This trophy may take up a spot somewhere in Glenmore Sailboats shop hopefully close to the Canadian Nationals trophy which is a 1969 vintage trophy. A milestone of 50 event years will happen next year at the 2019 Canadian Nationals at a location yet to be determined.  The North American event milestone would happen two years later in 2021. We are still fortunate in that we can attract new competitors to our fleet and with the fixing up of a number of Seasprays to a more competitive level the racing has been a lot of fun. I hope over this fall and winter season you will consider putting a little bit of time into your boat and plan on attending some regattas over the next few years. Some Trip Highlights Here are a few personal highlights from the trip to the North American Regatta w...

This year's Seaspray North Americans at Big Lagoon, California was a success with 11 races sailed over three days.  The weather co-operated and provided a decent wind on Friday and lighter winds on Saturday and Sunday. [caption id="attachment_842" align="alignnone" width="3264"] L-R: Jay Gardner, Don Snell, Mike Butler[/caption] Congratulations to winner Mike Butler from Fort Bragg, California.  Corrected race results had Don Snell in second place and Jay Gardner in third.  There were four competitors from United States and three competitors from Canada.  Thanks to Mike Butler for providing the Seaspray fleet prizes.  Thanks also to all the competitors who made the effort to attend this event.  CLICK HERE FOR FULL RESULTS Many thanks to the Humboldt Yacht Club for hosting the regatta and giving the Seaspray fleet an extra day of racing over the regular Redwood Regatta.  The overall attendance was in the mid 30's for competitors with Hobie 16's...

PRAIRIE WIND REGATTA The Prairie Wind Regatta at Newell Sailing Club had seven SeaSprays competing with Richard Braul coming out on top, congratulations Richard.  A windy Saturday had the fleet on shore for the first race but out for the afternoon racing where two races were completed in fairly high gusting winds.  Sunday races were sailed in a more sedate wind and five races were completed.  The race results are part of the attachment (CLICK HERE TO VIEW) and the SeaSpray fleet was part of the bigger overall event with 63 competitors in total. It is always a bit intimidating launching a Seaspray into a direct on-shore wind of sometimes 20 knot plus gusts.  Once on the water however the boat is more controllable.   Newell can throw up some pretty big waves at times and it is always a lot of fun either steering the best way through the waves when beating or riding them when broad reaching on the down wind runs.  There were a few dramatic pitch poles and sometimes an occasional capsize ...