Canadian SeaSpray Association

Snell Wins North Americans Congratulations to Don Snell for winning the 2019 North American Sea Spray Championship.  Congratulations also go to Richard Braul for second place and Rupert Holmes-Smith for third place finish.  There were 11 Sea Sprays competing but unfortunately no American competitors were present.  The races were hosted by the Osoyoos Sailing Club with good winds on Saturday and Sunday allowed for 10 races overall.  Friday being the sit on the beach day with only one race on that day.  It should be noted that Chris Scheuren a non-competitor won the Turkey award for attempting a long distance trip with a motor boat without a very necessary gas tank.  Outboard motors can run without a gas tank albeit for only five minutes.  Good thing they had oars in the boat!  There were a few capsizes but no rescues.   John Cormack was able to attend as race officer.  The usual format of running races from the fore deck on land was changed and the races were run from a MacGregor 26 rac...

FULL RESULTS CLICK HERE The 2019 SeaSpray North American Championships marks the end of the racing season for the class and while I haven't received the full results, I can announce that Don Snell has regained the NA Championship. Friday saw the usual dying wind conditions which meant only one race was completed and Saturday, once the direction stabilized, saw near perfect winds for SeaSpray racing and some very exciting racing. As soon as the full results are available, I will post them on this website. In the meantime, here are a few photos from Friday & Saturday. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE PHOTOS    

If you missed it in your email, I have attached the Notice of Race sent from Lake Osoyoos Sailing Club. Be sure to note the starting date for the Sea Spray NA is FRIDAY and runs through SUNDAY. CLICK HERE TO VIEW SeaSpray NA NOR 2019

REGATTA RESULTS Click here for full results of Prairie Wind Regatta The 2019 SeaSpray Nationals held at Lake Newell and hosted by the Newell Sailing Club went smoothly enough with fairly consistent light winds that enabled seven races.  It was a large regatta with light winds and close to 80 boats across several classes. [caption id="attachment_885" align="alignnone" width="4032"] L to R, Richard Braul 3rd, Hamish Ferguson 2nd and Don Snell 1st.[/caption] A fleet of 10 SeaSprays competed with the exception that one of the SeaSprays was really a Sol Cat.  Seven were from NSC, one from St. Mary's Sailing Club and one from Calgary.  In the photo from left to right, Richard Braul 3rd, Hamish Ferguson 2nd and Don Snell 1st.  The race results are posted in the attachment. TRAMP WOES On another topic, we found during this event that some of the competitors boats had trampoline problems, namely their tramps were pulling out from the extrusion.  I took the tim...