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For this the last race of the LTM Wednesday night series, the HYC race committee (Ron Harris and John Marten along with HYC bosun Patrick O’Brien) chose to set their course in between Parsons Pt. and the Oka Ferry. The wind was from the East at 8 to10 knots but lighten throughout the race. The conditions were very challenging with major windshifts happening on both side of the course near shore (sometimes simultaneously!)
2009 LTM Championship
Race 6 – July 8th
In the PHRF3 fleet, the Tanzer 22’s dominated the race. T22 Class stalwarts Chris Campbell’s Shigawac, Gene Leier’s SunTanz and Ken Barrieau’s Charisma had great starts and were near the lead at the first mark. Racing was close between the top 10 boats, all T-22’s! Reading the shifts was a big part of the second upwind leg and Shigawac and Patrice Delhaes’s Turbo did the best job to separate themselves from the rest of the fleet. They match-raced to the finish; Turbo getting in first a mere 8 second in front of Shigawac. Behind them, 13 seconds separated the next 3 boats! Pierre Marois’s Coquine was third, Ken Hodgson’s Sloop du Jour fourth and SunTanz fifth. Coquine’s third place was enough to secure the Class championships in front of Michael Laventure’s Knot a Clew and Annie Baribeau’s Tohu Bohu. There were 20 Tanzer 22 in the 24 boats fleet!
In the PHRF 2 fleet, the Niagara 26’s led the way! David Godin’s Wotan and Ross Tellier’s Red Coat had a match-race of their own for the fleet championships. Red Coat’s last race victory was not enough to close the point gap on Wotan who won the Class championships by finishing second in the last race. 11 boats participated in the series, 7 of them were Niagara 26!
In the PHRF 1-B fleet, the J Boats (22 and 24) were out in force! We had different race winner each race and in the end Ron Harris’ J22 Jazz took the fleet championship by half a point over Bernard LeDuc’s J22 Springbok with last race winner Lee Grant’s J24 Peacemaker in third.
In the PHRF 1-A fleet, the HYC Etchells were again in a class by themselves, Scott Lawrence’s Quill winning the last race to secure the fleet championship over Allan Gray’s Slim and Paul Laflamme’s Still Lost Boys.
Here are the overall results;
A total of 51 boats participated in the 6 race series!
PHRF 1-A (7 boats)
- Quill, Etchells, Scott Lawrence, HYC, 5 points
- Slim, Etchells, Allan Gray, HYC, 6 points
- Still Lost Boys, Etchells, Paul Laflamme, HYC, 9 points
PHRF 1-B (9 boats)
- Jazz, J22, Ron Harris, HYC, 4.5 points
- Sringbok, J22, Bernard LeDuc, HYC, 5 points
- Peacemaker, J24, Lee Grant, HYC, 7.5 points
PHRF 2 (11 boats)
- Wotan, Niagara 26, David Godin, CNDM, 12 points
- Red Coat, Niagara 26, Ross Tellier, HYC, 16 points
- Farouch, Niagara 26, Daniel Castonguay, CVL, 19 points
PHRF 3 (24 boats)
- Coquine, Tanzer 22, Pierre Marois, CVL, 5 points
- Knot a Clew, Tanzer 22, Michael Laventure, HYC, 12 points
- Tohu Bohu, Tanzer 22, Annie Baribeau, CVL, 16 points
Go to the Hudson Yacht Club website for the complete results.
by Pierre Marois
