2013 Montreal Shark Regatta

This past week-end (15th June) at the 2013 Coupe de Quebec counter regatta, 22 sharks were present.

Saturday, glorious sunny day, the westerly wind made it really lively, strong and shifty, the race committee made the best of it with 4 great races,Saturday night dinner was great food but the party for most people did not last for long, every body felt the tiredness of a great windy day on the water.

 Sunday  first race was correctly cancelled half way as the wind totally died, after a some-what long wait, the wind reappeared from the north east as predicted, and 2 more races were run just in time before the 2 pm deadline, short starting lines made the starts quite challenging, the competition was very intense, 12 boats could  each have a top 5 final results, in the end Kevin Piper on Bedlam was the over all winner of the Quebec Shark  counter regatta, with the Nuisance team of PCYC, Carpentier, Bryant, Waldy, taking the Coupe de Quebec trophy as first Quebec boat.

As for myself, racing for the first time with Wife Suzanne and step Daughter Rebecca in a big event...... it was great even if Saturday wind was a bit much for our team and Sunday rain a bit too wet and cold.

we managed to round the first upwind leg first or second a couple of times only to see our lead evaporate, a little mistake here, a little slow tack or manoeuvre.... was enough to give the better and more seasoned team a window of opportunities, which they took with pleasure. An over early in race 2 put us last but we made it back nearly to mid fleet, with our great satisfaction.

All in all a great week-end and lots of fun.

Thanks to Chris Paynter and Tof Nichol-Griffith for running such a nice and smooth event,

Jin Frati

V.President C.S.C.A.