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Canada’s Cup Defender Trials Day 1 Report ~ Regatta Coverage
Day one of the Canada’s Cup 2011 Defender’s Trials finished with a tie after two races. Team Convexity won the first race with less than a 20 second lead and Team Heritage won the second race with a decisive 1:42 minute victory. For the play-by-play of the racing, make sure to check out our Sailing Updates Check out the Canada’s Cup 2011 Website for even more racing coverage from today with video summaries and tracking of the boats. Sail22’s photography gallery from the Canada’s Cup Defender’s Trial is now posted and will be added to throughout the event.
Canada’s Cup 2011 Regatta Coverage ~ Sailing Updates
Follow the Canada’s Cup 2011 Defender Trials starting today on Sail22’s Sailing Updates. We’re in Holland, Michigan at Macatawa Bay Yacht Club to cover this year’s Canada’s Cup. Racing starts today with Team Heritage helmed by Bob Hughes and Team Convexity helmed by Don Wilson, vying for the right to defend the United States against the Canadian challenger, Team Vincere next week. Sailing Updates will providing daily live race coverage with other media, including daily summary video clips being uploaded to the Canada’s Cup website. We’re looking forward to some great racing in this historic event!
Sail22 Gear
Some favorite Sail22 gear is back in stock! We’ve added the gear to our Always Happy Life online store while we toy with the idea of a separate Sail22 store. It’s nothing fancy, but it allows our clients to access certain products with free shipping in the USA. If you’re outside the USA and interested, please just send us an email and we’ll get you sorted.
Sail22 Hike Damn It! Technical ShirtsWe’ve even customized this for a few teams! These can be customized for an additional fee. They come in short sleeved and long sleeved in black or silver.
Sail22 Favorite Technical Hoodie We don’t leave home without these and once you have one, you won’t either. Sail22 large logo on the front and Always happy. Never satisfied.™ on the back. A great layering piece!
Sail22 Belt
Newly redesigned with our “Always happy. Never satisfied.™ ” motto.
Sail22 Gill Floppy Hat
Finally a floppy hat that fits well! Even more stylish with the Sail22 logo!
Sail22 Gill Technical UV Hat
A fast drying hat that is cool and light weight. We think that we improved the look by adding our Sail22 logo embroidered on the front.
Sail22 Gill Pro Visor
Ed’s a visor guy and pretty picky about them. He really likes this one and they look great with the Sail22 log on the front. We’ve heard they quickly become a favorite!
Andy Burdick Wins Back to Back C Scow Nationals!
This past weekend the Maxinkuckee Yacht Club in Culver, Indiana hosted the 2011 C Scow Nationals. Five raced were completed in the three day National Championship on beautiful Lake Maxinkuckee and the 55 teams thoroughly enjoyed the great waterfront facilities of the Culver Academies where the event was based out of. Andy Burdick and Chris Impens on Team M / I-45 did not lead the regatta until after the first race on Sunday. They clinched their victory with a bullet in the last race of the Nationals to take home the title. Burdick is a back to back winner of the C Scow Nationals, having won the 2010 event with crew, Jim Gluek. The 2011 C Scow Nationals were organized by Sail22. Mark roundings and details of the races can be found on SailingUpdates.com which covered the event and photos by Becky DaMore can be viewed at in the C Scow Nationals 2011 photo gallery.
Top 5 Finishers:
1 – I45 Andy Burdick/Chris Impens
2 – A 22 Jim Tews/Jenny Jaessing
3 – A14 Paul Reilly/Aaron Mann
4 – B18 Brian Brickler/Mike Tyriver
5 – B1 Will Haeger/Brad Roble
C Scow Nationals 2011 Photo Gallery
The C Scow Nationals 2011 hosted by the Maxinkuckee Yacht Club in Culver, Indiana started yesterday. It was a beautiful day on Lake Maxinkuckee, however the breeze waited until the late afternoon to fill. The Race Committee patiently waited and one race was completed in light air.
Photos from yesterday are now posted in the Sail22 photo galleries and can be found here. More will be added throughout the weekend.
