Draft 2013 Racing Schedule

Have a look at the attached 2013 CDA Event Schedule.  2013 is shaping up to be a great season, with lots of racing action culminating with the World Championships in September.

A couple of key points:
1.  The RCYC Open has been moved from the second, to fourth, week of June.
2.  We are planning on having six Lipton Cup events this year, instead of last year's five, across four different venues: Three Lipton regattas at the RCYC, the OSGP at NSC, the National Event at NYC, and new for this year, we will hold the CDA Championships at CORK OCR in Kingston.
3.  Jason Lemieux and Andrew Yates are organizing training clinics throughout the summer.  If you are interested in participating to help defray costs, please get in touch. 
4.  Peter Hayward is planning a "Re-Measurement" at the RCYC on May 25/26 so CDA boats can be re-weighed and have their certificates updated to the new, lower weight limit that comes into effect on June 1st. All owners should plan to attend!
5.  There are numerous Worlds fundraising ride-along events scheduled for midweeks in July and early August - please plan to make your boats and skippers, (and GoPros!) available if you can.
6.  Check out the 2013 Worlds website for more info about the logistics, measurement, racing, and social schedule for the Worlds in September.

2012 CDA Awards Night

On Friday Oct 19th the Canadian I14 fleet hosted our nearly-annual awards night at the Crown and Beaver Pub at the RCYC.  Thanks to everyone for attending, and to the RCYC staff for taking care of us all night.

The Norman R Gooderham Trophy (third from right, second row), awarded to the RCYC Club Champion, was won by Andrew Yates and John Curtis.  2nd place was Gordon Cook and Christian Pavey, 3rd place was Scott Cuthbertson and Marco Koechli.  The Blue, Yellow, and Red RCYC plaques were also awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

The Fleet Captain's Cup (Immediately behind the 3 plaques, in front of the Gooderham Trophy) was awarded to the winner of the midweek series at the RCYC - no matter how you score it spring, summer, fall, or overall, this trophy was won by Peter Hayward and Marco Koechli.

The two Itchenor Trays were awarded to the winners of day 1 of the CDA Championships - one for the skipper, one for the crew.  This year's winners were Gordon Cook and Christian Pavey.

The Viscount Alexander of Tunis is awarded to the winner of the long distance race of the CDA Championships, or if no LD race is held, to the winner of the last race.  This year it was won by Chris Leigh and John Hudson, shown celebrating with it at right.

The Bob Davis Memorial Trophy is awarded to the top crew at the CDA Championships - won this year by Christian Pavey.  

The C.W. Bourke Trophy, for the winner of the CDA Championships was won by Christian Pavey and Gordon Cook, at left.

This year saw the awarding of a trophy that has been idle for many years - the British International 14 Foot Dinghy Team Tray, for a team race event competed for midsummer.  This year the winning team was Peter Hayward, Marco Koechli, Chris Leigh, and John Hudson.  We are planning to make a team-racing event an annual occurrence.  

The William Randolph Hearst Trophy has been awarded as the I14 North American Championships since 1976.  Congrats to this years winners Andrew Yates and John Curtis.

The Lipton Cup was awarded to the winner of the summer series, Peter Hayward and Marco Koechli.  In 2nd place was Chris Leigh and John Hudson, and 3rd was Doug McGhan and Matt Davidge.

Congrats Guys!

Thanks as always to Kara Johnson for taking great photos of the event.

UK Mainsail Proposal - The Results are In!

The results of UK Mainsail rule change proposal (see my previous post) are in.  The rule did not pass.  The UK fleet voted for the proposal - the Canadian, Australian, German, and American fleets voted against.

The CDA's votes were split the "against" outnumbering the "for" the proposed rule changes by about 3:1.  Many owners provided feedback - thanks for that - that I will try to summarize here.

Several in the "against" column did so to prevent an increase in costs, others voted on the basis of not wanting wind limits, saying we should not limit a competent RC and fleet from making a game-time decision.  There were also some expressions about adding more rules to an already complex fleet.  Those who voted "for" wanted to be able to make boats more sail-able, higher performing in a wider range of wind conditions.  There were also some mixed opinions - those who liked the mainsail changes, but not the wind limits, and vice versa, but didn't want the bad with the good.

Thanks again to everyone who voted.

-MS