The 2011 Moose Regatta will be held June 24-26 at Sandy Beach Park on Wabigoon Lake in Dryden, Ontario. Practice day Friday, with racing Saturday & Sunday. We are now part of the US Windsurfing National Race Tour so very excited about that news!
Even more excitement planned for this years event. More news to come in the next month so stay tuned!!
Good winds,
Woody – CAN757
CANADIAN MASTERS MEN’S DIVISION ENDS IN CLOSE COMPETITION
Dryden – August 9th, 2010 – Although the wind was not always on the side of the competitors at the 2010 Canadian Masters CAN-AM Challenge, the almost three-thousand spectators sure enjoyed the weather! Sixty-five (65) competitors from across Canada and the USA participated in the successfully run three-day event held at Sandy Beach Recreational Park in Dryden, ON. Nine (9) of fifteen (15) races were held over the course of the weekend with good representation from silver, gold and junior fleets.
Overall men’s Masters Champion was Andy Gratton USA3 from Fond du Lac, WI was tied overall in points with Nick Cox CAN32 from Ottawa, but was edged out by earning more first place finishes over the course of the competition. Andree Gauthier CAN83 from Toronto won the women’s Master Championship with a total of 213 points. Daniel Muller CAN87 from Thunder Bay was the overall winner in the Junior fleet.
Other notables were local sailors Darren Kennedy CAN19 from Dryden who raced to earn a 2nd place finish in the Apprentice Masters category and landed up in 10th overall in the men’s competition. Margot Woodworth GER17, also residing in Dryden, topped the women’s Silver fleet.
Congratulations’ goes out to TEAM USA who won the CAN-AM competition by a mere 16 points using a high point scoring system. TEAM USA 1,070 points versus TEAM CAN 1,054 points.
“All of the competitors were very impressed with Dryden as a host community, the infrastructure improvements at the beach and the portable equipment at the venue contributed to the overall success of this national event. Dryden should be extremely proud of how it was able to coordinate its volunteers, sponsors and City departments”, stated Brad Woodworth, a.k.a Woody.
CAN757 Phantom380
Well the snow is on the ground now here in Canada, which means the windsurfing season has almost come to an end. It’s always a sad time of year when you have to put the gear away, and for us this season, it also included our sailboat which we happened to have spent alot of time on the water with this past year. More gear it seems every year, but, more gear always makes for more memories.
A few years ago, a group of us had decided to get a yearly “last sail” in on Nov.11, a national holiday here in Canada called “Remembrance Day“. Remembrance Day is a day of tribute to our fallen Canadian soldiers that have given there lives for country, and freedom as we know it today. We also use this day to remember the season that has passed, and how we charished the moments on the water together. Together in harmony of friendship, wind and water.
Our thoughts will soon turn to snowkiting, watching the kids whip around the lake on the snowmobile, sliding down the hill on the GT snow racer, and warming up in the ice shack. Good times can be had in every season of the year, you just have to make it happen.
Be sure to take the time for remembrance…
