December 5, 2012

CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE FUNDING FULL-STRENGTH TEAM FOR TORONTO 2015
Pan American Games investment of $2.6M will ensure best team possible
 

TORONTO – Every Canadian athlete eligible to compete in the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games will be fully supported, thanks to a record funding injection to National Sport Federations (NSFs), the Canadian Olympic Committee announced today. The one-time $2.6 million boost will be divided between all summer NSFs with sports included in the Pan American Games program.

Every year Sail Canada and the Canadian Sailing Team invite sailing enthusiasts to participate in recognizing Canada's top competitive and recreational sailors, coaches, volunteers and events via the Sail Canada Annual Awards. The 2012 Sail Canada Awards nomination period closed on November 15th with a record number of nominations received! The 2012 Sail Canada Awards will be presented at the Sail Canada Rolex Sailor of the Year Awards on Saturday, January 19, 2013 in Toronto at The Carlu. Click here to purchase your tickets for this prestigious event!

Nominated Canadian Sailing Team members include Robert Davis, Nikola Girke, Zac Plavsic, Brenda Bowskill, John McRoberts and Stacie Louttit . CST coach Brian Todd and Olympic support staff Eric Holden are also nominated for awards.

For full details on the event, nominations and results visit Sail Canada via sailing.ca, The Canadian Sailing Team via canadiansailingteam.ca and the CST on Facebook.

Sail Canada would like to proudly announce the election of Canadian Sailing Team coach Brian Todd to the position of Vice President to the International Disabled Sailing Federation.

Brian comes from an extremely experienced position as a member of the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sailing teams having coached on numerous accounts in the Windsurfing, Laser, Radial, 2.4mR, Sonar and Skud fleets. Brian has also served as an esteemed committee member for the National Windsurfing committee, was a reliable Judge and Race officer, worked with and helped to develop CYA learn to sail programs and has been an active member at Clubs across Canada's east coast.

At the Canadian Yachting Association’s annual general meeting, which took place on Saturday, October 27th, a resolution to change the CYA’s name was considered by the representatives of the CYA membership.The original motion for Sailing Canada was modified to Sail Canada following a friendly amendment approved by the voting representatives. 

When the amended motion was put to the meeting, it was carried by an overwhelming majority.  The organization will now be known as Sail Canada / Voile Canada, a move that brings the 81 year old organization in line with most of the other Canadian national governing bodies in the sport.

This past weekend Sheboygan, Wisconsin was host to the 2012 US Finn Nationals from Thursday October 11 to Sunday, October 15th. Conditions were on the tougher side of fall sailing for this 35 boat fleet, with sunny but cold weather and 4-8 knots starting the regatta off. Friday saw more wind and tougher conditions for the fleet with big breeze and big sea's.The young guns battled against each other while the older members of the class started to drop out. The wind built to a sturdy 20 plus on Saturday, producing 8-10 foot swells and forcing all races to be called off. Back on course Sunday saw the conclusion of the regatta and winners announced. Canadian Olympic Finn sailor Greg Douglas took 2nd over all, with team mate Martin Robitaille two places behind him in 4th. Congrats to American Caleb Paine from San Diego on winning the regatta. Congrats also to Greg Douglas, who has moved up to 8th overall on the ISAF world rankings in the Finn Class – nice work Dougie! For full results check here and continue to follow the Canadian Sailing Team on Facebook and at canadiansailingteam.ca. Sail fast Canada!