VARC 7 Website Relaunch 2013

Hard at work bringing you the latest in 4-K-S-B news from the headquarters of Div. 7 in the heart of downtown Vancouver.

 

Since our good friend Niko, who maintained the online presence of Div 7 moved on to greener pastures we have lacked a formal web presence.  Into the void I was thrust by 'Abrams'.  He said, "Campbell, your writing on sailing is pure poetry and brings tears to my eyes. I am in awe of what an accomplished sailor you are and need you to lead our web presence."  Or at least that is what I heard.  In the coming posts myself and Adam (See below) my junior copy boy, hope to revitalize this site with the latest and greatest DIv 7 news, thought and opinion. 



We welcome all contributors and look forward to your patronage and support.  To contribute please email: sailpunk@gmail.com 

Ladies and Gentleman - start your old school outboards / single cylinder diesels and Atomic Bomb's ..................... the 2012 racing season has officially begun !!!



Actual FCYC Race Committee Member

The 4KSB / Div 7 racing season has kicked off with a bang in 2012 - two spectacular races over back to back weekends in April.

Special visit from last years 3KSB Champ - "Fat Ernie"

First up we had the Fasle Creek YC / Blast Sailing Spring Regatta on April 21st. New to the Div 7 schedule this year it was touted to be a single day regatta with as many "round the cans" type races as possible - it certainly delivered on it's promise.

Stomping on J-109's never gets old !

The fleet motored out into a relatively calm morning but the trusty English Bay thermal came through in spades and we all enjoyed spectacular sun and breeze all day long. The big boats got 5 races in while the Div 7 fleet managed to sneak in 4 races in a single day.

Team Ed conducting pre race "preparation"  AKA - smashing beers

Mardy showing us his latest party trick

A little more that half the fleet out came for the opening race with -Sea Weasel, Surveyor, Salus and the Div 7 rookie -  Wade on his C&C 30, Silik rounding out the fleet along with Ed. Rob on Crystal Dolphin ended up catching the mother of all flu's the night before the regatta so he spent most of race dace no further than 15 ft from a bathroom at all times - tough luck bud.

"The New Guys"

Still messing with the J's

The racing was tight all day and the RC did a great job of setting up separate finish line so that they could keep rolling new race starts as other divisions were still finishing. We topped it off with a kick ass party back at the FCYC - other then the $26 jugs it was a spectacular night followed by an equally impressive hang over............All in all ......it just doesn't get much better !

Driving up a Beneteau First 50 - jsut another walk in the park.........

Spring Regatta Results 2012:
 

Boat Class SailNo Club HelmName Custom R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Nett ED Catalina 27 74341 WVYC Ty Abrams 215 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 4.0 Sea Weasel CS27 1425 VRC Tyler Campbell 221 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 10.0 10.0 Surveyor Catalina 27 74380 DCYC Mardy Grossman 215 4.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 13.0 13.0 Salus Ericson 27 19735 SLYC Edward Estabrook 232 3.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 13.0 13.0 Silik C&C 30 16617 Jericho Wade Harrogate 200 5.0 5.0 7.0 DNF 7.0 DNS 24.0 24.0 Crystal Dolphin C&C 26 74333 DCYC Robert Smith 221 7.0 DNC 7.0 DNC 7.0 DNC 7.0 DNC 28.0 28.0

The second call to arms for the 2012 season was only a week later. The WVYC Halibut bank / Popham island island race has always treated the Div 7 fleet well. Over the past few years we have had more than ample breeze - one boat who will remain unnamed but who's initials are SEA WEASEL actually had to medi-vac a crew member off Bowen island after a spectacular wipeout ! - ha ha.

This year the pre race banter was about the lack of for casted breeze ............ low and behold the fleet was rewarded with a solid outflow coming out of howe sound. Most of the Div 7 regulars were in attendance - 2011 season champ Dusty Mauch, perennial contender Crystal Dolphin, Big Ed and what I will now refer to as the "S-boats" Salus, Sea Weasel, Surveyor and Silik were on the line for a full speed reachy start just south of passage island. The fleet stayed pretty close together for most of the trip out to the mark off Popham island - Dusty and the Dolphin favoured a deeper course away from Bowen while the rest of the fleet worked the Bowen shore a bit closer.  Most boats had to quickly drop the kite and switch back to whites once they passed Roger Curtis and got back into the outflow 5 - 10 knot breeze that took them to the mark in a light spring drizzle

The Dolphin and the majority of the former BC place roof he calls a spinnaker was the first boat to round with Ed hot on his heels follow by Dusty, Surveyor and "the S boats" - the rip home was a combination of beating + reaching to try and stay out of the negative current and keep the old girls moving when the winds went light. Low and behold the fleet was treated to the "lift that kept on giving" as most boats stayed on port tack the whole way back to the finish line and were slowly and surely lifted up to pin end of the line. The boats that tacked back towards Bowen ( ahem - Dusty ) paid the ultimate price even though it seemed like the right move given the strong ebb coming out of Howe Sound.

All in all a great day on the water with decent breeze and a great fleet. Back at the club the Deep Cove crews along with crews from Ed and Dusty smashed a few cocktails and collected some swag from the WVYC - all the while the long course guys were still out working their way home.



Popham Island Results 2012

Boat	Class	SailNo	Club	HelmName	PHRF	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Points
ED	Catalina 27	74341	WVYC	Ty Abrams	215	150501	3:47:01	3:20:46	1.0
Crystal Dolphin	C&C 26	74333	DCYC	Robert Smith	221	151221	3:54:21	3:25:34	2.0
Surveyor	Catalina 27	74380	DCYC	Mardy Grossman	215	151526	3:57:26	3:29:59	3.0
Sea Weasel	CS27	1425	VRC	Tyler Campbell	221	151947	4:01:47	3:32:05	4.0
Dusty Mauch	Peterson 25	19967	WVYC / VRC	Edward Karadontis	221	152014	4:02:14	3:32:29	5.0
Salus	Ericson 27	19735	SLYC	Edward Estabrook	232	153148	4:13:48	3:39:23	6.0
Tarka	Pacehip - Chance 32	19579	WVYC	Hank Schut	205	162000	5:02:00	4:30:46	7.0
Silik	C&C 30	16617	Jericho	Wade Harrogate	200	163540	5:17:40	4:46:47	8.0

GPS Track of the Costa Concordia

The Div7 Christmas Party: A Time-Honoured Tradition

Tue Dec 13th, 19:30 @ VRC - Everyone's Invited 

Jug-o-Beer for the ugliest/tackiest Christmas sweater

Say "Hello" to EDNA

Sorry Boys, 
I’m gunna keep sending this stuff out to ya whether you like it or not
~  Ty

Fleet, say "hello" to Daylie Abrams, aka "EDNA", future Div7 regular and salty big bird extraordinaire..

VARC :: Fleet 7

The "Champ"

Email From: Grossman, Mardy
Sent: October-27-11 8:32 AM
To: VARC DIV 7
Subject: RE: FW: Over All Div 7 scoring

Gents,
From the last VARC Meeting…for the Awards Night they need the winners names to put them on the trophies. This could be interesting, they could use our results or they could use their own version. I suspect they would like to go with their results…in which case congrats to Ed on their brilliant 2011 win!!!

Mardy
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Reply From: Tyler Abrams

Ahh yes,


Our crushing defeat ! I will now refer to you all as “my people”. I would appreciate you referring to me as “the champ” or just “champ” in the event we are in a casual setting.

I would like to thank my sponsors, family, friends blah blah blah. Without them this wouldn’t have been possible. I’d like to thank Burrard Civic Marina for taking 4 grand away from me every year and shutting off all the water at the end of September.

I’d like to thank Catalina yachts for building my custom, one off racing machine. Don’t bother trying to find another one of those boy’s – it just not possible.

I’d like to thank BMW for their stickers – without them hanging on for almost ½ a race, I wouldn’t have been scored either. I’d also like to thank Karelo – without me registering for DCYC and Fraser lightship via their nifty paypal service I woulda been up shit creek without a paddle as well.

Ahhhh – it sure feels good when you take home all the hardware and you know deep down it’s because of your superior sailing skills and team work, not some totally obscure scoring discrepancy.

Until we meet again ………..
The Champ