Wabamun Sailing Club Founders Regatta June 8 & 9, 2024
Day 1 of the WSC Founders was COLD (high of 5°) and windy (15-20 knots). Frequent squalls drove near-freezing rain into grimacing faces. The biting cold worked its way through neoprene and fleece into sailor’s cores. Debbie and Greg set a high standard but Richard & Hein had layered up enough to outlast the rest of the fleet and build an unbeatable lead. Day two was also cool with single-digit temperatures and light, puffy, flippy-floppy winds. Debbie & Gregg duked it out with Ken & Fraser all morning, then a confusing abandonment drove most to shore. It was great to have Roy Tichkowsky’s sleek boat return, well-sailed by son Ian and nephew Neil. The youthful enthusiasm of accomplished sailors and new Fireball owners David & Wojciech was infectious, as they prepared and raced Roy’s much older wooden boat. This well-run regatta gave us great sailing and some fun social time! Photo credits to Fred Hadley.
1st | 14481 | Richard Quinlan Hein Cuppen | CYC & SMSC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 DNC | 18 | 12 |
2nd | 14766 | Debbie Kirkby Gregg Ferguson | GSC | 1 | 6 DNC | 6 DNC | 6 DNC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 16 |
3rd | 15033 | Ken Tichkowsky Fraser Keith | WSC | 3 | 2 | 6 DNC | 6 DNC | 2 | 2 | 6 DNC | 27 | 21 |
4th | 14480 | Neil Tichkowsky Ian Tichkowsky | GSC & WSC | 6 DNC | 3 | 6 DNC | 6 DNC | 4 | 3 | 6 DNC | 34 | 28 |
5th | 12934 | David Sorensen Wojciech Drobina | WSC | 6 DNC | 6 DNC | 6 DNC | 6 DNC | 5 | 5 | 6 DNC | 40 | 34 |