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.

1st14481Richard Quinlan Hein CuppenCYC & SMSC2111346 DNC1812
2nd14766Debbie Kirkby 
Gregg Ferguson
GSC16 DNC6 DNC6 DNC1112216
3rd15033Ken Tichkowsky Fraser Keith

WSC326 DNC6 DNC226 DNC2721
4th14480Neil Tichkowsky  Ian TichkowskyGSC & WSC6 DNC36 DNC6 DNC436 DNC3428
5th12934David Sorensen 
Wojciech Drobina
WSC6 DNC6 DNC6 DNC6 DNC556 DNC4034