Note: Fleet flag for coached fleet is red, Fleet flag for non coached  fleet is yellow.

Amendment to Sailing Instructions May 7, 2019 – Time limit is increased to 90 minutes for both fleets.

schedule 2019

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS 2019

Race Results

May Series Coached 2019

May Series Non Coached 2019

Jun Series Coached 2019

Jun Series NonCoached 2019

 

 

2019 WOMEN’S REGATTA AT WEST KELOWNA YACHT CLUB:

Hello sailor chicks!

We are getting super excited about the regatta on July 12-14…and want to ask for your help in getting our numbers figured out in advance! Please register ASAP you can pay at the event, but get registered now!!!

The West Kelowna Yacht Club is a very welcoming and fun environment to have our regatta, however because of logistics, you will need to get your request for moorage in right away…

email Al Stewart offpisteal@gmail.com with the following information:

1. Boat owner name, contact info ( phone & email )
2. Boat type, boat name and sail #
3. Copy of insurance
4. Club affiliation -please remember to notify your hoe club if your slip will be empty.

Friday night is the WKYC regular pub night, I have attached the menu.

In order to make sure they have enough food to sell our hungry sailors, please order before July 4th…the yacht club volunteers would greatly appreciate this.

Please be patient on Friday with the food, be prepared to kick back and relax.

If you get hangry, come see me or Christine and we will have a granola bar for you!

There will also be an open jam session Friday night…so bring you musical instruments and singing voice 🙂

Below are the documents please fill them in and get them back to us. If you have further questions please send us an email at rwcastle@hotmail.com .

Cheers, and a big thank you from the volunteers and organizers of the OWR 2019!

Robin Castle rwcastle@hotmail.com

2019 Women’s Regatta NOTICE OF RACE

Regatta Participant Waiver 2019 Okanagan Women’s Regatta

Registration Form 2019 Women’s Regatta

2019 Women’s Regatta Friday night pub menu

 

“Valley Girls” Vernon Yacht Club’s Weekly Women’s Sailboat Racing Series

2018 Women Windup

Coached fleet MAY 2018

Non coached Fleet May 2018

Coached fleet June 2018

Non coached Fleet June 2018

Coached fleet Overall

Non coached overall

WOMEN Weekly Windup 2017

Women’s Overall 2017

Women’s Series B 2017

Women’s Series A 2017

 

Pictures by Jim Dillabough

Previous Year’s winners

Year	525 Fleet	PHRF Fleet	Coached Fleet	Host Club
2008	Shazam (G. Hayward)	Spoiler (Liz Balderston)		VYC
2009		Goldmember (G. Hayward)	Le Papillon (j. Hildebrand)	WKYC
2010	Contagious (G. Thomson)		The Factor (T. Delorme)	PYC
2011	Ion (L. Balderston)	Ayesha (C. Craske)	Woohoo (A. Kaczmarek)	VYC
2012	Contagious (G. Thomson)	Ghostrider (K. Hardisty)	Fitzcaraldo (B. Hahn)	SYC
2013	—–(no fleet)	Contagious (G. Thomson)	Rocket Therapy (S. Tombe)	WKYC
2014	Captivator (C. Craske)	Ghostrider (K. Hardisty)	Rocket Therapy (S. Tombe)	WKYC
2015	Captivator (C. Craske)	Dauntless (S. Morris Probert)	Mystique (C. Laplante)	WKYC
2016	Shazam ( T. Lindsay)	Corona Bob (S. Ruuska)	The Factor (M. Sharpe)	WKYC
2017	—–(no fleet)	Wy Wurrie (M. Hales)	Ayesha (C. Appleby)	VYC
2018	—–(no fleet)	Contagious (G. Thomson)	Freedom	KYC

History:  In 2007 the Kelowna Yacht club hosted the Canadian National Keelboat Regatta. The support for the sport was so overwhelming that it was decided to hold a women’s only regatta annually in the Okanagan Valley and that was the start of the women’s sailboat racing in this area.  During May and June, women sailors race weekly at their receptive clubs to hone their skills and have FUN! Then we meet at the regatta to test our skills.  Vernon Yacht Club held the first Okanagan Women’s Regatta in 2008, hosted it again in 2011 and  July  2017.

We have two fleets – mentored/coached and non-mentored/non coached. In the non coached fleet, only women are on board. In the coached fleet, there is a coach aboard (male or female) BUT the coach cannot touch anything unless it is an emergency.  The coach gives advice, instruction and verbal help BUT does not trim, adjust, etc. Currently we have six boats – 4 coached and 2 non-coached – and we always are looking to increase our numbers.

Crew placement: Each boat has approximately 4 crew members on board plus in the case  of the coached fleet, a coach. Positions are generally, but not restricted to:

            Driver;  Mainsheet trimmer; Genoa trimmer; Bow 

If you are interested in joining us and have a boat, welcome – we will help you put a team together.  If you are interested and do not have a boat, we will put you on the list along with your qualifications.  This list is then circulated to the boats and if they have an opening, you may get a call.  We are always looking for spares, so don’t despair if you are not invited to join a team right away, we may give you a call to fill in for a night and that might lead to a permanent position.

 Need more info? Contact Carol at 250 542-5644 or vycsailing@yahoo.ca

Okanagan Women’s Sailing Regatta Archives:

OWR2017 Windup

OWR 2017 results:

Coached Fleet Results

Non Coached Fleet Results

2016 Wrap

Vernon Women Shine at OWR2015

Okanagan Women Sailing Website and Regatta Info

Okanagan Women’s Racing History

In 2007, the Canadian Yachting Association held the Canadian Women Keelboat Championship at Kelowna Yacht Club. The women of VYC became involved and practiced intently until six boats were ready to compete in a field of 22 boats.  Although Vernon sailors didn’t make the top three positions, the event ignited a desire within the women of the Okanagan to continue to foster this competitive fever so it was decided that VYC would hold the first Annual Okanagan Women’s Regatta in the summer of 2008.

After that the event moved to West Kelowna, Penticton and Summerland before finding a permanent home at the West Kelowna Yacht Club. Interest in racing dwindled in Vernon but this past year, we were able to rekindle the fever for the 2015 OWR. In 2017, the regatta was again moved to Vernon then KYC in 2018 but rumor has it, it will be returning to WKYC in 2019.