Our Sailors

CYA Youth National Championship
Regatta report by Minette Murphy and Henry Machum

 

The RNSYS Race teams have just returned from a very successful Canadian Youth Championship. In the 420 fleet, Julien Fougere and Henry Machum received first place, Minette Murphy and Andrew Burns right behind them in second place and Dee Osmond and Taylor Shaw placed sixth. Over in the Laser fleet, Cole Rice placed first in the Radials, while Fraser Wells managed second in the Full rig fleet. Julien and Henry have qualified for the 2011 i420 Youth worlds in Croatia, and Fraser has qualified for the 2011 Canadian Youth Team. Head Race coach Agustin Ferrario says, “Results show that RNSYS has turned into one of the leading clubs in youth sailing among Canada, but what I’m really happy for is the excellent learning experience our teams had during the regatta. Our sailors are used to ocean conditions, and were challenged by the tough fresh water sailing conditions on the Ottawa River.” The weather was quite unpredictable over the course of the four days long event, but the wind was mostly light and there were several thunder showers. Our team showed their skills in the challenging conditions, and were rewarded with the good results. RNSYS sent 15 sailors, with 9 lasers and 3 420’s. Our coaches Agustin Ferrario, Peter Norman and Peter Soosalu did an amazing job and we want to thank them so much. We also want to thank our club for all the support they are providing to youth sailing as well as the parents, especially those who drove the trailers and us to Ottawa and chaperoned the event. Our race teams will keep representing RNSYS in more events during this summer. The lasers are looking forward to some good racing at Milwaukee for the laser US nationals, and the 420’s are getting ready for CORK in Kingston! See you on the water!
 
Minette Murphy – RNSYS 420 team
Henry Machum- RNSYS 420 team

for more information on the CYA Youth Nationals click here: http://www.sailing.ca/features/youth_nationals_u19_championships_get_underway_august_1/

COAST & RNSYS Opti Sailors

We are at the New England Championships with 7 sailors.  The fleet has over 370 Opti's racing in it.
 
After the first day of completing 4 races, we have Allison Surrette in 15th place, Max Flinn in 18th, Luke Ruitenberg in 27th, Jeremy Fraser in 44th, Christian Grantmyre in 57th, Alexander Sapp in 148th, and Lauren Sullivan in 161st..
 
The breeze was SW 10 to 15 knots with gust to 23.  It was a spectacular day for racing and our team did very well.  They are well positioned to improve their standings over the next two days.  racing continues through Thursday.
 
The website for results is the following:  http://www.sailnewport.org/npt/m/_general/2009optineresults.asp
 
Good luck sailors!

RNSYS at 420 North Americans

This was a great regatta and we were the only team representing Canada, so very proud of it! The sailing conditions were very tough during the first days since the wind was not present. However, we had 14 races and some of them in great wind! This was a great experience for our team since it was an opportunity to test our level with the best sailors in North America. Our final conclusion is that our level is better than what we expected and our sailors are some of the fastest in the fleet. We learned that although our team is very fast, we don't have enough experience racing and starting with big fleets.

With 110 boats competing the final results for our team were Ted Murphy & Peter Soosalu in 8th place, Julien Fougere & Henry Machum in 36th place and Minette Murphy & Andrew Burns in 57th place.

Highlights of the regatta:

Julien Fougere and Henry Machum passing 23 boats on a extreme reach!

Minette Murphy and Andrew Burns passing 18 boats on an upwind!

Ted Murphy and Peter Soosalu  comming back from 26th and winning the race with pure boat speed and skills!

Our next event is the CYA Youth Nationals in Ottawa where the fleet will not be as big as strong but the sailing conditions promise to be very challenging!

Fair winds to all.

Agustin Ferrario
Head Race Coach, RNSYS

(Above: the team at 420 North Americans)

Congratulations to RNSYS member Ted Murphy and Pete Soosalu who finished 8th at the 420 North Americans.

36th - Julien Fougere & Henry Machum
57th - Minette Murphy & Andrew Burns (JR)

Congratulations to all our competitors!

http://www.bbyc.net/Results/show.php?rgtID=193

Congratulations to RNSYS sailor Paul Tingley for his 4th overall finish at the IFDS Worlds!!  Coach Brian Todd claims this is the strongest 2.4 meter fleet he had ever seen at the IFDS Worlds with 47 boats from 22 countries.  Paul was tied for 3rd but did not win the tiebreak.  For additional results visit http://ifdsworlds2010.com/

Congratulations Paul... The RNSYS members are proud!

Congratulations RNSYS sailor Lisa Ross on her recent 17th overall finish at the 2010 Laser Worlds!!  Great Job Lisa... we are all proud.

For more information on the completed regatta please visit http://www.laserworlds2010.co.uk/radial

At the recently held European Laser Chamionships RNSYS sailor Lisa Ross finished 19th... Congratulations Lisa!

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Squadron Members competed in the U.S. 470 Nationals...

Congratulations Oliver Bone (2nd)... Jono Reid & Ted Skiffington (7th)... Ted Murphy (8th).
Click here for photos!

Congratulations sailors and coach Agustin Ferrario!

Team Reid/Skiffington

We are Squadron members Jono Reid and Ted Skiffington and we will be representing RNSYS over the next two years in our bid for the 2012, London Olympic Games in the International 470 Class. We have been sailing together for 4 years successfully in the International Youth 29er Class attending European and World Championships as well as winning Gold at the 2009 Canada Summer Games in Prince Edward Island last summer.

The road to the Olympics is long and events this summer, for the team, include the U.S. Nationals, the 470 World Championships, and Sail for Gold which is held at the Olympic regatta site and is the last stop on the ISAF World Cup circuit.

We would like to thank RNSYS for its continued support and plan to keep Squadron members informed about the team regularly through the Lifeline newsletter. In addition, we would like to make special mention of Jesse Surette at Bosun Yacht Works who took time out of his schedule to speed finish the hull in time for the U.S. Nationals. If you would like to find out more information about the team you can do so at www.teamreidskiffington.com.

Our Olympians

Lisa Ross

Lisa began sailing at the Lunenburg Yacht Club at 8 years old and spent every summer of her childhood since then at the club and on boats.  Her first regatta was the NS Provincial 13 and under champs where she finished 2^nd and was hooked on racing. At the age of 15, she got her first laser radial and raced this boat throughout high school winning the Canadian 18 and under Championships, representing Canada at the Youth World Championships and the Pan American Games all as a youth sailor.

Lisa attended the University of British Columbia where she graduated with a B.Sc. in Marine Biology. During university, Lisa played women’s CIAU rugby and coached sailing during the spring, fall and summers. 

In 2001 Lisa teamed up with Deirdre Crampton and in 2002 with Chantal Leger and they started their quest to represent Canada at the Olympics in the Women’s Keelboat, the Yngling.  They met their goals and competed for Canada in Athens in 2004.

In 2005, Lisa returned to the Laser Radial, which was named as the Women’s One Person Dinghy for the Beijing Olympics.  Along with the move back to a single-handed boat, Lisa began working with the Nova Scotia Provincial Sailing Team in 2005 as coach and is currently the High Performance Director for the team. She has been the top ranked Laser Radial member of the Canadian National Sailing Team since 2005 and has just recently won the Olympic Trials earning her the spot to be the Canadian representative at the Olympics in Beijing in August 2008.  She is currently training hard in Nova Scotia and competing in the World Cup circuit in preparation for the Olympics where she hopes to be the first Canadian women to bring home a medal for Canada in sailing.

Oliver Bone

Since the age of seven, Oliver Bone has been tempting the waters with his passion for sailing. Eight years later, in August 2000, saw him competing with then teammate Patrick Littee and winning the Canadian Olympic Regatta in Kingston (CORK). With that win he went on to place first in the North American Circuit on the Laser II (a precursor to the 470). At this point it was obvious that Oliver was of Olympic quality. In 2001, Oliver and his Laser II teammate began training on the Olympic 470 boat. Oliver’s team was invited to participate in an intensive training camp with the then Canadian National 470 team that summer. At the time Oliver was considered one of the best 470 skippers in Canada. After a year of training, Oliver’s teammate decided to pursue other venues. Oliver considered sailing solo when he received an offer to join Stephane Locas who was also an established 470 skipper. Oliver gladly accepted the offer and started his journey to realize his Olympic dream.

Oliver is not only concerned with advancing his own skill but also feels passionately about giving back to the community. On an ongoing basis Oliver coaches Canada’s up and coming Olympic hopefuls with the skills one can only acquire through international achievement. Amongst his busy training and eventing schedule, Oliver has established a camp solely for women who he will be coaching personally this summer. He also developed a program where junior sailors will be able to have the opportunity to test their skills on the senior member’s large boats. As president of the 470 sailing class, Oliver organized the national qualifier regattas, training camps and established regattas throughout Canada. Oliver looks to raise not only himself to high levels but wants to give opportunity to those around him. His current project, which recently has been put on the shelve do to time restraints

Paul Tingley

Sporting Accomplishments

2004 Paralympian, (Athens)

Bronze Medalist, 2000 Paralympic Games (Sydney)

Gold Medalist, 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing)

Paul started sailing when he was ten years old and has competed since 1995. As a member of the Canadian Paralympic Sailing Team, he has participated in several international competitions, including the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. For the past 10 years, he has competed in national and international championships winning a World Championship competition in 2001. Paul has switched to single handed sailboats.