This weekend July 22-23 the Canadian Snipe championships took place at Guelph lake. With 13 boats on the starting line in total, this is the largest fleet of snipes that guelph lake has seen in over a decade. This fleet was achieved through a strong turnout of our local fleet 877 and our good friend John Dentinger from Rochester NY and new fried Juan Carlos who made the drive from Montreal QC. Day 1 Saw 6 races run down at the far end of the lake where it is bigger with a moderate breeze of 10 knots gusting to 14 even with the usual big Guelph lake shifts. Day 2 saw a light breeze of 5 to 8 knots that built to about 12 throughout the day. Races were held around the corner of the lake from the club down by the dam where 3 races were run to end the series. In the end, Harri Palm with Stacey Hatlelid as crew edged out Julian and Oliver Inglis for first place by 1 point and took home the Leckie trophy. Juan Carlos and his crew Ignacio rounded out the podium in 3rd place. Lucas Conrad and crew Mason McGrath came in 7th place overall and first in the Junior division to take the Howie Richards trophy home. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped prepare the food, get the RC boats ready in the mornings, and assisted with parking dollies. And a big thank you to our PRO Andrew who has been supporting GCBC and SCIRA Canada with all our regattas this year we could not have done it without you.
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