RVYC One Design Boat of the Year
Too Wicked was announced on Thursday night at the RVYC Awards Dinner as the "RVYC One Design Boat of the Year" (the Albert Austin Trophy).
This was a pleasant but welcome surprise for the team. It's the 6th time in 13 years that Too Wicked have won this distinctive award. Phil Cragg & team on Back in Black have won it 4 times in the past 7 years, so they've had a good run also.
Too Wicked's results this year were:
- Fleet One Champions
- 1st Fleet One In-Bay Series
- 1st Fleet One Out-of-Bay Series
- 1st Gibsons Regatta (M242)
- 1st Kitsilano Invitational Regatta & BC M242 Champions
- 1st Thermopylae Regatta (M242)
- 1st Gray Creek Regatta (Nelson, BC, Tactician, M242)
- 2nd North American M242 Championships
- 2nd RVYC Fleet Championships
- 2nd RVYC One Design Series
- 2nd Wednesday Night Series
- 2nd Lawrance Cup Race
- 2nd Westsound Spring Regatta (Orcas Island, Tactician)
2024 RVYC boat of the year Too Wicked, left-right: Adrienne Mennell, Michael Clements, Aubrey Mayer (RVYC Sailing Director and High Performance Manager), Fred Stearman (RVYC Captain - Fleet)
Back in Black 1st Wed Nights, left-right: John Baker, Phil Cragg, Randy Vogel
left-right: Michael Clements, John Baker, Philip Cragg, Alison Cimszko (photo by Adrienne Mennell)
hardware!
hardware!
The M242 Fleet One Fleet Captains dinner was held on October 18 at RVYC and it was a great success! During this awards ceremony we recognized exceptional sailing talent, skills improvement, best helmswoman, and volunteer contributions, among others, and shared anecdotes from some of the season's highlights. The M242 Fleet One Fleet Captains dinner was held on October 18 at RVYC and it was a great success! During this awards ceremony we recognized exceptional sailing talent, skills improvement, best helmswoman, and volunteer contributions, among others, and shared anecdotes from some of the season's highlights. Trophies were issued to the winners including beautiful M242 duffle bags hand-made by Matt Alexander from a M242 jib!
Thanks to our generous sponsors we had raffle prizes throughout the evening, including a grand prize, inflatable SUP from Rekord Marine/Victory Products. A big thank you to our sponsors, Rekord Marine/Victory products, Martin Marine, Protech Yacht Services, Dometic Outdoor, Capilano Rock & Gem, Ullman Sails, and contributions from fleet members. We look forward to seeing everyone out racing next season!
SOLD - #27 Blowout
Johnty Wang bought hull #27 Blowout from Frank Rogers on October 13. Johnty has done some crewing on Blowout, and will be building up experience to race in the future. For now he plans to focus on learning the boat and crewing with others.
Congratulations Johnty!
Johnty Wang bought hull #27 Blowout from Frank Rogers on October 13. Johnty has done some crewing on Blowout, and will be building up experience to race in the future. For now he plans to focus on learning the boat and crewing with others.
Congratulations Johnty!
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