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February 28th Fleet Captain's Dinner, Viennese Masked Ball, and “Life Member” Recognitions

Cocktails at 6pm - Dinner at 7pm
Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, Saturday February 28

Hello everyone,

Please find below the invitation, registration, payment, and meal choice information re the upcoming M242 Fleet Captain Dinner (and a very very short AGM) at Royal Vancouver Yacht Club where in addition to awarding prizes to the winners of last year's events, we will also for the first time be recognizing 5 Life Members of M242 Fleet One for their major contributions to the Class going back to 1981.


Don & Annabelle Martin, Ray & Annie Parsons, and Craig Strand have all confirmed they'll attend and be recognized as the inaugural Life Members, and there will be more Fleet 1 Life Members recognized at future Fleet Captain Dinners.


In addition we’ve got the Commodores of RVYC (Don Vick) and KYC (Rob Varnel) and their wives (Randi, Carmen, respectively) attending, and are waiting for confirmations from the RVYC Vice Commodore (Paul Harper) and Fleet Captain (Andrew Allan), both of whom are very interested in attending.





Trophies & Prizes!!   Music & Dancing!!

Life Member Awards to Longtime M242ers

Break out your Masks, Dresses & Tuxedos!

Viennese Masks will be provided to all attendees, but if you have your own existing favorite(s) feel free to bring it along.

$75 (Tax & Tip already included) - 3 Course Meal

Choose Steak, Wild Salmon or Vegetarian
*Let us know of any allergies


To Register:

1. Send an e-transfer to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
2. Send an email to the same address with your name(s) and dinner choice(s)



SOLD - 9th boat of 2025 to change hands and the 87th in ~9 years - Vancouver, BC (listed for CDN$10,000): Blue Fish, hull #14, from Dave Cramb to Matthew Henry and Lily Hope of Victoria, BC on November 29. Dave wanted the boat to be bought by active racers in the Class, which has been accomplished.

With a blue hull, Blue Fish came with a lighter-weight road and yard trailer, and a mostly-completed Measurement Certificate. The boat weighed in at about 100 pounds light and the keel and rudder were both grandfathered.

Matt and Lily are both experienced racers and are coaches with the Pacific Sea Cadet Sail Team. They are members at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club where the boat will be kept going forward, joining 10 other 242's, a new high at Royal Vic. 

Welcome to the Regional Fleet, Matt & Lily!
 
Photo: Matt, Lily, and Dave


The Mast & Boom Project is moving along through the various stages, and Stewart Jones at Pro-Tech Yacht Services in North Vancouver is in the process of building two complete test masts that should be finished by year-end. We’ve lined up a few people to test them in Vancouver and Victoria once they are ready, and when enough testing in racing conditions has been completed a 3rd test mast will be produced with any required design tweaks. The test masts will then go up for sale at greatly discounted rates.

We launched the money-raising campaign for the Production stage in late 2023, and tubes are selling fast: 44 out of 90 have been sold or allocated already and we have about CDN$26,400 in the bank to pay for the test tubes, some tooling, and the final Production Run in the summer of 2026.

If you place an order for one or two test tubes before December 31st, 2025, each tube will cost CDN$500 (plus a $50 storage fee if required). This is rock-bottom pricing.

Starting January 1st the price for 2 tubes goes up to CDN$1250 plus $100 storage, and in 2027 the base price will rise to CDN$1350, and in 2028 it will go to CDN$1450.

These prices are still far below regular commercial rates, so pre-order your tubes now and either take delivery or pay a nominal storage fee for the next 5 years.

Contact Michael Clements at 778-968-1713 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with orders or questions.