Kona racing in Trois-Rivières, Québec

Friday, June 22, I hit the road towards Club Multivoile in Trois-Rivières for the East Coast Championship. Going by myself but my friend Denis will be there and Andrée Gauthier from Toronto and a few others that I met along the way windsurfing.

What a great weekend we had! Fourteen Kona racers! We did 4 races each day, Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, the wind was gusty and irregular but it changed direction for Sunday and was pretty steady. Just my strength of wind too! Saturday I had two 7th and two 8th but Sunday brought one 8th then two 5th and another 8th. I could not believe those 5th. I was right behind the best in our group! I ended up with a bronze medal in the women's division. I finished 7th overall. My fellow Ontarians and I did pretty well overall.

Club Multivoile is also the site of the 2013 World Kona Championship so that was a good practice race for us. We will be back next year! Thank you Dominique Vallée and her army of volunteers for organizing a great weekend on the water. 

Photo of the site (Denis sailing).

Summer 2012 Kona Racing

Last week (May 23) was our first Wednesday night racing at the Britannia Yacht Club. I use my Kona equipment even if I have trouble keeping up with the guys on bigger sails. At least I'm out there! Saturday, May 26, we hosted the first Ontario Sailing race of the 2012 season. We had 6 racers in the open class and 7 in the Kona class. The day was sunny, temperature comfortable and light winds. We managed to do 5 races. The results are compiled on the Kona Website on this page.

This is me pursuing Tom Mae!

The three eternal opponents - Suzanne, Stephanie Todd and Andrée Gauthier now all on Konas.