The Spring Dinghy Regatta at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club this past weekend (May 5-6) turned out to be a great success for a couple of Comox Bay Sailing Club junior sailors.
Skipper Theo Truax and crewman Christopher Volkers led a very consistent regatta to a first-place finish in the Club 420 Class. This was the second regatta of the 2012 BC Sailing Circuit which draws over 100 competitors from the region including sailors from Alberta and Seattle.
Truax and Volkers placed third the weekend prior at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club; with their Victoria win comes a qualification for this year’s BC Summer Games, July 19-22 in Surrey.
Over the past four years the Comox Bay Sailing Club has expanded their sailing school programs for students starting as young as six through to adult and offering accredited Canadian Yachting Association programs.
The Victoria regatta was the club’s largest showing to date with 14 sailors representing the Comox Valley ranging in age from nine to 16. The club would like to acknowledge two of the sailing school’s founding fathers who recently passed away – John Dickson and Brian Stoutenburg. In their honour two of the club’s new 420 dinghies were dedicated in their name; “John’s Dream” and the boat sailed by Truax & Volkers in Victoria “Brian’s Ride.”
For more information on the club's history and programs see comoxbaysailingclub.ca or contact Courtenay Recreation to register.
– Comox Bay Sailing Club