This year's Sea Cavalcade Thistle Race was smaller than expected due to skippers with other commitments, but the little fleet had a great time with light shifting winds changing with every race.
Three triangle races were run from Gibsons Harbour, around Protection Island, across to Soames Mark and back to Gibsons Harbour, with Ron Badley and crew on DandyLion being the easy winners of all three races.
The battle for second place was a very close match between Kim LaFave and crew on Aunt Ruby, Gary Bartrim and crew on GoHaywire and Greg Krolikowski and crew on Buluga shifting back and forth with every race. End results were DandyLion, followed by Aunt Ruby and GoHaywire in third.
"We are a small racing fleet [of seven] of trailerable one design 17 ft. Thistles that race in Porpoise Bay on Wednesday's from 3 to 7 p.m.," said event organizer Gary Bartrim. "We also participate in other weekend events on the Coast. We welcome crew and interested sailors. Used boats can be bought from $500 for a winter project to $3,000 for one in racing condition."
For more details, see www.thistleclass.com/ or call Bartrim at 604-886-4958 or 604-741-7948.
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