Day 1, Canaccord Cup 2011

What a frustrating day it was indeed. We had a slightly smaller turnout this year for day one of the regatta. It was nice to welcome several new boats to the start line from various clubs throughout the Okanagan. The RC managed to get off 5 races today despite almost no wind conditions for much of Saturday. The breeze was very hard to figure out even for Kelowna standards. One boat could be floating with zero speed and get passed by another boat not 30 feet away doing 5 knots. If you were luck enough to catch a ride on a zephyr passing through it would quickly evaporate and leave you floating one again. Despite these very challenging conditions a few boats did manage to turn in very respectable performances today. Notably the J29, Ghost Rider, the Rocket 22 and the Antrim 27. As I write this on Sunday morning it looks like a nice breeze is building on the water right now so lets hope for a faster pace for day 2.