Hall of Fame

The MSA is proud to announce that Kelly Hand of Carmen, Manitoba was selected to be one of the inductees into the Sport Manitoba Hall of Fame. Congratulations Kelly! The induction dinner will take place November 3rd at the Victoria Inn. The tickets are $125. Sport MB will issue a tax receipt for $90 with purchase of a ticket. Please let us know at sailing@sportmanitoba.ca if you would like to attend the induction dinner.

For those not familiar, Kelly is the daughter of past Northern Yacht Club member Chip Hand, and started sailing at a young age on her fathers C&C27 at the harbour.  Kelly is a past World Champion Laser sailor, and has won the Gold medal that the 1999 Pan Am Games as well as being a coach and mentor to many sailors participating is past internationl and olympic events.

The Craig & Ross Youth National Sailing Championships, hosted by the Gimli Yacht Club

The Craig & Ross Youth National Sailing Championships, hosted by the Gimli Yacht Club, was a great success and many compliments have been sent to the sailing office from people all over Canada! To quote a parent from Ontario: “This club offers so much space to leave and launch boats, the volunteers are friendly and organized and the meal service is spectacular. It puts CORK to shame” CORK (Canadian Olympic Regatta Kingston) is organized by many experienced volunteers at a full time office, so kudos to everybody at the Gimli YC for their commitment to make this the best event possible! It was a great team effort.

The on-water part of the regatta was covered by 61 volunteers (26 from Gimli YC, 8 from other clubs in Manitoba, 13 from out of province clubs, and 14 from the Cadets). The on-shore duties were covered by 32 volunteers from Gimli YC. The work of the kitchen crew and the grounds and equipment people was fantastic! The free gas was a nice touch and much appreciated by all coaches.

Last year, Sail West was nominated as Regatta of the Year, and many coaches from other provinces have already indicated that they will put forward for another nomination. Gimli Yacht Club can be proud of putting on such a great event that is being recognized as one of the best of the season!

We would like to thank all volunteers for dedicating their time, and we appreciate all the work you put in to making this event a success! We want to especially thank the co-chairs and all the committee chairs for the hard work they put into the planning and organizing of the event. If it weren’t for them, the event wouldn't have run as smoothly as it did. Congratulations!

Sgt. Dick Booth Saftey Race Results

1) Goliath
2) Raven
3) Black Knight
4) Borderline
5) Vindur

For Rum Party Next Year

Was thinking taking the gummy coke bottles and doing it with rum --- hmmm might just have to make a run to Bulk Barn!!

This video sums up how to make alcoholic gummy bears very nicely, but it fails to mention several things.
1) You can use various liquors and liqueurs of your choosing. It doesn’t much matter what you use. Our favorites are St. Germain, vodka, rum, and tequila.

2) The technique works with most other gummy products of the same consistency as gummy bears. This means you can make alcoholic gummy worms, alcoholic gummy coke bottles, gummy ANYTHING.

3) People will eat these gummy bears like it is their business, and they will get very drunk because they don’t keep track of how many they are eating.