No racing in the final day due to light winds, which is hard to believe for windy Weymouth. John and I raced consistantly this week and just didn't break into the medal positions. It was tough but fun racing and we gave it our all. The leaders were just a bit sharper most of the time.
So now we pack up and head to London for the closing ceremonies, Sept 9. Coldplay is performing! My family and I will then head to France for 10 days before going back to Victoria.
Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes and support. It has been a fun and fulfilling journey!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012
First Day of Racing - 3rd Place
ISAF Official Site: Paralympic Resultshttp://www.sailing.org/paralympics/london2012/results.php
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| International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS)'s photo.
Today was a solid day for us with a 4th and 3rd place finish. Did not not start as well as we'd like on both races but managed to recover throughout the races. USA passed us on the last leg of the first race to place 3rd in Race 1, and we passed Italy downwind for our 3rd place in Race 2. Looking forward to another day of racing tomorrow!
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Opening Ceremonies Were Amazing!
Yesterday several of us from the Canadian Sailing Team and other country' sailors traveled to London to attend the Opening Ceremony. It was magical and such a rush to walk in as Team Canada. Stephen Hawkings rolled right past us from the stage and the Royal Family was also in attendance. John stayed back in Weymouth to celebrate with his family. A good time was had by all.
Tomorrow is our practice race in preparation for Saturday's big start.
Tomorrow is our practice race in preparation for Saturday's big start.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Broadcast Coverage for Paralympic Games
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| Tower of London sporting a new look |
Canadian Paralympic
Committee Announces Complete Broadcast Schedule of London 2012 Paralympic Games
Coverage
CTV, TSN2, Sportsnet ONE, RDS, RDS2, AMI to share Opening and Closing Ceremonies and daily highlight shows
Television
The Games will kick-off with a
two-hour Opening Ceremony extravaganza on August 29, which will be carried live
on RDS2 beginning at 3:30 p.m. EST (plus an encore presentation on RDS on
August 30 at 6:30am EST), and later in the day at 9 p.m. EST on TSN2 and on AMI
with described video. CTV will also air the Opening Ceremony on Saturday,
September 1 at 1 p.m. (2 p.m. in Saskatchewan).
Online Streaming
As previously announced, for the
first time in history, Canadians can watch live multiple online streams of
Paralympic Summer Games throughout the 12 days of competition. Five digital
streams will offer a total of 580 hours of live coverage. Three feeds will
offer daily uninterrupted coverage of swimming, wheelchair basketball, and
athletics, while two additional channels will cover a range of sports and will
show a "best of" coverage from the day. All digital channels can be
accessed from CTVParalympics.ca and RDSparalympiques.ca.
A schedule for these digital
channels will be announced next week.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Windy Weymouth
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Hi Everyone,
The team arrived safe and sound. Yesterday we put the boat together and today we headed out for a nice sail. The winds picked up in the afternoon and the rains started. Tomorrow's weather calls for rain and wind but it will be nice after that (hopefully!).
It was nice to see all the teams from the other countries (80 sailors). The athletes' sailing village is nice and has everything we need: a gym, cafeteria, massage, dentist, chiropractor....you name it. It is a 3 hour bus ride from Heathrow.
As you can see, Weymouth/Portland is known for its wind.
Stacie
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Off to the Paralympics!
Our
training is complete, practice boats are put away, bags are packed, and the
team flies to London this evening. Upon arrival we will be transported to
the athletes’ village in Weymouth and given our Team Canada gear. Once we
rig our boat, it’s on the water for several shake down sessions in preparation
for racing. Then it’s Showtime!!
Our racing runs September 1-6.
Visit our
team website for recent local media coverage links and updates: http://www.teamucan2.blogspot.ca/
and through www.teamucan.ca.
The IFDS
website will provide some of the best coverage: http://www.sailing.org/paralympics/london2012/index.php
Paralympic TV
(you tube site) promises video: http://www.youtube.com/user/ParalympicSportTV
as does Paralympic.org: http://www.paralympic.org/.
The Brit
focussed RYA site also promises video. http://www.rya.org.uk/skandiateamgbr/Pages/default.aspx
There will
also be updates on the Canadian Sailing Team facebook page:
Thanks
to everyone for your support and well wishes.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Recent Local News Coverage
From Shaw TV:
We were also interviewed on CBC RadioOne. I will post that soon.
From Chek News:
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Olympic/Paralympic Send Off at RVYC
A great night with great friens from Royal Victoria Yacht Club to celebrate John and I as well as Richard Clark and Tyler Bjorn (Olympic Star Sailors).
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Lakehill Grocery Donation raises $600.
John drawing the prize winning ticket for a basket of
mediterranean goodies with Yasser, owner of Lakehill Grocery, 3959 Quadra Street: $600 raised.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Silver Medal Finish at 2012 Sail for Gold
John and I had our best world cup finish ever with a silver medal at the 2012 Sail For Gold regatta in Weymouth. With gale force winds in the mid 40 knot range with gusts in excess of 50 knots, the race committe cancelled racing again for Friday. Today, Saturday we are packing up the boat and will attend the medal ceremony this evening before flying out Sunday.
The Canadian Sonar Team of Bruce, Logan and Scott, also medalled with a 3rd place finish. Go Canada!
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
John and I putting on blue bib to signify our 2nd place.
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Skandia Sail for Gold 2012
Monday, June 4, 2012
Victory Race
Today we had one race before the wind died. We nailed our start in clear air and kept the lead. GBR passed us near the windward mark in the second leg but we re-gained our lead downwind. We were able to extend our lead downwind and cover the competition on the last leg for a first place finish!
That's us with the white spin crossing the finish ahead of AUS (blue spin). YEAH!
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Skandia Sail for Gold 2012 Starts Monday
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Skandia Sail for Gold 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Portland Harbour - Venue for the Games
Training Weymouth
We have been in Weymouth for a week now preparing for the Sail for Gold Regatta (June 4-8). It is our last world cup regatta before the Games in Septebmer. We spent 3 days training with the Americans and the last couple of days training with GBR and Austrailia. We've had sunny weather and decent winds.
John, Stacie and Coach Mike
John, Stacie and Coach Mike
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Saturday in Hyeres
Hello Everyone,
Today, Saturday, was another beautiful day in Hyeres Port. It was sunny and warm, however the wind picks up quickly and is cold. I find myself putting on and taking off layers, depending on the breeze. We got out for a nice sail in 15 to 17 knots of breeze. It took uas some time to 'get in the groove' but we did and had a great practice. John has some issues with his seat so we quit a bit early to work on those. John and Steve wrangled Tim from the Aussie team and JP from the American team to help them fix John's seat. There are mechanical and electical pieces to the puzzle so it was nice to have some help from our friends.
We had our opening ceremony this evening. My highschool french is not taking me too far so most of the speeches were lost on me. However it was fun to spend some social time with all the sailors that we've gotten to know across the world.
Tommorrow the winds are predicted to be 20 knots or so. That is a bit much for our Skud fleet but we'll see.
Bon Soire Mon Amies!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Too Windy to Sail
Hi Everyone,
Friday we were to splasht the boat and go out for a practice sail. It was sunny and beatiful but the famous Mistral winds were blowing and building by the hour. Several of the SKUD teams were rigging to head out from the dock. Spain left the harbor but soon came back with a broken mast. After seeing this and checking wind strength,the teams on the dock de-rigged and went home. We were told by the crane operator to that it was too windy to lauch our boat. Therefore, we (mostly Steve) contiuned on with boat maintenance, lunch, etc. We did manage to navigate the bus system and headed into old town Hyeres for some sightseeing and dinner.
This morning, Saturday the winds are much more calm so it should be a good day for practice. Opening ceremonies are this evening and racing starts tomorrow.
Stacie and John
Monday, April 16, 2012
to Hyeres France for the 3rd ISAF event of the year.
Bonjour Amies,
John, coach Steve and I are off to France this afternoon. Racing starts on April 23-27. Follow our results at:
John, coach Steve and I are off to France this afternoon. Racing starts on April 23-27. Follow our results at:
Friday, February 10, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Day 2 - Wednesday
We had challenging conditions with winds ranging from 5 to 20 knots. We had great starts and good speed but had some issues with the strong winds on the reach that lost us several points. Our results were 6th, 4th and 6th with the Americans (Jen and JP), GBR, and Australians in taking the lead spots. We feel confident we can make improvements and are looking forward to the rest of the event.
No Racing for Skuds Tuesday
Well Mother Nature did not cooperate Tuesday for the Skuds and Sonars as there was not enough winds to race. After drifting around in the sun for what seemed like hours, the race committee called it a day and sent us in. Foretunately the 2.4mRs got 2 races in and Canadian Paul Tingley pulled off bullets in both races.
Today, Wednesday, a cold front has moved through and bigger winds are expected. We're looking forward to some racing.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Racing Begins Tuesday!
Oh yeah, check out our digs. We've rented a house for our team in Port Charlotte, complete with screened in pool. With the struggling economy in western Florida, there were many rental options to choose from at reasonable prices. We won't be as lucky when we head to Miami later this month.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Preparing for the IFDS 2012 Worlds
Hi Everyone,
We've arrived in Punta Gorda, Florida for the IFDS Worlds, our paraylmpic qualifier. Racing begins on Tuesday Jan 9 with measurement taking place today an tomorrow.
20 countries are represented from as far away as Australia and Isreal. There are 8 teams competing in our Skud class fleet. 9 teams were registered but unfortunately Malaysia was unable to secure a Visa for travel to the US.
We expect very tough competition as we race against the top teams it the world including GBR, USA, and Australia.
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