Eighty-four boats competed in eight divisions at the 36th annual Cowichan Bay Regatta and North West Multi-Hull Championships hosted by the Cowichan Bay Sailing Association earlier this month.
The entries included 14 in the multi-hull fleet and 14 in the Marten one-design fleet. Competitors came from Vancouver, Nanoose Bay, Esquimalt, Victoria, Anacortes, Bellingham and the Seattle area.
“A great turnout for the ‘big little regatta,'” race committee spokesperson Brigid Reynolds said.
Primary race officer Paul Uliberri and the rest of the race committee managed to run more than 35 races over the two days.
“The weather was wonderfully cooperative,” Reynolds said. “‘The Doctor’ [wind] arrived as usual around 11:30 a.m., blowing from the southwest with wind speeds ranging from eight to 15-plus knots for the two days of racing.”
The coveted Cow Bay trophy was won by April and Paul Faget from Galiano Island on Ogopogo, while the mutli-hull championship went to Mark Zollitsch and Dave Peterson from Bellingham on Osprey.
Reynolds thanked the sponsors of the event: Cowichan Tribes, UK Sailmakers NW, Averill Creek Winery, Hilary’s Cheese, Skye Marine Ltd, the Sailing Shop at Trotac Marine, Oceanside Suites, Westerly Yacht Sales, True Grains Bread, Blast Performance Sailing, and EK Hair Design.
