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IAN BRUCE BESTOWED ORDER OF CANADA |
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, announced on Canada Day the newest appointees to the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest Honour. Amongst the appointees is the Father of the Laser, Ian Bruce, an Industrial Designer by profession and a boat builder by occupation.
With a concept in mind and a set of lines drawings from friend and fellow Canadian Bruce Kirby, he created in 1970 a boat, rig and manufacturing process that has essentially remained unchanged to this day and still represents the epitome of one-design sailing. By 1974, he had opened 9 majority-owned plants worldwide building the Laser and the rest is history.He is also a passionate sailor having twice won the prestigious Prince of Wales Trophy in International Fourteens and twice represented his country in the Olympics in the Finn (Naples) and the Star (Keel). The award is in recognition of his service to sailing, both in Canada and Internationally, and in particular for his involvement in the design and development of high-performance boats for young sailors. During 40 years in the business he has either designed or assisted in the design, developed and built all the following International or Recognized Classes: Finn, Fourteen, Contender, Laser, Optimist, Fireball, 470, Laser II, Tasar, Laser Radial, Byte and 29er. In the last instance he was part of a team assisting Julian Bethwaite in the development of the 29er, providing the design team with both his product design knowledge and his sailing experience. His own design, the Byte, is the male and female singlehander to be used in the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.At 76 he is still sailing his Star and his company PS2000 in Montreal, in which he is fully active, builds the Optimist, the Club 420, the Megabyte, the Byte and the 29er.”
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EUROCUP #6 - Denmark - Registration OPEN |
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Registration is open for EuroCup #6 Aug. 14-16 in Kerteminde, Denmark. www.saileventkerteminde.dk or see more information on the events page.
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Worlds Competitors - Make sure you arrive with proper number and ID on your sails before measurement. We cannot guarantee extra numbers or a sail loft availability in Garda.
29er Class Rules
C.1.4. The sail number shall be either:
(i) If either of the crew have finished in the top 50 in the preceding 29er world championship then their sail number shall be that place, 1st to 9th single digit, otherwise two digits.
(ii) Otherwise, the number shall be that shown on the ICA class plaque and shall be three digits. Boat # 15 = 015 or Boat # 2345 = 345. The digits that precede the last three digits shall be red.
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Frenchmen Kevin Fischer and Glenn Gouron win EuroCup #4 and Kiel Week with 79 entries. For full results: www.kielerwoche.de
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WORLDS REGISTRATION - 187 ENTRIES! |
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Entry fees for the 2009 29er Worlds increases on June 16 - don't forget to register now to save the late fee! As of today, there are 187 entries for the 2009 29er Worlds. Have you registered?
The 29erXX fleet has 15 confirmed entries - looks to be an epic 9er regatta!
Click here to view the countries represented at the 2009 Worlds!
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