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January 1999
January 01, 1999
January 1999 issue of the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter (Vol. XXXIX No. 1) — Gordon Chu's Commodore's Corner, three "lost and found" regatta results (PABAR, St. Jamestown, Mooredale), a Barney Harris letter previewing the 1999 Internationals in Rehoboth Bay, Peter Vasoff's "Obstructions, obstructions" rules Q&A, Part I of Barney Harris's Albacore Tuning and Sailing Guide, the 1999 Preliminary Race Schedule, and Notices of Race for the Mid-Winter Regatta and the 1999 International/USAA National Championships.
October 1998
October 01, 1998
October 1998 issue of the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter (Vol. XXXVIII No. 4) — Gordon Chu’s Commodore’s Corner reporting on the AGM, new editor Nona Arneson’s introduction, Raines Koby’s “The Benchmark” report on the 1998 Canadian Championships at RCYC with full Championship and Challenger fleet results, a “20 Years Ago” reprint from 1979, Nona Arneson’s account of the 1998 US Nationals at Rehoboth Bay with results, a report from the IAA, and results from the RCYC Open, Toronto’s Friday Night Races, the Harbourmaster Series, TISC, KSC, Nepean, PABAR and the Gooderham Series.
July 1998
July 01, 1998
July 1998 issue of the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter (Volume XXXVIII, Number 3) — Gordon Chu’s Commodore’s Corner, Barney Harris’s “Albacore Worlds: An Open Event?” with a long e-mail debate on Worlds qualification and A/B fleets, Peter Duncan’s report on the 1998 North American’s at Westwood with full results, Tarts and OHCC regatta results, two history features (Nick Hancock on the Albacore class and Charles Bryan on Toronto’s Outer Harbour), the Notice of Race for the 1998 Canadian Championships at RCYC, and the Notice of AGM with proxy form.
May 1998
May 01, 1998
May 1998 issue of the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter (Vol. XXXVIII No. 2) — Gordon Chu’s Commodore’s Corner, Letters to the Editor, the Team Canada qualifying plan for the 1999 Worlds, Mid-Winters reports from Sarasota by Sue and Rolf Zeisler, Joanna Byron, George Roth, Rosemary Helmer and Heather MacNaughton, Notices of Race for the North American Championships with the Westwood Regatta and the RCYC Open Albacore Regatta, the 1998 Toronto Harbour Master’s Series, a basic fitness program for sailors, “Canadians, eh?” from RCYC, and the 1998 Albacore regatta schedule.
January 1998
January 01, 1998
January 1998 issue of the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter (Vol. XXXVIII No. 1) — Gordon Chu’s Commodore’s Corner from the Toronto Boat Show, letters from Ed Nicholas and Barney Harris on sponsorship and fleet growth, “Bright Ideas: Promoting the Class”, a pre-season boat preparation checklist, Helpful Hints #276 and #277, the 1998 changes to the Racing Rules of Sailing, “What’s in a Name?” on Albacore boat names, a tell tales primer, cold water survival, an OSA government update, the tentative 1998 regatta schedule and the Mid-Winter Regatta in Sarasota.
October 1997
October 01, 1997
October 1997 issue of the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter (Volume XXXVII, Number 4) — Gordon Chu’s first Commodore’s Corner, the 1997 Gooderham Series, Ian Rogers on PABAR, Rosemary Helmer’s “Every RC & Regatta Chair’s Worst Nightmare” RCYC Open, Gordon Chu on the Toronto Island Open, the Canadian Championships at RHYC with A/B fleet results and photo collages, the AGM summary, Rosemary Helmer’s World’s 1997 report from Hayling Island with full results, Mooredale, Harbour Master and Friday Night Series standings, the Ontario Championships at LSSA, “Club Poulet Rules”, and the 1998 Sarasota Mid-Winters notice.
July 1997
July 01, 1997
July 1997 issue of the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter (Volume XXXVII, Number 3) — results from the Peterborough Examiner, Midland Walwyn (Nepean), OHCC “Albacore and Cross Dressing” and St. Jamestown 30th Anniversary regattas, Notices of Race for the TISC and Mooredale open regattas and the 1997 Canadian Championships at RHYC, a how-to on fiberglass repairs and gelcoating, the McNamara X Sails tuning guide, Bob Stiff’s Commodore’s Comments, and the Notice of AGM with proxy form.
April 1997
April 01, 1997
April 1997 issue of the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter (Vol. XXXVII No. 2) — Bob Stiff’s Commodore’s Comments urging the class to get on-line, a multi-voice report on the Sarasota Mid-Winters with results, “Oh, is that how it works?” on reading weather forecasts, the 1997 Toronto Friday and CAA regatta schedules, a launch-day photo story, “Club Poulet scores El Vice” with Vice Regatta results, the Harbour Master’s Series, notices for the MidAtlantics, Nepean, OHCC, St. James Town and July 4th weekend regattas, the USAA schedule and the 1997 Worlds at Hayling Island.
January 1997
January 01, 1997
January 1997 issue of the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter (Vol. XXXVII No. 1) — the 1996/97 Executive and 1997 race chairs and fleet captains, a corrected 1996 TARTS and BALLS result, the Toronto Friday Night private-boat standings, a bumper-sticker contest, “Oh, is that how it works?” on sailing gloves, the 1995 and 1996 Gooderham Series results, a new July 4th weekend in the Outer Harbour, the new 1997–2000 Racing Rules of Sailing and CYA rules seminars, the 1997 regatta and Toronto Friday race schedules, and the Mid-Winter Regatta in Sarasota.
October 1996
October 01, 1996
October 1996 issue of the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter (Vol. XXXVI No. 4) — Bob Stiff’s Commodore’s Comments on the North Americans, the Canadians and the GBR 2000 class-development debate, the Tarts & Balls 25th anniversary, results from Toronto Island, RCYC (Rosemary Helmer), Mooredale, PABAR (Ian Rogers) and Balsam Lake, the North Americans at the Buffalo Canoe Club with a Fort Erie Times report, the Canadian Championships at Geneva Park with Hardware 1996 photo pages, Rosemary Helmer on the US Nationals at Rehoboth, the Toronto Friday Night Series standings, web sites of interest and the 1997 Mid-Winter Regatta in Sarasota.
July 1996
July 01, 1996
July 1996 issue of the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter (Vol. XXXVI No. 3) — Bob Stiff’s Commodore’s Comments, “Albacore Politics” with David Weaver’s letter on Canada’s position on the “New Albacore” and sheerline changes, an Ask the Experts tip on centerboard gaskets from John Clark of JC Sails, the cancellation of the Fast Forward Seminars, notices of race for the 1996 North American Championships at the Buffalo Canoe Club, the RCYC Safrata Trophy team racing regatta, the Balsam Lake Open, the Toronto Island Sailing Club Open and the 1996 Canadian Championships at Geneva Park, plus the notice of AGM and the proposed RYA hull-measurement rule change.
April 1996
April 01, 1996
April 1996 issue of the Canadian Albacore Association newsletter (Vol. XXXVI No. 2) — Bob Stiff’s Commodore’s Comments on the 1996 season, Ask the Experts on centerboard gaskets and trailer-strap hull undulations, Flotsam, four rigging Tricks (cunningham purchase, goose neck pin, the Paul Van Leeuwen magic box purchase, prebender repair), the RCYC Open notice of race, Michael McNamara’s Fast Forward Seminars, the 1996 CAA, Toronto Friday, Harbour Master’s and USAA schedules, the North American Championships notice, The Fashion Page, Market Place and the IYRU 1996 Experimental Right-of-Way Rules and Definitions.