GEORGE SZABO AND GUY AVELLON ARE THE 2023 STAR NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONS

The well-established American and Canadian team did it, in a week of light and unstable wind

Vancouver, BC (June 3, 2023) - On this final day of the 2023 Star North American Championship, hosted by Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, the 30 teams woke to sunny clear skies with the hope of early westerlies and completing two races in English Bay. However, as the saying goes, “it never does this here”, Mother Nature had other plans.

The race committee expected a flood tide all day with breeze coming in at 10-12 knots from a bearing of 260. The low pressure system offshore thwarted expectations, the easterly breeze deteriorated as the west breeze materialized to the left of 260 and week below 10 knots.

Patience was key on Day Three of the 2023 Star North American Championship in Vancouver, CAN

Vancouver, BC (June 2, 2023) - The third day of the 2023 Star North American Championship, hosted by Royal Vancouver Yacht Club on English Bay, proved to be another day of patience and frustration. The morning was cloud-less blue skies with hope of the westerlies coming in early to be able to complete the two races scheduled for the day. However, the forecast south-southwesterly for the greater English Bay materialized as a northerly, locally known as “Where the wind goes to die.”

2023 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP DAY TWO

Day two of the Volvo Penta 2023 Star North American Championship, hosted by Royal Vancouver Yacht Club in English Bay started as a completely different day from yesterday. Sailors and Race Committee did not have to wait through an overcast easterly wind blowing in “the wrong direction”. Instead, today the predominant westerly was filling into English Bay by 11 o’clock with sunny skies and the race area was ready for an on-time start at 1205.

Day One of the 2023 North American Championship in Vancouver, Canada

The thirty teams of sailors ready to compete on the first day of the 2023 Star North American Championship, hosted by Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, woke this morning to bleary overcast skies, temperatures in the low 50s, and a non sustainable breeze from the east. This was certainly not what they were hoping for after the last few days of sunnier weather and the westerlies of English Bay, typical for early Summer.