Let's do it again - team racing a hit at Canadian nationals

5:17 AM Fri 27 Aug 2010 GMT

'Teams at start line - 2010 Optimist Canadian Championships' Colin Jacobs

12 year old Julien Brunet of Lachine, Quebec can't wait to repeat the experience of team racing. 'We had code words and sacrifice, 'players' and those chosen to 'go for the wind', we worked together and it was great fun.' Julien and his teammates were happy to hear that their coaches are already planning to add team racing to their 5 provincial Opti challenges in the coming year. The Purple Monkey, a team made up of PCYC and RCYC sailors, and LOOT took second and first place respectively. They beat out 10 other teams from ...

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by Linda MacDonald