Royal Hamilton Hosts 2010 Optimist Dinghy Canadian Championships

4:06 AM Fri 6 Aug 2010 GMT

'2010 Optimist Dinghy Canadian Championship' Colin Jacobs

Starting on Sunday August 22, young sailors aged from 8 years to 15 from Canada, France, Bermuda and the United States will be competing in the 2010 Optimist Dinghy Canadian Championships at the Royal Hamilton Yacht Club. The Club previously held the Canadian Championships in 2004 and saw more than 90 young sailors from across Canada and the northern US competing on Hamilton Harbour for the prestigious title of Opti Canadian Champion. Canadian Olympic sailor, Marty Essig (Sydney 2000) began his sailing career in an Optimist at the RHYC and many other Canadian Olympic sailors began their sailing careers in ...

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by Colin Jacobs