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Dave Courtney
Better Still
Elite 326
Lakeshore Yacht Club
Co-Skipper: Gerald Roloson
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Bert Barrett
Bobby McGee
C&C 99
Bluffers Park Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Steel Barrett
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Bastian Pfannkuche
Contessa 26
Contessa 26
Frenchmans Bay Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Terry Singh
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Rick Sellens
Dragon III
Hughes 35
Kingston Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Laura Tattersall
Dragon III was cruised gently for most of her years and never saw a spinnaker until 2004.
2004 was a fun year of club racing and local events. (That's us dousing the red, black and white approaching the leeward mark at EYC.)
2005 took us up the Lakes for a circumnavigation of Manitoulin Island and a very enjoyable time at the Georgian Bay Sailing Regatta. The delivery trip included beating double handed into 25 knots plus most of the way from Kingston to Port Dalhousie, which seemed like good prep for the LO 300.
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Joe Torzsok
Dreamcatcher
Catalina 34
Etobicoke Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Jamie Sifton
This is Joe Torzsok's first time entering the Lake Ontario 300. This is actually his first season sailing!
Jamie Sifton has been sailing in Canada and internationally for more than 40 years since he was enrolled in a junior racing program at the Brockville (ON) Sailing Club when he was 12. He, his wife Suzanne and then 4 year-old daughter Tiffany sailed a Westsail 32 to the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos in 1979, lived aboard for two years and returned to Georgian Bay in the summer of 1981.
Both Jamie and Joe have decided to add an extra twist to this race for a good cause. They have asked their friends and family to sponsor them - with all donations going to the Disabled Sailing Association of Ontario. In addition, Joe's employer - TELUS Business Solutions will match any donations dollar for dollar up to $5000 so with any luck, Joe and Jamie will be able to bring the joy of sailing to a number of people who would otherwise not be able to participate.
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Paul Willis
"Emerald"
Paul Elvstrom designed IOR 1/2 Ton
Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club
Co-skipper: Malcolm Willis
Back Again! Good luck to all.
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Michael Judd
Heart Breaker
S2 9.1
Bronte Harbour Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Ed Tait
Last year Ed and I sailed in the LO 300 for the first time. We found both the weather and the competition to be quite a challenge, a challenge that we enjoyed that is. We look forward to this years race and competition, and for the chance to use what we learned from last years race.
Hey! if there are any other S2 9.1's in the area - come on out "I DARE YOU!"
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Eugene Kokbas
Hotfoot
Hotfoot 27
Midland Bay Sailing Club
Co-skipper: Errol Kokbas
This is the first time we will be attempting the Solmar LO 300. Our first
challenge will be the trip from Georgian Bay to Lake Ontario and I am sure
we will have many memorable moments if we make it from start line to finish.
Looking forward to this Father-Son event.
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John McLeod
Hot Water
J 133
Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Co-skipper: David Doyle
Hot Water's predecessor (the J105 of the same name) completed the LO 300 in 2004 and 2005. The new J133 Hot Water (bigger, bolder) has in the past year completed a number of offshore races including Newport to Bermuda, Ft Lauderdale to Key West and the Pineapple Cup (Ft Lauderdale to Montego Bay)
John is looking forward to continued offshore successes with Hot Water now that she is in her home waters
David returns for his fourth LO300, most notably co-skippering Clockwork to double-handed victory (1st to finish, 1st corrected) in 2004 and 1st in fleet way back in 1991 aboard the J35 Man O'War
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James Maingot
Iroquois
Mirage 24
Highland Yacht Club
Co-skipper: David Maingot
This is my first LO300 and I'm
really excited about it. It'll be a long race in a little boat! So glad my
brother David is able to join me. Cheers.
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John Hagen
Les
C&C 35 MkIII
Etobicoke Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Gerry Dogherty
Gerry Doherty and myself have done Lake Ontario 300 race eight times. This truly is one of the greatest sailing events on Lake Ontario and the race gets better and better every year. When there is no wind, those flies are waiting for us to bite our ankles. Every race, we always have discussions on the best way to avoid lightning storms in the middle of the night, but have yet to establish a reliable method. We look forward to another exciting race this year.
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Murray Gainer
Lively
J
109
Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Oliver Lennox-King
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Durk Steigenga
MacIntosh
Cartwright 44
Cathedral Bluffs Yacht Club
Co-skipper: John Steigenga
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Mike Innell
Nemesis
C&C 99
Cathedral Bluffs Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Richard Goodall
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Dale Myers
Patriot
Beneteau 30
Wilson Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Glen Sears
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Ian Struthers
Plika
Beneteau 34
Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Scott Collinson
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Michael VanderVaart
Ragtime
C&C 35
Fifty Point Yacht Club
Co-skipper: John Mills
This is my third year with the boat and our third LO 300. John and I club race out of Fifty Point and are looking forward to this years race. Good luck to all.
Thanks to C2C media for the picture of Ragtime.
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Diane Reid
That Damn Thang
Thunderbird
Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Bill Russell
Built: 1964
Construction: Marine Plywood with a glass skin
Length: 26'
accomodations: almost none
crew: 4 unless you like to sail short handed!
Love for your Thunderbird: Priceless!
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Bernie Richard
Time Bandit
C&C 25
Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club
Co-skipper: John Hunter
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Peter Miller
Top Hat
CS 30
Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Ric Davies
Top Hat participated in the first two LO300s in 1990 and 1991 with her then owner, Kent Selby.
She's back again, after surviving the 2006 race, with current owner and skipper Peter Miller and crew Ric Davies.
Here's to finishing in under 4 days this time!
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Len Alksnis
Trimpus
CS 30
Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club
Co-Skipper: Chris Reil
Trimpus has been racing on Lake Ontario since 1985. This will be her 11th Solmar Lake Ontario 300. Since the first entered by us in 1991, all but
2003 have been double handed. Our best finish was first overall in the double-handed fleet in 2000. That year we also beat all but two of the fully crewed boats.
We took 1998 off from the 300 to charter Blade for the Chicago-Mackinac Race and in 2004 took Trimpus to Lake Huron for the Bayview-Mackinac Race and the Mackinac-Manitoulin International Yacht Race which we won overall. These two races are worth the effort required to get a boat and crew to Lake Huron and the North Channel. Racing in the North Channel at night is a challenging experience.
Other race achievements for Trimpus include first overall in the 1997 Freeman Cup race, best PHRF boat overall in the 2003 CORK Offshore Regatta, 2003 Key West Race Week and 2003 Ft. Lauderdale-Key West Race (it helps to have Trimpus on a trailer) and numerous LORC, LYRA and Youngstown victories.
All of these races are different and great fun. The 300, however, has been the most fun of all over the years. Look forward to it again this year.
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Jan Steyn
TRPXPRS
Carroll Marine 33
Youngstown Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Pete Welsby
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Bob Fields
Vitesse
Goman Express 30
Rochester Yacht Club
Co-skipper: Suavek Jarosz
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