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BYC to host the 2008 Shark Canadians.  Just five years after hosting the Shark Worlds, Britannia Yacht Club will be the venue for another major Shark regatta. The 2008 Shark Canadian Championship will be taking place at BYC on June 7 and 8. The local organizing committee is already in high gear getting ready for this major event. For more information, see www.sailquest.com/sharkcanadians. Crazy Ivan (# 815) wins the 2007 "Shark of the Year" title. Once again, Crazy Ivan (# 815) has gone on to win the "Shark of the Year" title in convincing fashion with three first place finishes in counter regattas of the Canadian Shark Class Association. What's more, Crazy Ivan helm David Foy was the winner of the 55th Annual Ottawa Sports Awards for sailing for 2007. Congratulations Crazy Ivan and David Foy. Shark Poop Spam to compete in 2007 Worlds in Austria. The crews of two local boats, Shark Poop (# 1495) and Spam (#736), will be heading overseas to compete in the Shark World Championship Regatta that will be taking place in Ebensee, Austria, from May 21-27th, 2007. Shark Poop will be seeking a third straight Shark World Champion Title. This will be the second time Spam has competed in Shark Worlds in Europe. Spam took part in the Worlds on Lake Muritz in Germany in 2004. Shark Poop wins 2006 Shark World Championship. For the second year in a row, Shark Poop (# 1495) won the Shark World Championship. The 2006 Shark Worlds were hosted by The Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Toronto from July 22-28 on Lake Ontario. Shark Poop helm Johan Koppernaes reports that it was hard fought regatta, and it was more challenging than the year before. For more details, see the final results. Next year's Shark Worlds will be taking place in Austria. Congratulations Shark Poop. Canadain Shark Class Assoc. membership available online. Membership in the Canadain Shark Class Association for the 2006 sailing season can now be obtained on-line. The link below will let you register and pay for your membership over the internet. Membership cards will be mailed to you following you registration. Note that any boat intending to participate in "counter regattas" must have a CSCA member on board and "in charge". Become a member and support the Shark one-design racing. Click here for the CSCA Online Member Form. It's official, the NOD will be a "counter regatta". The 2006 Nepean One Design (the NOD) has officially been designated as a "counter regatta" by the Canadian Shark Class Association. This means the results of the NOD will count for boats competing for the overall CSCA annual championship known a "Shark of the Year" (the Shark with the best overall results in 5 counter regattas, which must include the "Worlds" or the "Canadians"). The Ottawa Shark Class Association had been actively seeking to get the NOD reinstated as a counter regatta for quite some time. Several years ago our local class association "loaned" its "counter" to other regattas for fleet development purposes. Hopefully, the NOD will attract more out-of-town Sharks now that it is again recognized as a counter regatta. Click here for the NOD web site. The 2006 Shark Regatta Schedule now available. The Canadian Shark Class Association has finalized the dates for the counter regattas and has issued the schedule for 2006. Note that this schedule features both counter and non-counter events. It's worth noting that in addition to the NOD, the US Nationals (in Dunkirk, NY, near Buffalo) has been included as a new counter regatta. For more information, see our race & regatta schedule. In other news, we now know the schedule for the Shark Worlds for the next couple of years. In addition to this year's Shark Worlds hosted by the Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Toronto from July 22 - 28, 2006, future Worlds will take place in Austria in 2007, Hamilton in 2008, and Niagara-on-the-Lake in 2009. New 3D Line Drawings of the Shark Hull. Chuck Lanning, who crews on Shark #844 out of BYC, has made some interesting 3D line drawings of the Shark hull. To view them, go the drop down menu under "Class Info", and click on "3D Hull Drawings" (or click here). Local boats capture top honours in 2005 The two most prestigious awards for Sharks are the "World Championship" and "Shark of the Year". In 2005 these were both won by Ottawa area Sharks. In July, Shark Poop (# 1495) easily won the 2005 Shark World Championship with a convincing performance. More recently, they placed second in the last "counter" regatta of the season, the "Homecomers", at Niagara-on-the-Lake. 2005 was also the season when Crazy Ivan (# 815) went on to win the "Shark of the Year" title. They did this by winning 3 counters regattas and fending off Duck Soup in the final counter of the season. Congratulations to both Shark Poop and Crazy Ivan. Return to the Ottawa River Shark Fleet Web Site if you are viewing this page outside of its frame. |