Cork/Sail Kingston 2007

Zig Zag Yacht Club had two sailors attend this major international open regatta in August, 2007.

Paloma Corrin - The fleet of Laser Radials had 170 competing and Paloma placed 42nd in the Gold Fleet - a very respectable showing in this premier regatta.

Vanessa Stewart - Vanessa sailed with her skip, Jocelyn McLaren, in a fleet of sixty 29ers and placed 14th in the Silver Fleet of 38 skiffs. This was both Vanessa's and Jocelyn's second year competing in a 29er.

Cork / Sail Kingston 2006

Zig Zag Yacht Club had five sailors attend this event this year. Paloma Corrin, Mark Townsend, Triston Bruning, Celeste Ferguson, Chris Ferguson and Gord Parke.

Gord Parke and Chris Ferguson placed 12th out of 52 boats in the 29er event, competing against CYA high performance coaches and many of the best 29er sailors in the US. Mark and Triston placed 24th and Celeste Ferguson teamed up with a skip from Gimli and placed 26th.

Paloma came 8th in the Silver fleet of 60 boats.

In August of each year, sailors of all ages come from countries around the world to participate in one of international yacht racing's premier events: CORK- the Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston. CORK is a special opportunity for participants, organizers and sponsors to enjoy all that is best about the sport of sailing.

CORK was started over a quarter century ago by a group of Canadian Olympic sailors who recognized that the City of Kingston, Canada, had ideal sailing conditions and a central North American location. It was (and is) the perfect venue for an annual world class sailing event.

The first CORK regatta was a small multi-class sailing event held on the waters off Kingston in August of 1969. Today CORK has grown into a two-week long event, hosting over 20 classes and drawing more that 1,000 sailboats, more than 2,000 competitors and coaches from many countries as well as over 10,000 tourists and site-seers.

The CORK venue spans the City of Kingston from its headquarters at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour (the site of the 1976 Olympic Sailing events) . CORK's Racing takes place on six courses which extend from the St. Lawrence River well out into Lake Ontario and cover a geographic area of over twenty square miles.

Year after year, CORK continues to bring together sailors, volunteers, tourists, 'Friends of CORK', sponsors' representatives and the media - for two exciting weeks in the latter part of August.

29ers' boat launching site

From the launching site past the high security Kingston Penitentiary and out to the open waters!

Back row from left: Celeste Ferguson, Gord Parke, Chris Bradley, Katja Smutny, Dillon McMorris, and Jocelyn McLaren

From row from left:Chris Ferguson, Maddie Ferguson, Willie McDonald, Triston Bruning, Mark Townsend, and Rory McMorris

The four ZZYC boys from left, Chris Ferguson, Gord Parke, Triston Bruning and Mark Townsend.

            Gord and Chris (Can 855 MB) finishing 4th in one of the races

Jim Ferguson motoring out to the racing site and getting drenched with each wave that crashed over our boat.

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