New Canadian Olympic Classes IceBreaker Just Announced

Mar 2, 2022

Now renamed as the ‘Canadian Olympic Classes IceBreaker Regatta Committee,’ the 51st Annual IceBreaker Regatta will be held on May 21 and 22nd, 2022, at Etobicoke Yacht Club (EYC).

The IceBreaker has been held on the long weekend every year since 1970 (bar two Covid years) and is usually the first competitive sailing event of the season in the GTA.

This 51st Annual IceBreaker will also be an Ontario Qualifier for the Canada Summer Games Team.

The event is open to all ILCA 4, ICLA 6, ILCA 7, 49er, 49er FX, 29er, 420, 420 white sail, 2.4mR, KiteFoil Open class, and Wind Foil Open. Additional classes may be added if a minimum of five boats register.

 

SinC IceBreaker Bruce Regatta 400Photo: Elle Bruce: 2018 IceBreaker Regatta

Registration on YachtScoring.com will open soon. Contact Rear Commodore Neil McNeill (McNeill_N@sympatico.ca) for more information and to volunteer.

-John O’Dwyer

New Voluntold Chair of the Canadian Olympic Classes IceBreaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

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