Nicole Bastet win's Canadian Women's Championship-
perhaps following in the great family sailing tradition that includes
renowned Canadian yachtsman, Evert Bastet, Nicole showed the girls in
Canada how to sail J/22s fast and with fewer mistake than most to squeak
out a win for Hudson Yacht Club despite lots of drama going on behind
her for the next three spots. Hosted by Hudson Yacht Club (near
Montreal, Quebec) and sailed in J/22 One-Designs, the top teams that
sailed this year's Women's Keelboat National Championship in J/22s were
also looking forward to attending this fall's Rolex Women's World
Championship sailed in J/22s at Rochester, NY. In a rather dramatic
turn-around, Nicole Bastet won despite having two bad races on the first
day, starting off with a 1-9-8, then closing with three firsts to win
by two points! Her drama was nowhere near what was experienced by the
next three boats, fighting hard to beat one another going into the last
day. When the dust and scores were settled, Marg Hurley from NSC sailed
a consistent a 4-5-1-5-2-2 for 14 pts to win on a tie-breaker over
Melodie Gummer with a 3-2-2-4-3-4. The top teams are already looking
forward to their trip to Rochester to hopefully win the Rolex! For
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