Record participation at NOD 2024 NOD 2024 saw a record registration of 16 teams including 14 U25 sailors form USA, Toronto and the Ottawa areas.
Racing was cancelled on Saturday has the wind did not show up but Ethan Bixby was very generous of his time, giving instructions on different aspects of rigging, sail shape and sailing the 505. His boat was literally surround by the young and the older 505 sailors all day, curious to learn from this experience sailor and sail maker.
Three races were run on Sunday in wind ranging from 8 to 15 kn. Racing was very close with seconds separating the top boats at the end of all races.
Ethan sailing with Cameron Laing (Youth sailor on BYC Laser Racing Team) placed 1 st overall. Debbie Ashby and Dave Adams were second and Christian Voyer and Luke Strickland (U25 team from NSC) placed 3 rd . Only 1pt separate Ethan and Debbie teams and there was also 1pt between Debbie and Christian teams.
The fleet wants to thank Shona Weldon (8610) and Steve Lovshin (8468) for lending their boat to youth teams. The Fleet boat (was also raced by a youth team.
505 Fleet
Sailed: 3, Discards: 0, To count: 3, Entries: 16, Scoring system:
| Rank | Fleet | Main sail number | Boat name | Nett | Total | 062301 | 062302 | 062303 | Club | Skipper name | Crew 1 name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 505 | USA 8856 | Science Project | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | Other | Ethan Bixby | Cameron Laing |
| 2nd | 505 | 8696 | Loose Unit | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | Nepean SC | Debbie Ashby | Dave Adams |
| 3rd | 505 | 138 | Gowabunga | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | Nepean SC | Christian Voyer | Luke Strickland |
| 4th | 505 | 8735 | Spaghetti Factory | 12.0 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | Nepean SC | Brent Beninger | Alex Taylor |
| 5th | 505 | 8442 | MWP | 18.0 | 18.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | Nepean SC | Thomas Adolf | Steven Adolf |
| 6th | 505 | 8587 | The Pink Panther Strikes Again | 19.0 | 19.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | Nepean SC | Paul Place | Rae-Anne Norwood |
| 7th | 505 | 920 | Mistery | 27.0 | 27.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 17.0 DNS | Nepean SC | Marie Gendron | David Browne |
| 8th | 505 | 8753 | Road Trip | 29.0 | 29.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 7.0 | Other | Conor Morrison | Drake Morrison |
| 9th | 505 | 8468 | Double Dragon | 30.0 | 30.0 | 17.0 DNC | 5.0 | 8.0 | Britannia YC | Malcolm MacGillivray | Jonathon Tremblay |
| 10th | 505 | CAN7605 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 9.0 | 14.0 | 9.0 | Nepean SC | Andrew Gesing | Adam Gesing | |
| 11th | 505 | 8610 | Plane Chaos | 34.0 | 34.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 17.0 RET | Nepean SC | Joel Voyer | Siqi Zhang |
| 12th | 505 | 8645 | Green with Envy | 36.0 | 36.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | 11.0 | Nepean SC | Marg Hurley | Rob Voyer |
| 13th | 505 | USA7773 | Nattom Bomb | 36.0 | 36.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 10.0 | Nepean SC | Thomas Storer | Nathaniel Storer |
| 14th | 505 | USA 005 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | Britannia YC | Brodie Sorenson | Liam Downes | |
| 15th | 505 | 6910 | Toil and Trouble | 39.0 | 39.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 17.0 DNC | Nepean SC | Chris Edwards | John Bryant |
| 16th | 505 | 8410 | Bandersnatch | 51.0 | 51.0 | 17.0 DNC | 17.0 DNC | 17.0 DNC | Nepean SC | Clarissa Bush | Chris Gillies |
