US Team Trials Completed

The US Team Trials were held on Key Biscayne on April 26-29.

Maybe that would have been a great location for such trials to be held for the Canadian team, which is selected way too early and sometimes, as discussed elsewhere in this blog, at a totally innappropriate time.

In 2017, the Canadian Team was selected for 2018, between 10 and 13 months prior to the actual IODA events. Most countries perform such selections months before the event - and even if the Canadian climate is obviously not helping, trials could easily take place in Florida or another place that can easily be reached from Canada.

And in 2018, the Canadian sailors will be selected for the 2019 IODA events during the Canadian championships, in a blatant scheduling conflict with the 2018 Worlds.

Find the results on this page.

http://www.kbyc.org/Waterfront-Activities/Optimist_Team_Trials.aspx

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