24 June 2023 – Anacortes, Washington, USA. The International Six Metre North American Championships begins today at Anacortes Race Week with 5 days of racing on Padilla Bay. Canadian and American teams in Moderns and Classics will meet at this venue for the first time and expectations are high for this beautiful setting at the gateway to the famous San Juan Islands.

The ‘sixes’ will share their own course with the J 70 Class with PHRF rated boats competing on a separate courses on the bay. At play will be a variety of trophies, including the Bill Gooderham Trophy for Canadian – American Team Racing, which was rededicated in 2000 as emblematic of the North American Championship trophy. The Olin J. Stephens II North American Classic Cup will be awarded to the highest placing Classic. A new trophy named for the first Modern Six metre, Toogooloowoo IV, will be presented to the highest placing Transitional Modern, which is defined as a Six Metre first certificated between 1966 and September 1979. The “Toogie IV” trophy is a half-model of the boat crafted by Robert Cadranell, a former owner of Toogie IV and longtime owner and sailor in the Class. 

The International Six Metre has been present and active in the Pacific Northwest since the mid-1930’s in both Vancouver, B.C., site of the 2017 International Six Metre World Championships and in Seattle, which hosted the first ISMA World Championship in 1973 and the 1979 Worlds. Anacortes is exactly halfway between Vancouver and Seattle, so the perfect neutral place for these crews to match tactics and unlock the secrets of new waters.

Scoring will be managed by Yacht Scoring here: https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm

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