HMCS Quadra is serving as the winter training base for the Canadian sailing team as it prepares for the Tokyo Olympic Games scheduled for 2021.

After considering several venues around the country, Sail CanadaB次元官网网址檚 high-performance team selected the military facility at 19 Wing Comox because of its wind and waves, on-site accommodations, and safe and secured area for athletes. ItB次元官网网址檚 also a venue that can host the entire team.

Mike Milner, Sail Canada high-performance director, also credited an engaged local sailing community based out of the Comox Bay Sailing Club that B次元官网网址渨ent above and beyond to help our team in these uncertain times,B次元官网网址� he said in a news release.

In the summer, Milner contacted Rob Douglas, the clubB次元官网网址檚 vice-commodore, who used to coach professionally. Two-time Olympic medalist/B.C. sailor Ross MacDonald was asked to recommend a winter training location in B.C. because the usual venue in Miami was a COVID hotspot.

B次元官网网址淗e said Comox is the place, without a doubt, CanadaB次元官网网址檚 best sailing venue in the winter,B次元官网网址� Douglas said.

He explained to Milner how Comox, or B次元官网网址楳iami West,B次元官网网址� has spectacular winter sailing.

B次元官网网址淲e have great wind in the winter and a variety of wave conditions inside the spit, outside the spit and over the Comox Bar. This would give Team Canada sailors a great location to prepare for Tokyo 2021.B次元官网网址�

Douglas credits the Town of Comox for offering their facilities, as did the Comox Bay Sailing Club.

B次元官网网址淚n the end, the military came through with a superb facility and one with a little more space at HMCS Quadra. This level of exposure to top-end sailing serves as a motivator for our local sailors, and perhaps we will see one or more of them donning the Maple Leaf in the future.

B次元官网网址淚f anyone in the Comox Valley is eager to see the team in action, keep an eye on the water and look for the best of the best out on our very own Comox Bay,B次元官网网址� Douglas added.