Skamania Coves Regatta and Al Clark clinic

[Al Sargent]

Skamania Cove Regatta registration is now open for Masters sailors 30+, as well as a clinic with World Champ Al Clark. 

Best regards,
 
Al

alsa...@gmail.com / +1 650 269 2176 / https://calendly.com/alsargent

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From: Bill Symes <wjs...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: Gorge Training Schedule
To: ROBERT HODSON <rhod...@comcast.net>
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Heads up to anyone who’s planning to sail Skamania Coves Invitational (July 31-Aug. 1): please sign up soon! You do not want to miss this one – great sailing, great food, great friends, free beer. And the best sailing venue on the planet! Early entry discount ends July 17 and only a couple of cabins left, so get your registration in today.

Special bonus: we’re bringing in legendary Laser coach Al Clark, fresh off his seventh ILCA Masters Worlds championship last month in Athens, to conduct a 3-day pre-regatta clinic, July 27-29, at Skamania Coves. It’s a great opportunity to learn from one of the most knowledgeable sailors in the sport, and a great warm up for the regatta. Clinic is limited to 8 sailors, only a few seats left so act now if you’re interested.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need more info. Would love to see you all at the Coves this summer. It’s gonna be fun!

Bill

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On Jul 2, 2026, at 3:11 PM, ROBERT HODSON <rhod...@comcast.net> wrote:



Hello again Gorge Team,  

Here is my training and event schedule for the next few weeks.

 

July 7-9 Cascade Locks Practice Session

July 11-12 District 22

July 14,15 Cascade Locks Practice Session

July 16-19 Jericho Masters

July 22, 23 Cascade Locks Practice Session

July 25-26 CGOD

July 27-29 Al Clark Clinic (Skamania Coves)

July 30 Blow Out

July 31-Aug 2 Skamania Coves Invitational

 

Regarding August and September, I have no plans to attend any events, so will likely be on an intermittent maintenance work out schedule of Wednesday-Fridays and maybe some weekends for those months.  We have some tentative cruising plans up north for several weeks before the end of summer. Details to follow.

 

A note about traffic:  There is on going construction (through December) on I84 just west of Bonneville with lane closures going east and west.  We have experienced major back ups starting in the mid afternoon going west, so much so that it was faster to cross the bridge at Cascade Locks or Hood River and go west on HWY 14 to Portland.  The back up going east on I84 in the late morning has not been too bad.

 

Hope to see you out there.

Rob