The AHMEN series has its awards dinner in mid winter. A friendly event for a friendly series. AHMEN is an acronym which is composed of the first letter in the name of the founding Yacht Clubs: Alexandra, Harbour City, Mimico, Etobicoke, and National. There is a buffet dinner and lots of door prizes. I was pleased that everyone from the crew was able to attend (although interestingly without the various non-sailing spouses!).
The series are six single long distance races. They take up about 3 hours and cover up to eight miles. The conditions can be very variable as the race course hugs the coastline of Humber Bay to the north with a long connecting leg on the south side. In summer there is usually a deadly wind well on the north side while on the same day there is a steady breeze in open lake on the southern leg. The late season races can be in near gale conditions.
I stumbled upon AHMEN races one summer afternoon. We were sailing around Humber Bay without any plans and came across the AHMEN RC Boat. Why not race? We did well. I have been a regular participant ever since. It may be a friendly series but I still like to win. This year we had a good AHMEN series; overall, we were second. We had a good time and I think everyone is looking forward to next season.
