Richard Roberts SLSC will be introducing a Mosquito program for novice and next to novice 8, 9 and 10 year olds to be led by Laura Norton. The program will introduce sailing to our youngest sailors in our Mosquito boats, where they will have the thrill of learning to steer their own boats and to trim their own … Read more
Sturgeon Lake has accepted Laser District 3 ‘s invitation to be the host club for the Ontario Laser Masters Championships this Summer. On the weekend of July 12-13, we will be welcoming Masters sailors from accross the province for a regatta known for fun and great racing among seasoned (aged 35 and over) sailors. Under … Read more
The Club is introducing an exciting new concept for the Sunday Afternoon Race Series this summer. The races will take place in the Club’s 420s and everyone is invited to show up and sail…kids, instructors, alumnae, directors, parents and grandparents. The plan is for everyone and anyone looking to participate to meet at the club … Read more
Board of Directors is excited to announce that we have a great crew of instructors set to run our programme this summer. The group is made up of returning instructors Adam Arscott (head instructor and White 3) and Elizabeth Barr (White 1 & 2)and four new instructors for the ’08 season: Andrew Read (senior race … Read more
Going For Gold in 2008: The Sturgeon Lake Sailing Club race team won the Gold Medal in the last Ontario Summer Games held at the Nepean Sailing Club in August 2006. It has now been announced that Ottawa has been awarded the 2008 Ontario summer Games and, as in 2006, Nepean Sailing Club will host the … Read more
Veteran junior sailing instructor Hugh Goodday of the St. Margaret’s Sailing Club in Nova Scotia writes the following about his Club’s decision to form a 420 race team: “In recent years, the 420 has witnessed a decline in popularity in Nova Scotia and Canada. This is a direct result of the impressive design and clever … Read more
From the Team Vanguard site. The following measurements are those we have found to be the fastest settings for a Club 420. After experimentation you may find that a slightly different setting may mean even better boat speed for you and your style of sailing. The Club 420 is an extremely popular boat used in … Read more
This letter to Sailing Scuttlebutt editor ‘The old Curmudgeon’ from Richard Roberts was recently published in the Scuttlebutt newsletter (see link to Scuttlebutt): “Here are my two cents on a number of race [management] issues. I’ve been a Laser sailor since 1972 and, in our world (I know we can be complainers), I think the … Read more
Presentation of OSA Title Series awards will take place at the OSA annual Meeting on January 20, 2008. Our race team should mark their calendars.
The Ontario Sailing Association has posted the results for its Title Event Series 2007 and Sturgeon Lakers have swept the top spots in the 420 class, with Claire DesBrisay and Emily Fleck winning in the 17 & 18 year old class and with Amy DesBrisay and Kate Thomas taking 1st overall in the 16 & under … Read more
CORK Fall Regatta – September 28 – 30: Kingston served up three quality days of racing for this past weekend’s NQR events and Murray McCullough was there with his crew Louis-Phillipe Bougie Bastien to compete in the 49er Olympic Class. This was one of the inaugural regattas in Murray and Louis-Phillipe’s campaign to represent Canada in … Read more