Richard Roberts September 15 & 16 – Oakville Yacht Squadron hosted the 2007 Ontario High School Championships on a magnificent and breezy September weekend. The reunited SLSC crew of Claire DesBrisay and Liz Barr sailed superbly (winning 5 of the 7 races) to become the Ontario High School champions in the 420 Fleet. Amy DesBrisay and Kate … Read more
September 8 & 9 at Royal Hamilton Yacht Club – The final regatta in the Ontario sailing Association’s 2007 Title Series was the RHYC’s Cornish Hen Regatta which also served as the OSA Provincial Women’s Championships. Claire DesBrisay and Emily Fleck sailed one of the Club’s two new 420s and, with Kate Thomas and Kevin Robson unable to … Read more
CYA National Sailing Championships – August 9-11: The CYA National championships were held in Hamilton last weekend and the Amy DesBrisay and Kate Thomas (‘8008135’) team were on fire! Sailing in light to moderate winds, they sailed to 3 first place finishes and one third place finish on the last day of racing. The Amy/Kate combination ended … Read more
July 21 & 22 Port Credit Yacht Club – Three SLSC 420 crews attended PCYC’s annual Four Sisters’ Regatta (named for the four smokestacks that used to adorn the Lakeview Generating Station next to the Club). In a fleet of 26 boats, the team of Claire DesBrisay and Emily Fleck came home with the Silver Medal … Read more
On July 14 & 15, 2007, the Club hosted its Mid-Ontario Championship Regatta (Laser/Radial Gold Cup No. 4) with over 100 boats in five classes participating, including 38 lasers and 28 radials. On Saturday, sailors braved intermittent torrential rains and steady cold temperatures in good winds to complete four races on a trapezoid course. The … Read more
July 5 & 6 – On the fourth of July, the SLSC Race team made the long trek to the Sarnia Yacht Club to kick off its 2007 racing season in the CYA National 23 & Under Championships. After a hot night spent in tents with 4th of July fireworks blasting off in the distance on the shores of the … Read more