Results and upcoming events of the SLSC race team.
The Canadian Olympic Regatta in Kingston is annually the largest dinghy regatta in the country, attracting sailors from across the world. In past years, SLSC has attended the Youthfest part of the regatta. This year, there was no Youthfest and instead Club 420s sailed in the CORK International Regatta, focussed on olympic development classes. CORK Internatioanal expanded … Read more
SLSC is once again the home club of Canadian Youth champions. In the mid 1970s, Greg Tawaststjerna twice won the Canadian Youth Championships in the Laser. On Thursday August 7, Amy DesBrisay and Kate Thomas were crowned 2009 Canadian Youth Champions in the Club 420 at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. Amy and Kate started the … Read more
Amy and Kate are now in Victoria preparing for the start of the Canadian Youth Championships hosted by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. The Regatta is an annual event and brings together many of the best 18 and under sailors in the country. This year’s event starts August 1 with training and a practice race. The Regatta … Read more
Eight SLSC sailors participated in Port Credit’s Four Sisters Regatta on the weekend of July 18-19. This Regatta, sailed back to back with the Steerers Regatta, is the largest gathering of dinghy sailors in the province other than CORK and this year the numbers were north of 400 sailors…a remarkable event for that alone. Being able to pull … Read more
The Bronze Sail Race Team participated in the annual Port Credit Yacht Club Steerers Training Regatta on Thursday and Friday of last week (July 16-17) and performed very well. Sailing in their biggest regatta ever, the team was fast out on the water and fast on the water when they hit the course. A steely nerved Megan … Read more
Murray McCullough , Ryan Callahan, Owen Thomas and Sean Clynch drove down to Steeltown last weekend to sail the Hammer and do the boys weekend thing. Ryan, sailing a Byte, scored straight bullets (yes, in every race) and Owen and Sean acquitted themselves well as well with all top half of the fleet finishes, ending up in … Read more
Our Bronze level race team got their season off to a fabulous start off the rocky shores of Georgian Bay with a four day training clinic and regatta at Sail Parry Sound. Three teams: Keira Webster and Claire Lourie, Jacob Webster and Nick Agnew, and Megan Thomas and Thom Nyhuus left SLSC with their coach Evan … Read more
Amy and Kate have now returned from their first international regatta, held at the U.S. Sailing Center in Jensen Beach, Florida. They attended the regatta with Canadian sailors from Nova Scotia, Quebec and Alberta and participated in a Canadian training camp prior to the regatta, run by Canadian National Paralympic coach Craig Guthrie from Nova Scotia. Although … Read more
Amy DesBrisay and Kate Thomas are getting set to fly to Florida to sail in the U.S. 420 MidWinter Regatta to be hosted by U.S. Sailing Center at Jansen Beach. They will be accompanied by their Moms and Megan, their boat having made the trip down on its own last December. The Regatta will take place from February … Read more
Amy and Kate are heading back to Halifax by invitation of the Royal Halifax Yacht Squadron that has organized a 420 Halloween Clinic to run from Friday October 24 to Sunday October 26. The clinic is being run by the Canadian Paralympic coach, Craig Guthrie, back from Beijing where he coached Canadian sailor Paul Tingley … Read more
September 20-21, 2008 – SLSC had two 420s sail in the Fall CORK Regatta in Kingston, Ontario and our sailors learned first hand why Kingston has such a reputation for strong winds and tough competition. The small fleet of four 420s made up for its small size in skill and depth. Our teams of Evan Burtt/Ellen Lourie … Read more