On February 26, on the eve of the Oscars, a contingent of Sturgeon Lakers from across the generations walked the other red carpet in their finery to attend the Canadian Yachting Association gala awards dinner, held at the Carlu in Toronto. SLSC was there in force to receive the CYA Regatta of the Year Award for its hosting … Read more
SLSC has set August 6-7 as the 2011 Mid Ontario Regatta weekend. We are known far and wide as fine regatta hosts and the 2011 Mids regatta provides us with another opportunity to extend a great Sturgeon Lake welcome to sailors of all ages from all over Ontario and elsewhere. We will have 3 classes again this year – Laser, Radial … Read more
Under the banner: “Congratulations to Sturgeon Lake” the following article appeared on the International Laser Class Assoc. – North America website today: Congratulations to Sturgeon Lake! Friday, 28 January 2011 23:31 On January 28, 2011, the Canadian Yachting Association announced its annual sailing awards and a Laser Masters event has come out on top as … Read more
Well folks, the Canadian Laser Masters Championships hosted by the Sturgeon Lake Sailing Club has just been announced by the Canadian Yachting Association as Canadian Regatta of the Year for 2010. The club is going to be feted with other CYA award winners at the CYA gala event at the Carlu in Toronto on February … Read more
It is the new year and, in the cold of January, we are starting to plan for the warm (and busy) Summer of 2011. The strength of our program is due in large part to the skills, the enthusiasm, the imagination and the energy of our coaches. We are coincidently looking for skilful, enthusiastic, imaginative and energetic coaches. … Read more
Sharpen your blades, tape up your sticks and say a little prayer for Me (Larry Thomas); Winter cross training on ice is a go at the Fenelon arena! For those of you who haven’t participated before, we use 3/4’s of the rink for shinny and 1/4 for pirouettes, little ones and UN observers. On the … Read more
It blows hard in Kingston in the fall – that is Kingston’s reputation – but at last year’s Fall CORK regatta our sailors saw a different Kingston. It was a quiet affair. Little breezes with patches of no wind, sailors searching for puffs, being quiet in the boats so as not to spill any of … Read more
Claire DesBrisay opened the 2010 Fall College sailing season for the University of Ottawa Gee Gees at the New York Maritime Fall Open. A total of 18 college teams sailed in the regatta, including Columbia, Fordham, US Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point), Maryland, Rochester, Georgetown, Cornell, Navy, NY Maritime and Hobart and William. U of O and rival … Read more
A bevy of SLSC sailors is racing for their respective University sailing teams this Fall, as Kate Thomas has made the very competitive Queen’s sailing team and may be facing off with Claire DesBrisay and Liz Barr, both of whom will be racing for Ottawa U. Amy DesBrisay and Ellen Lourie have tried out for and made … Read more
What follows is Brenda Devine’s description of how the Devine family emerged victorious in the pressure filled competition for this year’s Silver Plate Award for the best instructor dinner of the 2010 season: a competition that left Chris practically speechless at prize giving, unable for the longest time to announce the winner for fear of … Read more
Greg Tawaststjerna, SLSC alumnus, sailed to a very impressive fourth overall and third place in the Masters category at the 2010 Laser Masters North American Championships sailed on the beautiful waters of the Catalina Channel outside the Los Angeles Breakwater at the Alomitas Yacht Club. The 40 Standard and 20 Radial masters were treated to three days … Read more