Well if you are a sailing fan then you probably already know that the 33rd America’s Cup regatta begins this Monday, Feb 8th, 2010. For those of you that aren’t sailing fans let me see if I can convince you that this deserves some attention. A Brief History It is called the America’s Cup after … Read more
2008 Canadian Olympian Mike Leigh in the Laser class and 2008 Paralympic Gold Medallist Paul Tingley in the 2.4 mR class both sailed to victory in in the Sail Melbourne Regatta in Melbourne, Australia in December and you will find below a link to the Sail Melbourne website with really good video of the final … Read more
In January and February of this new year, a contingent of Canadian sailors in various classes will be racing at designated class regattas in Florida with a view to being selected as Canada’s team for the ISAF Youth World Championship. The Youth Worlds will take place in July of this year. The Youth Worlds is ISAF’s longest running event, … Read more
Having been snookered in Fenelon for this year’s holiday skating and shinny extravaganza, Larry Thomas has booked a change in venue to BOBCAYGEON. Ice time is Dec 28th 1-3, 29th 4-6 and 30th 2:30-4:30. Costs will be the same as last year: $20/family/day and $10/day for solo skaters. An invitation and much encourgement is extended … Read more
Amy DesBrisay and Kate Thomas have accepted invitations to join Ontario Sailing’s new Ontario Development Team. This team, comprised of 4 Club 420 crews, 4 Radial sailors, 4 29er crews and 4 Laser full rig sailors will receive coaching through Ontario Sailing at development clinics and some funding for events. Amy and Kate are off … Read more
Here is a link to a rules quiz…test your knowledge and learn some rules. Do the test once and then do it again every month until the racing season starts next year. By then you will be a rules junkie and a more confident sailor when you are back on the course. http://game.finckh.net/indexe.htm
I am thrilled to report that, the day after Toronto won the bid for the Pan Am Games, SLSC has won its bid to play host to the 2010 National Laser Masters Championships. On Saturday November 7, the North American Laser Class Association approved SLSC’s bid to hold the National Championships (a three day regatta) from Friday July … Read more
Here is a youtube video that shows basic boat handling in a Club 420. Watch it carefully and you might pick up something.
These are excerpts from the reflections of Paul Heineken, Junior Committee Chair of the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, CA based on 50 years of junior club sailing experience. The excerpts are from an article which appears in this week’s Scuttlebut website (see link below). I thought the reflections were worth a read as we think about … Read more
Rob Koci, who was this year’s winner of the Mid Ontario Radial class, spent two years preparing for the World Masters Championships held in Halifax this past September. Rob had set himself a goal of winning the Grand Master Radial Championship – to be the best in the World and recognized as such in Halifax. He … Read more
This past weekend, members of the SLSC Race Team, instructors and past instructors took to the usually rough waters off Portsmouth Harbour in Kingston for the end of season grand finally Fall CORK regatta. This year Fall CORK was also Ontario Sailing’s Provincial Championships for Laser, Radial, Club 420, 29er and Optimist classes, capping off … Read more