Organization News: Shellbacks Kicks Off 91st Year
2023 Shark World Championships win two Sail Canada Awards
Hall of Fame: 16 Inductees Join Hall of Fame
Canada’s Campaign Ends in Catastrophic Mechanical Failure at Puig Women’s America’s Cup
Undertakings: Thunder Bay’s Dan Turk Around the Globe on Home Built 5.8M
Mandate Wins J105 NAs
Canadian Sailing Clubs
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New Gear
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New Antifouling in North America – Hempel’s Silic One
Mar 20, 2024 Hempel, the Denmark-based worldwide coatings company, announced its innovative, high-performance, copper-free, and biocide-free antifouling coating – Silic One will be available in the United States and Canada. Sold exclusively in North America by SeaWide Distribution, Hempel’s Silic One is a revolutionary bottom coating that is environmentally friendly while reducing time spent cleaning… Read More…
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Best-in-class Speed Performance
Mar 6, 2024 AIRMAR’s DST810 Smart™ Multisensor (depth/speed/water temperature), featuring Gen2 paddlewheel, excels at low speeds, delivering an ultra-responsive start-up speed at only 0.3 knots. Speed-thru-water readings from the DST810 become linear at 0.6 knots, and as the boat accelerates, readings remain accurate, smooth, and steady due to a 5.7 Hz (5X per second) speed… Read More…
cruising
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How to Plan a Sailing Charter
Jan 3, 2024 By Ian Pedersen The yacht charter vacation product was pioneered in modern times by companies like The Moorings over 50 years ago, and for decades remained a best-kept secret of the boating industry. Back then, traditional sailboats comprised the majority of yachts available for many years, which required extensive sailing knowledge on… Read More…
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From Nova Scotia, Next Stop Maine
There’s good and bad news about planning a cruise in Maine. The good news is that there are over 1000 destinations and 3,500 miles of coastline from which to choose. The bad news is that there are so many choices that it may seem impossible to come up with an enjoyable cruise itinerary. Read More…
Sail Tech
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Viewpoint: What Does NTG Acquisition Mean for Independent Canadian Sail Lofts?
Sept 12, 2024 By Keven Piper News of NTG (North Technology Group) buying Quantum Sails and Doyle Sails has lots of sailors talking about sail lofts lately. Talking with some colleagues in the industry even those working under those banners were surprised, but not really surprised by the news. Some commented that they haven’t had… Read More…
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Triradial vs Crosscut Mainsails – Part 2
Mar 20, 2024 By Keven Piper, Bay Sails Part 1 takes a look at triradial vs crosscut mains. Part 2 considers speed, longevity and cost. In most one design classes like Stars or Etchells, where intense effort is made by sail designers to make the fastest sails, a very high proportion of the sail shape… Read More…
People
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8 Bells: Bill Abbott Sr – Boatbuilder, Olympian
Nov 21, 2024 The country lost one of its most important boating figures, William Alexander Abbott, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, Sarnia ON boat builder on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 98. In 1991, at the second annual CYA Sail Training Symposium, the Sarnia Yacht Club donated a trophy in honour of William… Read More…
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Eight Bells: Sailing lost a great one this week! Dennis Toews
Nov 7, 2024 The sport of sailing lost a great one this week! Dennis Toews passed away on Sunday November 3 2024. Dennis Toews started me on my Olympic Journey on a cold and rainy April Saturday in 1973. Dennis Toews extended a warm and hardy handshake to a young man who raced down the… Read More…
