Aug 14, 2025 On Saturday, June 28, 2025, the Charlottetown Yacht Club hosted a demonstration introducing the Island community to adaptive sailing. Ben Keizer, founder of Able Sail PEI, in co-operation with Sail PEI, ParaSport and Recreation PEI and Spinal Cord PEI organized a day-long opportunity for the public to view a Martin 16 sail…
Aug 14, 2025 By Roger Renaud In 2023, Tim Prophit and crew of Fast Tango from the Bayview Yacht Club, Detroit, was on the podium for all three Great Lakes races. Fast Tango also won the Bayview-Mac overall in the ORC division and scored a second place overall in the ORC division in the Chicago-Mac….
July 9, 2025 On Thursday, June 12, Ontario Sailing announced the athletes that have been selected to Team Ontario for the 2025 Canada Summer Games. Congratulations to the following athletes who will represent Ontario on the national stage at the Canada Summer Games in Newfoundland this August! • Brodie Sorensen (ILCA 6 Male) – Brittania…
July 10, 2025 Kingston Yacht Club’s Peter Van Rossem, Matt Fair, and Josh Wilby on Jonathan Livingston Seagull (CAN 276) won at the 2025 Shark 24 North Americans held June 28-29 at Bay of Quinte Yacht Club. The Shark 24 counter Regatta saw a great turn out of 32 boats. Good winds and flat water…
July 10, 2025 Sail Canada just announced the list of sailors who will be part of the 2025-2026 Canadian Sailing Team. The 21 athletes were selected based on the Canadian Sailing Team Sport Canada Carding Criteria as well as on their overall performance over the 2024-2025 season. Carded sailors from the Canadian Sailing Team receive…
July 10, 2025 By Roger Renaud The 2025 Youth Match Racing Worlds will be held at Gdynia, Poland. July 21-27. Youth Match Racing Worlds is the highest level of youth match racing in the world. At this event the top 14 U23 (youth under 23) match racing teams are invited to compete for the title…
Keven’s son, Willem Piper July 10, 2025 By Keven Piper I really enjoy that moment when I sheet in the sails, the boat gently heels and it accelerates through the water with a splash and the burble of water and waves. Even in the lightest of breezes, the boat glides through the water, almost as…
July 10, 2025 Over 30 yachts lined up on June 21 to participate in LOSHRS Race 2 from PCYC to Bluffers Park (re-routed from Youngstown NY), including a fine turnout of solo sailors. Conditions were interesting to say the least. Heavy fog and mist (see the photo above of the PCYC Clubhouse from K Dock) greeted…
June 26, 2025 SailGP has released further details of its forthcoming 2026 Season, including the return of fan-favorite locations and multi-year hosting agreements. Beginning in January 2026 and unfolding over an 11-month period, the 2026 Season will debut in Perth (January 17-18) before returning to Auckland (February 14-15), and Sydney (February 28-March 1). Leading professional service firm KPMG Australia will be…
June 26, 2025 Seventeen Canadian teams took part in the 14th edition of the Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race taking 14 days, May 31-June 14, around Vancouver Island. Split into four divisions, the 44 boats took part in a total of 9 legs of a total 580 nautical mile race. The Van Isle 360…
June 26, 2025 Chester Race Week, the largest keelboat regatta in Atlantic Canada, is charting a course for its 2025 edition, scheduled for August 13–16. This year’s event brings, a strengthened sponsorship lineup, and an exciting expansion in class participation. Leading the charge is Atlantic Yacht Sales, proudly participating as Title Sponsor of Chester Race…
June 26, 2025 By Renée Young for Canadian Boating OnBoard The Nepean One Design (NOD) Regatta held June 21-22 once again demonstrated that thrilling, high-caliber racing doesn’t require professional crews or hugely expensive boats. With an impressive turnout of nine (!) one-design fleets—including J/24, J/22, J/80, 505, C&C 27, Shark, Tanzer 22, Viper 640, and…
June 12, 2025 The NorthStar SailGP Team finished 7th overall at the 6th stage of the 2025 SailGP season in New York last weekend. The Canadian team is currently fifth in the 2025 overall standing. Diego Botin’s Spain has recorded back-to-back event wins after spectacularly beating New Zealand and France in New York’s winner-takes-all shootout….
June 12, 2025 Hosted by the Nepean Sailing Club, the 27th edition of the Nepean One Design (NOD) Regatta, June 20 – 22, 2025, brings together over 300 participants across multiple keelboat and dinghy fleets for a weekend of sailing, entertainment and friendly rivalry in the beautiful National Capital Region. Since its inception in 1992,…
June 12, 2025 There’s a record registration commitment of 33 competitors already for the 2025 Martin 242 “45th Anniversary” North American Championship , August 23 to 24, 2025 in Vancouver. The regatta is co-Hosted by Royal Vancouver Yacht Club and Kitsilano Yacht Club. Teams are coming from Los Angeles, Anacortes, Orcas Island, Victoria, Sidney, Nanaimo,…
2025 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 European Championships – Day 6 Credit: Nikos Pantis June 12, 2025 Long-time Canadian world contenders Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester, NS finally won their first big gold medal in 49erFX at the 2025 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships that ended on Sunday in Thessaloniki, GRE. Sitting…
