May 15, 2024 Three of Canada’s major corporations, Concord Green Energy (Concord Pacific), RBC and TELUS, will sponsor teams at the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup and the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup in Barcelona this year. The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club is the supporting club behind the successful Canadian bid to be one of 12 challengers…
May 15, 2024 Eight sailors from the Queen’s Sailing Team are embarking on the Newport Bermuda Race, a four-day, 1,200 km event from Newport, RI, to St George, Bermuda, featuring 200 yachts in what is one of North America’s biggest sailing races. Skipper Julian Hill says the group will be racing under the name HoldFast…
May 15, 2024 Before racing at the Bermuda SailGP even started the news came that the US SailGP Team would not be on the start line after the teams’ dramatic capsize in official practice racing. Data provided by the United States F50 defined the cause of the capsize as ‘user error’ – wing trimmer Victor…
May 15, 2024 Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester, NS, who have qualified to be nominated on Canada’s Paris 2024 sailing team, took the 8th position at their last major competition before Paris, the 2024 49erFX European Championship, which ended Sunday in La Grande Motte, France. Qualified in 8th position for the Medal Race as…
May 1, 2024 At the last SailGP event in Christchurch NZ, the Canadian boat had three collisions and a number of injuries. It was mayhem as the video shows. Taking on water throughout the race, the Canadians nonetheless made the final and came away with a third place. We encourage you to watch this mind-blowing…
May 1, 2024 By Roger Renaud For many years, sailors of the Great Lakes have enjoyed competing against each other, both locally, and on an intersectional basis. In the past, the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes has fostered and promoted competition among the six Great Lakes Yachting Associations. The Yacht Racing Union of…
May 1, 2024 Sail Canada’s four youth and senior National Championships will be hosted in Kingston, ON, by CORK/Sail Kingston this summer. The first championships will feature Formula Kite, one of the two new classes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer. Sail Canada’s 2024 Senior Formula Kite Championships will be held July 4-7,…
May 1, 2024 The Laser 28 Class along with Royal Hamilton Yacht Club is hosting the North American One Design Laser 28 Championships. Racing starts June 30 through July 3. Already registered are boats from Buffalo NY, Halifax, Ottawa and Montreal to race against the Lake Ontario fleet in Hamilton. The excitement is building as…
May 1, 2024 Over the years, since 1989 when Maiden hit the start line of the Whitbread Round the World Race, Canadian women have been involved. Earlier this month, Maiden won the Ocean Globe Race 2023-2024, smashing numerous records in the process, including becoming the first all-female crew to win a round-the-world race, again with…
May 1, 2024 Canada Ocean Racing’s Scott Shawyer, the Canadian skipper of the IMOCA Be Water Positive, will be competing in the prestigious single-handed transatlantic race, the New York Vendée, which starts later this month on May 29th. With no solo IMOCA races in recent months, it was obligatory for Scott to complete a rigorous…
May 1, 2024 Lululemon in partnership with the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) revealed its first-ever summer Athlete Kit for Team Canada ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. With the launch of the Athlete Kit and Retail Collection beginning April 16, lululemon embarks on its second Games in…
Apr 17, 2024 A note from Saskia at SMYC Big shoutout to Canadian Team member Clara Gravely for donating two ILCA 6 sails to SMYC! Currently, Sint Maarten YC is running three different programs: A Sailability Program for differently abled residents of St. Maarten. “We’ve launched this free program a year ago and are now sailing…
Apr 17, 2024 A total of 10 Canadian sailors will take part in the Last Chance Regatta in Hyères, France, April 21-27, which will be the last opportunity to qualify spots for countries at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. As of today, Canada has qualified in the ILCA 6, 49er, 49erFX and women’s kiteboarding events. In…
Apr 17, 2024 By Paul Place, Event Chair Join us June 21-23 for the 26th edition of the Nepean One Design Regatta (NOD), the National Capital Region’s foremost one-design sailing event. Held at the Nepean Sailing Club, the NOD brings together over 300 participants across a multiple keelboat and dinghy one-design fleets for a thrilling…
Apr 17, 2024 Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester took the 4th position in 49erFX at the 2024 Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta which ended on Saturday in Palma, Spain. In fourth place following the preliminary races, the sisters ended up retaining that position after the Medal Race was cancelled due to lack of wind. Antonia…
Apr 17, 2024 With the Princess Sofia Regatta wrapped up April 6 in Palma, Mallorca, Canada’s Olympic Sailing Team is rounding out. Sarah Douglas from Toronto, in ILCA 6, as well as Will Jones from Jerseyville, ON, and Justin Barnes from Pickering, ON, in 49er, have qualified to be nominated on Canada’s Paris 2024 Olympic…
