Dec 5, 2024 Murray McCullough has been named the new Executive Director of Ontario Sailing, effective January 6, 2025. Murray will replace Glenn Lethbridge, Ontario Sailing’s Executive Director for nearly 18 years, who will set sail for retirement in March of 2025. Murray will be responsible for providing strategic leadership for Ontario Sailing and ensuring…
Dec 5, 2024 With a new owner, new brand and new skipper, we can look forward to a full season of Sail GP fun. Being alive in the Sail GP Series is particularly important since the consensus is that fleet racing catamarans is the future, especially since the America’s Cup was widely viewed as a…
Dec 5, 2024 Ed Botterell, born January 24, 1931, a Canadian sailing legend, passed December 2, 2024. First noted in 1947 when he represented the Royal St Lawrence Yacht Club for the right to represent Canada in the first post war Olympics in the single handed Firefly. Beaten, but just, by Bruce Kirby from Ottawa,…
Nov 25, 2024 Picking up where they left off in January, Peter Burling’s ‘Black Foils’ have claimed their third consecutive win in the UAE, soaring ahead of the Emirates Great Britain and U.S. SailGP Team on the pristine waters of Port Mina Rashid. The Black Foils are back-to-back-winners of the Rolex SailGP Championship’s season-opening event. …
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…
Nov 21, 2024 Congratulations to Dalhousie University who won the last CICSA 2024 Fall season event, the Fleet Racing National Championships, held by McGill University at the Pointe-Claire Yacht Club at the end of October. A total of 10 teams were in action and completed 16 races. University of Toronto finished in second place, followed…
Nov 21, 2024 Lake Ontario Offshore Racing (LOOR) announces the official race dates for the 2025 season. Sailors, mark your calendars for an exciting lineup of offshore challenges, featuring the prestigious Lake Ontario 300 and 600 Challenge Races, the Susan Hood Trophy Race, and the popular Lake Ontario Shorthanded Race Series (LOSHRS) DATES: The LO300/LO600…
Nov 21, 2024 With the support of many friends and particularly family members, The Nacra 17 team of Madeline Gillis (RNSYC – Halifax) and Galen Richardson (RCYC – Toronto) held a festive ‘Hollywood’ fundraiser at RCYC in downtown Toronto on Thursday evening. The Sail Canada Development Squad sailors came within a point of qualifying for…
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…
October 24, 2024 The first fall session of Shellbacks was last week featuring Paul Lamont speaking on a cruising adventure in South India. There is a large lake in the south of India with a thriving marine culture in the area. We will explore how the residents of this area have embraced the water to assist them in…
October 24, 2024 Last month, the 2023 Shark World Championships received the Sail Canada City of Kingston Regatta of the Year as well as the Chisholm Trophy for Excellence in Race Management awards for 2023. The City of Kingston Regatta of the Year Award recognizes a provincial, national or international regatta whereupon all aspects of…
Photo Credit: Macgregor Studios October 24, 2024 The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club hosted the 2024 Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday, October 5th. Nearly 150 guests attended the event where 16 Canadians were inducted into the Hall of Fame. The 16 new inductees are: Caroll-Ann Alie, Rob Ball, David Cook, Jackie Gay,…
October 24, 2024 It was an interesting opportunity for Canadian sailors but Concord Pacific Racing’s campaign came to a abrupt end earlier this month after the Canadian team was forced to retire from racing following a catastrophic mechanical failure during the second race of the day at the Puig Women’s America’s Cup. After starting their…
Oct 10, 2024 On the continuum of adventurous sailing journeys, the Mini Globe Race 2025 sits right at the end – either craziest or bravest, take your pick. On February 23, 2025, the McIntyre Mini Globe Race (MGR) will commence, marking the beginning of a 13-month sailing adventure that challenges both the physical and psychological endurance of its…
Oct 10, 2024 Seven Canadian boats headed to Cleveland for the 2024 J105 NAs September 24-29. Consistency proved to be the highlight, as now four-time winner Terry McLaughlin and Rod Wilmer’s Mandate came out on top at the J/105 North American Championship in Cleveland, OH. Fraser Howell, Ian Howes, Andrew Kenny and John Millen from…
Oct 10, 2024 The 2024 LOSHRS race to Port Dalhousie (and the next day back to Port Credit YC) was notable in a few unusual ways, not least of which was the start of the race being delayed – almost cancelled – due to a rolling fog that made it difficult – at times impossible…
