The Big Picture: We’re on Port!
May 3, 2023
DoubleTime, a J109 from Royal Van, clear of The Queen of Cowichan, one of ferries that go from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo (across the Strait of Georgia) in last month’s 53rd Southern Straits Classic.
May 3, 2023
DoubleTime, a J109 from Royal Van, clear of The Queen of Cowichan, one of ferries that go from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo (across the Strait of Georgia) in last month’s 53rd Southern Straits Classic.
Now that the boat is away, and you’ve read Sailing in Canada’s lates issue, it’s time to head to the bookshelf and get primed for next season’s battles. Here are some titles from the Nautical Mind Bookstore on Toronto’s waterfront to keep the juices flowing.
If you’ve done it; you get it, if you haven’t; I’m betting you’ve spent a little (or a lot) of time dreaming of living the barefoot, lime in your beer lifestyle. Azure waters of the Caribbean calls us like the sirens of the sea.
When the starting signal goes off, every boat would like to have a large space to leeward so they can put their bow down without the fear of being pinched off. But this doesn’t mean you want to have such a big hole to leeward throughout the starting sequence.
One of the most critical factors for any jib or genoa trimmer is the amount of sag in the headstay. Your forestay almost never forms a straight line between the bow and the mast – due to wind pressure it always sags aft and to leeward at least a little bit.
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… Read More…
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… Read More…