May 15, 2024 With a racecourse that is visible from both sides of the harbour, Halifax offers one of the best race stadiums on the SailGP circuit. “Spectators will be able to watch the fleet of ten hydro foiling catamarans from vantage points along the Dartmouth and Halifax waterfronts, as well as from the water,”…
May 15, 2024 There’s still a chill in the Nova Scotia spring air, even on the sunniest of days, and the ocean hasn’t yet shed its winter slate grey. Venturing from Bermuda to Halifax at this time of year is daunting. For the crew of Carlina the challenge of an ocean passage to Halifax is…
15 mai, 2024 Une athlète additionnelle, cette fois-ci en kiteboarding féminin, se qualifiera pour être nommée au sein de l’équipe canadienne de voile en vue des Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024 à la suite des Championnats du monde de Formula Kite 2024 qui auront lieu du 14 au 19 mai à Hyères, en France. Les…
May 15, 2024 An additional athlete, this time in women’s kiteboarding, will qualify to be nominated for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Canadian Sailing Team following the 2024 Formula Kite World Championships to be held this week, May 14-19 in Hyères, France. The 2024 Formula Kite World Championships will be the second and last competition that…
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…
15 mai, 2024 Antonia et Georgia Lewin-LaFrance de Chester, en Nouvelle-Écosse, qui se sont qualifiées pour être nommées au sein de l’équipe canadienne de voile pour Paris 2024, ont pris la 8e position lors de leur dernière compétition majeure avant Paris, le Championnats européen en 49erFX 2024, qui s’est conclu dimanche à La Grande Motte, en…
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 Voile Québec will hold two Offshore Survival courses in the upcoming months in Montreal and in Quebec. REGISTER HERE The course, organized by the FVQ and sanctioned by World Sailing includes lecture-based and participatory theoretical portions, as well as practical exercises. The practical portions require good physical fitness, some of them being…
May 1, 2024 Helly Hansen Chester Race Week 2024 will take place in scenic Chester, Nova Scotia from August 14th to 17th and this year’s highlight will be the J70 Canadian Championship as part of the event. Billed as the largest fixed keel regatta in Eastern Canada, Chester Race Week offers an unsurpassed racing venue. It is…
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…
1 mai, 2024 Les quatre championnats nationaux de la jeunesse et séniors de Voile Canada seront présentés à Kingston, en Ontario, par CORK/Sail Kingston cet été. Les premiers championnats mettront en vedette la classe Formula Kite, l’une des deux nouvelles épreuves aux Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024 cet été. Les Championnats séniors de Formule Kite…
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,…
1 mai, 2024 Sarah Douglas, de Toronto, a pris la 8e place au classement général en ILCA 6 lors de la Semaine olympique française qui s’est conclue samedi à Hyères, en France. La Semaine olympique française, qui présente les dix classes olympiques et qui est réservée aux nations qui se sont qualifiées pour les Jeux…
May 1, 2024 Sarah Douglas from ABYC, Toronto took the 8th spot overall in ILCA 6 at the French Olympic Week sailing competition that ended on Saturday in Hyères, France. French Olympic Week, which showcases all ten Olympic classes and is reserved for nations which have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, is a good…
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…
