The Donald D. Summerville Memorial Race is Free!
This year, Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club in Toronto has opened up the Summerville race on September 24, 2022 to every club again and it will also be free for every boat with a PHRF certificate.
Advanced Race Management Seminar: Friday – Sunday, October 14 – 16
Registration is now open for all current Race Officials interested in attending the Advanced Race Management Seminar to be held October 14-16, from 9am to 6pm, at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club.
11-Year-Old Wins Canadian Optimist Championships in Lunenburg
Will Keilty is Canada’s youngest ever National Champion. Last weekend he won the 2022 Optimist Dinghy Canadian Championships at Lunenburg Yacht Club held August 22-26.
Challenges for Canada in St. Tropez
The fifth event of SailGP Season 3, the Range Rover France Sail Grand Prix, took place this weekend in Saint-Tropez. Racing got underway mid-afternoon on Saturday with some of the most exciting conditions that the SailGP teams had ever experienced.
Lewin-LaFrance Team Top Canadians at Worlds in NS
Local favourites Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester, NS were the top Canadians at the 2022 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships which ended last Sunday in St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, as they came up with a 14th-place finish.
Toronto Hosts Inaugural Warrior Sailing Cup
Last week in conjunction with the Canada’s Cup, Toronto’s Royal Canadian Yacht Club welcomed competitors, family, and supporters from around the World for the inaugural Warrior Sailing Cup, which hosted six teams from the Netherlands, Australia, USA (2 teams), and Canada (2 teams).
The 26th Canada’s Cup – Match Race Experience and Tactics Win
The 26th Canada’s Cup finished last weekend on Saturday, September 3rd after three days of racing hosted by Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC).
Crew positions available heading to the Caribbean!
There are lots of reasons to become a member of the Salty Dawg Sailing Association but the best reason right now is that we are expecting a record number of boats in our rally to the Caribbean this fall and everyone is looking for crew.
CBC Sports Covering 2022 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships, in St. Margaret’s Bay
The competitions will be held in St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia from August 31 to September 5 and the top Olympic sailors in the world in the 49er (men’s pair) and 49erFX (women’s pair) Olympic classes as well as in Nacra 17 (mixed pairs) will get a chance to shine before a national audience.
Canada Games: Three Gold Medals for Team BC
Team British Columbia won three of the five events at the 2022 Canada Games held in the Niagara Region earlier in August.
Sarah Douglas Joins SailGP Team
High profile Olympian Sarah Douglas joined SailGP in Denmark last week as a strategist, in line with @sailgp’s Women Pathway Program.
Outstanding J105 Ontario Women’s Championship in 2022
Eighty women, 11 boats, and one day of highly competitive racing: August 20, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Toronto held the second annual J105 Ontario Women’s Championship.
Wrapping Up Chester Race Week With “Champagne” Winds
Helly Hansen Chester Race Week wrapped up on Sunday, August 13 with a final day of spectacular racing. Day 4 was likely the best day for weather, especially after Day 3 when a lick of wind wasn’t to be found and the races were cancelled.
SailTimer Testing a New Ordering Method for 2023
Long-time customers of the SailTimer Wind Instrument, the Halifax-based manufacturer, will know that the company is often sold out of new inventory in the spring. For 2023, the company is going to do an experiment, which gives customers a reduced price and helps to ensure sufficient inventory.
Clubs: Are Your Instructors Registered?
Clubs: Did you know that if the instructors/coaches in your club/school are not registered, and there is an incident, your clubs’ insurance could be null and void?
Zing vs Defiant Rematch for Canada’s Cup
The second of three scheduled Canada’s Cup Match Races will begin September 1, 2022. The best of 13 event will be a re-match between McLaughlin/L’Heureux Team Defiant and Burns/Hesse Team ZING.