After fleeing war, more than 20 Ukrainian refugee youth are sailing on Lake Ontario to build their knowledge, skills, and sense of social belonging. It’s part of a program created by non-profit group Broad Reach Canada.
After two days of the coaching clinic and three days of competition, the sailors racing at the 20th Anniversary C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta have congratulated their fellow sailors, including several Canadians, as they received the silverware in recognition of their results.
Northern Light Composites and not-for-profit Clean Sailors have teamed up to launch the world’s first sustainable and recyclable Optimist, with over 90 per cent of the hull being recyclable. The dinghy is designed for young sailors and sailing schools across the world and is supported by OneSails and Bcomp.
Sailing has been a Jeux Canada Games sport since 1967. The name recognizes our 2 official languages French and English. Jeux Canada Games is a multi-sport festival mimicking the Olympic games featuring opening and closing ceremonies, provincial team uniforms and sail identifiers.
Detroit’s Bayview Yacht Club, just across the river from Windsor, ON presents the 98th consecutive running of the Bayview Mackinac Race on Saturday, July 16, with the first boats crossing the starting line at 11:30 a.m.
Last month the Canadian Foiling Academy was launched at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron. “The RNSYS is the perfect home for our many foiling programs and this academy will be good for our club’s future,” says Vice Commodore, Lee Gifford-Simms.
On June 18, Armdale Yacht Club and the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic host a Friday parade of sail, and a Saturday race for the Roue class, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the fleet. The parade of sail commences at 6:00 pm, leaving from AYC to downtown Halifax.
Sail Canada is pleased to introduce its 11-member team that will represent the country at the 2022 Youth Sailing World Championships to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, July 10-14.
The Ashbridge’s Bay Yacht Club in Toronto is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2022. On Deck caught up with Past Commodores Rick Humphrey and Carolyn Weckesser. Weckesser is also the Chair of the 90th Anniversary Celebration Committee.
SailGP could be coming to Canada in 2023/2024 as part of Season 4. Following a very competitive domestic bid process, with interest from ten potential host cities, SailGP has announced that the following four cities are on the short list: Halifax, Kingston, Montreal, and Victoria.
Toronto sailor, Sarah Douglas, recorded Canada’s best performance in ILCA 6 at the second World Sailing World Cup of the season that ended on Sunday in Almere-Lelystad, Netherlands, as she finished in 13th position overall.
LOOR has once again partnered with SailOnline.org to hold a virtual Susan Hood Trophy Race presented by driveHG. SOL will set a virtual but identical course and, using real-time weather, race the V-SHTR from the comfort of your own home with the start at 8:00 PM EST.
Two Canadian sailors qualify for the Gold Fleet for the first time since 2016. This weekend, Canadian sailor Fillah Karim from Vancouver, BC, closed out the 2022 ILCA 7 Men’s World Championship as the top Canadian with a 43rd-place finish.
Full and part-time opportunities are available for qualified instructors in the British Virgin Islands and on Florida’s Gulf Coast. If you have excellent “people” skills, experience teaching on keelboats and 40’-50’ cruising sail and power yachts, we want to speak with you.
The 2022 NA’s in Nanaimo are approaching quickly on July 2-3. 25-30 M242’s are expected from California, Washington State, BC, and Alberta. The world-renowned Opti races and Regatta Party take place on Friday evening after the M242 practice race.
When I was first attracted to Olympic sailing all the boats were designed for big men. The top sailors were larger than life. They won big silver World Championship trophies and Olympic medals. Some wrote great books and others made fast sails and built fast boats.
