November 1, 2023 On Monday, Sail Canada introduced its new Chair, Kate MacLennan, of Alberta, as well as the new Board of Directors for 2023-2024, following the Annual General Meeting that was held virtually last week. Fiona Cochrane from British Columbia has also been elected to the Sail Canada board, while Valérie Lavigne from Québec…
November 1, 2023 Halifax has won the bid to host racing on Halifax Harbour front and centre between George’s Island and the MacDonald Bridge. Thanks to the Sail NS team and various organizations in the area – Province of Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Build Nova Scotia, Discover Halifax, and the Port of Halifax –…
Oct 18, 2023 Melodie Schaffer from Toronto was named Sail Canada’s 2023 Rolex Sailor of the Year during Canada’s Celebration of Sailing event held by Sail Canada and the Port Credit Yacht Club yesterday. Sail Canada’s Rolex Sailor of the Year Award has been presented annually since 1986 to individual(s) who have provided global recognition…
Oct 18, 2023 Five, rather than normal six, crew onboard on Saturday The final stop on the European leg of SailGP Season 4 wrapped up this afternoon in Cádiz, the oldest city in the Western world, located in the Southernmost corner of Europe, not far from Gibraltar. Thousands of spectators lined the medieval city’s seawall to…
October 18, 2023 • Popular Offshore Sailing School is opening a new location in Key West, Florida! Starting January 2024. The company has also added a new Boat Handling & Docking course, offering experienced sailors the opportunity to increase their skills and confidence with big boat maneuvering and docking aboard 40’-50’ catamaran and monohull yachts. • Yesterday,…
Oct 18, 2023 This was posted by skipper Len Strahl, on a local Great-Lakes blog: – the ‘Lake St Clair Sailor’, September 28, 2023. This incident took place during the last race of the Windsor Yacht Club Wednesday night series. It was dark, rainy, and lots of wind. Lake St Clair is only about 15…
Oct 18, 2023 Training in the 69F, a one-design, full foiling, full carbon monohull for crews Following their summer training on Lake Garda—which included competing in 69F at the inaugural Women’s 69F Gold Cup—the focus of Team Canada’s America’s Cup training program has moved to Spain. As the countdown to the October 2024 America’s Cup…
October 18, 2023 In 2028, Scott Shawyer will be the only Canadian to compete in the Vendée Globe. In the meantime, Scott and his co-skipper Nick are qualifying and training by competing in one of the biggest ocean race this year: The Transat Jacques Vabre. With less than two months till the race start, Moloney, a three-times circumnavigator,…
Ashbridges Bay YC held the Donald Summerville on Sept 23 with strong turnout in five divisions of FS and NFS and multiple courses. The open event included club finishes for ABYC and for the Lou Lalonde Frostbite Race at neighbouring THSC.
Sail Canada has introduced its 12-member team that will represent the country at the 2023 Youth Sailing World Championships to be held in Búzios, Brazil, December 8-16.
There’s a scene in one of my favorite sailing movies, Wind, where one of the America’s Cup commentators says: ‘The big boats may get the glory, but it’s the small boats that make the sailor’. That statement could not be more accurate when we follow the various crews of regatta fleets around the world.
Sarah Douglas has been Canada’s most successful National Team member in several years, and has secured Canada a spot in the Paris 2024 Olympics in the ILCA 6 (formerly Laser Radial) class.
Halifax has been selected as the first-ever city in Canada to host a Sail Grand Prix. The inaugural ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix will take place June 1-2, 2024.
Sail Canada announces the launch of Sail Canada’s National Fundraising Program, Reach for Excellence! Navigating your path to supporting our mission has never been easier on our brand-new website donation page.
Following the announced upcoming retirement of CEO Don Adams and as a key part of our upcoming leadership change, Sail Canada has kicked-off the search for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Sail Canada’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the past seven years, Don Adams, will retire in the upcoming year. Over his 43-year career as a leader in the Canadian sport system, Don Adams previously worked with Badminton Canada, Diving Canada and Equestrian Canada, as well as with Motivate Canada.
