February 15, 2023
Roue 20 Class Winners / Photo Credit: Darlene Awalt
Chester Race Week has announced registration for 2023. They sent along this fantastic shot of last year’s winner, Auster, in the Roue 20 class. The crew led by skipper Robert Merchant is clearly pretty happy with their performance as they receive their trophy and keeper ‘wrestling’ belt from Chester Yacht Club Commodore, David Creighton. Hard to top for a very happy winner shot.
When September rolls around and teacher tasks you to write an essay on “how I spent my summer vacation,” you need some good stories! What better way to generate those than enter in the Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race.
November 1, 2023 • Five new Learning Facilitors: A total of five candidates took part in a Sail Canada Learning Facilitator (LF) Clinic in Montreal last weekend to become trained as Instructor Trainers. The clinic, lead by Master Learning Facilitators Marc-Antoine Brassard and Alex Byczko, focuses on the skills required to engage with future instructor development…
Feb 14, 2024 Leave a Sailing Legacy Until recently the 1st Boundary Bay Sea Scouts Group in Tsawwassen ran a very successful sailing program for over 20 years for scouts living in Tsawwassen. The training enabled some scouts to achieve their certification as qualified Day Skippers from the Canadian Yachting Association. Rather than restarting that…
Dec 13, 2023 Canadian battles to represent the country for one of the spots qualified in sailing toward the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will start in the first week of January, with the first of two competitions that will serve for the Canadian qualification process in ILCA 6 to be held as part of the…
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…
