Racing

Boxing Rock Cup Harbour Race set for June 10

June 7, 2017

The annual Boxing Rock Cup (formerly the Harbour Race) will be held Saturday, June 10. Racing starts from both the Bedford Basin Club and the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron at 1300, with the finish line off Bishop’s Landing on the city waterfront. Once again it will be a pursuit race with start times based on vessel handicap. Awards will be presented aboard the winning boats at the raft-up party.

This event is not only very popular with sailors, but attracts people to the Halifax waterfront to enjoy the spectacle.

Visit www.sailnovascotia.com for details.

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The Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta

Organized to celebrate Canada 150, the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation.

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2009 Soling Worlds, Light Winds at the Second Day of Racing

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Rules Guy

The Rules Guy: Penalties – When and How to Take Them

This discussion is based on a situation that took place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (held in the summer of 2021) and some local youth regattas. When I first started to race, if you broke a rule, your only option was to drop out (or be protested out) of the race. This was a severe penalty for a simple incident.

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Southern Straits 2023

This year WVYC put the ‘Southern’ back in Straits, with courses taking all boats eventually to the ODAS marker south of Point Grey. Other than the big boats, most Straits skippers will not have been this far down the map since before 2010.

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Countdown to Lake Ontario 300

Attendance for this year's Lake Ontario 300 is well on its way to being another record-breaking year in more ways than one. To date there are 110 paid registrants, an increase of 25% from last year at this time. The total number of yachts competing last year was 172, which was a 35% increase from 2008. The LO300 has more than tripled in size over the last 5 years. Part of this increase is due to the addition of an exciting IRC division, a multi-hull division and a Single-handed division.

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Olson 25 Canadian Nationals

The Barrie Yacht Club (on Lake Simcoe's Kempenfelt Bay) recently hosted the 2011 Olson 25 Canadian National Championship Regatta on September 10/11, 2011.

The 2011 event featured a very competitive seven-boat fleet that sailed six races in total over two days. Starting early on Saturday morning and running through until Sunday evening, Olson 25 skippers and crew enjoyed a full slate of racing and conditions that resulted in very close competition in challenging and sometimes shifty conditions.

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What Ever Happened to the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes? (YRUGL)

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