A familiar name popped up as the Canadian Yachting Association announced its 2011 annual award winners. Murray McCullough, SLSC racing coach in 2006, 2007 and 2009, is CYA’s 2011 coach of the year. This award recognizes Murray’s fine technical knowledge of our sport, but far more than that, it recognizes his leadership and his personal skills – his ability [...] more
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Ian ‘Bags’ Brown wrote this to us about his friend Bruce Hamilton. Bags and Bruce instructed at the Club together in 1971. BRUCE HAMILTON 1955 – 2011 I’m sad to send you the news that Bruce passed away this past week. When I came to SLSC as head instructor in 1971, Commodore Fred Hopkins and his board did [...] more At the Ontario Sailing Golf Day recently, Derek Hatfield spoke of his round the world single handed racing carreer, sailing the Spirit of Canada boats. His ‘adventures’ included a capsize and demasting off the Cape of Good Horn while attempting to round Africa. The yacht that he sailed was an Open 60 like the one pictured above. The [...] more This Saturday we have the traditional SLSC Civic Holiday weekend regatta. This event has its origins in the 1800s. Come partipate in a tradition that has been part of Sturgeon Lake life since before the birth of our grandparents and greatgrandparents. The details are all contained in the Notice of Race that follows. See you [...] more SLSC is pleased to welcome back the Kawartha Lakes Boys and Girls Club and the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton as enthusiastic participants in our program of outreach to local youth groups. The Boys and Girls Club has expanded its participation this year and has booked 6 Friday afternoon sessions. The Big Brothers and Big [...] more June 10, 2011 Dear Families, Friends and Supporters: “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” from Kenneth Grahame (The Wind in the Willows) [and with apologies to Water Rats Sailing Club for blatantly purloining their slogan for my 2011 Commodore's letter] …and for 54 [...] more The Stugeon Lake Sailing Club will have a new fleet of boats for the Summer of 2011. 6 brand new Laser Picos are expected to arrive in time to be sail ready for the first day of Club. The Laser Pico was launched in 1995 and has enjoyed outstanding success. Internationally, over 15,000 boats have been sold. [...] more |
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