Richard Roberts Just days out from the start of the London Olympics 2012 Sailing Regatta, there are challenges and opportunities for 2012 Canadian Olympic Sailing Team. Star sailors Richard Clarke and Tyler Bjorn are probably Canada’s strongest medal contenders in a very competitive Star class. They were seventh at the recent Star Worlds and could have been on … Read more
This is an exciting week for the racers at SLSC! This Wednesday the ‘Elite Opti Race Squadron’ is off to its first regatta at PCYC! We are really excited for them and wish them the best of luck! Then this weekend the Race Team is racing at PCYC as well. Good luck racers! Dances and … Read more
The SLSC race team strutted its stuff in the stiff winds and big waves of Lake Huron over this past weekend. The team left in the morning of Friday July 5, trailing 4 sailboats and a coach boat, packed to the rafters with equipment and gear, for the six-hour drive to the Sarnia Yacht Club – all this to sail in the annual Sarnia … Read more
The first week of club was hot and sunny and our fingers are crossed that this amazing weather will stick around for the rest of the summer! This weekend 4 boats from SLSC travelled to compete at a regatta in Sarnia. All four boats placed in the top ten so they’ve all qualified for this … Read more
Well everyone, the beginning to another amazing summer at SLSC is finally here and we could not be more excited!! A big welcome to all of the new sailors joining us for the first time and a big welcome back to all of our returning sailors! Summer 2012 is already full of new and exciting … Read more
The first announcement on this website of a planned summer event is, for many, a first sign that spring is around the corner and summer not far off . Well, here goes…SLSC is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the Laser masters sailors again in the summer of ’12. On July 28-29, masters sailors (age 35 to 85) from … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read 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 … Read more
This past weekend, the University of Toronto hosted the annual U of T sailing Regatta and Keira Webster was out sailing for McGill and Claire DesBrisay for the University of Ottawa. The weekend had called for rain, but turned out to be fabulous weather for sunning and sailing off National Yacht Club and SLSC women alumnae distinguished … Read more
The University Sailing season has started up and, again this year, SLSC has alumnae competing – Claire DesBrisay and Liz Barr are sailing for University of Ottawa (Claire as U of O team captain); Kate Thomas is sailing for Queen’s University; Amy DesBrisay and Ellen Lourie for Dalhousie University; and Keira Webster for McGill University…So many … Read more