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In January and February of this new year, a contingent of Canadian sailors in various classes will be racing at designated class regattas in Florida with a view to being selected as Canada’s team for the ISAF Youth World Championship. The Youth Worlds will take place in July of this year. The Youth Worlds is ISAF’s longest running event, … Read more
Having been snookered in Fenelon for this year’s holiday skating and shinny extravaganza, Larry Thomas has booked a change in venue to BOBCAYGEON. Ice time is Dec 28th 1-3, 29th 4-6 and 30th 2:30-4:30. Costs will be the same as last year: $20/family/day and $10/day for solo skaters. An invitation and much encourgement is extended … Read more
I am thrilled to report that, the day after Toronto won the bid for the Pan Am Games, SLSC has won its bid to play host to the 2010 National Laser Masters Championships. On Saturday November 7, the North American Laser Class Association approved SLSC’s bid to hold the National Championships (a three day regatta) from Friday July … Read more
These are excerpts from the reflections of Paul Heineken, Junior Committee Chair of the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, CA based on 50 years of junior club sailing experience. The excerpts are from an article which appears in this week’s Scuttlebut website (see link below). I thought the reflections were worth a read as we think about … Read more
Isabelle Smith was this year’s winner of the Jack Michie Award for sportsmanship and helpfulness at the Club. Isabelle clearly loves the Sailing Club and two years ago she was asked to tell her class at school what she did in her summers. This was her presentation to her classmates. We thought it was worth … Read more
Starting tomorrow, August 17, 2009, the St. Margarets’ Bay Yacht Club in Nova Scotia will be hosting one of the world’s premier regattas. What is sometimes simply referred to as the “Laser Worlds” is split into two distinct events: Laser Senior World Championship – August 17-August 26, 2009 Laser Masters World Championship – August 27-September 5, … Read more
The south wind that dominated the Mid-Ontario Regatta stayed around to provide some great sailing conditions for the Civic weekend regatta. Civic weekend saw 6 fleets hit the water Saturday and the infamous Parent-Child fleet out on Sunday. The conditions both days were sunny with a steadily building breeze. The Laser fleet had only 4 … Read more
The ceremony of christening new ships began in the distant past. The Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians all held ceremonies to ask the gods to protect sailors. By the 1800s the christenings of ships began to follow a familiar pattern. A “christening fluid” would be poured against the bow of the ship, though it was not necessarily … Read more
This Saturday (June 27), Dave Robson is leading an SLSC work crew to take on various and assorted projects and to get a head start on work week. A call is going out to willing boat carriers, carpenters, hole diggers, hole infillers, cleaners, painters, dockhands and labourers of any other ilk. Observers who are prepared to pour … Read more
In my report on the death of Trish Wisener – “We have Suffered a Loss” – I noted with gratitude that Trish had asked that those considering a memorial gift consider the Sailing Club. The responce has been wonderful. Donations have been made in Trish’s memory by many from Sturgeon Point and by many from … Read more
Dear Families, Friends and Supporters: The ice is long gone, the grosbeaks have left for cooler climes, the buds are budding and I am writing my first Commodore’s letter in anticipation of the 53rd season of the Sturgeon Lake Sailing Club. Our Club continues to build on its 52-year foundation by making nervous first … Read more