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
A quick note from OSA to all sailing and sports enthusiasts: An invitation to watch The O CANADA Project Sunday December 11 at 7pm on CBC’s Documentary Channel. Rogers 325, Cogeco 170, Bell TV 336, Shaw Direct 513, Shaw 124, and Videotron 151 The O CANADA Project tells the story of New Zealand boat builder … 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
It is with great sorrow that we write our final newsletter. This summer has been a blast and the whole instructor team is so happy that we spent it with all of you at this amazing place! This fantastic summer wouldn’t have been possible without you, the kids, and we would like to thank you … Read more
Hey everyone and welcome to week 7! This is the final week of our regular program because next week is race week! As always we have tons of fun stuff planned for this week so keep reading to find out what’s in store! Dances and Fun Nights This Tuesday, the Silvers will be running a … Read more
This weekend we hosted the Mid-Ontario regatta for 420’s and Lasers. We had over 150 sailors race here this weekend! Thanks to all the volunteers for making this great regatta possible! We’re looking forward to another busy week at Sailing Club! Water Advisory A brief word of caution, you may have heard that there is … Read more