Ontario Summer Games with a Silver Lining

It was a fabulous showing from the SLSC sailors at this year’s Ontario Summer Games held in Sudbury. All of our sailors had personal triumphs:  Amy and Kate scraped off their rust, won the last two races and came home with Silver Medals – the 4th straight Summer Games in which an SLSC boat has medalled … Read more

Head Instructor Post- Week of August 16th

Summer version 2010 continues in full form this week at SLSC! We have a great week planned out and lots of updates to give ya! Here’s the news and this week’s sneak peek of the week! Kate and Amy and Owen and Megan Congratulations to Kate and Amy who finished 2nd this year at Summer … Read more

Day 2 at the Summer Games

Day 2 at the Summer Games was more of the light stuff, with a premium on finding wind, being patient with a little luck thrown in.  In the 420 fleet, it was a very good day for a crew from Royal Hamilton who vaulted  into first place with finishes of 1-1-2-3.  They are followed by our … Read more

Head Instructor Report – Week of August 3rd

Another amazing Civic weekend has come and gone.  For the new instructors it was quite an experience.  Both Chris and Ian competed at the running events.  Chris made it valiantly to the finish line, while Ian collapsed right at go and had to retire early.  In the mystery race, the three young teams triumphed, by … Read more

Civic Parent Child Races

This civic long weekend would not be complete without the annual parent child races that we all know and love. This year they will be held on Sunday the 1st of august. We ask that parents and children meet at the club for 10 am and racing will begin by 11 am, the course and … Read more

Canadian Laser Masters Postcript

We picked up this ‘letter to the editor’ of Sailing Scuttlebutt from Andy Roy.  It speaks of the spirit of Masters sailing and is a fine lesson for our SLSC sailors: “Here’s one from the Canadian Laser Masters Championship held on Sturgeon Lake, Ontario this past weekend. In an early race I rounded in the … Read more

Canadian Laser Masters Championships – Final Report

From July 23 to 25, sailors from coast to coast in Canada – British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia – and from the U.S. (along with one  entry from Nortern Ireland) descended on the Village of  Sturgeon Point, in Ontario cottage country, to participate  in the 2010 Canadian Laser Masters Championships – host club, the Sturgeon Lake Sailing Club. The Sturgeon Lake community … Read more