Get ready for Week 4! So far we have had an awesome summer, with 5 more great weeks to come. This past weekend SLSC hosted the Canadian Masters Championships. Although the wind appeared weak at first, make no mistake, by the afternoon it was blowing hard…congratulations to all the masters’ sailors for some great racing, … Read more
“I was going to launch a protest against 717, but then I found out he had a stash of cold beer and he offered me one, so I’m withdrawing the protest”…Welcome to Masters sailing: intense competition mixed with great sportsmanship and nothing that can’t be worked out over a cold beer. Day 2 of the … Read more
Beginning Thursday, Masters sailors began to drift in to Sturgeon Point They came from across Canada, from the US and one from Northern Ireland, aged 35 to 76, former Olympians and club sailors, some having sailed all their lives, others more recent converts to the glorious sport. They arrived with their ice packs and their … Read more
SLSC will be tweeting live from the 2010 Canadian Laser Masters Championship, if you are coming to sail or just interested then follow us @slscca and hashtag #Cdn2010Masters. We hope this will be a great event for both the competitors and the whole SLSC community.
In attempt to continue to keep out community updated on SLSC activities we have joined Twitter and Facebook. We are still figuring out how these new tools will be used. This site will continue to be the main source of information about SLSC. There will be cases when information will be distributed through those other … Read more
Get ready for another great week of sailing! The start of the summer has been a huge success. With 2 weeks already under our belts, the instructors are gearing up for six more awesome weeks on the water. This summer SLSC is clearly the place to be! This past week Ian took 8 sailors from … Read more
Ten SLSC racers, Owen, Mich, Keira, Emma, Megan, Thom, Jacob, Nick, John and Graham, headed off to the Big Sound Challenge in Parry Sound on Monday morning of the first day of Club, led by coach Evan Burtt and Elite Chaperone Leslie Thomas. The Big Sound Challenge combines two days of coaching from top coaches (including ‘our’ … Read more
We had it all: a wonderful summer evening, a great turnout of friends, a spectacular setting at the Swanannoa boathouse, Uncle Peter’s punch, great nibblies from many nibbly makers, bartenders extraordinaire, many hands making lighter work, many laughs drifting out onto Sturgeon Lake, a long winded toast to Charlie Gray and Kerry MacMillan with a little of … Read more
Welcome to week two at beautiful Sturgeon Lake Sailing Club. Week one was a resounding success with the silvers and the second year bronze fives hitting up Sail Parry Sound for 4 days of training and regatta’s. While back at club Kate, Chris, Amy, Ellen, and Ian braved 30 degree plus, weather with the Bronzes, … Read more
Welcome to another summer at SLSC! On behalf of all the instructors, I’d like to welcome everyone to the start of another great summer. We will kick of the summer in style with dances, movies, O-Canada re-mixes, and a boat load of awesome instructors. So put those text books away forget that math lesson, and … Read more
On July 22, 2010, Masters sailors from Canada and the US will be coming to Sturgeon Point to sail in the Canadian Laser Masters Championships. This is going to be a great event, sailed in one of the greatest sailing dinghies ever designed, with Canadian involvement to boot. The first ever Laser was launched by Bruce … Read more