Ontario Sailing announced today that the 2010 Dinghy Provincial Championships will be held again this year in Kingston, Ontario in September as part of Fall CORK. In order to qualify for the Provincial Championships, sailors must participate in a minimum of three of the five Ontario Sailing Qualifying regattas and pay a one time registration fee … Read more
In a recent article published on Sail World, it was great to see two SLSC alumni, Claire DesBrisay and Elizabeth Barr, now sailing for the University of Ottawa sailing team. The sailing team is newly formed and attended its first regatta, North Spring Qualifier at Cornell University on Easter Weekend, in some big wind on the … Read more
The 2010 Team of S.L.S.C. Instructors is assembled and preparing for an awesome summer! We have a very exciting group of instructors with a great mix of guys and girls, local and non local. We are looking forward to a summer of sailing and fun under the direction of an enthusiastic and talented team. Check … Read more
The weather was cold – really cold – this past weekend at the Club 420 U.S. Midwinters held at the U.S. Sailing Center in Jansen Beach, Florida, but the competition was hot – really hot. Sailing against stiff competition largely from the U.S. college ranks, Amy DesBrisay and Kate Thomas sailed hard in tough conditions but fell … Read more
Well if you are a sailing fan then you probably already know that the 33rd America’s Cup regatta begins this Monday, Feb 8th, 2010. For those of you that aren’t sailing fans let me see if I can convince you that this deserves some attention. A Brief History It is called the America’s Cup after … Read more
2008 Canadian Olympian Mike Leigh in the Laser class and 2008 Paralympic Gold Medallist Paul Tingley in the 2.4 mR class both sailed to victory in in the Sail Melbourne Regatta in Melbourne, Australia in December and you will find below a link to the Sail Melbourne website with really good video of the final … Read more
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
Amy DesBrisay and Kate Thomas have accepted invitations to join Ontario Sailing’s new Ontario Development Team. This team, comprised of 4 Club 420 crews, 4 Radial sailors, 4 29er crews and 4 Laser full rig sailors will receive coaching through Ontario Sailing at development clinics and some funding for events. Amy and Kate are off … Read more
Here is a link to a rules quiz…test your knowledge and learn some rules. Do the test once and then do it again every month until the racing season starts next year. By then you will be a rules junkie and a more confident sailor when you are back on the course. http://game.finckh.net/indexe.htm
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