This past weekend, members of the SLSC Race Team, instructors and past instructors took to the usually rough waters off Portsmouth Harbour in Kingston for the end of season grand finally Fall CORK regatta. This year Fall CORK was also Ontario Sailing’s Provincial Championships for Laser, Radial, Club 420, 29er and Optimist classes, capping off … Read more
The Amy DesBrisay/Kate Thomas and Owen Thomas/Sean Clynch teams have been selected by virtue of their race records this summer to participate in the Ontario Sailing Provincial Championships which are taking place this weekend. The Championship will be sailed at Fall CORK out of Portsmouth Harbour in Kingston where the winds normally blow this time … Read more
After 18 days of competition, the Laser Worlds drifted to an end Saturday on St. Margaret’s Bay with races abandoned because of shifty and light winds. “It’s a disappointing last day,” admitted event manager Duncan Enman, “but both the Seniors and Masters had some incredible racing days on St. Margaret’s Bay.” For Grand Master Richard … Read more
If there was a perfect day for sailing, it was Friday on St. Margaret’s Bay just outside Halifax, NS. For the 300 athletes from 27 countries competing in the 2009 Nautel Laser Master World Championships, the day provided ideal conditions for racing. Under sunny skies and with a steady breeze of 16 to 18 knots, … Read more
The sea breeze returned to St. Margaret’s Bay – and with an early start all fleets got two races in on Day Five of the Masters’ World Laser Championships. Under sunny skies and winds up to 16 knots, it is reported to have been an excellent day on the bay. Our Richard Roberts inched up … Read more
Today is a rest day for the Laser Masters in Nova Scotia after 3 long days of sailing in mainly shifty winds. The unusual for St. Margaret’s Bay winds made for very long days on the water; almost eight hours for most of the sailors. Most fleets, including the Radial Grand Master Fleet have had five races and our Richard … 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
The World Laser Masters’ Regatta is off as sailors completed their first races today; this after Tropical Storm Danny knocked out power to the St. Margaret Sailing Club last night and an event tent blew down and wrapped around a power line. Undaunted, SLSC’s Richard Roberts is off to a solid start in the Radial Rig Grand Masters’ … Read more
SLSC annual prize giving and AGM will be held at the Sturgeon Point Church. We encourage all parents and the larger SLSC community to stay for the AGM immediately following prize giving.
The Canadian Olympic Regatta in Kingston is annually the largest dinghy regatta in the country, attracting sailors from across the world. In past years, SLSC has attended the Youthfest part of the regatta. This year, there was no Youthfest and instead Club 420s sailed in the CORK International Regatta, focussed on olympic development classes. CORK Internatioanal expanded … Read more
Alas, it is with very heavy hearts and tear-filled eyes that we come to this: the last week of sailing club! If only summer could last forever! Soon, it will be back to school and boredom and pasty skin and checking the 2010 countdown clock on SLSC.ca every day in eager anticipation. But tears … Read more