Mid Ontario Report 2009
The Mid Ontario Report can be found on the MIDS page, along with a link to the results and to the Regatta photographs.
Four Sisters Regatta – PCYC
Eight SLSC sailors participated in Port Credit’s Four Sisters Regatta on the weekend of July 18-19. This Regatta, sailed back to back with the Steerers Regatta, is the largest gathering of dinghy sailors in the province other than CORK and this year the numbers were north of 400 sailors…a remarkable event for that alone. Being able to pull … Read more
4th Instructors’ Newsletter for 2009- Week of July 27
Get ready for Week 4! This summer at SLSC has certainly been one of a kind. Games have been played, friends have been made and many boats have been sailed! But we’re only 3/8ths of our way through! This has been just the tip of the iceberg – so much more sailing is to be … Read more
Mid-Ontario 2009 – Results
Another great day of sailing. Light winds to start the day and then ramping up to 23 kts before the RC called off the final Club 420 race and sent all boats in. Laser full rig and Radial classes completed 7 races and the 420s 5 good long races. We have new champions in each of the three fleets. … Read more
3rd Instructors’ Newsletter for 2009: Monday, July 20
Get ready for another great week of sailing! The start of the summer has been a huge success. Last week we had 45 amazing sailors come to enjoy the great weather and fantastic sailing. This summer SLSC is clearly the place to be! Last weekend Owen, Sean and Ryan represented SLSC at the Fogh-Boorman … Read more
Junior Race Team ‘Steers’ Golden Path
The Bronze Sail Race Team participated in the annual Port Credit Yacht Club Steerers Training Regatta on Thursday and Friday of last week (July 16-17) and performed very well. Sailing in their biggest regatta ever, the team was fast out on the water and fast on the water when they hit the course. A steely nerved Megan … Read more
The Boys do Steeltown
Murray McCullough , Ryan Callahan, Owen Thomas and Sean Clynch drove down to Steeltown last weekend to sail the Hammer and do the boys weekend thing. Ryan, sailing a Byte, scored straight bullets (yes, in every race) and Owen and Sean acquitted themselves well as well with all top half of the fleet finishes, ending up in … Read more
2nd INSTRUCTORS’ NEWSLETTER for 2009 – Week of July 13
Despite the cold and the rain, the Summer 2009 Sailing season started with a bang! We had a record 42 sailors for our first flag raising on Monday morning, including 10 Mosquito kids. Wow! Six of our Bronze sailors immediately hit the road for a four-day training clinic and regatta held at Sail Parry Sound … Read more
Parry Sound Rocks
Our Bronze level race team got their season off to a fabulous start off the rocky shores of Georgian Bay with a four day training clinic and regatta at Sail Parry Sound. Three teams: Keira Webster and Claire Lourie, Jacob Webster and Nick Agnew, and Megan Thomas and Thom Nyhuus left SLSC with their coach Evan … Read more
Our First Curriculum Night – This Friday
This Friday (July 10), beginning at 7 pm, will be the first SLSC dance of the new dancing season…for kids of all ages (6 and over). The theme is pyjamas. For parents, taking place at the same time as the pyjama dance, will be our first informal ‘Curriculum Night’ where pyjama clad instructors will give a brief … Read more
Trish the Optimist is Christened
The ceremony of christening new ships began in the distant past. The Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians all held ceremonies to ask the gods to protect sailors. By the 1800s the christenings of ships began to follow a familiar pattern. A “christening fluid” would be poured against the bow of the ship, though it was not necessarily … Read more