December 17, 2021
Toronto International Boat Show cancelled in person; going virtual for 2022
On Thursday evening, the Toronto International Boat Show (TIBS) has announced that the annual event, cancelled as an in-person show last year but scheduled to be held in-person this January, is again going virtual for 2022.
November 24, 2021
AC Protocols released
The Protocol of the 37th America’s Cup was released last week by the Defender, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Emirates Team New Zealand and the Challenger of Record
October 27, 2021
Sail Canada welcomes new directors
Sail Canada introduced its Board of Directors for 2021-2022 following the Annual General Meeting held virtually on Friday, October 22. President Hugh McGugan (ON) has been re-elected by acclamation and will start his second two-year term as head of the National Sport Organization.
October 27, 2021
NYYC ‘pauses’ America’s Cup challenge
New York, N.Y. — Yesterday, in a letter to the Trustees of the New York Yacht Club, the Flag Officers of the Club announced the Club was pausing its pursuit of the America’s Cup.
October 27, 2021
Canada Completes ten boat line-up for SailGP Season 3
SailGP has announced that the line-up for Season 3 – starting May 2022 – will be further enhanced with the addition of Canada joining the global league for Season 3.
October 26, 2021
Sail Canada statement on World Sailing Reinstatement Bid for Para Sailing at the 2028 Paralympic Games
World Sailing launched today a campaign for the reinstatement of the sport of sailing at the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles and shared its strategic priorities to support the growth of the sport by 2023.
October 12, 2021
Eight Bells: Canadian Offshore Sailor Jim Plaxton
Jim Plaxton, who passed away peacefully on September 26th in London, Ontario, at the age of 83. The youngest son of 10 Plaxton children in the Rosedale neighbourhood in Toronto, Jim was a navy man, a pilot, an engineer, a sailor, a scholar as well as a very successful entrepreneur and businessman, and he was highly respected by his peers and business associates.
October 12, 2021
Eight Bells: Lorne Chapman, a huge loss for sailing
With great sadness we announce the passing of Lorne Herbert Chapman of West Vancouver on September 13, 2021after a long battle with Dementia.
October 12, 2021
Offshore: Canadians compete in Transat Jacques Vabre – Start Nov 7
Just a handful of Canadians take part in offshore ocean racing so it’s noteworthy when we have a new entry. On November 7 Melodie Schaffer and Ryan Barkey head out from Le Havre to cross the Atlantic finishing in Martinique.
September 22, 2021
Sail Canada launches a survey for a more accessible and diversified sport
As an action step from its 2021-2024 Strategic Plan, Sail Canada launched today a survey to better understand the Canadian sailing community, its diversity and the challenges members face, a first step to improve the accessibility of sailing in the country.
September 22, 2021
Southern Yacht Club Wins Rolex NYYC Invitational; RCYC 6th, RVYC 12th
The Canadian teams were up against very tough competition as, for the second time in three editions, Southern Yacht Club (New Orleans) won the ‘most prestigious trophy in Corinthian sailing’, the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup.
September 22, 2021
Chester NS sisters score bronze at 49er FX European Championships
Canadian sailors Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester NS won the bronze medal at the 2021 49er FX European Championships held in Thessaloniki, Greece. Thirty-seven boats competed; the Lewin-LaFrance team was the only non-Europeans.
September 22, 2021
Racing: Kneulman wins Etchells Canadians
The International Etchells Class held its 2021 Canadian Championships, the first Championship since 2019, at Hudson YC. Oakville Yacht Squadron along with Regatta Chair and Fleet 1 representative, Michael Hasko, hosted this event with 13 boats registered from Oakville, Toronto and Montreal.
September 21, 2021
Three-time Olympian in sailing David R Sweeney has passed away
Kingston, September 20, 2021 – It is with great sadness that Sail Canada has learned of the passing of David R Sweeney on September 16, 2021, at the age of 61.
September 8, 2021
Celebration pays tribute to Canadian performance sailors
Last Friday, the first ever Canada’s Celebration of Sailing honoured the season for Sailing in Canada with our nation’s high-performance sailors of past, present, and future.
September 7, 2021
Sarah Douglas named Rolex Sailor of the Year for second time
Repeating last year’s honour, last Friday Sarah Douglas was named Sail Canada’s Rolex Sailor of the Year for 2020-2021.
August 25, 2021
Douglas wins inaugural J105 Ontario Women’s Championships
On Saturday August 21 the strength of women’s sailing was on full display in the inaugural J105 Ontario Women’s Championships at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club on Lake Ontario, Canada.
August 25, 2021
POTW: You’re ALL over early
This week’s POTW comes from internationally famous Hamilton, ON photographer, Sharon Green, who you know from her fabulous Ultimate Sailing Calendar. This month, Sharon covered the J/70 Worlds California Yacht Club and took this great shot.
August 25, 2021
AQVA Regatta raises $65K
The 9th annual Regatta for AQVA was held in Montreal’s West Island on Saturday August 21st 2021 and raised over $65,000 for the adapted sailing program run by l’Association québécoise de voile adaptée (AQVA).
August 13, 2021
Sunrise wins the 49th Rolex Fastnet Race
Tom Kneen’s JPK 11.80 Sunrise has been crowned overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race.
August 11, 2021
Canadian sailors achieve in Tokyo
“We are all proud of our athletes and coaches who have dedicated themselves to push Canadian sailing forward. We look forward to continuing our improvements leading up to the 2024 Olympic Games in three years as the future looks bright for Canadian sailing toward Paris”
August 11, 2021
Rebel wins Bluenose Maritime Championship
The history of the Bluenose Class sloop begins in 1946 when naval architect William J. Roué designed the wooden one design for a group of sailors from the Armdale Yacht Club. The first Bluenose class sloops set sail in Nova Scotia water in the spring of 1946.
July 7, 2021
Racing: LOOR Proceeding with Lake Ontario 300/600 on Saturday, July 10
We are excited to announce that we remain “Go” for the start of the 2021 Lake Ontario Racing Season on July 10th and look forward to a great race.
July 7, 2021
Inaugural J105 Women’s Ontario Championships coming in August
The goal of the Ontario Women’s J105 Championships is to encourage women sailors, lower the barriers and allow more women, from other fleets as well, to race a women’s regatta that is competitive but supports and develops women racing at every level.
June 22, 2021
D. Danger in Europe: At the Alicante Ocean Race
I’m not sure where to start. Having recently bought a camper van, we set off on an adventure to Alicante for the start of leg three of The Ocean Race Europe. We rolled into Alicante in the afternoon.
June 22, 2021
America’s Cup News: AC defender, Emirates Team New Zealand, drives initiative in marine industry with Hydrogen chase boats
This month, Emirates Team New Zealand have committed to drive Hydrogen innovation in the marine industry by developing Hydrogen powered chase boats for the 37th America’s Cup.
June 9, 2021
Bermuda Race Entries Open Next Week; Race Starts June 17, 2022
The SailGate entry system opens June 18th, with full credit available for competitors who paid deposit fees for the cancelled 2020 race
June 8, 2021
Boats: The hot First 18 SE
An 18-foot fast one-design, Beneteau’s First 18 SE delivers a dinghy-like sailing experience but on a more stable and safer platform, thanks to the wide and flat hull shape and deep-ballasted swinging keel.
June 8, 2021
Lake Ontario Offshore Racing – Registration Update to June 16
LO300/LO600 early bird pricing deadline had passed but with the uncertainty of what public health regulations will be in place or even if the LO300/LO600 can legally proceed on the scheduled dates, the LOOR Organising Authority has decided to move this deadline to June 16th.
May 25, 2021
Editor’s blog: Arthur Beale’s is shutting down
It was surprising how disappointed I was to read that the historical Arthur Beale nautical store in London England was shutting down.
May 25, 2021
Meanwhile in the UK, Rolex Fastnet has record registration
While in Canada, sail racing is largely on hold thanks to various stay at home regulations, activity is bustling on the other side of the pond.
May 25, 2021
Sunshine Coast: The Gibsons Regatta 2021
The Gibsons Regatta was a regular event on the Sea Cavalcade weekend. After a hiatus of a number of years the club revived it, having its first regatta on Saturday July 27th. 2019.
May 25, 2021
Mentuck Memorial Ocean Race is set for July
It’s official. The notice of race has been published for the Boston Yacht Club’s inaugural Michael A Mentuck Memorial Ocean race to leave Marblehead Harbor on Thursday July 8.
May 11, 2021
Meet our Olympians
Tom started sailing lessons when he was eight years old at the Stony Lake Yacht Club, near his family’s “broken down” (his words) cottage. He began in the SLYC junior sailing program as a way to meet new friends around the lake.
May 11, 2021
Sail Canada: Meet the Teams
Earlier this month, Sail Canada announced the members of the 2021-2022 Canadian Sailing Team and Canadian Sailing Development Squad. The 29 sailors were selected based on the Canadian Sailing Team Sport Canada Carding Criteria as well as on their overall performance during the 2019-2020 and 2020-21 seasons.
May 11, 2021
Ontario Sailing Virtual Development Sessions
This weekend, Ontario Sailing will be hosting two FREE information sessions via Zoom for coaches and athletes.
April 21, 2021
Nova Scotia 2022: 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Sailing Championships
Nova Scotia will host a 400-strong field of the world’s best sailors from over 35 countries when the World Championships for three Olympic classes, the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17, will be held August 31 – September 5, 2022. Taking place in Canada for the first time in its history, the competition will be held on St. Margaret’s Bay during the six-day event.
April 21, 2021
Racing: Marblehead to Halifax Canceled; Alternative races planned.
The Biennial Marblehead to Halifax ocean race has been cancelled for this summer – the victim of Covid-19. Organizers at the co-sponsoring Boston Yacht Club and Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron made the decision last week unable to get clarity about when the U.S./Canadian border might reopen.
April 7, 2021
Meet our Olympians: Nikola Girke – RS:X
West Vancouver’s Nikola Girke is the first Canadian sailor to ever compete in three different boat classes at the Olympic Games. After debuting in the 470 (two-handed dinghy) at Athens 2004 with skipper Jen Provan, she switched to the RS:X (windsurfer) in 2005, qualifying for Beijing 2008 and London 2012.