September 12, 2022
Advanced Race Management Seminar: Friday – Sunday, October 14 – 16
Registration is now open for all current Race Officials interested in attending the Advanced Race Management Seminar to be held October 14-16, from 9am to 6pm, at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club.
September 12, 2022
11-Year-Old Wins Canadian Optimist Championships in Lunenburg
Will Keilty is Canada’s youngest ever National Champion. Last weekend he won the 2022 Optimist Dinghy Canadian Championships at Lunenburg Yacht Club held August 22-26.
September 12, 2022
Challenges for Canada in St. Tropez
The fifth event of SailGP Season 3, the Range Rover France Sail Grand Prix, took place this weekend in Saint-Tropez. Racing got underway mid-afternoon on Saturday with some of the most exciting conditions that the SailGP teams had ever experienced.
September 12, 2022
Lewin-LaFrance Team Top Canadians at Worlds in NS
Local favourites Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester, NS were the top Canadians at the 2022 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships which ended last Sunday in St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, as they came up with a 14th-place finish.
September 9, 2022
Toronto Hosts Inaugural Warrior Sailing Cup
Last week in conjunction with the Canada’s Cup, Toronto’s Royal Canadian Yacht Club welcomed competitors, family, and supporters from around the World for the inaugural Warrior Sailing Cup, which hosted six teams from the Netherlands, Australia, USA (2 teams), and Canada (2 teams).
September 9, 2022
The 26th Canada’s Cup – Match Race Experience and Tactics Win
The 26th Canada’s Cup finished last weekend on Saturday, September 3rd after three days of racing hosted by Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC).
August 30, 2022
Crew positions available heading to the Caribbean!
There are lots of reasons to become a member of the Salty Dawg Sailing Association but the best reason right now is that we are expecting a record number of boats in our rally to the Caribbean this fall and everyone is looking for crew.
August 30, 2022
CBC Sports Covering 2022 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships, in St. Margaret’s Bay
The competitions will be held in St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia from August 31 to September 5 and the top Olympic sailors in the world in the 49er (men’s pair) and 49erFX (women’s pair) Olympic classes as well as in Nacra 17 (mixed pairs) will get a chance to shine before a national audience.
August 29, 2022
Canada Games: Three Gold Medals for Team BC
Team British Columbia won three of the five events at the 2022 Canada Games held in the Niagara Region earlier in August.
August 27, 2022
Sarah Douglas Joins SailGP Team
High profile Olympian Sarah Douglas joined SailGP in Denmark last week as a strategist, in line with @sailgp’s Women Pathway Program.
August 27, 2022
Outstanding J105 Ontario Women’s Championship in 2022
Eighty women, 11 boats, and one day of highly competitive racing: August 20, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Toronto held the second annual J105 Ontario Women’s Championship.
August 27, 2022
Wrapping Up Chester Race Week With “Champagne” Winds
Helly Hansen Chester Race Week wrapped up on Sunday, August 13 with a final day of spectacular racing. Day 4 was likely the best day for weather, especially after Day 3 when a lick of wind wasn’t to be found and the races were cancelled.
August 16, 2022
SailTimer Testing a New Ordering Method for 2023
Long-time customers of the SailTimer Wind Instrument, the Halifax-based manufacturer, will know that the company is often sold out of new inventory in the spring. For 2023, the company is going to do an experiment, which gives customers a reduced price and helps to ensure sufficient inventory.
August 16, 2022
Clubs: Are Your Instructors Registered?
Clubs: Did you know that if the instructors/coaches in your club/school are not registered, and there is an incident, your clubs’ insurance could be null and void?
August 16, 2022
Zing vs Defiant Rematch for Canada’s Cup
The second of three scheduled Canada’s Cup Match Races will begin September 1, 2022. The best of 13 event will be a re-match between McLaughlin/L’Heureux Team Defiant and Burns/Hesse Team ZING.
August 16, 2022
Recent Regatta Results
Here is a list of recent international regatta results by Canadian sailors.
August 15, 2022
Rolex Sailor of the Year Award Nominations are Open
Sail Canada is currently accepting nominations for the Rolex Sailor of the Year Award through to September 14th, 2022.
August 15, 2022
Second Edition of Celebration of Sailing – October 19 in Nova Scotia
Sail Canada, along with the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (RNSYS), is inviting all Canadian sailing fans to Canada’s second annual Celebration of Sailing event which will be held in the afternoon of October 19 at the RNSYS.
August 2, 2022
The 10th Regatta for the AQVA: August 20
Every summer, for the past ten years, sailors from different yacht clubs, including sailors with physical and/or sensory disabilities, have gathered for the Regatta for the Québec Adapted Sailing Association (AQVA).
July 28, 2022
ABYC introduces Girls in Sailing
As Rear Commodore at Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club in Toronto, I have been actively involved in addressing the inequity in sailing.
July 28, 2022
Annalise Balasubramanian – Canada’s best showing in years at 2022 Youth Sailing World Championships
Annalise Balasubramanian from Toronto came up with the best Canadian performance in ILCA 6 since 2009 at the 2022 Youth Sailing World Championships with a 12th-place finish The regatta was held in mid-July at The Hague, Netherlands.
July 12, 2022
Plugboats: X-Yachts Adds Electric Option
X-Yachts of Denmark is the latest shipyard to offer electric propulsion on its sailing yachts with the introduction of the X4⁹E, an adapted version of their existing X4⁹ model.
July 12, 2022
Vic-Maui Underway
Held every two years (in even years), this ocean racing classic starts from Victoria, British Columbia and finishes Lahaina, Maui. Cruising and Racing divisions have staggered starts to cover this great circle route distance of 2,308 nautical miles.
July 12, 2022
Team Too Wicked Wins the 2022 Martin 242 NAs
The 2022 Martin 242 NAs were held in light air in Nanaimo with a fleet size of 15 boats. Many top Regional Teams attended the event, including three-time winner Michael Clements, two-time winner Alex Fox, runners-up Ken Holland and Matt Collingwood, and Phil Cragg and Reto Corfu, a top Vancouver team.
July 12, 2022
Ten Hove and Millen Top Canadians at the 49er European Championships
Ali ten Hove (Kingston, ON) and Mariah Millen (Toronto, ON) were the top Canadian team in the 49erFX class with a 7th-place finish at the 2022 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships that ended Sunday in Aarhus, Denmark.
July 11, 2022
ILCA NAs – Canada Secures Two PanAm Spots
Congratulations and thank you to James Juhasz and Clara Gravely who qualified a spot for Canada in the ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 events at the 2023 Pan American Games with their performances at the 2022 ILCA North American Championships that ended Sunday, bringing large ILCA fleets to Kingston.
July 11, 2022
LYRA 2022 Begins July 25 with Feeders from Canada
To be as inclusive as possible for overall Regatta Champion in handicap racing, LYRA is organizing two separate Centennial Race feeders from Canada. One will start from Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club and the other will start from Kingston Yacht Club.
June 27, 2022
Canada Sail GP Earns 2nd in Chicago
Proving that their stand-out podium finish in the Bermuda SailGP event – Canada’s debut event in the class – was no fluke, the Canadian team took two bullets and finished 2nd overall at this weekend’s Sail GP event in Chicago.
June 27, 2022
National Team: Winners Again – Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance Win Kiel Week Bronze in Germany
What a run! After hitting the podium as part of the CAN SailGP crew just last week in Chicago, Sisters Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance from Chester, N.S, jetted to Germany where the won the bronze medal in 49erFX at the Kiel Week event which ended Sunday.
June 27, 2022
Conference Night: Insurance & Sailing – June 21
Many online club executives and interested sailors join Sail Canada and Gallagher Skipper’s Plan on June 21 at 7pm to take part in a discussion about Sail Canada’s insurance policies and what they insure for instructors and officials.
June 27, 2022
Ottawa’s Annual Regatta for Disabled Sailors this Weekend
The Nepean Sailing Club is gearing up to host the 2022 National Capital Cup with competitors from across Ontario and Quebec. An annual event since 2004, the National Capital Cup on July 9-10 is Ottawa’s biggest regatta for sailors with physical disabilities.
June 27, 2022
20 Ukrainian Youth Take Part in Toronto Sailing Event on Sunday
After fleeing war, more than 20 Ukrainian refugee youth are sailing on Lake Ontario to build their knowledge, skills, and sense of social belonging. It’s part of a program created by non-profit group Broad Reach Canada.
June 27, 2022
Two Canadians on Team Clagett Announced at the 20th Anniversary Regatta
After two days of the coaching clinic and three days of competition, the sailors racing at the 20th Anniversary C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta have congratulated their fellow sailors, including several Canadians, as they received the silverware in recognition of their results.
June 26, 2022
World’s First Sustainable and Recyclable Optimist Dinghy
Northern Light Composites and not-for-profit Clean Sailors have teamed up to launch the world’s first sustainable and recyclable Optimist, with over 90 per cent of the hull being recyclable. The dinghy is designed for young sailors and sailing schools across the world and is supported by OneSails and Bcomp.
June 26, 2022
Canada Games Come to Niagara in August
Sailing has been a Jeux Canada Games sport since 1967. The name recognizes our 2 official languages French and English. Jeux Canada Games is a multi-sport festival mimicking the Olympic games featuring opening and closing ceremonies, provincial team uniforms and sail identifiers.
June 26, 2022
Bayview Mack Gun Goes on July 16
Detroit’s Bayview Yacht Club, just across the river from Windsor, ON presents the 98th consecutive running of the Bayview Mackinac Race on Saturday, July 16, with the first boats crossing the starting line at 11:30 a.m.
June 14, 2022
Canadian Foiling Academy Launched in Nova Scotia
Last month the Canadian Foiling Academy was launched at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron. “The RNSYS is the perfect home for our many foiling programs and this academy will be good for our club’s future,” says Vice Commodore, Lee Gifford-Simms.
June 14, 2022
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Roue
On June 18, Armdale Yacht Club and the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic host a Friday parade of sail, and a Saturday race for the Roue class, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the fleet. The parade of sail commences at 6:00 pm, leaving from AYC to downtown Halifax.
June 14, 2022
Meet Sail Canada’s Youth Sailing Team
Sail Canada is pleased to introduce its 11-member team that will represent the country at the 2022 Youth Sailing World Championships to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, July 10-14.