June 27, 2018
Team Sail like a Girl wins the R2AK: 6 Days, 13 hours and 17 minutes!
The moment seven women stepped simultaneous, arm-in-arm, off their Melges 32 to ring the bell of victory for First Federal’s Team Sail Like a Girl on Sunday, 00:17 PST
June 27, 2018
Helly Hansen Joins Chester Race Week as 1st Presenting Sponsor
Each August, 200-plus sailors arrive in Mahone Bay on Nova Scotia’s scenic South Shore to compete in one of 15 fleets racing simultaneously on five different race courses.
June 27, 2018
Boxing Rock: Perfect Day for a Great Event
It was a beautiful day on Saturday, June 9 that saw 42 yachts and more than 260 sailors take part in the Sail Nova Boxing Rock Cup.
May 23, 2018
2018 Women’s Keelboat Championships
Sail Canada has announced that Toronto’s Mimico Cruising Club (MCC) will be hosting the 2018 Women’s Keelboat Championships.
May 23, 2018
National Yacht Club hosts J/Fest July 21 – 22
National Yacht Club, Toronto is hosting the second annual Great Lakes J/Fest from July 21st to 22nd, 2018. The second annual J/Fest promises to be another top-notch event hosted by club.
May 23, 2018
Wickwire Wins Fourth Bermuda International Invitational Race Week
The year 2018 marked the 66th year of Bermuda International Race Week. Much has changed over the years, but one thing constant has been the participation of the International One-Design fleet.
May 9, 2018
Antigua Sailing Week wraps up on the dance floor
One hundred and sixteen teams from 37 different countries raced in the 51st edition of Antigua Sailing Week including seven wearing Canadian colours.
May 9, 2018
Regatta Vibes – 2018 Oakville Yacht Squadron Open
The Oakville Yacht Squadron welcomes all PHRF boats, and one-design keelboats for competitive and fun on-the-water racing and a great on-shore party.
May 9, 2018
France is not that far by boat!!
Every two years since 2002 yachts have gathered in Halifax to begin a 350-mile race to the French islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
April 19, 2018
View To A Thrill
Major sailing championships may be commonplace insome of the better-known sailboat racing centres of the world – San Francisco, Kiel, Weymouth, Annapolis, Sydney, Lake Garda – but for a relatively small club on the southern tip of Vancouver Island…
April 11, 2018
Shark Class events for 2018
Here is the link for the 2018 Shark online schedule. We have nine counter regattas. Four counter regattas qualify you for Shark of the Year.
April 11, 2018
Chester Race Week News
Chester Race Week 2018 has announced that the Farr 30 North American Championships will take place as part of the regularly scheduled One Design classes on the One Design course. Race officer will be Brian Todd.
April 11, 2018
BVI Spring Regatta beats the odds
As you have read Hurricane Irma blew the British Virgin Islands to pieces. But the Spring Regatta was pulled together despite the obstacles that confronted it.
March 22, 2018
2018 North Channel Race Week
Five days in paradise. The North Channel is gloriously beautiful with charming ports along its shores.
March 7, 2018
LYRA announces 2018 dates
Save the Dates for the 2018 Quantum Sails LYRA Race Week – 132nd Lake Yacht Racing Association Annual Regatta July 30 – August 5, 2018.
February 20, 2018
Canadians onboard for RORC Caribbean 600
On Monday, 88 boats set out on the 10th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, including some of the world’s best-known racing teams. A record-breaking fleet, alongside record-breaking weather included a list of almost…
January 24, 2018
The 38th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta Scheduled For March
Scheduled for March 1-4, 2018 and staged out of the St. Maarten Yacht Club in Simpson Bay, the regatta is a staple on the Caribbean racing calendar each year, attracting seasoned sailors from around the world with its perfect blend of top-tier racing and lively shore side entertainment.
January 10, 2018
Lewin-LaFrance & Gillis Finish 6th at Youth Worlds
Georgia Lewin-LaFrance and Madeline Gillis from the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron posted the best ever finish for a Canadian boat in the International 420 class…
January 10, 2018
Chester International One Design Fleet announces the North American IOD Invitational Regatta, August 30th
IOD fleets in the US and Bermuda is expected to send crews to the event that was last held in Chester in 2014.
December 12, 2017
DanGinn Cup – A Race for Rum
Our correspondent Rob Dunbar sent us this account of a race with a rather unique history, which is held annually at the Bedford Basin Yacht Club.
November 23, 2017
Poker Run 101
Opening – number 605 – Heading to the starting line, the fleet is idling out and already we can’t keep up!
November 22, 2017
Ontario Sailing takes a LOOK ahead
This year the Ontario Sailing Annual Conference is being held Saturday November 25th 2017 and will have the theme of LOOK…
November 21, 2017
The 50th Anniversary Alberg 30 Syronelle International Challenge
The Syronelle is a One Design International Team Regatta organized by the Great Lakes Alberg Association and held annually in the Spring on Lake Ontario, off the Toronto Islands.
October 24, 2017
RORC Caribbean 600 – Business As Usual
Here’s the news CYOB received from RORC painting a better than you might imagine of Caribbean activity this winter.
October 11, 2017
BRAVO ZULU DYC Hosts Convoy Cup 2017
Since Halifax was founded in 1749 by Edward Cornwallis and the British Garrison the strategic importance of Halifax Harbour and Bedford Basin has played a significant role in the development of Halifax.
October 11, 2017
2018 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival – We WILL Be Racing.
With most of the Caribbean islands caught in the wrath of hurricane Irma and then Maria – two category five hurricanes that hit land and made history – the message from the organizers of the BVI Spring Regatta is strong and clear…
October 11, 2017
Bedford Basin Yacht Club Hosts Nova Scotia Provincial Optimist Championship
Many have said that fall in Nova Scotia is the best season as the humidity of the summer is pretty much gone, the ocean water is at its warmest and the forests will soon be ablaze in stunning colour.
September 27, 2017
2017 Sperry Challenge results
The 5th edition of the Sperry Challenge presented by BNI was held at the RStLYC in Montréal on Aug 26 which raised $25,000 in support of local sailors with disabilities…
September 27, 2017
J24 Port Credit Worlds
Hurricanes Jose and Maria had done their devastating work in the Caribbean and Florida that created a wonderful weather high in the Great Lakes region that was to last almost three weeks.
September 27, 2017
Sonar Worlds 2017
There is a new Sonar World Champion. Peter Galloway and his crew on Fast Forward, Garin Pace, Ched Proctor, and Judy Lugar came out on top after three days of racing in beautiful Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia this September.
September 27, 2017
It’s a new way of doing regattas – First 36.7 NAs
I guess it’s true what they say. The only thing that stays the same is change. Regattas are not what they used to be. Gone are they days of 20 boat rafts, tents filing the yacht club grounds and beer trucks lining the streets to serve hundreds of sailors.
September 13, 2017
Kevin and Lorraine Anderson and their mini 12’s, Thing one and Thing two.
The Snake Island Nanaimo Regatta kicks off each year with a social mixer at the end of their main dock. Part of the activities includes adult racing in Opti’s.
September 12, 2017
2017 Canadian Laser Masters Championships
This year the Laser Canadian Masters’ Championships were held on Lake Wabamun and hosted by the Wabamun Sailing Club, about an hour’s drive west of Edmonton.
September 12, 2017
Opti Nationals held at RNSYS
Here’s wrap-up of the Opti racing at RNSYS. By the way, we love Mini Me the committee boat.
September 12, 2017
Martin’s River Regatta 2017
It has been 20 years since the late marine artist Bill Gilkerson and fellow Martin’s River resident, Chip Dickison came up with the idea of a Labour Day get-together for local boats, with some informal racing thrown in.
September 12, 2017
J/24 Fleets invade Port Credit Yacht Club for the drive HG 2017 Worlds
Whether your style is weeknight beer-can racing or competing on the world stage – the J/24 is undeniably the most popular racing keelboat to make waves around the world.
August 22, 2017
Chester Race Week 2017
Chester Race Week wrapped up on Saturday, August 19th after four days of racing which saw everything from sunshine and gentle winds, to near gales, waves and rain. Michael Dunn covered the event and here is his day by day review…
August 9, 2017
59th Steerers’ Regatta – Port Credit Yacht Club – July 20 and 21, 2017
In the late 50s there were no Zone, Provincial, or Canadian Youth Championships, so juniors in the Toronto Area quite often raced against adults in open dinghy events.