The Interclub Awards Night is our final celebration of the past sailing season, with our friends from across Lac Deschenes. This year it is hosted by Britannia YC on Thursday 18 January 2024 at 7pm. Bring your crew. Celebrate with the Britannia and Nepean Fleet Captains. Bar is open, snacks are provided. No fee, no reservation…
NSC’s Google Calendar has been updated for 2024 — check it out! Events don’t make it onto this calendar until we’re 90% confident that they’ll happen as scheduled. There are quite a few other events we hope to host, but that do not yet meet that criteria. Monitor the NSC website and Telltale for further…
Buddy Melges: “The Wizard of Zenda” grew up in Zenda, Wisconsin, sailing on a lake, like our kids do. Called “the Leonardo Davinci” of sailing, he honed the ‘art’ more than the science of sailing. He went on to win Olympic medals and world championships. But sailing’s biggest prize eluded him — The Americas Cup….
120 members gathered to celebrate the sailing season and race winners at the 2023 NSC Fleet Awards Night, on 18 November. Hugh Morrin was awarded the Commodore’s Cup for significant contributions to competitive sailing at NSC. “Whether it’s youth sport, adult, or Olympic level, people like Hugh make sport happen in Canada.” Hugh took 46…
This year a new “Moonlit Frostbite” race series was run on three Thursday evenings from October 9th to 23rd, following the end of the regular Thursday night JAM and One-Design races. The idea, conceived by Hugh Morrin and approved by the Fleet Captain, was to hold three self-organized races on Thursday evenings. Hugh’s idea was…
The 2023 2.4mR Canadian Championship was held September 21 – 24 in Toronto, ON. This event was hosted by the National Yacht Club and included 2.4mR’s (open to adaptive and able-bodied sailors alike). In all, 26 competitors, one from Puerto Rico, 10 from the USA and 15 from Canada participated in this absolutely fantastic event,…
26 505s travelled from all over Canada and the US to Rhode Island for the East Coast Championship, including six from the Nepean Sailing Club.
The Mobility Cup regatta 2023 was held at the National Yacht Club, Toronto August 27-31. NSC members sailed in the 20-boat Gold fleet, with Brian Peckover finishing 2nd overall (including 2 race wins), and Karell Regnier 16th. Rachid Merzouk, who also sails at NSC, earned 10th place in the 18-boat Silver fleet and won the…
J24 Team Canada J24 Team Canada, led by Michele Cimon, returns to New York City for the Lady Liberty Invitational Regatta 2023, September 8-10. NSC members Michele (trimmer), Zhanna Orazgalieva (middle), Jenn Spallin (mast), and Kirsten Carroll Somoza (foredeck), join helm Melodie Gummer from Kingston Yacht Club to form the crew for this year’s team….
Midnight Madness race ran on 18 August 2023. 19 knots sustained wind in the dark. What a ride! Most years, Midnight Madness is a gentle parade of beautifully lighted boats, cheerfully heckling each other as they race across the Olympic circle – that’s the yellow marks in the middle of the river. Not this year….