41 boats on the NSC course, 14 laser/sailboard on the BYC course! This past Wednesday saw the largest turnout in a long while. Good wind and a fine effort on a busy night by the bosuns/volunteer race committee. Don’t forget there’s social/fun for little boats at Sunday Fundays, including borrow-a-dinghy for any qualified club member.
Our racing program depends on Race Committee Volunteers signing up, and showing up. When insufficient RC volunteers are expected (i.e. not all slots have been filled), or if volunteers have not shown up, the RC will postpone ashore.
This program was not continued after the 2018 sailing season. —————————————————————————————————- Announcing the brand-new Sunday Fundays. Go sailing on your dinghy or cat with family and friends on Sunday afternoons in July & August. No boat? Boat too big? Then book a club dinghy! Social sailing, race other boats, BBQ bring-your-own. There’s stand-up paddleboards and…
This is the second race of the Interclub Long distance series. The start is at “S” mark and the warning time is 1100 hours. The two drop marks off Pinhey’s Point must be rounded to port. Refer to Sailing Instructions for details.
A new Coast Guard mark is now on station at K4 (Blueberry Shoal).
The fastestboats in the fleet are racing at NSC this weekend at the Ottawa Skiff & Catamaran Grand Prix. There’s a strong fleet this year – I14 & 29er skiffs – F16/F18 and Hobie 16/17/18 racing catamarans – and for the speed-hounds: Moth & UFO foiling boats.
The K4 red buoy that marks Blueberry shoal is currently on Blueberry itself, not in its correct position at the outside edge. Please leave extra room. This was reported on 30 May 2018.
Spend your summer evenings and weekends driving a power boat on the beautiful Ottawa river, setting sail boat race courses. We run the largest sailing race program in Canada, and need race bosuns for the 2018 season. These are paid part-time positions (weeknights and some weekends) from May to October with some scheduling flexibility.
Fleet is accepting applications for Head, Senior and Junior Race Bosuns for the 2018 season. These are paid part-time positions (weeknights and some weekends) from May to October with some scheduling flexibility. Join the team running the largest race program in Canada.
On March 17 & 18 2018, the Nepean Sailing Club and Ontario Sailing will host the Sail Canada Level 1&2 Race Officer Course. Under the capable leadership of two top instructors (Ross Cameron and Bill Visser), you will learn the skills necessary to participate in the on-the-water management of regattas.