A record 18 boats enjoyed a beautiful evening on the water for this year’s running of the Midnight Madness Race. Many boats were decked out with colourful lights, making for quite a show, though it’s still hard to tell who’s who in the dark, especially when the lights get turned off for racing.
The Stony Point race was held August 9th, per these instructions. Winds were generally light to non-existant, though at times peaked at 8-10 knots, before dying to nothing at the end of the day. Well done to those who hung in and finished the longest of the ILD races. Results.
NSC hosted its first two sailing events of 2020 on June 28 and July 12, sailing up to Pinhey’s Point and back, using a new “time trial” format, where boats started within a defined window. Both events proved popular, with 9 boats participating in the first, and 18 in the second.
BYC hosted the first Queen’s Park event in a “time trial” format, on Sunday, July 19, with a blustery wind out of the Southwest. See the results. For reference, these were the instructions. Start & finish times were due by midnight, July 20.
The City will be interrupting its water supply to NSC on Monday, July 20. During the interruption, there will be Go-Hut toilets on site. We apologise for the inconvenience.
For those who have checked the PHRF-LO website, or the List of Registered Keelboats, they may have noticed that their PHRF Lake Ontario Non-Flying Sail handicap (known as “JAM” in Ottawa) has changed. That’s because the NFS handicaps for virtually all boats changed this year; in most cases the handicaps dropped by 9 or 12…
NSC members are invited to participate in the BYC-host RUST Series every Wednesday afternoon; warning is at 1415. RUST is short for “Retired & Unemployed/Under-Employed Sailors Trophy”. More information at byc.ca/sail/rust, or email Tony Latus.
While racing is still on hold pending approval from the provincial government, plans are underway, and we fully expect to have some racing program in 2020. But to be eligible, racers must first register; NSC members should use the NSC on-line Race Registration portal.
Ontario Sailing is offering an on-line Assistant Race Officer course on Monday and Tuesday evenings, June 8 & 9, from 7:00-10:00 p.m., and the best part is that NSC will reimburse the course cost for any NSC members!