As of 4 June 2019, Transport Canada has announced on their website that the boating ban has been lifted for all of the Ottawa River, including that portion navigable from NSC. Let’s go sailing and boating!
As of 22 May, the water levels around NSC continue to slowly recede, but remain high. The North Crane is now operational but the South Crane is not as of yet. Electrical power has been restored to most of the yard. Members are permitted to begin launching their boats and are encouraged to contact the…
Due to forecast flooding that is predicted by the Ottawa River Regulating Committee (ORRC) to be at, or above, the 2017 peak levels and the prevailing conditions in the harbour and yard, the Club Launch date has been postponed from 4 May to 11 May 2019.
Members may notice that the North and South Launch cranes have been re-assembled. Due to very high water levels, some remaining ice in the harbour and the fact that B and X docks are not yet refinished, members are asked to refrain from launching their boats until further notice. The river level is forecast to…
Today (22 April) a crew of almost 30 volunteers came to the club to fill sandbags, dig a trench and build a flood wall to protect the Clubhouse and Annex from the potential of flooding as the Ottawa river continues to rise. A big “Thank You” to all the volunteers for your hard work and…
Great news – the East dinghy dock managed to get through the rapids largely intact and has been secured. On April 20th, Gene Bruce and a team launched a boat and were able to anchor the dock in the Ottawa River approximately 450 metres East of Britannia Yacht Club and Mud Lake, and 400 metres…
On Thursday, April 18th, the two dinghy docks were ripped from their anchors by the ice, and floated out into the river. On the morning of April 19th, a small team of employees and volunteers were able to recover one of the dinghy docks from the Britannia Bay area. The West dinghy dock is now secured…
Saturday (6 April) marked the completion of this year’s dock stripping effort! There was an outstanding turnout by members of NSC over the past three weekends. All together we were able to strip down B dock, C dock and a good portion of X dock.
Thank you to all members who have volunteered for this coming Saturday, we now have a full slate for the morning! If you would still like to sign up for the afternoon, you can do so here: Dock Project Volunteers Saturday 6 April.
Another big thank you to all the members who came out yesterday (Saturday, 30 March) to help with the dock top replacement project. Through your great efforts we managed to not only complete the delivery of wood to B dock, but we also stripped back the decking and stringers to almost half way. This despite some challenging…