Electronic Charts, Race Marks, and More Cool Stuff
Both racers and cruisers may wish to check out the updated Lac Dechênes Charts page, where you’ll now find new links to electronic chart options, the GPS coordinates of our race marks, and more.
Evening Time Trials – Amendment #1
Amended 19 July 2020. Monday evening Women’s keelboat time trials are added. The maximum number of laps is increased to 3. At the end of each lap except her final lap, a boat shall round a drop mark, not the timing boat. The timing boat flag is changed to the RC flag.
Report on Pinhey’s Point Events – June 28 & July 12, 2020
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.
Report on Queen’s Park #1 – Sunday, July 19
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.
Keelboat Womens Monday Evening Time Trials – Starting 20 July
Updated 19 July 2020: instructions are posted. Monday evening keelboats for womens teams will start on Monday 20 July. Spinnaker optional. Coach-on-board optional. Time trial format, similar to the existing Thursday time trials.
Keelboat Thursday Evening Time Trials
The first Thursday evening “time trial” ran July 16, in a blustery warm breeze out of the south at 8-15 knots. In these time trials, boats start within a 1-hour start window, sailing against the clock, and results are scored using time-on-time handicaps, similar to how our regular races are scored. These time trials will…
Changes to NFS (JAM) Handicaps
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…
BYC’s RUST Series – Wednesday Afternoons
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.
On-Water Sail-Faster Clinics – Tues And Wed
Updated 11 July: Clinic is no longer offered on Thursday, as Thursday time trials are starting. Every year you promise “I will tune-up my trim and sail better.” Then you are distracted by all the awesome NSC events. Well, this is finally the year. Bring 1 or more sailboats and a skilled volunteer, and the…
Find A 1-person Boat
Do you have an under-used small dinghy, perhaps a Laser, Byte, small cat, or other 1-person boat? There are keen sailors looking to borrow such boats, in this distanced season. Strengthen the sailing community by matching through the NSC Crew Bank.