Day 3, Sunday, October 12: Thanksgiving Sunday was another beautiful autumn day, with the fall foliage at its peak, and temperatures a very comfortable 4 14°C. With the forecasts calling for 6-7 knots out of the southwest, it looked like it would be a great day. But at start time, there was a very patchy…
Gobble! Gooble! Gobble! Folks, the annual NSC Turkey Trot Pursuit race and Thanksgiving Feast is just 10 days now, and counting, on Monday Oct. 13th, 2014! Briefing (in the Members Lounge): 10:00 hrs. Copies of the Special Instructions about course and start times by boat handicap will be issued.
It was no hardship to be crossing the start line on Sat, yes the rain was falling and a light breeze blowing from the north but there was this beautiful heat mist rising from the water and as the boat reached towards C mark i’m sure I saw in the distance Ray James on Wippet…
It was a cool Fall windy day with constant pouring rain, poor visibility, and yet nine passionate NSC sailors went out to test their skills in Saturday’s Single-handed Race.
In near perfect conditions, Sam Lowery battled his way through three heats to capture the highly coveted Harbourmaster’s Trophy by winning the First International version of the race.
Come join your friends at NSC for the annual Midnight Madness race on Friday, August 22 – warning signal will be at 10:00 p.m.!
Attention Racers: If you are registered to race this season, you are required to sign-up for Race Committee (RC) duties. No experience is required, but you may be press-ganged if you don’t sign-up voluntarily.
NSC Fleet sponsored a Sea Survival course in Ottawa for the first time on the weekend of February 1-2. It was a great success and appreciated by all 20 participants. Eric Hill, our very experienced
The Interclub Awards Night was held on January 16th — thanks to our friends at BYC for hosting a fine evening. For those who couldn’t make it, but earned a keeper plaque,
Eric Hill of seasurvival.ca will be running an ISAF/Sail Canada accredited Offshore Personal Survival Course at NSC on the weekend of Feb 1-2. Space is limited. [Note: Unfortunately, this course filled up in one day.]