Public Relations Posts
The 2017 Winter Speaker series starts early in the New Year. We already have some great speakers and topics lined up. Before we finalize the list, please help us by spending 2 minutes telling us what topics you would be most interested in, and would get you down to the club on a snowy weeknight!
This year’s Easter Seals Family Sail on Saturday, July 16th still needs volunteer skippers. So far 13 families confirmed to participate this year, but only 3 skippers have signed up to take families out on the water. By bringing a family out on your boat for the Family Sail and water fight, you are giving an…
The Nepean Sailing Club is once again proud to be a host venue for the Doors Open Ottawa event happening Saturday and Sunday, June 4 and 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. NSC is one of more than 120 locations that will open its doors to the public and provide tours to…
The club is looking for volunteers for Get Out On The Water (www.getoutonthewater.ca) on June 25. Please email publicrelations@nsc.ca if you are interested or need more information.
Splicing Workshop, in conjunction with the Nautical Garage Sale. 1 p.m. in the Harbourview room.
Sewing Workshops – Cushions, Mattresses, Curtains, Sail Covers & Stack Packs etc. A meeting will be held at NSC Saturday April 23 at 11:00 am in the Sailing Room to discuss the establishment of a series of Sewing Workshops for those members with sewing projects.
Racing 201: Strategy, Tactics and Rules – New to racing? Just getting started? Bringing new crew on board? This presentation is designed to orient sailors to the racecourse and offer some perspectives on strategy and tactics for racing
Cruising the Rideau Canal and Trent-Severn Waterway: Chad Buchner, Trent-Severn Waterway Manager of Canal Operations and former Lockmaster invites you to travel with confidence as he demystifies navigating the lakes and locks of the Trent-Severn Waterway and Rideau Canal.
The History of Rigging – Peter’s slide-show describes the development & evolution of sailing ship types and rigging from earliest records to the present day.
Cruising the BVI’s Permanently – Here’s Rod’s story: “I stepped on a sailboat for the first time in my life at 60. Totally hooked. Two weeks later we owned a Venture Newport 23. Three years later we bought a 1988 Bayfield 32 and down to the BVI’s we went”.