Public Relations Posts
Dr Cathy Duchesne & Dominic Goodwill will speak about Concussions in Sailing: What they are and what to do about them. Boats have wet surfaces that bounce and tilt. Sailing boats have a boom that flies around. Docks and ramps can be slippery. Injuries happen in our sport. Ontario is rolling out Rowan’s Law, in…
Parke Davis, Richard Pessah, Judy Piel, Tony Wright and other key contributors and participants talk about the history of Eastern Canada’s largest swim event. How it grew from just 12 swimmers to over 800 and how dozens of volunteers make this a safe, well organized, can’t miss event for hundreds of swimmers each year.
Titled: Leaving Winter Behind and Exploring the Windward Islands: Each Winter, except during pandemics, Advantage Boating heads down to the Caribbean with a group of enthusiastic sailors to escape winter by offering a variety of sailing vacations. Grab yourself a beverage and join Ron & Doris for an informative and entertaining presentation about sailing from…
All 12 of this year’s Winter Speaker events were held on Zoom. Edited versions have all now been posted on YouTube, with permission of the presenters (a big thanks to all of them!).
A talk about sailboat foiling: the “new black” of sailing. The Americas Cup yachts do it, Little Moths piloted by rubber Cirque du Soleil athletes do it. But can YOU do it?
John Rae will talk about Foils and Rudders. Competition Composites, based in Arnprior, owns Phil’s Foils and has provided replacement and redesigned rudders to many. Yet this is just one aspect of their business. If fixing a rudder problem or improving your boat’s performance is something you are thinking about, then you won’t want to…
In 2017, Tony and Margaret Wright decided to embark on an adventure tour to the Galapagos and the Amazon. Tony took plenty of photos of the water adventure and the wildlife they encountered.
In November 2019, John Lunn and son Martin competed in the Great Grand Masters event at the Hobie 16 worlds. Held at the South Seas Resort on Captiva Island Florida, over 500 sailors from 24 countries took part. John and Martin were the top Canadian Team. Actually, they were the only Canadian team ;-)
Wednesday February 3, 7.30 pm: Cruising the Eastern Caribbean with David Meek.
The Winter Speaker Series is back! Every Wednesday evening starting January 27, at 7:30 p.m. We have moved the format online. Kicking off the series this year is popular speaker Rod Riley with: Aftermath: Recovering from two hurricanes.