A lot of us find it hard to remember the meanings of all the visual signals used on the race course.
To help you learn, or perhaps refresh your memory after a long winter, we’ve created an online guide to racing flags.
The link is available on the main racing page, so now there’s no excuse for getting confused about the flags on the course!
Many thanks to Chief Scorer Jan Huus for going above and beyond with this contribution to Racing at NSC.
Tracy Ross, nsc-fleet at nsc.ca.
The 2022 Interclub Sailing Awards Night takes place this Wednesday, January 18 from 7 to 9 pm. A chance for NSC, BYC & CVGR racers to celebrate together the fantastic 2022 racing season and to honour our award-winning racers.
The list of registered boats and their fleets are now available on the corresponding results page. Here are direct links to the Tuesday fleets for your convenience: Tuesday – Alpha Course and Tuesday – Bravo Course. For Tuesday courses, boats with Flying Sail and Non-Flying Sail ratings will appear in the list twice, once with…
The joint NSC/BYC Stony Point Race is on Sunday, Aug13. The start is at 1000 between “S” mark and the flag on the NSC RC boat.This is an Interclub Long Distance series counter. Report your finish results online.
Midnight Madness runs this Friday, August 12. Come enjoy a great evening on the water. This fun event draws a large contingent of NSC sailors who enjoy not only racing, but also the challenge of sailing at night. The event is open only to keelboats; Skippers meeting is at 2030 on the west lawn, with…
FAntastic Nepean FAll REgatta (FANFARE) is bigger and better than ever this year! F18, Fireball, 505 and Albacore’s already have made fleet. Now, let’s get those Open Cats, 420’s and Lasers/Radials registered — looking for 5 boats by 6pm Friday September 2, to get a start for your fleet! A Vegas-style Saturday night. Cool Sponsors.
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…