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.
Fleet is accepting applications for one Senior and several Junior Race Bosuns for the 2019 season. These are paid part-time positions (weeknights and some weekends) from May to October with some scheduling flexibility. Join the team running the largest race program in Canada.
Fleet is pleased to announce the inauguration this year of the Ice Breaker Series, which replaces the keelboat practice racing at the beginning of the season.
Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! Folks, the ever-popular NSC Turkey Trot Pursuit is on Monday October 11th! This is an open club member’s pursuit sail race. All sailboats, members and guests welcome. Registered Handicaps are not required!
Do to recent changes in the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, pleasure craft licences are now valid for 10 years. (Updated)
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…
Roughly 80% of the PHRF & JAM handicaps have changed — check them out. There are also a lot of boats who have paid, but have not completed a race registration form — are you one of them?