For NSC members who volunteer at club activities. Saturday June 8 – Learn how to drive the NSC-owned powerboats safely (race committee boat and ribs). Saturday June 15 – Learn to support dinghies and catamarans on the water. Pre-registration required. Free. Details are on the Fleet Training page.
Nice winds and lots of practice. Keelboat Race Practice ended on Friday May 31 this year after attracting a good number of participants. While there was no wind for the first session, which evolved into an informal discussion on racing, the next two practices enjoyed ideal conditions with 8-12 knot winds, allowing 5 starts each…
Race officers for this summers regattas at NSC are looking for volunteers for both on-shore and on-water positions. If you are interested in participating please contact rcs-r-us@nsc.ca . The upcoming regattas are Nepean One Design, June 21-23, 2024, and Fanfare Sept. 7-8, 2024.
It is official. JAM and One Design keelboat spring series racing starts today, Thursday 16 May. (As per the Sailing Instructions) Tuesday 21 May will be the start of PHRF spring series. Dinghy/Catamaran spring series started yesterday, Wednesday May 15. Reminder to register for racing. Posted by Fleet Captain. 16 May, 1400
Thanks to everyone who attended in 2024! Popular as ever The Series proved as popular as ever with record in-house attendance. And we exceeded our goal of raising $2,000 for the Legacy Fund and will provide a final report shortly. Thanks to all who attended and all who gave! We’re already thinking about 2025 Please help us make…
Advantage Boating will be holding sailboat docking clinics at Nepean Sailing Club on May 18. Called Docking 101: Docking Made Easy, these clinics will be of interest to NSC members who want to develop, practice and improve their docking skills. Whether you’re returning to your slip from a day of sailing, getting into and out…
This session has been cancelled due to insufficient interest at this time. Are you interested in joining other members for a co-op masting session? Or are you already planning to mast with others and have room for an extra member/sailboat or two? Masting cooperatively with others is both faster and safer and is a great…
Our sailing season has begun on time. Woo-hoo!! First keelboat race May 7. First dinghy/catamaran race May 15. First Social Day-Cruising June 7. Our highly-skilled race bosun staff are all aboard and gearing up. Our operations volunteers and race officials are extremely well organized. The harbour team has delivered great facilities as our base. Everything is now…
In his May 2, 2024 OttawaSportsPages.ca article, Martin Cleary features NSC member-volunteers Gerald Gravelle, Cathy Kayser and Bruce Macdonald who all passed away during a seven-week stretch from late February to mid April. Volunteers are the lifeblood of amateur sports. If adults and teenagers didn’t step forward to coach, officiate or sit on administrative boards,…
It is with sadness that we report the passing on April 4 of NSC’s first Commodore, Gerald Gravelle (Gerry), and skipper of his home-built trimaran “Late for Dinner.” Member of NSC’s first Executive (seen here with former Mayor Ben Franklin), “back when there was no breakwater, no yacht basin, no docks, no compound, no clubhouse,…