2.4m NSC sailors complete Canadian Championships – update
Long time members, Brian Peckover and Peter Wood, have made it to the end of the 2.4m Canadian Championships in Vancouver. Setup video here, in case you hadn’t seen it.
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New Hazard Marker in NSC Channel
As of 13 September, a new White Spar Buoy marker has been installed over an underwater hazard discovered within the NSC channel that has been struck by several members’ boats. Please exercise caution when transiting around this area.
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Pondering Pinhey’s Point
This is the second in a series of articles on Ottawa River anchorages by Cathy Duchesne. Future articles will include Baskin’s Beach. Cathy and her husband Don having been cruising and anchoring Corrie Doon, an Ontario 32, for 30 years. – ed
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100 Mile Race – Friday, September 10
The famous BYC-hosted Interclub 100 Mile race runs this Friday, with the warning at 1900. See the poster, course and compliance document. For more info, email the BYC Fleet Captain.
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Depth Caution – Harbour Channel
Water levels on Lac Deschênes are approaching record low water levels; they are currently lower than they have been since 2012. There have been some incidents of boat groundings on the east side of the channel near the 4th green buoy when leaving the harbour area. Please proceed with caution.
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Can’t find something on NSC’s Website?
Have you tried using the “Search” function at the top-right of the home page? Our website contains more than 1300 posts, 400+ pages, and well over 2000 static html pages, which means that some pages are more than a couple of clicks away, and may sometimes be hard to find.
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Rediscovering Constance Bay
This is the first in a series of articles on Ottawa River anchorages by Cathy Duchesne. I will admit that during our 30 years on the water Constance Bay has not been my favouriteweekend anchorage: too many speed boats and too noisy. (During weekdays the place has amuch different vibe, quieter and quaint.) Still, to…
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Report on Pinhey’s Point Sunset Time Trial – Friday, August 27, 2021
Seven boats participated in the second annual Pinhey’s Point Sunset Time Trial, that started at 1830 last Friday evening. The wind gods blessed us with winds out of the NNE at 10-20 knots, which made for a quick, if not overly tactical race.
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Weeknight Racing Starts 15 minutes earlier in September
Racers are reminded that as of September 1st, per SI 6.2, the first warning signal is 15 minutes earlier. Also, now would be a good time for sailors to check their running lights, as keelboat racers should not expect to always get ashore before sunset.
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Report – Harbourmaster’s Race: Big People, Small Boats – August 28
Saturday, August 28 was the Harbourmaster’s Race. The day started out looking rather bleak and dreary with high gusty winds and morning rain. But mother nature came through with a nice (if not consistent) wind from the east of about 10 knots and no rain.