By Fleet Captain
Our Sailing Season is about to launch! The 2025 Sailing Instructions and Race Calendar are now available. The first keelboat race May 6, First dinghy/catamaran race May 14. Social sailing will start shortly after in June.
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 worked hard as usual to ensure great facilities as our base. Everything is now set for the largest sail race program in North America, plus outstanding club cruising opportunities, including Social Sailing resuming in early June.
Want to Race?
Register for Racing (2 weeks before your first race), sign-up for Race Committee Duty (mandatory for racers, everyone else also welcome), read the 2025 Sailing Instructions and Race Calendar, post on crew bank and come to our race practice evenings:
- Keelboat Race Practice: Three Friday Evenings: May 16, 23, 30
- Dingy Race Practice: Three Friday Evenings: May 30, June 6, 13
And take part in one of our four awesome regattas:
- June 7-8 Ottawa Skiff and Cat GP
- June 20-22 Nepean One Design
- July 5-6 National Capital Cup
- September 6-7 Fanfare
Prefer to Cruise?
Check out the FUN events on the NSC Calendar , including the Commodore’s Sailpast and NSC Baskin’s Beach BBQ.
To try out sailing for the first time or cruise with other sailors, sign up for Social Day-Cruising events.
Learning Opportunities
Fleet Training for Racers and Volunteers continues through the sailing season with opportunities for Mark Layer Courses, Powerboat Familiarization, Rescue/Safety Boat Handling and Dinghy Skills Development scheduled for this summer.
See you on the Water
Mike Roper, NSC Fleet Captain. C&C27 “Xel-Ha” (the yellow one)