Not all heroes wear capes!
Our own Shawn Batten (Sailing Activities Manager) has been awarded Ottawa Sports Council’s community hero of the month! Please take a moment to read and congratulate him. Read more here.
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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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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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Survey – please help us help you!
Yes, we should all be sailing, and are! But only 10% of members have filled out our survey and almost no non-members. If you are reading this, then please complete the survey here.
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Free beer!
Free beer is something you might get if you do another survey, but unfortunately not this one. Now seeing as you are here, why not do it anyway. Click here to take our website survey (nsc.ca)
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SOLO300 – starts today around 8am
Please show your support for David and the other intrepid sailors on this great long distance journey to raise money for kids with cancer. Give them your money here.
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Our website – please tell us how we are doing!
It’s SURVEY TIME. So, for a long time we have heard many comments leading us to upgrade our content filled website into something that is more encompassing and engaging. Oh, but what to do? Ask 5 people and you’ll get 7 answers. On a Tuesday. 9 answers on a Wednesday etc..
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Sailpast and Sesiya : a huge hit
This year’s Sailpast was even more special even than usual. In addition to the Caribbean theme, steel band, cocktails, special menu and everyone getting leis, we were blessed with the donation of a C&C27, Sesiya, from Bill James, for our Sail Training programs. Here is an email from Bill about his experience in our NSC…
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Dinghy raid to LDSC
Dear Sailors, we have an unofficial adventure sail planned for August 7th from NSC, up river to LDSC. There we are invited to beach / moor and enjoy the lawn and grounds at LDSC with their members. This is not a race, although I am sure some spirited sailing may result. Fancy dress is not…
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Join the NSC dry sail community
There is a new group converging in our NSC family that is likely of interest to many of you. If you sail out of the yard in some way (dinghy, dry sail, dolly or ramp launch), then consider joining this email group to chat about all the specifics that concern us “dry sailors”. This is…