After a six-year journey with cancer, long-time NSC member Peter Norwood passed away peacefully at home on November 2, 2026. He was surrounded by his wife, Janice, and daughters, Rae-Anne and Laura. Pete will be remembered for his love of family, adventure, sailing, cycling, skiing and woodworking. Those who knew him will also remember him…
Maryetta McDowell (nee McArthur) died peacefully at age 85 from pancreatic cancer on September 30, 2026, at home in Ottawa. She was a member of NSC for 41 years along with her husband Hugh McDowell and their C&C 27 “Skygak”. She loved being on the water, sailing, racing and on race committees. A Celebration of…
Douglas Henry Vandervelde passed away unexpectedly but peacefully in his sleep on Sunday, October 5th, 2025.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, October 14th at the Capital City Bikers Church at 11 am.
A casual “Cheers to Doug” will take place on Friday, October 17th at the Nepean Sailing Club.
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Andrew Haydon, longtime Ottawa-Carleton regional chair, and former reeve and mayor of Nepean, on Monday, October 28, at the age of 91. Andy was instrumental in the building of the Nepean Sportsplex, the National Capital Equestrian Park and the Transitway. Together with Bill Levesque…
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of long time NSC member John Herbert Hanna. John’s lifelong love of sailing provided him with a retirement happily spent socializing with friends and family at the Nepean Sailing Club and serving for many a spring through fall season on the Nepean Sailing Club’s Harbour…
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of long time NSC member Donald Ian Williamson, Don was a member of Britannia Yacht Club for many years and was a member of the Steering Committee that brought the Nepean Sailing Club into being in the 1970s. Later, he and Margaret sailed on their boat…
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,…
It is with great sadness that we inform NSC members of the passing of long time member, Bruce Macdonald. Bruce passed away on Saturday, April 13 after a long illness. Further details are available here. Bruce was a legacy member of the Harbour Committee and MAC for decades. Fair winds and following seas Bruce, we…
It is with deep sadness we inform you of the sudden passing of long-time NSC member Cathy Kayser, a reliable crew, teammate, and RC volunteer. Cathy passed away on February 24th, 2024, in her home in Stittsville. Please join us in a celebration of Cathy’s life to be held in the NSC Harbourview Hall on Sunday,…