The NSC Winter Speaker Series Presents: “Racing 101: How to get started and have fun!” Join us for an evening of “Racing 101” with Mike Roper, Leonore Evans and Tony Latus who will talk about how to get into the fun of sailboat racing on Lac Deschênes. We will provide an overview of the different…
Thinking you would like to sail faster this year? Then this is the seminar for you. Find out how to get the best from your sails and improve your boat speed at the North U Sail Trim and Boat Speed seminar. Part of the Fleet Race Training menu, this is an in-depth, interactive, and in-person…
This year the Fleet Committee is again offering an array of training opportunities, to help both volunteers and racers participate in the largest sailboat race program in North America, right here on Lac Deschênes! Volunteers are invited to train to be a Race Officer or Club Judge, learn how to lay out Race Marks and…
The 2024 2.4mR CanAm Championship Series (open) kicked off on January 22 at the Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club in beautiful, sunny south-west Florida. This year’s events 1 & 2 included 25 registrants (largest attendance to date), 10 from Canada including all four members of the NSC 2.4mR fleet. Peter Wood & Peter Norwood Debbie Reinhart…
This year a new “Moonlit Frostbite” race series was run on three Thursday evenings from October 9th to 23rd, following the end of the regular Thursday night JAM and One-Design races. The idea, conceived by Hugh Morrin and approved by the Fleet Captain, was to hold three self-organized races on Thursday evenings. Hugh’s idea was…
The first of the Moonlit Frostbite races was held on Thursday, October 5, but there was no risk of frostbite. Sailors on 8 boats from NSC and BYC enjoyed 25°C temperatures and a moderate wind out of the south, on what was almost certainly the last day of summer weather for 2023. The windward-leeward course…
The 2023 2.4mR Canadian Championship was held September 21 – 24 in Toronto, ON. This event was hosted by the National Yacht Club and included 2.4mR’s (open to adaptive and able-bodied sailors alike). In all, 26 competitors, one from Puerto Rico, 10 from the USA and 15 from Canada participated in this absolutely fantastic event,…
NSC offers racing about 100 days a year. 99/100 we are well organized but there’s sometimes one that gets away on us. So apologies for not having a starting boat on the water for the 26 km race. Fortunately, racers are adaptable and self-started. The scoring for this race will use each boat’s self-reported start…
This year’s Fantastic Nepean Fall Regatta (FaNFaRE 2023) was held Sept 9-10. A total of 40 boats, from six dinghy fleets, participated: Martins, Club 420s, 505s, Open Catamarans, Albacores and Fireballs. Several boats came from out of town, including Kingston, Pointe-Claire, and Aylmer. The winds were particularly light on Saturday – some participants were towed…
On September 18-22, the Nepean Sailing Club will be represented at the Formula 18 (F18) Catamaran North American Championships in Burlington, Ontario. Two teams of Joaquin Fayat and Codie Lonsberry, along with Josh Foster and Jacob Livingstone will be travelling with their two F18s on September 16th to Burlington for four days of racing on the…