Please welcome our new Sailing Activities Manager!
At last year’s AGM I announced that we had created this new position at NSC. And now I am very pleased to announce
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Report on Queen’s Park #1 – Sunday, July 19
BYC hosted the first Queen’s Park event in a “time trial” format, on Sunday, July 19, with a blustery wind out of the Southwest. See the results. For reference, these were the instructions. Start & finish times were due by midnight, July 20.
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On-Water Sail-Faster Clinics – Tues And Wed
Updated 11 July: Clinic is no longer offered on Thursday, as Thursday time trials are starting. Every year you promise “I will tune-up my trim and sail better.” Then you are distracted by all the awesome NSC events. Well, this is finally the year. Bring 1 or more sailboats and a skilled volunteer, and the…
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Find A 1-person Boat
Do you have an under-used small dinghy, perhaps a Laser, Byte, small cat, or other 1-person boat? There are keen sailors looking to borrow such boats, in this distanced season. Strengthen the sailing community by matching through the NSC Crew Bank.
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NSC Fleet Report – June 2020
NSC is carefully adhering to Ontario Sailing guidelines, as Fleet activities start. Currently, the following boating activities are allowed, per OS guidelines: recreational boating of individual boats with only members of one household aboard – so you are free to take your boat and enjoy the river.
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Turkey Trot 2019 – Report
A strong turnout of 40 boats sailed the Turkey Trot pursuit race on Thanksgiving Monday. Congratulations to Hugo Morin and Tristan King from CVGR for line honours in their 49er, accompanied by their fan club, and to NSC’s Lone Shark as top keelboat. The horde of hungry sailors then shared a turkey feast in the…
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Turkey Trot And Feast – Monday, October 14 – Sailing Instructions Issued
Sailors meeting 10am in NSC clubhouse, rain or shine. Sail once or twice around the circle, then back to NSC for Thanksgiving Feast. Slower boats have a head start, so that we all get back to NSC together. Type A people: chase down the boat in front of you. Type B people: cruise round in…
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Midnight Madness And Harbourmasters Race 2019 – Report
Midnight Madness had a record turnout of 16 boats with 60 people sailing in a good breeze. Line honours went to Blue Zulu. Top white-sail boat was Jalapeno. Harbourmasters Race had a few brave sailors in rain and flat water. Clayton Polan was first (nobody saw any sculling), with the Harbourmaster himself showing remarkable light-air…
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Riverkeeper 4K Swim from LDSC to CVGR, Saturday, Aug 10, 0800-1000
As noted at https://www.ottawariverkeeper.ca/riverkeeper-4k-race-info/, the Ottawa Riverkeeper 4K Swim from LDSC to CVGR is happening Saturday, August 10, from 0800-1000. Boaters are asked to watch for swimmers in the water.