NSC’s Social Day-Cruising end-of-season event was a blast as sailors competed in games, including balloon sailboat creation. Our own Commodore Corey Glynn was the adjudicator, remarking how impressed he was with the group’s electric vibe.

A Season of Avid Activity

This capped a season in which 78 sailors without boats were provided 300 crew spots during 16 flotillas from May to September, each lasting three to four hours. Most of the participants gathered on the Galley deck after each outing, forged connections, built friendships and made more sailing plans.

The program organized a flotilla in the British Virgin Islands in the spring with 12 participants taking up the offer to bareboat charter two boats. In April 2025, 17 individuals will sail on three catamarans there.

The End-of-Season Party

Amid cake and nautical riddles, participants voted on a favourite photo and video capturing some of this season’s sailing magic. A special thank you was given to Tim Moses the organizer of Social Day-Cruising, Sylvie Seufert the party organizer, and all the skippers who volunteered their time and sailboats to ensure the continued success of this sailing program, and so that members without boats can get out on the water.

Read more about our Social Day Cruising Program and how to register. And consider joining next year!

Photo Gallery

Wall decorations with balloons above a cake
Party time!
A Costco sheet cake with "NSC Sailing Celebration 2024"
SDC end-of-season party cake
Women having fun making a sailboat out of balloons
Having a blast making a sailboat out of balloons
A team with their sailboat made of balloons
One of four teams who designed a sailboat with balloons
A team of people making a sailboat out of balloons
Another of four teams making a sailboat out of balloons
A team making a sailboat out of balloons
Another of four teams in the balloon-sailboat competition
A man and a woman
Sylvie Seufert and Tim Moses, organizers of Social Day-Cruising
A group of people in two rows
Some of the skippers who volunteered their boats
A crowd of people at tables at a party
The SDC crowd
A man congratulating another with a thank you gift
Jean Bedard (rt) thanks Tim Moses for organizing SDC on behalf of everyone
Boxes of confections
A volunteer donated home made confections for the skippers who volunteered their boats
Home made confection
The homemade confection given to skippers
A blindfolded man pasting a paper shape of a sail onto a sailboat poster
Tom pins the sail on the sailboat blindfolded
A man is spun around blindfolded before looking for the sailboat poster
Tom is spun around and pointed to the poster
A woman sticks a paper sail onto a sailboat poster
Margot sticks a paper sail onto the sailboat
A man holds up the winning sailboat made of balloons
The Commodore selects the winning sailboat based on simplicity
A person throws a rope around a wooden dock cleat
The “best deck hand” competition
A person throws a rope around a wooden dock cleat
The “best deck hand” competition
Two women with a prize
Winners of the best deck hand competition

Social Day-Cruising Winning Entries

The winning still photo

Photo of sailboats during Social Day-Cruising on water like a mirror under a few puffy clouds

The winning video (screenshot)