Conditions Twenty teams, including 15 sailors under 25 years old, participated in the 2024 Eastern Canadian 505 Championships at Kingston Yacht Club on August 10-11. The event featured high wind sailing conditions. The race committee canceled racing after one race on Saturday due to 30-knot winds. On Sunday, sailors completed three races in 15 to…
The Joint NSC/BYC Single-Handed Race was held on Sunday, August 25, under sunny skies and light northwesterly winds. Fifteen boats made it to the start line — more than in any other year in the past 10+ years! The RC, led by Luke Sheppard, started on time, and set the course as C to H,…
The fifth annual Pinhey’s Point Sunset Time Trial ran Friday, August 23. Seven boats made it out for the start window, from 1830 to 1835, and all boats finished before 2200. We started with a light wind out of the SW at ~5 knots; it was tight enough that only Cheekey Monkey could fly her…
On a rainy Monday, August 19th, two Nepean Sailing Club Martin 16s were loaded onto a CN container for transport to the Mobility Cup in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The Mobility Cup is a “regatta of possibility” where personal, social, geographic, technological, and organizational barriers are challenged in the spirit of friendly competition. It is international…
Recruits and Fruits Most SoloSail participants can recall the moment when they were approached and recruited by the pied piper, Dave Morallee, otherwise known as “Super Dave”. For most, this occurred at NSC’s equivalent of the town square: the service dock. For some, it was word of mouth. Dave has honed the skills of charity…
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…
The Nepean Sailing Club was well represented at the CORK – Sail Canada Youth Championships this past week, where our youth race team made an impressive showing in the highly competitive C420 class. With 7 boats from NSC competing over four days of intense racing in a fleet of 78 boats, our sailors demonstrated exceptional…
Due to the increased occurrence of City Bylaw handing out parking tickets at the Club, please display your NSC parking permit at all times when parking at the Club. This is particularly the case from the hours of 11PM-6AM. Failure to do so will result in a ticket. Remember to park only in designated spaces. Members,…
Have you seen this painting in the NSC lobby beside the elevator? If so, please know that it was created by one of our Able Sailors, John Mazurek. The boat is an Able Sail Martin 16 (coincidentally #16). Many people at the club know John or have seen him wheeling his chair around since he…
That’s a wrap on our Baskins Beach Bash 2024! We had a great day despite the effects of Hurricane Debbie. The rain held up! The Social Committee thanks you all for showing up! 20 sailboats anchored and 90 people attended and participated in our BBQ, games and music! Specials thanks to Bob & Lois Smith,…