It is official. JAM and One Design keelboat spring series racing starts today, Thursday 16 May. (As per the Sailing Instructions) Tuesday 21 May will be the start of PHRF spring series. Dinghy/Catamaran spring series started yesterday, Wednesday May 15. Reminder to register for racing. Posted by Fleet Captain. 16 May, 1400
Thanks to everyone who attended in 2024! Popular as ever The Series proved as popular as ever with record in-house attendance. And we exceeded our goal of raising $2,000 for the Legacy Fund and will provide a final report shortly. Thanks to all who attended and all who gave! We’re already thinking about 2025 Please help us make…
Advantage Boating will be holding sailboat docking clinics at Nepean Sailing Club on May 18. Called Docking 101: Docking Made Easy, these clinics will be of interest to NSC members who want to develop, practice and improve their docking skills. Whether you’re returning to your slip from a day of sailing, getting into and out…
This session has been cancelled due to insufficient interest at this time. Are you interested in joining other members for a co-op masting session? Or are you already planning to mast with others and have room for an extra member/sailboat or two? Masting cooperatively with others is both faster and safer and is a great…
Our sailing season has begun on time. Woo-hoo!! First keelboat race May 7. First dinghy/catamaran race May 15. First Social Day-Cruising June 7. Our highly-skilled race bosun staff are all aboard and gearing up. Our operations volunteers and race officials are extremely well organized. The harbour team has delivered great facilities as our base. Everything is now…
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…
Members, new and old, are invited to NSC’s New Member Meet and Greet Saturday, April 27 from 5 to 6pm. At the Meet and Greet, we will share information about the Club, provide tours of the Club’s excellent facilities and an opportunity to meet other club members. The Meet and Greet will be followed by…
Women Sailing the Ottawa River, Spring Meeting, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 at NSC. 7 pm in the Harbourview Hall. Dinghy, keelboat or powerboat, racers or cruisers, come meet other women sailing the Ottawa River at this free event. NSC bar and galley will be open. No need to pre-register. 7pm – Introductions 7:30pm – Small…