Great news – the East dinghy dock managed to get through the rapids largely intact and has been secured. On April 20th, Gene Bruce and a team launched a boat and were able to anchor the dock in the Ottawa River approximately 450 metres East of Britannia Yacht Club and Mud Lake, and 400 metres from the South shore. more…
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Dinghy Docks Break Free
On Thursday, April 18th, the two dinghy docks were ripped from their anchors by the ice, and floated out into the river.
On the morning of April 19th, a small team of employees and volunteers were able to recover one of the dinghy docks from the Britannia Bay area. The West dinghy dock is now secured back in the harbour area. more…
Thank you to all the Volunteers on the 2019 Dock Project!
Saturday (6 April) marked the completion of this year’s dock stripping effort! There was an outstanding turnout by members of NSC over the past three weekends. All together we were able to strip down B dock, C dock and a good portion of X dock. more…
Full Volunteer Slate for the NSC Dock Project 6 April 2019
Thank you to all members who have volunteered for this coming Saturday, we now have a full slate for the morning! If you would still like to sign up for the afternoon, you can do so here: Dock Project Volunteers Saturday 6 April. more…
Thank you Saturday Dock Volunteers + Sunday’s work is Cancelled
Another big thank you to all the members who came out yesterday (Saturday, 30 March) to help with the dock top replacement project. Through your great efforts we managed to not only complete the delivery of wood to B dock, but we also stripped back the decking and stringers to almost half way. This despite some challenging weather conditions in the morning. more…
Dock Project – Volunteers needed for Saturday!!
Thank you to all who have signed up for this weekend’s project. We still need 5 more volunteers for Sat AM, and 10 more volunteers on Sat PM and Sun AM. We are hoping to finish by Sunday morning. Please do consider signing up to help with preparing B dock for the rebuild in time for the coming season. You can sign up here: Dock Project Volunteers.
Volunteers needed for the dock project next weekend (30/31 March 2019)
Thank you to all the volunteers who worked so well together last weekend. We now need to complete B dock next weekend! Please consider signing up for this coming weekend – many hands makes for light work! You can sign up here: Dock Project Volunteers 30 and 31 March. more…
Thank you to this weekend’s dock project volunteers!
A big thank you to all the members, family and friends who turned out to help with the dock top replacement project this Saturday and Sunday (23 and 24 March 19)! more…