A reminder to all NSC skippers and members now the boating season is underway. It is expected that those who use NSC’s facilities and programs on a regular basis, for any reason, be club members. Please ensure that your regular crew (racing or cruising) are, or are encouraged to become, club members. more…
Category Archives: Sailing
SWAN Sail With A Neighbour – Saturday, July 27
Is your dock like ours, with all kinds of interesting people and their boats? Have you met them? Have you had a chance to sail with them? To tie in with our club’s 40th anniversary, NSC introduces a new informal event, SWAN. It’s a time to meet your dock neighbours, talk boats and go sailing. more…
Federal Boating Ban Lifted for Ottawa River (Lac Deschenes)
As of 4 June 2019, Transport Canada has announced on their website that the boating ban has been lifted for all of the Ottawa River, including that portion navigable from NSC. Let’s go sailing and boating!
Sea Safety Course, BYC, March 23-24
Eric Hill returns to Ottawa March 23-24 to again present his World Sailing-approved Offshore Personal Survival course. This is the same course that NSC hosted in 2014 (see Jacques Adam’s report), and that BYC hosted in 2016 & 2018. In 2019, it will again be hosted at Britannia Yacht Club, 2777 Cassels Street, Ottawa. more…
Electric Propulsion: The Future Is Already Here!
There is a new sound being heard around the NSC docks, as sailboats come and go from the harbour; it is the sound of nothing at all. Instead of all the noise and a face full of diesel or two-stroke smoke, more and more boats are motoring almost silently, on electric power. more…
Report – Midnight Madness Race: Navigation By LEDs And Disco Balls
Imagine being in a big dark room with lights streaking in front and behind you as you navigate the start. That was the feeling at the 2018 NSC Midnight Madness race on 17 August, the race that is held in the dark! more…
Report – Baskins Beach, 2018
On possibly one of the nicest weekends this summer, 30 boats and about 90 folks met up-river for our signature cruising rendezvous at Baskins Beach. Some by boat and some by road, old friends gathered and new friendships were formed. more…
August: The Short Handed Season
As I look around the starting line on Tuesdays, I see boats carrying crews of three or four, some with six or seven. Its August. Summer holidays with families. Odds are that you’re finding yourself short-handed. If so, read on… more…