Mooring invoices were mailed February 1st, and payment is due by March 1st. Along with your mooring invoice, you should have received a pre-printed race registration form, which we would encourage you to submit now, before you forget about it or lose it. more…
Sailing School Registration is Now Open
The 2017 sailing season is still several months away, but due to popular demand registration for the Junior Program is now open. more…
Members Private Login Changed On Sunday, February 5, 2017
The credentials used by all members to access the “Member’s Private Area Posts and Pages” was changed on Sunday, February 05. more…
2017 Proof of Insurance
If you own at boat at NSC please read on. more…
January Update from your Board
2016 was a very good year for NSC and I am honoured to continue working as your Commodore for 2017. more…
Help Wanted – NSC Learn To Sail program
The Nepean Sailing Club’s Learn To Sail program is now accepting resumes for Head Instructor, Instructors and Race Coaches for the Youth, and Able Sail programs for the 2017 sailing season. more…
2017 Board Of Directors
See who’s who on the 2017 Board of Directors.
2016 NSC Awards Night A Celebratory Affair – Report
It was a great coming together as friends, team members, and fleets alike reconnected to celebrate the season at this year’s 2016 NSC Sailing Awards last Saturday evening. Dinner before-hand was fully subscribed, and the gathering crowd of NSC sailors soon overflowed into the Lounge creating a vibrant social buzz for the evening. more…
Fleet Quarterly Report – Fall Q4 2016
Well Frostbite Sunday racing has ended and the annual club haul-out has begun, drawing to a close another super NSC sailing season on the Ottawa River! Time for the final fall 2016 report on club sailing activities. It certainly has been a particularly active and engaging season for the member’s organised sailing program this year. more…
Membership, Harbour And Mooring Fees
The on-line NSC Fee Schedule has been updated for 2017.
Update from your Board – September and early October
As I start to write this update, “Turkey Trotters” are gliding around Lac Deschenes in near perfect conditions for October. It’s October, time to focus on TDE: “The Dreaded Event” that comes every autumn to sailors in Ontario. But, before that, some updates from your Board… more…
Turkey Trot Race & Feast 2016 – Report & Results
Thanks to a great team of volunteers, another fantastic member’s NSC Turkey Trot Race and Feast took place this Thanksgiving Monday. Though a little cooler than usual, it was another bright sunny windy fall day for members and their families who turned out for a little on the water fun at NSC’s traditional closing sailing fun event. more…
FANtastic FAll REgatta (FANFARE) – 2016 Report
The NSC FANFARE regatta team stepped it up for 2016, with a 51-boat 3-day event, including 18 out-of-town visiting boats. Fireball dinghies and F18 cats raced 3 days as their Canadian championships. 8 to 15 knots on Friday and Saturday allowed a complete set of races each day. more…
Fleet Quarterly Report – Summer Q3 2016
It’s towards end of August and as the Commodore’s update noted, our club is vibrant with member activity across the board. Whether we’re day sailing, cruising overnight, sailing in a club event, or simply messing around with boats, sailing and boating at NSC is alive and well. more…
Midnight Madness & Harbourmasters – 2016 Report
Two of the wildest, fun, social sailing events on the annual NSC calendar were held this past weekend August 19-20! And with some fantastic weather, organization, and eager turnouts this year’s Midnight Madness and Harbourmasters certainly didn’t disappoint in the fun department. more…
NSC Member Notice – WiFi
For security reasons, and to ensure the highest possible level of service, we have changed the club’s WiFi password. more…
The Summer Equinox: August Update from Your Board
Tuesday August 2 was the midpoint of our Boating Season, halfway between Launch and Haulout. Our “Summer Equinox”. Our Club is vibrant: social events, fundraisers, regattas, racing and members simply enjoying themselves and their boats. Your Board is beginning the process of looking ahead to 2017 with budget and strategic plans. For now, a few updates: more…
Channel Markers Update
There is a new private buoy 200 yards east of the outer channel markers. This buoy marks a very large rock that sits two feet below the surface at chart datum and weighs about four tons. more…
Race Committee Volunteers Needed
RC volunteers are needed in September and October, particularly on Thursday evenings, and Sunday afternoons in October. If you haven’t yet done your RC duties, please sign up on-line. If you have raced regularly this season and you don’t do any RC duty before the end of the year, per SI 21.12, you will not be allowed to register in 2017 until you sign up for RC Duty. more…
RCYC/NSC Team “Sula Sula” 2016 Lake Ontario 200 Line Honours
On July 16th onwards, the Lake Ontario 300 Challenge offshore race was held out of Port Credit Yacht Club. The world’s longest annual freshwater race, 106 boats from clubs around the lake competed on either the Scotch Bonnet (200 Nm) or Main Duck (300 Nm) Courses in various divisions. more…
Changes to the NSC Classified Ads
As of July 19, posting in the NSC Classified Ads is restricted to NSC Members. Members of the general public still have read access to the Classified Ads listings, but are no longer able to submit new ads. more…
Fleet Quarterly Report – Spring Q2 2016
What an incredible start to the 2016 sailing season with a packed June of back-back club sailing events and the conclusion of a very active weeknight racing’s Spring Series! Your fellow Fleet Committee members and Regatta/event teams have been busy (Please remember to thank them!). more…
Construction Notice to NSC
Beginning July 2016, the City of Ottawa will begin construction work in the Crystal Beach Community. To see how this will affect the entrance of the Club please review the City of Ottawa Notice.
Crew Table added for Wednesday dinghy & catamaran racing
The Crew Table is the place to pick up a ride on a race night. Skippers will often look for crew if they are short. All members are welcome, but we extend a special invitation to new, and potential, members to try this out. New for 2016: for Wednesday dinghy and catamaran racing, a Crew Table is in the tent next to the sailing school. more…
Update from your Board, June 2016
June’s update, hot off the press more…