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STC Spring Season

Introducing Exciting Updates at the Sailing School!

We’re thrilled to share the remarkable transformations that have taken place at the Sail Training Center this year. Our aim was to enhance the learning experience and ensure the safety and enjoyment of all sailors. Here are some of the exciting changes:

  1. Sail Training Center Facilities: Inside the sailing school, we’ve given the office a fantastic facelift and revamped the classrooms, making them more comfortable and welcoming for our sailors.
  2. Feva Fleet Rerig: In our CANSail 2 boats, the Feva fleet, have undergone a complete rerig. We’ve overhauled all the lines and established a new color-coded system, making it easier for our sailors to learn and improve their skills.
  3. Fleet Upgrades: In our CANSail 3 fleet of 420s, we recognized the need for updates. Despite our best efforts to revive the aging boats, we had to bid farewell to some. However, we’re excited to announce the acquisition of collegiate 420s from McGill University, ensuring a fresh and reliable fleet for our sailors.
  4. Expansion of Race Fleet: The growing interest in our race team has been phenomenal, having a team of 22 talented sailors. To accommodate this surge, we’ve invested in four new Zim 420s, in addition to the two purchased last year. Moreover, we’ve refurbished four older race boats, dedicating a week of effort to bring them back to life.

These upgrades and additions demonstrate our commitment to providing the best possible sailing experience for all our members. We look forward to seeing our sailors excel and enjoy the upcoming seasons with these enhanced facilities and improved fleets.

Before and after photos of boat revamp.

Hiring a Sail Training Centre Administrator

If you love kids and are passionate about our Sail Training Centre please apply.

Our Sail Training Centre, which consists of Able Sail, Sailing School and our Dinghy rental community is in need of an administrator. If you or someone you know is curious and would like more information about this position, please contact Shawn at sailing@nsc.ca.

Thank you for your interest!

 

Ottawa River Training Camp

This week marks the start of NSC’s hosted Ottawa River Training Camp! With racers from NSC, BYC, GRYC, and EVO all training on the Ottawa river. Through the organization of race coaches on from all clubs we have has a fantastic showing of over 20 boats training together here at NSC and on the Ottawa river. With guest coaching from a past olympian, and experienced race official, these racers are sure to get the most out of their week long training experience.

Race Team Update

The NSC Race Team recently travelled to Sarnia, Ontario for the annual Sailfest Regatta. Sailors, Natalie Tanczak and Camden Sutherland participated in the Friday training day and the weekend regatta. Natalie Tanczak arrived on Tuesday morning in order to train alongside the Ontario Sailing Team. Overall the wind varied, but for the actual regatta the conditions were light and shifty. The NSC racers found themselves fighting the extremely strong current, throughout they raced 6 races. Natalie finished 6th overall and won an award for Top Female, while Camden finished 11th overall out of 32 boats.

Youth at NOD!

Youth at NODThis past weekend some of NSC’s Race Team and Sailing School staff participated in NOD! Everyone had a blast, despite the sometimes lackluster winds!

Congratulations to NSC’s very own Able Sail Coach Andrew Faurschou on his win at this year’s NSC One Design Regatta as well as and Spencer Klymyshyn and David Schram, members of the Youth Race Team, on their 3rd place finish! NSC had a great showing in the 420 fleet at NOD this year with 6 boats racing.

A big thanks to Natalie Tanczak and sailing school staff for rounding up the troops and helping get a fantastic group of racers out to this event.

The team is looking forward to a great year of racing!

Meet the Instructor Night!

On Monday June 29th at 6pm, you and your families are invited to join us in the Harbourview Room (East Room) of the Nepean Sailing Club at 6:00pm to meet our 2015 Instructor team. During this session, our staff will be able to introduce themselves to their future students, answer your questions about our programs, and offer a brief tour of the facilities and the boats we use.

We look forward to seeing you there!