September 25, 2019
The Helly Hansen Sailor of the Month – Michelle Cantin, Coupe Femina
In 2014, Michelle Cantin put her ideas into shape with the start of Coupe Femina. The now annual all women’s event aims to bring females together to take part in a two-day event based in Lévis, Québec.
September 25, 2019
CY Inbox: September 26, 2019
I just read your editorial comments about the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian in the Abacos. Sadly, a tropical storm is projected to pass over these islands this weekend.
September 11, 2019
POTW: September 12, 2019
I am new to boating. Bought a 2019 Ranger Tug in April followed by taking a short boating course and headed out. Spent from late May to early August in the Canadian Pacific north.
September 11, 2019
CYOB Inbox: September 12, 2019 – Whither the weather
I was reading your intro today talking about weather apps (CYOB, August 22.) I find I am constantly using more than one to see different data. WeatherNetwork for day to day stuff, including looking at the radar. WindGuru and Windy for wind predictions. Tides for tidal data. iCSC for night sky clearness for looking up at the heavens.
September 10, 2019
Sarah Douglas – From volunteer to Pan American Gold Medalist
I cross the finish line, heart pumping and barely able to breath from the grueling conditions. I can’t believe that I have just become the 2019 Pan American Champion in the Women’s Dinghy (Laser Radial). I’ve just won the medal race in a windy 25 knots in Paracas, Peru.
August 21, 2019
POTW: Smidgy reads up
Arie and Maribeth sent us this photo from their honeymoon departing Killarney…I think they were in the Benjamins for this shot.
August 20, 2019
Helly Hansen Sailor of the Month – August: Richard Clarke
It’s been a busy year for Richard Clarke aboard Wizard, the Volvo Ocean 70 that has just won the Fastnet Challenge Cup, the overall prize for the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race. The Fastnet Race is considered to be the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s pinnacle 600 mile offshore.
August 7, 2019
POTW: August 8, 2019
This shot was taken last week by Jessica Lee, a freelance photography pro, Albacore racer and part time crew. We were aboard Esprit de Corps III, one of Canada’s few internationally competing racers. Our skipper, Maxime Grimard,
August 7, 2019
CY Inbox: August 8, 2019
I read one of Andy Adam’s Canadian Yachting articles and I hope you can assist. I am a Canadian living in Wasaga Beach, Ontario, but was born in Freeport Bahamas.
August 7, 2019
From the Helm of Adamant 1: Blog 30 – Hudson River and the Erie Canal
On a sunny and windless day we led Alicia and another sailboat into New York Harbour. There were lots of cargo ships and navy destroyers coming in, but they had their own deep-water channel so our trip was an easy one.
August 7, 2019
The Barnet Sailing Cooperative
The Barnet Sailing Cooperative makes sailing affordable and accessible to Vancouver boaters. With the high cost of owning and maintaining a sailboat the Barnet Sailing Cooperative has developed a model that others may want to consider.
July 24, 2019
POTW: Covered Portage perfect
It was a trip 2 or 3 years ago, and all 4 boats traveled up to the Killarney area in a flotilla–Sea’chelle, Unwinder, Gillian, and After Sailin’. Perfect weather and beautiful scenery, which some of the group had never seen. Five of us climbed up to the very top of that ridge above Covered Portage. You can just see my shoe in the foreground.
July 24, 2019
Helly Hansen Sailor of the Month – Tayte Stefaniuk
Kieler Woche, also known to many as Kiel Week took place last month from the 22nd – 30th of June in Germany. As a prominent event on the Olympic class circuit, this event also encompasses sailors of all classes welcoming thousands of athletes to compete on an international scale.
July 10, 2019
Canada Day Photo Contest Bonanza
Congratulations to everyone who sent along a wonderful Canada Day photo. Fabulous photos and what a variety. We now have an annual tradition!
July 10, 2019
POTW: Some holiday shots from our team
Just as you were, the people who labour in the trenches at CY were out on the water with their families over the Canada Day weekend too. And they took some photos that we are sharing for our Photos of the Week.
July 10, 2019
From the Helm of Adamant 1: Blog 29 – Norfolk to New York
Did we linger in Norfolk to explore? Nope! After being pounded against the dock pilings by wakes from tugs and ferry boats all night we left in the rain before the sun came up.
June 25, 2019
Miss Supertest III – the Best Boat in the World
It’s a feat that has never been repeated, a single boat winning the world’s most prestigious boat racing trophy three years in a row. And it all began 60 years ago this summer.
June 22, 2019
POTW: Announcing our contest!
Before we announce the contest, here’s a fine shot of very interesting transom your editor took on a recent junket. Love it!!
June 12, 2019
Galley Guys Invade the Scheuermann Winery
Good friends, good food and good times – that’s the Galley Guys motto, but we can be a bit obtrusive too. Not in a bad way. Not in a “get tossed out” way, but we can get “involved” in our work. So, we might grab the long-handled spatula and start turning our own pizza in the wood fired oven for example.
June 11, 2019
CYOB Inbox: Launch ramps and high water
Boat Launch ramps (CYOB May 23); it is not the first time that there has been some serious errors have been committed on a boat launch ramp. A google image search will prove that. Some are grimacing funny however the fact remains, they are all potentially serious is more to the point.
June 11, 2019
POTW: Bachelors on Boats
This is a fine video Our correspondent Patrick Festing-Smith of Mango Charters alerted us to this very informative, if totally irreverent, video highlighting a potentially scary ecological problem.
June 11, 2019
CY Inbox Special: New Caledonia
My name is Alexandrine GOVAN, mother of a 5 years old girl and I found your contact on internet. First of all, sorry for my English, French is my mother language and I do my best with Google Translate help.
June 11, 2019
From the Helm of Adamant 1 – Blog 28 – Charleston to Georgetown
Charleston is an amazing city to visit. There is so much to do and enjoy in that beautiful city. You can walk the cobbled streets and gaze at the antebellum houses, visit a plantation or Fort Sumter and for naval enthusiasts there is the Naval and Maritime Museum complete with the USS Yorktown, a WWII era aircraft carrier.
May 22, 2019
Photo of the week: Another POTW Boater profile
The photo of us in our dinghy was taken from the shores of Beausoleil Island. We were on our way to Honeymoon Bay in the north of the Island and we were attending a Great Lakes Cruising Club Rendezvous for Georgian Bay boaters. Jan is “Admiral of the Fleet” and I am “Bilge Billy.”
May 22, 2019
CY goes up the Shannon
When Canadian boaters explore the rest of of the world, it’s frequently aboard a vessel of some sort. Canadian Yachting’s Galley Guy mainstays Greg and John got away prior to launching their own boats, heading to the Emerald Isle for some river explorations.
May 22, 2019
CYOB Inbox: May 23, 2019
Hello, John, I must ask why, like too many Canadians, you relish supporting a brutal communist police dictatorship like Cuba. Too often, it’s because we can, and Americans can’t – that old animosity bred into too many of my countrymen.
May 22, 2019
CYOB Inbox: Proud of ORIOLE
I was pleased to see CYOB’s piece on ORIOLE, the Royal Canadian Navy’s sail training vessel (May 9 19.) She was built as a racing yacht at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club for the Gooderham family in 1921. She was based at RCYC for the first half of her life (or so) and was never a commercial vessel.
May 8, 2019
Photo of the Week: Meet the Arthurs
Meet the Arthurs Family of Penetanguishene, Ontario. Abbie, Ella, Jennifer and Michael and their pooch Bailey head out from Hindson Marina in their cuddy every chance they get. They love the many beautiful anchorages on Southern Georgian Bay especially their favourite spot, Giants Tomb.
May 8, 2019
John Booth, an unassuming generous, mechanical genius
John Booth, who passed away just a few weeks ago was one of the most amazingly gifted and generous persons that I’ve ever met He was involved in so many different projects and types of work that I’m certain that there are many that I’ve overlooked. Here’s a short list of memorable works.
May 8, 2019
Boating BC is asking for your feedback to recover the Southern Resident Killer Whales
Over the past few months Fisheries & Oceans Canada and Transport Canada have led a number of Technical Working Groups to make recommendations on measures to recover the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW). Boating BC participated in the process with a seat on the Sanctuaries Working Group.
May 8, 2019
From the Helm of Adamant 1: Blog 27 – Northbound to Charleston SC
We left Vero Beach on Saturday morning with Alicia, a boat from Sweden, following close behind. The first stop was Titusville, then Easter Sunday we made it to Daytona Beach. I had a big ham on board so we invited the crew of Alicia to join us for dinner.
May 8, 2019
Ontario Boat Builders: Aykroyd Brothers
If there is an Ontario builder whose fame rests on the production of a single model of boat, it must be Aykroyd’s. That boat, their 14 ft sailing dinghy, became a beloved icon for countless amateur sailors. In 1943, not long before the shop closed, Aykroyd’s celebrated the launching of its 2,500th 14-footer.
April 24, 2019
POTW: April 25, 2019 – Summer in Wilson
Photo of the Week (POTW) is an opportunity to look at the album of shots that make up a great boating experience. Our readers, friends and anyone else are invited to share their shots.
April 24, 2019
Helly Hansen Sailor of the Month – Rossi Milev
In his first event back since winning the 2017 J24 Worlds, Rossi Milev of Port Credit, ON, on Clear Air, won again – this time taking the 2019 Midwinter Championship at Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida
April 24, 2019
From the Helm of Adamant 1 – Blog 26: E$cape from Fort Pierce
After a delightful winter in the Bahamas, we decided at the end of March to head for the US. The weather continued to get hotter and the humidity was climbing daily. It was tough to drop the mooring ball, but we were suddenly excited about starting the trek home.
April 10, 2019
POTW – April 11, 2019: Not quite summer yet
The skies are moody and weather remains a little fluky, but soon we’ll be into the all-too-brief boating summer. Shelley from Prince Edward County shared this shot of the marina by the dock of the Glenora ferry. The free(!) car carrier that connects the east end of the County to the eastern Ontario mainland.
April 10, 2019
CY Preview: Galley Guys – little ol’ winemakers
You may have read in the April issue of Canadian Yachting, that the Galley Guys took a delightful and scenic cruise on the Rideau Canal aboard a Le Boat Horizon Escape 1350.
April 10, 2019
Canadian competitors clean beaches
At the end of last month, Canadian sailors gathered on the Palma Beach in Palma de Mallorca, Spain where they were competing in an important European regatta, to complete an hour-long beach clean-up.
March 28, 2019
History And The Future Come Together At Legendary Lake X
Just like the 1950s outboard horsepower race, a new race is on to bring a revolutionary range of advanced technologies to boating. Canadian Yachting magazine was invited to Mercury Marine’s historic Lake X last February for a first hands-on trial.