January 21, 2020
Keeping a good boat in good repair Part 2
With old boats every repair seems to uncover something else needing attention. Removing the top rudder bearing and enlarging the opening for the new bearing revealed an area of wet balsa core.
January 21, 2020
Helly Hansen Sailor of the Month: Tom Ramshaw
Canadian Sailing Team member, Tom Ramshaw, put his training to the test at the 2019 Finn Gold Cup in Melbourne, Australia last month. Competing against some of the best Finn sailors in the world, this event saw various conditions, from being stuck ashore with no wind to record-breaking 40C days with 15 knots.
January 8, 2020
From the Helm of Adamant 1 – Blog 32 – January 2020
Hello and Happy New Year. I’m back with a recap of our three-year journey. I must apologize for being so late with this, but life has a way of messing up even the best laid plans.
January 8, 2020
POTW: OMG more squirrels
We admit it, this Photo of the Week shot was just too cute to resist even though it was blatant promotion from the Boat Show. Yes, it’s Twiggy doing what squirrels do every day in their natural habitat, water-skiing, captured by Dave Sanford.
January 8, 2020
CYOB Inbox: January 9, 2020
Thank you so much for all the boats you gave us over the years. We have all the White ones we need, all the Blue ones and all the Black ones. You gave us some with sticks in the air and others without. What a lot of choice!
December 27, 2019
The Secret Salmon Recipe – Finally Revealed!
It was during our annual trip to Nova Scotia that I was made aware of the special recipe for cooking salmon that was being held very tightly by an individual in Chester Nova Scotia. It was said that for several years this individual would show up at parties with this cooked salmon that became the centre of attention.
December 18, 2019
POTW: Paddleboard in Polynesia
Reader Lorraine Gentleman took some liberty with our request for Photo of the Week shots from the summer. Here’s hers “It’s always summer in French Polynesia – we’ve been cruising the past 3 years and enjoying being in Tahiti and Moorea.
December 18, 2019
CYOB Inbox: Side-power sneak preview
This may be of interest to you – the launch of the Side-power upcoming E-Vision series at the METS marine show at the end of November. This innovative motor technology is a new direction for Sleipner Motor and they are providing only “teasers” at this point in the product’s development.
December 3, 2019
POTW: The Head Honcho
We love the great signs that crop up in the boat business. This week’s Photo of the Week is one of the best from Emily taken in a Florida marina. Certainly this is one area of boating that doesn’t get sufficiently celebrated.
November 19, 2019
News Week Readers Sound The Alarm On Rising Great Lakes Water Levels
This is an urgent message from several News Week readers that action needs to be taken immediately, to lower the water levels in the Great Lakes. The International Joint Commission (IJC) is the body that has the authority to control the outflows of water through the Moses-Saunders Dam.
November 19, 2019
POTW November 21, 2019: Nap time
This afternoon portrait of her son enjoying a snooze in a pretty unlikely spot comes to us from contributor Laura Briscoe-Schell who boats with her family on Georgian Bay.
November 19, 2019
CYOB Inbox: Ideas and Arrows
I am a long time dinghy racer and have sailed all my life. When I retired to Saltspring Island on the West Coast (from Calgary and the Glenmore Sailing Club) I missed most the lack of good class racing in one-design boats.
November 19, 2019
H/H Sailor of the Month of November is Mark Lammens
On November 13 Sail Canada, the national governing body for the sport of sailing, announced Mark Lammens as the Helly Hansen Sailor of the Month.
November 6, 2019
From the Helm of Adamant 1 – Photos from the Blog 31 – Adamant 1 Crosses Her Wake
In our October 10 issue we featured another blog posting from Adamant 1. Lynn and Pat sent so many great photos, we have reprised the blog so we can share them with you.Below is a few excerpts from the blog post to set the scene.
November 6, 2019
POTW: Who out there has the oldest regatta t-shirt?
I’ve been cleaning dresser drawers for space and came across this 1979 LYRA t-shirt. This was my first LYRA Regatta. I remember the Freeman Cup Race was from Rochester NY to Kingston. I sailed with Timmy Pete on his CC29.
November 5, 2019
CY’s Katie Nicoll Volunteer of the Year
This week, Katie Nicoll, writer and boat reviewer for Canadian Yachting will be receiving the Ontario Sailing Volunteer of the Year award.
November 5, 2019
CYOB Inbox: More on the C&C Custom 44R
Hi, I’m wondering if you can pass along my email to Rob Maurice regarding the C&C 44 custom (see CYOB October 24 edition.) I own the 1988 one as I believe they only made one a year. I have a lot of questions that I’m hoping Rob may be able to help answer…
November 4, 2019
CYOB Inbox: Mast up or down?
Should you leave your spar up when you haul? Is this a good idea? Is it sensible to slacken your shrouds?
November 4, 2019
Ottawa: “Weather Bomb 1913 – Life and Death on the Great Lakes”
In the dark hours of November 9, 1913, death screamed across the Great Lakes in the guise of a rare white hurricane. The Storm continued to brutalize the region for most of the following week.
October 23, 2019
POTW: Young boaters learn fast
Our Photo of the Week comes from one of our CY team members who writes “This is my son and his best bud. Both are boaters already.”
October 22, 2019
CYOB Inbox: 1986 C&C Custom 44R
This boat carries the distinction as the last boat to leave the C&C Custom shop in Oakville prior to the final bankruptcy. In fact the Receiver had his hand on the boat, pushing it out the door. Or so the story goes.
October 22, 2019
CY Galley Guy report: Annapolis Boat Show shows record attendance
The 2019 United States Sailboat Show concluded an epic 50th edition in historic downtown Annapolis last week. held October 10 to 14, over Canadian Thanksgiving this year’s show hit record numbers.
October 22, 2019
Helly Hansen Sailor of the Month: Hunter Dejean – Laser Radial
The 2019 ILCA Laser Radial Youth World Championships took place at the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour in Kingston from July 24th to 31st. This high competition event welcomed over 208 sailors from around the world for 6 consecutive days of racing.
October 8, 2019
From the Helm of Adamant 1: Blog 31 – Adamant 1 Crosses Her Wake
We crossed Lake Ontario from Oswego with a minimum of fuss and did a little happy dance when we crossed the border into Canada…that little dotted line on the chart. “Take down the US flag, put up the quarantine flag and lets head for Waupoos Island” shouts the captain (me)!
October 8, 2019
POTW: Rosborough, Telegraph Cove, BC
Our Photo of the Week comes from Mark and Lisa Harris who winter in Vancouver, Washington and spend their summers in Telegraph Cove, BC, in the Broughtons, where the picture was taken. “we have spent our summer holidays for the last 28 years. Since our retirement 3 years ago, we now spend 10-12 weeks up north. “
October 8, 2019
Reflecting on Jean Socrates’ accomplishment
Jeanne Socrates said her vessel was covered in tape and glue from the non-stop repairs she’s had to make since setting sail.
September 25, 2019
POTW: Four fun!
This week’s Photo of the Week brings us a boat we may see more of. This Mystic is a Florida performance boat – there’s only one dealer in Canada, Sudbury’s The Car Lot Etc.Canadian Yachting team member Sarah from Midland, ON, sent the shot along.
September 25, 2019
CYOB backstage: Meridian
In 1984, you published an article about the boat that I now own — Meridian, a 70-foot sloop built on Bainbridge Island. I bought her from the original owner in 2012.
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.