Sydney North Saanich Yacht Club to Host 2 Sail Canada Certified Race Management Training Courses

Race management training

Jan 26, 2016

Sold your boat and still want to stay involved with racing or just want to learn more about sailboat racing and how races are conducted? Here is your chance.

Assistant Race Officer:  February 6, 2016
Club Race Officer:  February 20-21, 2-16

Sydney North Saanich Yacht Club is currently looking to organize a group of individuals interested in participating in the wonderfully satisfying fraternity of race committee. This is a great opportunity for experienced and inexperienced alike. If you are interested you can join in the upcoming Assistant Race Officer and Club Race Officer course’s, where fun happens naturally when race management is priority number 1.

All details here:  http://www.snsyc.ca/Events/upcoming_events.aspx

Related Articles

Video Gallery

Nimbus 365 Coupe – A real long-stay cruising boat for exploring

By Andy Adams

There is no shortage of fun and exciting new boat designs hitting the market, but for the last few years these have been mainly outboard-powered day boats. Some are day cruisers; some are centre console fishing boats or designed for tow sports. A new live-aboard cabin boat has become a rare item these days.

So when I heard that Pride Marine in Orillia, Ontario, had a Nimbus 365 Coupe in the water, I jumped at the chance to get out on it.

Read More

Destinations

Tahiti—Updates from Paradise

By Zuzana Prochaska

I’ve been to Tahiti seven times—six on charter and once as crew for a couple of yachties. Over the 25 years that I’ve been visiting, it’s changed dramatically. Yet, inexplicably, it has also stayed the same.

Lounging on the flybridge of our Sunsail 454, I had time to think about this dichotomy as I toasted the nighttime skies of Bora Bora and specifically the Southern Cross, a constellation that never fails to hypnotize. As the Crosby, Stills & Nash (1982) tune reminds us:

…you understand now why you came this way.

Read More

Lifestyle