September 25, 2019
Stretching the Season
During the fall months, when the summer heat begins to wane, fall colours scatter the shoreline, and pristine anchorages, once cluttered, now offer quiet solitude, it’s important that you are prepared for each and every trip.
September 25, 2019
Van Isle now Pursuit exclusive dealer
Van Isle Marina in Sidney, is now the exclusive dealer in Western Canada for Pursuit Boats. Van Isle currently has the Pursuit OS325 Offshore model available for sale on site while the Pursuit OS355 Offshore model will also be available to view at the Marina this December.
September 25, 2019
Remote Marine weather station Alert!
It has come to our attention that the weather stations at Fanny Island, Sentry Shoals, Sandhead and Saturna Island have been out of commission for several months creating unsafe conditions for boaters.
September 25, 2019
Electric PWC previewed in Toronto
Taiga Motors, the Canadian company behind the world’s first electric snowmobiles, rolled out their first electric personal watercraft, Orca on Toronto’s Harbourfront on September 17. It’s in the mood of Tesla with a carbon fibre hull – a classy execution with an initial special edition price tag of US$28K to match!
September 25, 2019
Canoe Cove Rendezvous
Canoe Cove Association members, the proud owners of boats manufactured by Canoe Cove Manufacturing in Sidney, BC held their annual rendezvous at the Ladysmith Community Marina from the 23rd to the 25th of August this year.
September 25, 2019
Jilàsi for Youth – Sailing it Forward!
Hosted by the National Yacht Club, Toronto, on September 14, 2019, the Jilàsi for Youth Fundraising Regatta celebrated its second year, thanks to the volunteers and corporate sponsors such as Nieuport Aviation, TD Canada Trust, TK Foundation, and the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
September 11, 2019
Have Your Say!
The communications survey is open until September 25! The purpose of the survey is to seek input on the communications you receive from CPS-ECP and should only take you 5 minutes to complete.
September 11, 2019
Ontario keels chosen for Saildrone
Burlington, Ontario’s MarsKeel Technology, a world leading company on whose lead keels many Canadian sailors sail, has been chosen to supply the lead ballast system for the breakthrough Saildrone project.
September 11, 2019
Looking ahead – boot 2020
boot (with a lower case ‘b’) Düsseldorf, the world’s largest water sports trade fair, will open its doors again next January. If it ever occurred to you to take in a gorgeous show then do a bit of European travel, this might be the year.
September 11, 2019
BNI Challenge Regatta – August 24
It was a riveting scene: sailboats from various yacht clubs with courageous mobility-impaired sailors unconfined by wheelchairs—all united for the 7th annual BNI Challenge to raise money for equipping these brave sailors and running an extraordinary program called Association québecoise de voile adaptée (AQVA).
September 11, 2019
Shellbacks re-convene for season
Officially started in February 1934, The Shellback Club is celebrating its 86th year. To be “Shellback” today only requires attending a lunch meeting and joining everyone in singing a sea shanty. The location, as in past years, is the RCYC at 141 St George Street at Prince Arthur in Toronto (west exit of the St. George TTC station).
September 11, 2019
Record breaking Jeanne Socrates makes Victoria
The Ocean Cruising Club (OCC) has announced that member Jeanne Socrates has sailed into Victoria BC harbour on 7th September after successfully completing another single-handed unassisted nonstop circumnavigation.
September 11, 2019
Helly Hansen Sailor of the Month Award gets a refresh for 2020.
Since 2014, Sail Canada has been supported by Helly Hansen to present the Sailor of the Month Award to Canadians involved or associated with the sport in all its forms who have demonstrated an outstanding performance, true sportsmanship, unwavering perseverance or inspiring passion for the sport.
September 11, 2019
Campion: new logo, new boats!
Canada’s largest fiberglass boat builder, Campion Marine, officially kicked off their 2020 model year at its late August dealer meeting. The crowd got to see the official launch of Campion’s new logo, the unveiling of the new Rage R22 Multi Species performance fishing boat, new glass dash technology and future models in VR.
September 11, 2019
Bitter End Yacht Club Announces Rebuilding Underway
Just as The Bahamas is facing a comparable disaster and rebuild, the BVI is emerging from something sadly familiar. The Bitter End Yacht Club recently announced that after more than 20 months of demolition and cleanup from Hurricane Irma related damage…
September 11, 2019
Where Innovation Meets Safety: Canadian Safe Boating Awards
The Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) is a volunteer charitable organization. Our mission is to reduce the incidence of injuries and fatalities across Canada that occur as a result of recreational boating activities through innovative, relevant and effective measures.
September 11, 2019
Choosing the right PFD
Finding the right PFD can seem like a daunting task and extends beyond finding one that fits and floats. After all, not all vests work for all people, and no one vest works well for all activities.
September 11, 2019
Operation Life Jacket – Thornbury Ontario
Blue Mountain Power and Sail Squadron through member Dwight Dyson’s leadership, worked together with the local marine supply, the Town of Blue Mountains, Thornbury Yacht Club members and the illustrious Thornbury Harbour Staff to collect approximately 110 Lifejackets during a four-week Operation Life Jacket promotion.
September 11, 2019
What’s New at the World’s Largest In-water Boat Show?
The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS), with its ever expanding fleet of superyachts, sport fishing vessels, go-fast boats, submersibles, and everything in between, will soon be pulling into port.
September 10, 2019
Largest New Build Yacht to be Built by Crescent Custom Yachts
Crescent Custom Yachts has a Gregory C. Marshall designed Crescent 164’ (50m) under construction in their shipyard in Richmond, BC. The project was sold to an American client who has named the yacht “Danzante Bay” after his resort and golf course in Loreto, Mexico.
September 10, 2019
Helly Hansen announces Chester prize winner
As part of Chester Race Week this year, Helly Hansen once again awarded a Grand Prize of a trip on an Ocean Race Yacht with Atlas Ocean Racing between Bermuda and Halifax in May 2020.
August 21, 2019
BC Boating Week Proclaimed August 24-30
Through the advocacy of Boating BC Association, the Province has proclaimed August 24-30 as BC Boating Week – an opportunity to highlight the significance of the recreational boating sector, showcase the many opportunities that exist for anyone to get on the water and enjoy the boating lifestyle, and reinforce what it means to be a responsible boater.
August 21, 2019
Big news: New Sailing Event at 2024 Olympics: Mixed Two Person Offshore
Not without some controversy, World Sailing is introducing some changes for the Olympics. For the first time in Olympic sailing history, a Mixed Two Person Offshore Keelboat event will be on the programme at the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition.
August 21, 2019
PORTS updates for 2020
The Canadian Yachting team is hard at work updating the cruising guides that everyone loves. Aerial photographers have been dispatched, researchers are diligently bringing in fresh information and the printers are getting ready for the brand new editions.
August 21, 2019
Sneak Peek: Grady White Freedom 235 Dual Console
Once again, I had the pleasure of joining CY’s test guru Andy Adams on a boat review. This time, out on Georgian Bay, we put the Grady White Freedom 235 Dual Console to the test. There are so many great things to tell you about this classic beauty.
August 21, 2019
You can help with Little Current Bridge Study
The Ministry of Transportation, Ontario (MTO) is undertaking a Planning, Preliminary Design and Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) for the Highway 6 Little Current Swing Bridge located in the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands in Northeastern Ontario.
August 21, 2019
Stolze Cup
The Stolze Cup is awarded annually to the regatta’s winning match racing skipper from a LYRA member club. This year’s event was held at RCYC Aug 10-11, 2019 in Sonars. There were eight teams competing from four countries including an all-women team from RCYC.
August 21, 2019
Canada’s great showing – three PanAm medals
Sailing at the 2019 Pan American games wrapped up on August 10 in Paracas, Peru. The event saw an array of conditions that made for a challenging event for our Canadian sailors. With the final medal race of the event in the Sunfish, Canada added another medal for a total of three.
August 21, 2019
Helly Hansen Chester Race Week 2019: competitive fleets, neck-and-neck racing
Hosted by the Chester Yacht Club in the picturesque South-Shore Nova Scotia village of Chester in mid-August each year, Helly Hansen Chester Race Week is Canada’s largest keelboat regatta (four days of sailing) and plays host to more than 120 boats from near and far. Chester’s sailing regattas were first documented in 1856.
August 21, 2019
Toronto Boat Show at the CNE!
The Toronto International Boat show is returning to the CNE running through to Monday, September 2 promoting the Toronto Boat Show and the boating lifestyle!
August 21, 2019
Preview: New Beneteau Oceanis 30.1
The Oceanis official US debut will be at the upcoming Newport International Boat Show in September and will be featured at the United States Sailboat show in Annapolis in October.
August 21, 2019
The Lake Ontario 300 – Always a ‘Challenge’
Whether it’s stable flies, thunderstorms, zero winds or over 20 knot blows, the Lake Ontario 300 Challenge is always just that – a challenge.
August 20, 2019
What Plan, Your Plan… Strategic Priority #5 Communications
Communication is a Strategic Priority, identified in our 2016-2020 Strategic Plan. Its dictionary definition is “transmitting, a giving or exchanging of information, messages, letter, etc. a means of communicating”. Sounds really simple when written out in plain language, but in fact is an aspect of CPS-ECP life that we seem to struggle with.
August 20, 2019
What can CPS-ECP offer you beyond the PCOC course?
CPS-ECP has an array of courses that enables you to become an educated skipped able to navigate the open ocean!
August 20, 2019
Man Overboard!
Prevention is the best solution to avert man-overboard (MOB) accidents before they happen. Take every precaution to avoid such a situation. A passenger or crew member can tumble overboard at any time and under any conditions.
August 20, 2019
750 miles. No motor. All the way to Alaska.
Last Fall, I joined a team preparing for the 2019 Race to Alaska: The physical endurance, saltwater know-how, and bulldog tenacity to navigate the 750 cold water miles from Port Townsend, Washington, to Ketchikan, Alaska. First prize: $10,000; second prize: a set of steak knives. There are no other prizes.
August 20, 2019
Opinion: PanAms shows progress at Sail Canada
The past 36 months for Sail Canada has been, to say the least, a bit tumultuous. The departure of an executive director, the Own the Podium audit, the hiring of a new CEO and latterly high-performance manager and a reorganization were the distractions that could have easily taken sail Canada’s eye off the ball when it comes to the high-performance program.
August 7, 2019
2019 Radial Youth Worlds – Kingston ON
Less than half a dozen hours before racing was scheduled to start, most of the forecast models were showing conditions that would be adequate for competing, with a southwest breeze around seven or eight knots.
August 7, 2019
Luke Ramsay leads at PanAms in Peru
Day four – Tuesday, August 6 – delivered a consistent breeze throughout the day allowing all Canadian sailors to hit the water by noon.