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Meet the National Team: Tom Ramshaw – Finn

Sailing this week in the Finn European Championship in France, Tom Ramshaw is the Canadian contender in that fleet for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. As on Tuesday, he stood 30th of 62 after two races on Day 1. Not bad!

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Vids Onboard

Boat builders recognize that you love to look at and shop for boats online. The best part is that that boats make fabulous subjects for footage and the videos are always fun to watch and enjoy.

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Port Credit Spring Boat Show Postponed For 2017, Rescheduled For 2018

The Port Credit Spring Boat Show has been postponed for 2017, with plans to return in 2018. The show, set to celebrate its fourth year from June 2-4, was held at The Credit Village Marina in Port Credit, ON.

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2017 Evolution Sails ABYC Open

Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club invites all racers to kick off the LORC regatta season with the 2017 Evolution Sails ABYC Open!

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The Victoria Inner Harbour Boat Show 2017

This past weekend’s Victoria Inner Harbour Boat Show (April 27–30) hosted by the British Columbia Yacht Brokers Association…

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Halifax built yacht’s epic voyage through the North-West Passage

While Haligonian Jim Creighton was building his North Atlantic 29 sailboat from 1976 until 1988, he most certainly would have spent some time dreaming of the far way places the boat would take him.

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2017 Sonar Worlds coming to Lunenburg Yacht Club

The Sonar World Championships are headed to Nova Scotia. The races will be held September 6th– 10th in the waters of Mahone Bay hosted by the Lunenburg Yacht Club (LYC.)…

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Sail Canada invites nominations to help shape the future of Canadian sailing

The Nominating Committee of Sail Canada is calling for nominations from interested individuals who are prepared to help shape the future of the sport of Sailing in Canada.

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The 50th Annual Round the County Race

On August 19 and 20 the 50th edition of one of Canada’s most interesting races gets underway.

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Race to Alaska Explained

The inside passage to Alaska has been paddled by native canoes since time immemorial, sailing craft for centuries, and after someone found gold in the Klondike the route was jammed with steamboats full of prospectors elbowing each other out of the way for the promise of fortune.

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Exceptionally Wet Weather In April Has Resulted In Rapidly Rising Water Levels Throughout The Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River System

May 2, 2017: Precipitation was well-above average across the Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River basin last month, with some areas receiving more than twice their normal April amounts.

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Youngstown gearing up for CanAm Challenge 2017

The 2017 CanAm Challenge will be held July 28-30 at the Youngstown Yacht Club with Race Committee assistance from the Niagara-on-the-Lake Sailing Club and National Yacht Club.

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Around Thetis Island Race

Thetis Island Marina and the Maple Bay Yacht Club announce that the 23rd Annual Thetis Island Regatta will take place this weekend on May 12, 13, 14, 2017. Once again there will be a race around both Thetis and Penelakut Islands, followed by the famous barbeque. This regatta is open to all classes of sailboats.

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CPS-ECP Chief Commander’s Synopsis of the February 7 and April 8 & 9 2017 Board of Director’s meetings

It is our commitment to maintain a direct communications link between your elected National representatives and Members at all levels of the organization. I am therefore sharing with you the following synopsis of the February 7 and April 8 and 9 Board of Directors’ meetings.

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Erie Canal Waives Fees for 2017 (for Canadians too)

For boaters heading to the ICW or power cruisers looking for a spectacularly scenic canal cruise, the Erie Canal system will welcome you with a no charge visit this year.

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Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron to host “Suddenly Alone” course

Back in the last century my wife and I were on our boat in Charleston SC, where we met another couple on their 50ft wooden ketch.

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Barrel of Fun!

Jim Peerless sent us this excellent video of the building of his Barrelback 19 classic runabout.

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Steamboat Landings

Before the coming of the railway, or even passable roads for that matter, the Saint John River was the highway for just about everything people needed.

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2017 New Brunswick sailing team for Canada Games

After some stiff competition during the summer of 2016, the New Brunswick Sailing Team who will represent the province at the upcoming Canada Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been named.

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Nominations For The CPS-ECP National Volunteer Awards

Worthy CPS-ECP volunteers have worked over the last year to advance the mandate and mission of CPS-ECP and contributed to making sure that more and more boaters on our waterways have the knowledge they need to ensure this year’s boating season is a safer one.

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CPS-ECP Ship’s Store – April Feature Product

On Sale now until April 30, 2017 – $59.95 – Shipping, Handling and taxes included.

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Canadian Canoe Pilgrimage: Young People Paddle Hundreds of Kilometres this Summer

More than 30 people, comprised of Indigenous, Jesuit, English and French Canadian paddlers, will embark on a month-long, 850-kilometre canoe trip July 21 in response to the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

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The Burrard Yacht Club’s 11th Annual Classic Boat & Car Show

Richard “The King” Brodeur is lending a glove hand for the 11th annual classic boat & car show fundraiser for disabled sailing!

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Ontario Sailing and PCYC hire Thomas Fogh as Development Coach

Ontario Sailing and Port Credit Yacht Club (PCYC have announced that Thomas Fogh will join the Ontario Sailing staff fulltime starting April 17th 2017. Thomas will be working as a Development Coach…      

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CPS-ECP Members Save 20% on Smart Man Over Board Technology with Fugawi

“Thanks to leading edge technological advances over the last few years” said Robin Martel of Fugawi “boaters have many new choices for high quality safety products that are untethered and inexpensive”.      

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Canadian Forces Sailing Association (Esquimalt Squadron)

The Canadian Forces Sailing Association supports recreational boating primarily for military personnel of CFB Esquimalt, their families and civilian members of DND, their dependants and a wide range of employees of Federal Government agencies.

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Blackline Patos Island Race 2017

2017 is The 36th running of the Patos Island Race and is the first of 13 races that make up the Vancouver Island Racing Series.

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Mill Bay Marina

New and exciting are two terms that have become synonymous with the Mill Bay Marina.

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2018 Melges 24 World Championship To Take Place At The Victoria International Marina

The Victoria International Marina, in partnership with the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, will host the June 2018 Melges 24 World Championship Regatta will take place.

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The Heineken Regatta

With the help of friends from the Northern Yacht Club and the Salty Dawgs, they took the boat south to Nanny Cay Tortola and liveaboard the Catalina in the winter, the cruiser in the summer. What a deal!

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Supporting our Olympic Athletes: Sarah Douglas

The road to Gold is a tough one and getting even tougher for our Olympic sailors. Sarah Douglas is beginning her quest to represent Canada in the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan and she recently won the Marvin McDill Memorial Trophy for the National Team Rookie of the Year.

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I Heart My Boat – Sapphire 

Born and raised in Bedford NS – father was a life long sailor and got me involved in sailing at an early age.

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National Volunteer Week April 23 – 29, 2017

From April 23 to 29, Volunteer Canada and Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (CPS-ECP)celebrate Canada’s 12.7 million volunteers…

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Toronto Brig needs YOU!

As we enter our 54th year of operation, Building Character Through Adventure, Toronto Brigantine has been facing stiff headwinds in a challenging regulatory and competitive program environment with the resultant financial burdens.

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Race the Beautiful North Channel

North Channel Race Week is a sailing race thru the North Channel for five legs during the third week of July with bot Spinnaker and JAM divisions.

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ABYC Supports A Future Olympic Sailor

On Saturday, April 22, Toronto’s Ashbridge’s Bay Yacht Club will be hosting a fundraising dinner for Sarah Douglas, who has begun her quest to represent Canada at the 2020 Olympics in Japan.      

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Brad Willauer’s Family crew will rotate helm on Marblehead to Halifax Race

Seventy-three year old Brad Willauer is one of the veterans of the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race. He has been participating since he was a teenager, usually working the foredeck on someone else’s boat.

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WOW!

Sail Nova Scotia will be celebrating 10 years of the very successful WOW! Women on Water program with an afternoon celebration on Saturday, April 22 from 3-5pm at the Armdale Yacht Club in Halifax.

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Sail Training Opportunities all at Shediac Bay Yacht Club

Boasting a protected marina handy to the town of Shediac, which is just a short drive from Moncton, the Shediac Bay Yacht is a convenient spot for sail training for young and old.

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