August 31, 2022
Canadian sailors in ILCA had some competitions in August, including Sail Canada 2022 ILCA 6 & 7 Senior Championships held August 13-16 in Kingston.
On the women’s side, Julia Buesselberg from Germany won gold, followed by Rory Walsh and Coralie Vittecoq while, on the men’s side, Gord Welsh took the gold medal, Rafael Hebert, silver, and Scott Gittens, bronze.
Gallagher Skippers’ Plan Athlete of the Year winners, Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance sailing a 49erFX skiff during Kiel Week October 8, 2026 The Canadian 49erFX team comprised of Antonia and Georgia Lewin-LaFrance and ILCA 7 sailor James Juhasz have been named Gallagher Skippers’ Plan Athletes of the Year for 2025. The Gallagher Skippers’ Plan Athletes…
October 8, 2026 Queen’s University 1st at Battle of Lake Erie Queen’s University took the first position out of six boats at the Battle of Lake Erie held September 19-20 at the Erie Yacht Club. The competition also included boats representing the Rochester Institute of Technology, Penn State University, Syracuse University, Penn State Behred and…
September 10, 2026 Over 75 competitors from across the country were in action last week, September 1-4, at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club in Victoria, B.C., for Sail Canada 2026 Youth Championships (ILCA and 29er). Congratulations to the winners: -29er: Freida Smith & Laura Eisenhauer (RNSYS/LYC) -ILCA 6 Female: Alice Wan (RVanYC) -ILCA 6 Male:…
August 13, 2026 Over 280 sailors from across the country will gather in Kingston this week for the Sail Canada Youth Fest and Youth Championships (Club 420) as part of CORK International. The sailors will be competing in an Olympic atmosphere with many activities planned for the 50th anniversary of the Montreal 1976 Games, including…
August 13, 2026 As of today, Isa Rosli from Abbotsford BC is in the midst finishing up qualifying for next month’s Golden Globe Race with the aim of being Canada’s first solo sailor to circumnavigate the globe, non-stop. This sounds like a big undertaking and it is. The sailors have to cover 30,000 miles of…
July 23, 2026 This year, 2026, marks the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Olympic Games hosted in Montreal, Quebec. The majority of the ‘76 games took place in Montreal, with the sailing events being held in Kingston, Ontario at Portsmouth’s Olympic Harbour. Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, was originally constructed in 1969 and refurbished in 1974 for…
By Andy Adams
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By Mathew Channer
On my first day as a commercially registered yacht captain, I sailed a Fontaine Pajot 38 catamaran from mainland Australia across the Whitsunday Passage to the western shores of the world-famous Whitsunday islands.
We cruised northeast on a 15-knot beam reach… perfect catamaran sailing conditions, watching the hazy shapes of the islands colourize and morph into crescent beaches, jungled ridgelines and rocky outcrops.
