Laser 2 Sailboat for Sale - Cheap!

Yes - you can sail them like this. But you don't have to. Up to you, your mood, and your skill.

Our boat (which is not the one pictured) could use sails and a bit of TLC - but the basics are there and sailing season is still a ways off.

Price is negotiable - in the $700 range. A discount will be applied for club members.

Please email for more details.

Annual General Meeting

The Antigonish Boat Club will be having our Annual General Meeting tonight at the Antigonish Library on Main Street Antigonish at 7.00 pm. If you are interested in boating in the Antigonish area, please feel free to attend - whether you are a current member or not.

Your thoughts on the future of the Boat Club are most welcome!

O'Day Mariner Tribute

The O'Day Mariner Association has just released a small video tribute to their favourite boat which can be seen here. (first video you come to as you scroll down the page)

I only mention this as I brought this 40 year old fin keel version home late this fall. If I'm not mistaken, she'll be the only one on the harbour. 

Any thoughts on what I should name her? Ancient Mariner has already been used. 

Rowing Regatta - Lochaber Lake

The St. Francis Xavier University Rowing Club will host its first-ever regatta on Lochaber, in Antigonish County, on Saturday, October 13th, 2012. Lochaber, the new home of rowing in northern Nova Scotia, boasts a lane-marked two-kilometre
racecourse – the only one of its kind east of Montreal.

Attending clubs include: Dalhousie University Rowing Club; St. Mary’s University Rowing Club; University of New Brunswick Rowing Club; St. Thomas University Rowing Club; Fredericton Rowing Club; Kennebecasis Rowing Club; Halifax Rowing Club; and MicMac Rowing Club.

The StFX Rowing Club has experienced tremendous growth in the past two years: the team now has over fifty active rowers who train eight times per week on Lochaber. The community of Lochaber has enthusiastically welcomed the StFX and Antigonish Rowing Clubs, and will co-host this inaugural regatta.

For more information on spectating, volunteering, or general club news, please  contact Katie Edwards ((902) 867-4984/ 449-1510; kedwards@stfx.ca).

The Dock is In!

For those of you who have been waiting patiently, we finally seem to have enough floats under the dock which are free from ice damage. She floats!

CYA Competent Crew Course

What a weekend! We could hardly have asked for better weather for the inaugural CYA "Competent Crew" sailing course. Alena Wilgenhoff, Amy Sloan, Christine Alyward and Emily Robertson all now have a certificate signaling their achievement along with a log book to chart their progress in the art of sailing.

A big thanks to Michael Ernst of Sail Mahone Bay for coming up from the South Shore to teach the course and as well to the Wunns for loaning the club their Tanzer 7.5 for the weekend. It must have been very hard for them not to be out sailing.

Stay tuned for future course offerings later in the summer.

CYA Sailing Course - Take 2

Well that spot didn't last long. One of our new members has snapped it up.

That said, should all go well next weekend, we may seek to do another course in August. We were hoping to have a second boat available for the first course, but no luck on that front. With that in mind however, should anyone have a boat suitable for an instructor and 3 to 4 crew that they would be willing to volunteer, we do have a second instructor lined up.

Enjoy the Highland Games and we'll see you on the water.