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.

CYA Sailing Course

Due to a late and regretful cancellation, a space has just opened on our CYA Competent Crew Sailing course next weekend. The course starts at 5 pm on Friday, July 20th and runs through Saturday and Sunday. Michael Earnst of Sail Mahone Bay will be the instructor. The boat is Moonshadow - a Tanzer 7.5 keelboat which is kindly on loan to us from Birgit and Rainer Wunn. 

If all goes according to plan, you will emerge from the course not only with a CYA certificate and logbook, but more importantly, a very secure knowledge of sailing. While the course is taught on a keelboat, much of what you learn would also translate to sailing smaller dinghies as well. The course fee is $250 which is a significant discount as compared to that typically offered elsewhere. 

Anyone interested - or seeking further information, please contact me ASAP. 

Regards

Sean

Solstice Paddle

Where was everyone tonight?

A bit of rain, some playful lightening and all was fresh and clean. Apart from the fire flies flitting along the wood's edge, the odd fish jumping and a lone crane fishing off Black Island, I was alone in the beauty of it all. Actually, I had quite a bit of company now that I think about it.

Happy Summer.

A Good Day's Work

Thanks to all those who made it out to the Club this past Saturday. We proved a small but mighty group and managed to get a great deal done. Special thanks to Ernie for coming over with his backhoe to clean up the road down to the wharf, and again to Jeff of ESL for donating a 6 yard dumpster for the weekend. Thanks also to Antigonish County for supplying the Porta-Potty. I think the most satisfying moment for me was tossing that old rusty BBQ in the dumpster. 

Arriving in the Pick-Up (boat)

Time for a new start for this old club. 


(Missing from the pics are Birgit, Adam and Sean - yes, another one)

Myself, Gerry, Eric and Neil - ready for Action

Christine and Amy putting on a new coat of stain
What an improvement!

Sad End to a much storied Mirror Dinghy

Eric and Rainer take a well deserved break

If you can't get the truck to the roof, take the roof to the truck
(Pick-up boat now tug-boats)
Dogs providing supervision

The youngest crew member

Crew Bank

For those of you who are fresh out of sailboats, please let me introduce you to our "Crew Bank". On this page (see above), you will be able to add your name and contact info to a list which will be shared with our members. Those hoping for crew, or just company for a sailing outing can touch base and invite you along.

Happy Sailing.

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