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.

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.