Gather your crew and get your tickets for the Sail Canada Rolex Sailor of the Year Awards on Friday, March 6th, 2020 at The Carlu in Toronto!
The recipients of the 2019 Sail Canada Awards will be honoured at The Sail Canada Rolex Sailor of the Year Awards; everything you need to know is here!
Our sailors are on the road! It’s World Championship season and each and everyone of them is battling it out over the next few months for a spot on the Canadian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2020 now that all the country berths have been acquired (49er, 49erFX, 470 Men, RS:X Women, Laser Radial, Finn).
The 2020 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 Worlds are taking place in Geelong, Australia at the moment. The land down under seems to be providing some varying conditions with lots of big breeze and waves. Stay on top of the CSDS by tracking them here.
The Lasers are in full swing at their World Championship in Melbourne, Australia. Keep up with their results here
What’s next?
Laser Radial Women’s World Championships – February 21 – 28, 2020 RS:X Windsurfing World Championships – February 23rd – 29th 2020 470 World Championship – March 13th – 21st 51 Trofeo S.A.R Princesa Sofia – March 25th – April 4th
| SOARS 2.0 |
| A note from Wendy Loat, chair of the Sail Canada Training & Certification Advisory Committee and veteran Judge, about the benefits to all officials of using the Sailing Officials Automated Reporting System (SOARS) for tracking and recording event participation Last year, Sail Canada reached an agreement with US Sailing for Sail Canada officials to use SOARS. It seemed to be a better idea than trying to develop our own software or to continue to use the Excel spreadsheet I once developed to record my judging activities. SOARS keeps the record of events for all types of sailing officials… Read full article here Helly Hansen Sailor of the Month Pat and Lynn Lortie In 2008, Pat and Lynn Lortie said goodbye to their everyday life to pursue their dream; making their way into the Great Loop and head out on a three-year sailing odyssey. “We had the dream of sailing south for many years, but the dream took hold in the late ‘90s when we realized that with some hard work and planning we could make the dream come true.” In search of their new home, Pat and Lynn realized that they weren’t going to be able to find a boat that suited their criteria; big water and fuel tanks, lots of storage, a separate freezer compartment, roomy enough to live on, big enough to handle the ocean, but small enough for one person to handle. So together they set to the drawing board, and Pat started designing the boat.. Read more here |