If you weren’t at Stormont Yacht Club on Saturday, you missed a really great day of reminiscing, sailing events and outstanding food. This year the 50th anniversary of the GP14 World Championship Regatta, which was held at SYC in 1967, was celebrated. Boats from all over the world took part in this regatta and the … Continue reading 2017 Founders’ Day: 50th Anniversary of the GP14 World Championship Regatta
LONG SAULT – Imagine that, a world championship sailing event taking place in Long Sault. It happened 50 years ago this summer and on Saturday, a couple of the local participants looked back on those days in August of 1967, at the Stormont Yacht Club’s annual Founder’s Day event that celebrates club history. Visit the … Continue reading World-class memories from 1967 event hosted by Stormont Yacht Club
As part of an emergency measure to begin Wednesday, more water from Lake Ontario will flow into the St. Lawrence River than ever before, as officials put into effect a flood-reducing strategy expected to delay shipping schedules and keep captains and others affected by high water levels on anxious watch. Visit The Globe and Mail … Continue reading St. Lawrence River Braces for Largest Dam-Water Release Ever
Another Adult Sail Weekend is over and our club was a shining star once again. My sincere thanks go to all of the volunteer skippers, instructors, cooks, and kitchen help for making the weekend a big success. We hosted 19 participants this year, and gave them a real variety of sailing conditions, from very light … Continue reading 2017 Adult Sail Weekend
Occasionally, when the wind takes us where we don’t want to go and we are upset that we might scrape the bottom, we show an unfavourable side of ourselves and people close to us remind us of the famous phrase: “you are just like your father”. We then blame our hot temper on our genetic … Continue reading Homage to our Fathers
Hello to all. I attended the opening ceremony for the Canada C3 this morning. As Commodore, I had the honour of presenting the SYC Burgee to Geoff Green, the Expedition Leader and Founder, on behalf of the Stormont Yacht Club. It was mentioned that Cornwall was one of the only three stops for the Polar … Continue reading Canada C3 Ceremony & Burgee Presentation
The Polar Prince, an ex CCG icebreaker was at the Cornwall Harbour at noon today. This is the boat doing the Northwest Passage this summer to celebrate Canada 150. Mike Bickerstaffe had been there earlier for the welcoming ceremony. It was nice to see the SYC burgee flying from the port flag halyard. Jeff Ridal … Continue reading Cornwall Harbour Welcomes The Polar Prince