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
Our 2017 Sail Past was a successful opening to the coming season for SYC. It was a day for sailing, fellowship, and a little pomp and ceremony that goes with being a yacht club. What a fantastic day we had. Lots of sun, good temperature, great wind conditions for sailing and food. What more could … Continue reading 2017 Sail Past
The weather was perfect and we thank all those who organized the Sail Past. We truly appreciate the heartfelt participation of the SYC members at Saturday’s de-naming and christening of ‘Mer Soleil’. Special thanks to Pieter Koppes for his sincere officiating. You made this event all the more memorable. To Commodore Beelich, thanks for your … Continue reading ‘Mer Soleil’ Christening
Is the new water management plan ‘Plan 2014’ the reason the water is high? The St. Lawrence River is running high -about 18” higher than the average for this time of year. So is Lake Ontario. And, so are the passions of shoreline property owners impacted by the high levels, local elected officials and some … Continue reading St. Lawrence River Water Levels High – Is Plan 2014 to Blame?
Thanks to the awesome efforts of the following folks including our two newest members we were able to achieve substantial completion of six of eleven new docks. 5 to go. A BIG THANK YOU to Bob Dumond Tom Calder Heather Knight (New Member) Allan Knight (New Member) Larry Eamer
As the Stormont Yacht Club media co-ordinator, Christine Ouellet gets up close to those majestic boats that she’s so knowledgeable about. But Ouellet has never had an experience quite like the one she’s having these days. She’s in France, Sables d’Olonne in Vendee, greeting winners of the famous Vendee Globe race around the world. Visit … Continue reading ‘Memorable moment’ for South Stormont Sailing Enthusiast
Just a quick thank you to everyone who attended the dinner last night. Thank you to everyone involved for organizing such a fun night. Also thank you to Harry Barlow for his time as Fleet Captain. CLAM DIGGER TROPHY Fleet Captain’s recognition of an unfortunate and possible amusing incident on the water usually the result … Continue reading Past Commodore’s Dinner Award Winners 2016