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100 Years of Sailmaking: Come celebrate with Michele Stevens and the Sailloft!
Please join us August 27th from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm for an Open house at Michele Stevens Sailloft in celebration of 100 years of Stevens family sailmaking! In 1910 Randolph Stevens, son of the accomplished boat builder Amos Stevens, started a business that would become a family tradition for gene...
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2014 IFDS World Championships to set sail in Halifax
Halifax, Nova Scotia - Halifax has been awarded another World Championship! This time it’s for the sport of sailing. The International Federation of Disabled Sailing (IFDS) has awarded its 2014 World Championships to the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (RNSYS) in Halifax. The event is designat...
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400+ Drowning Deaths a Year Still Too Many, says Lifesaving Society on Launch of National Drowning Prevention Week
With more than 400 fatalities annually, drowning remains the third leading cause of unintentional death among Canadians under 60 years of age reports the Lifesaving Society, Canada's lifeguarding experts. In fact, more than 60% of all drowning deaths in Canada occur during participation in summ...
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A Measure of Success: Boating is not just about winning the race
I have to admit, when my editor sent me the topic for this issue, I was a bit gun shy about writing it. Suzanne suggested I write about my successes on the water in 2009. “Wow,” I thought. I pondered my predicament. “Geez, we didn’t really have any success on the water.” It’s true, this year ...
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AMTA hires new Executive Director
On 30th June, AMTA’s Executive Director Pat Nelder stepped down after ten years at the helm. Taking over the position is Hannah Munday. Many AMTA members know Hannah from her eight years as Executive Assistant / Office Manager for the Nova Scotia Boatbuilders Association (NSBA).
Han...
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And they're off! Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia’s Masterpiece sets sail on the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles by Elisa Jenkins, one of the crewmembers aboard the Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia’s Masterpiece, one of the nine yachts racing in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. Here she talks about the days before they set sail from Humbe...
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Boat Green: 10 Tips to Make Boating Less Fuelish
With boating season upon us and prices at the pumps soaring – CIBC Chief Economist Jeff Rubin says Canadians can expect to pay an average of $1.40 a litre this summer – here are 10 tips to help increase your fuel economy, save a few dollars, and maybe increase the time you can afford to be on the...
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Canadian Boaters Do the Nautical Nookie
With the sweltering summer in full-swing, Canadian boaters are turning up the heat in the bedroom. According to a national Discover Boating survey, conducted by Angus Reid Strategies in June 2008, boaters report much higher levels of sexual satisfaction versus the general population.
Th...
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Due Diligence: Inspecting your sail rigging can save you money and keep you safe
Most sailors are aware of the importance of their rigging when it comes to safety, but can you say you have had your rigging inspected in the last year? In the last two years? In the last five years? Do you de-mast every season as part of this process? Well, let me tell you a story: This spring ...
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From Chester Race Week
Light airs prevail at Chester Race Week Chester Race Week was launched today under beautiful clear skies, but with only a hope for wind. This is the first day of a four-day regatta on the scenic waters of Mahone Bay. A total of 140 boats from all over eastern Nova Scotia, PEI, and a few yachts .....
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Halfwar Round the World: The crew of Cape Breton Island makes it to Australia and takes a well deserved break
Cape Breton Island Clipper has made landfall in Geraldton, Western Australia, after finishing Legs 1, 2, and 3 of the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. Since our departure from Brazil in October, we have surfed the South Atlantic swells, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and seen the many f...
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In Our Own Back Yard: Chester Race Week offers some of the best sailing around
“We have some of the very best sailing in the world right here in our Nova Scotia back yard,” says world-renowned yacht racer Andreas Josenhans, who has taken on the assignment of Principle Race Officer for this year’s Chester Race Week. With decades of experience sailing in yachting’s major even...
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In-Water Boat Show will feature local builders
Nova Scotia and Maritime-built boats will be centre stage at this summer's 4th Annual Nova Scotia In-Water Boat Show on the Halifax waterfront. Presented by the Nova Scotia Boatbuilders Association (NSBA), in partnership with Waterfront Development Corporation (WDCL), the show runs from July 23 ...
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Labrador Experience: Storied area allows visitors to experience outport life and nature in a remote, coastal setting.
For Ingo Vollmer and his group of German visitors, the southeast area of coastal Labrador stretching from Red Bay to Mary’s Harbour is the perfect setting for a great adventure. No bustling streetscapes or crowds, but nature in all of its raw, rugged beauty: windswept seascapes, treeless barrens ...
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Life skills on Tall Ships: The SeaStar Society helps kids
Before she joined The SEASTAR Society program in 2008, Janelle Dorey’s only boat trip had been on a ferry. That experience wasn’t nearly enough to prepare her for a week sailing along the Nova Scotia coast aboard the schooner Peers’ Fancy. Janelle found out about The SEASTAR Society through the G...
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MacTavish's First Cruise
My People call me “MacTavish,” but my real name is Talisker Sea Dog MacTavish. Ask the Canadian Kennel Club. But My People didn‚t know whether I was really a sea dog or not, because I had never gone to sea except for an afternoon. On a bright and breezy August morning, They strapped me into a l...
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Marblehead to Halifax Race Registration Now Open
Sailors can now register for the 2009 Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race. Registration is now available on-line so interested ocean racers can get an early start on preparation for this classic North Atlantic event, said organizers on the race website. The 360-nautical mile race to Halifax gets...
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Marina Manners - A Few Common-sense Rules to Being a Good Neighbour
It’s summertime and the living is easy for boaters, as we throw off the stress and struggle of a maritime winter and head for the water. To facilitate that easy living, it helps to keep a few “good neighbour” policies in mind at your own marina or when visiting a new one. Arrivals and Departure...
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New Bermuda Race Safety Requirements
The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC) has issued its first announcement concerning safety regulations for the next biannual Newport Bermuda Race, which will start on June 18, 2010. New regulations governing training and communications will be imposed, as will be several regulations from...
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Nonsuch Fleeting Hosting Winter Social
The Nova Scotia Nonsuch Fleet is hosting its Annual Winter Social at the Royal NS Yacht Squadron on Saturday, February 21, starting at 6 PM Over 42 crew attending so far! Guest speaker is Leanne Strathdee of the Halfiax Waterfont Development Corp., who will be speaking on Tall Ships Festival ...
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Nova Scotia In-Water Boat Show: A Showcase of Maritime-built boats
This year’s Nova Scotia In-Water Boat Show will feature an impressive line-up of 18 large and small Maritime-built boats afloat at Bishop's Landing Marina, on the popular Halifax waterfront, 23 – 25 July. More boats and supplier booths will be on land, as well as a seminar program and nautical fa...
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Paul Tingley CYA's Rolex Sailor of the Year
Halifax sailor Paul Tingley has been chosen as the Canadian Yachting Association’s Rolex Sailor of the Year. The CYA's most prestigious award is presented annually to a sailor for bringing recognition to Canadian sailing and the Canadian Yachting Association. Paul, who was born in Halifax, NS, ...
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Race Rhumble: A Tale of Two Weeks - How Chester Race Week Reinvented Itself
Close your eyes race fans and think back to Chester Race Week 2007. On day one we had a buoy race in the Gold fleet, followed by two windward leeward races on day two. On day three the fog closed in and the fleet was offered an opportunity to vote on racing or not going racing. In the end, there ...
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Race Rhumble: Equipping Your "New" Race Boat
Last issue’s column looked at four different racing sailboat options for different budgets and families: four boats, all around 40 feet, from fixer uppers to brand new. My editor then asked me to turn that “purchase” into a race boat. Let’s assume the boat we bought was a 1985 CandC 37, a good fa...
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Race Rhumble: Get Ready to Go Ocean Racing!
Maybe somewhere deep inside of every sailor is the itch to compete. And not just race along side another sailboat in the bay. Even day races can get a bit ho-hum after a bit. The need to go further afi eld, hunt down a new adventure lurks within almost every sailor. Offshore sailing and offshore ...
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Race Rhumble: Going Faster, Even Before Launching
It’s that time of year again. We’re all post turkey and we’ve already broken a few New Year’s resolutions. Nonetheless, sailing season is only a nanosecond away. Oddly enough, when we put away our downhill skis, the season is within a blink of an eye. Our covered sailboat calls our name and it’s ...
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Race Rhumble: Laser Invasion: The Worlds Come to St. Margaret Sailing Club in August
In 1978, my dad and I drove to Bedford to pick up my Laser: Hull # 64799. That was less than 10 years after the Laser was drawn on a napkin by her designer Bruce Kirby. Young sailors before me and for the decades to follow have flocked to the Laser as a teaching and racing dinghy.
And t...
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Race Rhumble: Mark Room!
Welcome to 2009! Every four years, the sailors in our families get to readjust their brains as the rules of racing undergo slight and purposeful modifications. For our upcoming season, this is all happening again.
If you’re a racer that remembers “Mast Abeam” and have had trouble gettin...
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Resurgance in Optimism Highlights German Boat Show
There may be troubled waters in the world economy, but things were far from grinding to a halt at this year's boot-Düsseldorf.
Hailing itself as the world’s No. 1 yachting and water sports fair, the January 17-25 event drew some 1,641 exhibitors from 57 countries, who staged boat premi...
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Route Halifax St-Pierre Race Registration Now Open!
Sailors can now register for the 2010 Route Halifax St-Pierre Ocean Race! Registration is now available on-line so interested ocean racers can get an early start on preparation for this great international sailing race. This 5th edition of the 360-nautical mile race from Halifax to St-Pierre ...
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Rowing the Past to There to Back
The great mass of granite juts out into the North Atlantic Ocean like a defiant chin, daring the turbulent waves that smash tirelessly into its sturdy jaw. Off the coast of this timeless rock, other smaller rocks set stubbornly in the cold tempestuous waters. In the harbour of one of these smalle...
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Sailing in Sea of Pink: Regatta for the Cure to set sail to raise funds for breast cancer research
The idea behind Regatta for the Cure started out as a small statement. Amanda (AJ) Quarmby-Bennett and a number of women had been sailing out of the Shearwater Yacht Club (SYC) for a couple of years. Quarmby-Bennett previously sailed and raced, but many of the women had not. Their first races wer...
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Sales seem Solid at Vancouver Boat Show
Boating Industry Canada vice president Greg Nicoll attended the Vancouver International Boat Show, Feb 4-8, in person to take the pulse of the market on Canada’s west coast, and he found that there was a positive attitude backed up by what appeared to be increased show attendance, reports Boating...
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Sea Cat: The Future of Boatbuilding? Rob Dunbar shares some insight on a rather unique boat
“Would you like to see my boat made from garbage bags? asked Scotty Millar of Sea Cat Enterprises. I immediately had thoughts of some crazy contraption made of milk cartons that you see on TV. Or maybe it’s a mass of garbage bags tied into little balloons held together in some ridiculous manner...
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Small Vessel Regulations go to Canada Gazette 1
The proposed Regulations, to be made under the new CSA 2001, are intended to completely replace the existing Regulations made under the former CSA. The proposed Regulations would apply to pleasure craft and human-powered vessels of all sizes and small non-pleasure vessels of 15 gross tonnage or l...
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Teaching on the Sea: The Nova Scotia Sea School
In 1994 an innovative American expatriate named Crane Stookey borrowed a wooden sailboat, gathered up a group of eager teenagers and set sail for a summer of adventure exploring the bays and islands around the mouth of Halifax Harbour. In an open navy whaler rigged for sail, the intrepid group sp...
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The Boat School offering discounts for students from New Brunswick
Maine’s most affordable and comprehensive marine trades training program at The Boat School – Husson is offering New Brunswick residents, who have a desire to pursue a career in marine trades or composite technology the opportunity to attend The Boat School at the same tuition cost as Maine resid...
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Three members of the Dobson Yacht Club Participate in Round the World Race
The Dobson Yacht Club, located in Westmount, Nova Scotia, is one of only a handful of Yacht Clubs that can boast that three of its members are competing in a global yacht race. This is a feat few Yacht Clubs can claim. Two members of the Dobson Yacht Club, Elisa Jenkins and Dan McCarthy, are co...
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Toronto Boat Show Crowds Seem Unchanged from 2008
Attendance at the opening weekend of the Toronto International Boat Show appears comparable to the very strong 2008 show, Boating Industry Canada says in a report on its website. The nine-day boat show kicked off on Saturday at Toronto’s Direct Energy Centre, with a special preview night on Fri...
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Toronto Boat Show Reports Strong Sales and Leads
In the face of an uncertain economy and unpredictable weather, a vast majority of exhibitors at the 2009 Toronto International Boat Show solidified a large number of sales and banked dozens of leads throughout the 10-day boating event that attracted 76,620 visitors. “While attendance was down...
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WOW! Women on Water
Today, more women are involved in sailing than ever before, but many still leave the piloting of a boat to men. WOW! Women on Water, a not-for-profit program that raises funds to establish programs to increase women’s participation in the sport of sailing across Nova Scotia, aims to change that. ...
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Yachts Being Repossessed as U.S. Economy Slows
The marine industry is feeling the effects of the slowing U.S. economy, as boats from mega-yachts to sailboats and fishing skiffs are being repossessed, reports The Associated Press National Liquidators, considered the world's largest marine repo company, has tripled its business in the past thr...
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