Full details including the registration form for the Clinics can be found on our website.

For more information, please contact the NSYA office

St. Margaret Sailing Club was awarded the Chisholm Trophy for Excellence in Race Management for their efforts hosting the 2011 CYA National Sailing Championships. Attending the event on behalf of SMSC was Dave Lane.

Several other Nova Scotia sailors had oustanding results at the Miami Olympic Class Regatta. They included:

Paul Tingley - 2nd place in the 2.4mR class.
Brendan Wilton 6th in the Finn
Lisa Ross 12th in the Radial
Erin Rafuse 36th in the Radial
Jacob & Graham Chaplin-Saunders 19th in the men's 470 class
Dana Archibald & Karen Filbee-Dexter 13th in the women's 470 class

Full results in all classes can be found here.

In the Radial Class, Lisa Ross, Erin Rafuse both from RNSYS and Danielle Dube from St. Margaret Sailing Club will try and unseat Isabella Bertold of Vancouver for the Radial spot in London.

Brendan Wilton, RNSYS will compete in the Finn with Dana Archibald, Karen Filbee Dexter and Graham and Jacob Chaplin-Saunders competing in the 470 class.

Paul Tingley, fresh off his 3rd place finish at the 2012 Disabled Sailing World Championships will compete in the 2.4mR class.

Follow all the results here  

http://rmocr.ussailing.org/results/

The Nova Scotia Yachting Association held its annual awards ceremony on Saturday, November 19 to recognize the best in the sport in 2011.

Sailor of the Year was Will Apold (pictured on left with NSYA President Dwayne Primeau) who became the first Canadian to win the Marblehead Ocean Race last summer.

Offshore Sailor of the year went to Hal Davies posthumously. Mr. Davies contributed significantly to Offshore racing in Nova Scotia including being a founding father of the Halifax – ST. Pierre Ocean Race.

Female Sailor of the Year was Lisa Ross who continues to be one of the best Laser Radial Sailors in the country as she prepares to earn a spot on the Canadian Sailing Team that will compete at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Male Sailor of the Year went to Dave DeWolfe. Mr. DeWolfe was instrumental in incorporating the world renowned Royal Yachting Association program into Nova Scotia.Youth Sailors of the Year were Max Flinn and Andrew Burns who captured the National Youth Championships in the 420 class.

Youth Sailors of the year went to Andrew Burns and Max Flinn who captured the National Youth Championships in the 420 Class.

Leagcy Fund Award winners were Karen Filbee-Dexter and Dana Archibald who continue to train and compete in the 470 class to earn a spot on the Canadian Sailing Team and a berth at the 2012 Olympic Games.

The Nova Trophy Community Coach Award went to Laura MacKillop from the Bras d’Or Yacht Club.

The WOW! Women On Water Award went to Robin Eaton from the Aylesford Lake Yacht Club.

Merit awards were handed out to 13 youth sailors from across the province.
Evan Bower
Nick Williams
Allison Surette
Minette Murphy
Riley Morash
Morgan Morash
Alex Burke
Henry Machum
Julien Fougere
Dee Osmond
Jake Megaffin
Lauren Sullivan
Devan Dube

This year Canada was represented at the 31^st Student Yachting World Cup by Dalhousie University. The regatta took place October 21-28^th, 2011. The Dalhousie team consisted of Ted Murphy, Justin Hall, Dave Castle, Valerie Keast, Hugh Goodday, Jacob Chaplin Saunders and Catherine Richards.

After a long haul getting to La Trinite-sur-Mer on the West coast of France and two days of training in the Archembeault Grand Surprise, Team Canada was disappointed as the first two days of this year’s SYWoC were blown out with gale force winds along with rain and huge swell in the racing area kept the teams from 14 countries waiting on shore. Tuesday, October 25^th saw the first day of racing with four races sailed in medium breeze in the Baie de Quiberon. After dealing with equipment failure in race one Dalhousie sailed a very consistent day with finishes in the range of 5^th to 7^th in races two to four and redress being awarded for race one. Wednesday was another windy day with 15 knots with gusts in the high teens. Dalhousie had a difficult start to the day finishing the first race in 11^th and being OCS in the second. Dal wrapped up the day with two solid fifth place finishes. Thursday was an interesting day with the first race being sailed in very solid breeze and seeing Dal finish seventh. The breeze got progressively lighter with the final downwind leg becoming a drifting match aided by the current that pushed Team Canada into the mark, the team’s position was salvaged by the fact that half of the fleet were scored OCS. Friday was the final day of racing which was sailed in light conditions with many of the teams posting very inconsistent results. Today we knew we had to be firing on all cylinders to stay ahead of the Italian team from CUS Milano. Dal sailed good first and third races finishing sixth and third respectively. The second race was our poorest of the event after a few mistakes on the beat in the light and shifty conditions.

Ultimately Dalhousie placed sixth, beating Italy by just one point. This is just the third time that Canada has been represented at the Student Yachting World Cup and equals Canada’s previous best performance by Queen’s University in 2010. Dal is once again qualified to represent Canada in the 2012 edition of the SYWoC. Next year we’ll be even better and on the prowl for a top 3 finish! Thanks to all those who made it all possible.