Sudbury Yacht Club

.Ahoy fellow sailors, 

This email serves as notice to all SYC club members that the first event of the 2019 SYC season will be occurring on April 27th at the Older Adult Center ( at the YMCA downtown) from 630-9pm 

The purpose of the get together is two fold. 

The first is to get together and reconnect with our fellow sailors and begin preparation for the season ahead. This will include refreshment and food to help ease our way out of the winter blues. 

The second order to business will be for the members to officially review and approve the 2018 financial report prepared by SWRC accounting firm. 

Please come on out and get the season started off right. You can fill out your 2019 membership form on the spot aswell. 


Order of Business. 

1) Welcome to the 2019 season 
2) Introduction of board members for 2019 
3) SYC priorities for 2019
4) Financial report
5) Adjournment 
6) Refreshments, reminiscing and reacquainting with our fellow sailors. 


Thank you and see you all at the Spring Get together. 
P/S.  Stay up on all the news by liking our facebook page and registering your number for our robocalls. 

Robert Montgomery 
Commodore
SYC 

The board is busy planning for the 2019 season. You can find the updated calendar of events under the "Calendar" tab.

Greetings fellow SYC members,
The Sudbury chapter of the Canadian Power and Sail Squadron is hosting two upcoming events which might very well be of interest to Yacht Club members.  
This year’s Squadron AGM and Spring Launch will be held at the Spacecraft Brewery, 854 Notre Dame Ave, (the old Bus Depot) on Tuesday, May 28.  Our speaker is Peter Kimbell from Environment Canada who is a specialist in extreme weather.  We get underway with drinks, reminiscences and eats around 6:30 pm, with Peter's presentation around 7:30 followed by our AGM. Anyone interested in sailing, weather or beer is welcome to attend.  It's a cash bar, order off the menu, no cover charge event!  Hanging about for the AGM is certainly not mandatory; indeed, many in the audience flee to the exits at the sound of the gavel.  
But wait!  There’s more!
The Maritime Radio (DSC endorsement) course is running on Saturday, April 27, at Living with Lakes.  If you or anyone you know is planning to cruise in a VHF radio equipped vessel, note that this credential is a legal requirement.  Registration is available at www.cps-ecp.ca .  If the on-line registration link is broken (it can happen), you can register on the morning of the course, but should let me know in advance that you plan to do so.  This is a one-day session with the exam in the afternoon.  Minor children taking the course must be accompanied by an adult.
Have a good spring everyone!  No doubt we shall see each other at the first work party where we attempt to retrieve docks which have floated down the lake on the high water.
Cheers,
Rick Cooper
Commander, Sudbury Squadron
Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons

Ho! Ho! Ho!  (and all that...)
Greetings fellow SYC Members,
Once again this winter the Sudbury chapter of the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons is offering a dry-land navigation and seamanship course.
Boating 2 and 3 (combined) gets underway on January 22 at the Living with Lakes Centre. This 12 week evening course (7 pm start time) is ideal for cruisers interested in expanding their knowledge in areas such as coastal navigation, chart work, anchoring, marlinspike, safety practices and more! 
On-line registration, along with a full description of the course content, is now available at http://www.boatingcourses.ca/cities/Sudbury
The registration fee includes two course textbooks, a practice chart, CPS plotter, dividers, and – for successful graduates – a one-year complimentary membership in the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons. 
Also...
In early March we plan to offer Marine Electrical Maintenance (8 weeks) if there is sufficient interest.  This course would run Thursday evenings from approximately March 7 to April 25. 
To find out more about either of these courses, or to indicate an interest in Marine Electrical, please contact our Education Officer, Alain Landry, at 705 690 6140 or at alandry1988@gmail.com
Have a wonderful Christmas and excellent New Year! Fourteen weeks until the next Work Party!
Rick Cooper
Commander, Sudbury Squadron
Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons

Hello fellow SYC members,
Every fall the Sudbury Power and Sail Squadron holds a get-together at which a speaker shares his or her expertise and experiences.
On Wednesday, October 24, the Haul Out Party will feature  a presentation by Terry Polkinghorne and Anne Phillips who sailed this summer from Killarney to Thunder Bay and back.  This is a journey of mists, storms, scant anchorages and 1000 nautical miles of lee shore.  
And that's not all!  There is pizza, beer, and congenial conversation with fellow sailors!
Here is the scoop:
Where: The Taphouse, 1500 Regent Street
When: Wednesday, October 24, Cocktails (well, er... beer) at 6:00 pm; pizza at 6:30 pm, presentation at 7:00.
Tickets: $20 per person.  Includes pizza, tax, and gratuities (but not beer).  Cash bar.
Please reserve your tickets (so we know how much pizza to order) by emailing Marilyn Lane at marvolane@hotmail.com or Rick Cooper at rbcooper@sympatico.ca  
or call 705 222 BOAT.
The Sudbury Squadron of CPS holds dry land courses throughout the year in Boating Essentials (PCOC), Navigation, (introductory to advanced), Maritime Radio as well as a variety of special interest courses.  For more information please visit the CPS website at cps-ecp.ca or check with Alain Landry, Defender (yet again) of the Turner Cup at 705 222 BOAT, or Rick Cooper at rbcooper@sympatico.ca
The next series of CPS courses, Beyond Boating Basics and Introduction to Marine Navigation, (Boating 2 and 3) begins in January.
Cheers,
Rick Cooper
Commander
Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons
Sudbury Squadron

The haul out is scheduled for Friday September 28th.

Alain Landry sailed his Hobie 18 to victory and assumes the mantle of Cup Defender.
Full results are listed under the "Racing" tab

Greetings fellow SYC members,
As you know the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons offer a range of dry-land courses designed to enhance your piloting and boat-handling skills.  These include Boating 1 (Pleasure Craft Operator's Card), Marine Radio, Boating 2-3 (Introduction to Marine Navigation), and this fall's offering, Boating 4 (Near Shore Navigation Level 1).  Among the topics covered in this course are dead reckoning, aids to navigation, anchoring, compass deviation, relative bearings, tides, weather and more! 
The course is open to anyone interested in improving their skills as a navigator although it would be helpful to have had experience with Boating 2-3.  
If you are interested in increasing your skills as a navigator, or if you are just in need of a refresher, consider registering for Boating 4.  The course gets underway at Living with Lakes on September 18 and runs Tuesday nights until December 4.  More information about fees, course content, as well as registration procedures, can be found here:
http://www.boatingcourses.ca/cities/Sudbury
Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.
Enjoy the rest of the season!
Rick Cooper
Commander
Sudbury Squadron, CPS