In This Issue:
2009 Canada Summer Games Eligibility Criteria 
The 2009 Canada Summer Games are fast approaching! The Games will be held from August 15-29, 2009 in Prince Edward Island. The sailing portion of CSG will be hosted by the
Summerside Yacht Club.
With the Canada Summer Games getting closer, Ontario Sailing wants to remind potential competitors that in order to attempt to qualify you MUST do the following:
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Compete in the 2009 Icebreaker Regatta at Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club - May 16-17, 09
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Compete in the 2009 Lilac Regatta at Royal Hamilton Yacht Club - May 23-24, 09
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Winning boats and 2nd place boats must attend the Team Ontario Camp in Toronto June 12-14, 09.
For a full description of the eligibility qualifications please see the document below.
2009 Dinghy Provincial Championships & Qualifying Series
Ontario Sailing is proud to announce the 2009 Dinghy Provincial Championships, to be held at the end of the 2009 sailing season. There will be a Qualifying Series, consisting of five different regattas throughout the summer. The dates and locations of all regattas are listed below.
Qualification Event #1-
Lilac Festival - Royal
Hamilton
Yacht Club
May 23/24
Qualification Event #2- Sarnia
Sail Fest -
Sarnia
Yacht Club July 4/5
Qualification Event #3-
Fogh Boorman Regatta - Royal
Hamilton
Yacht Club
July 11/12
Qualification Event #4- Four Sisters Regatta - Port Credit Yacht Club July 18/19
Qualification Event #5- National Capital Regatta - Britannia Yacht Club August 15/16
Provincial Championships –
Fall
CORK -
CORK
September 19/20
In order to participate in the Provincial Championships sailors must participate in a minimum of three of the five Qualifying regattas AND pay a one time registration fee to Ontario Sailing of $25.00. This registration fee is above and beyond the cost of the regattas and is not included in any of the regatta prices. It only has to be paid once during the season and must be paid per sailor, not per boat. However, if a sailor does not pay the registration fee their scores cannot be considered to qualify to participate in the Provincial Championships. Members of the Ontario Sailing Team/Quest For Gold Team need to participate in one of the five Qualifying regattas in order to be considered for the Provincial Championships.
Classes that will be participating in the Provincial Championships are as follows:
Laser, Radial, 420, 29er, Optimist
To pay your 2009 Qualifying Series registration fee simply go to the
Regatta Registration page and log in to your profile or create one if you do not already have a profile. To get more information on each of the regattas above (registration, NoR's, etc.) please see our
Dinghy Regatta Schedule page. If you have any questions feel free to contact the Ontario Sailing office
via email or 1-888-672-7245.
Thank You Ontario Sailing Volunteers!
April 19th - 25th was National Volunteer Week. Ontario Sailing would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to the many, many volunteers that make Ontario Sailing and its programs run. Without volunteers we would cease to exist. Some of our volunteers include, but are not limited to:
Board of Directors
Judges
Race Officers
Umpires
Committee Chairs & Members
Boat Show booth volunteers
....and many more!
Ontario Sailing is a not-for-profit, volunteer organization committed to the promotion and development of all aspects of boating and sailing. Ontario Sailing was founded in 1970 and is now in it's 40th year. It is volunteers who started the association and volunteers who continue to make it thrive. Thank you for all your passion and hard work for our great sport!
THANK YOU!
Free Race Management Manual Available
The Canadian Yachting Association Race Management Manual is now available to download for free from the CYA website. Updated according to the Racing Rules of Sailing for 2009-2012, Guy Walters' renowned resource remains a valuable resource for Race Management Officers. This resource is often required as reference in CYA Race Management Courses and Seminars. The PDF file is 3.42 MB, 270 pages, and formatted for double sided printing to 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Suggestions for binding: spiral or 3 hole-punch and insert into 1 inch binder.
Download & / or print CYA Race Management Manual, 6th ed. here:
Call For Ontario Sailing Club Ambassadors
The Board of Directors of
Ontario
Sailing would like to invite you to become an
Ontario
Sailing Ambassador for your club so you can make the most of your club’s
Ontario
Sailing Membership!
Attentions sailors! We want to help you and your club make the most of your Ontario Sailing membership. Some of you may not know this, but Ontario Sailing is not just a body that collects fees, they are a phenomenal resource with a wide variety of services available to help in planning and executing your sailing programs. Whether you are a small, recreational club, serious competitive racers (or perhaps both!), Ontario Sailing can help. Ontario Sailing offers support such as:
· Teaching resource materials for sailing schools
· Organizing instructor training programs
· Assistance in planning and running regattas
· Access to discounted club insurance rates
· Assistance in applying for government grants
· BOOM
Mobile
sailing program
· Access to expert coaching staff
Carolyn Gagnon, Sailing School Director at the Lake Joseph Yacht Club in the Muskokas has this to say about the benefit her club has received from Ontario Sailing- “We have had incredible support from the staff at Ontario Sailing. They have arranged for us to have Blue and Green Instructor clinics at our club in the summer, helped certify all our instructors as PCOC instructors, assisted in our successful application for a Trillium Grant as well as wage subsidies for summer staff and much more. All we had to do was ask and they were always very eager to help and in fact, they often had solutions to problems that our rapidly growing club hadn’t even identified yet. I would encourage every club in
Ontario
to become actively engaged with Ontario Sailing to help with whatever your sailing club needs may be.”
In order to make it easier for Ontario Sailing Members to stay up to date on what Ontario Sailing has to offer, we would like to encourage each club to provide a contact person who will be their “
Ontario
Sailing Ambassador”. There is no cost and no work to be done – these ambassadors will simply be the most appropriate person in a club who should receive occasional emails/mailings highlighting the latest information about upcoming events and services Ontario Sailing has to offer.
If you are interested in making the most of your Ontario Sailing Membership, please email the contact name, address and email address to:
ambassadors@ontariosailing.ca. A “spring package” will be sent out shortly to all ambassadors, including a small gift to thank you for joining our ambassador team.
Buffalo Canoe Club 420 Clinic
This four day session will cover many topics and will focus on high performance sailing, theories and tactical & technical development.
Featuring our Guest Coach for all four days: Olympic 470 sailor, OLIVER BONE
Where: Buffalo Canoe Club, 4475 Erie RD, Ridgeway, ON
When: June 29 - July 2, 2009 9:00am - 4:00pm
Cost: $245/person, limited to 18 people
Maple Leaf Club
Ontario Sailing has a Maple Leaf Club for both Corporate Members and Individual Members.
The Corporate Maple Leaf Club gives companies the opportunity to be involved with Ontario Sailing and to support this great sport. As well, the corporate member receives the following:
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Company name listed on the page below with a link to the company website
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Listing as a Corporate Member in the Ontario Sailing Member Directory and Annual Report
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A link to the page below is included at the end of each Ontario Sailing E-Newsletter asking our members to support our corporate members
Fees are $250 annually for which a $229 tax receipt can be issued.
The Principal/Owner/President of the member company will be listed as an Individual Member of the Maple Leaf Club. All Maple Leaf Club members can take advantage of any of the Ontario Sailing and Canadian Yachting Association membership benefits. For a list of Ontario Sailing benefits please see our
Member Services/Benefits page. If you have any questions please contact Shauna Cartlidge at 1-888-672-7245 ext. 221 or
via email.
The Individual Maple Leaf Club gives past coaches, instructors, athletes and friends of sailing the opportunity to be involved with Ontario Sailing, stay connected and continue to support this great sport.
Fees are $45 annually for which a $25 tax receipt can be issued.
All Maple Leaf Club members can take advantage of any of the Ontario Sailing and Canadian Yachting Association membership benefits. For a list of Ontario Sailing benefits please see our
Member Services/Benefits page. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Maple Leaf Club please fill in the
Membership Application and return to the Ontario Sailing office. If you have any questions please contact Shauna Cartlidge at 1-888-672-7245 ext. 221 or
via email.
Ontario Sailing Recent Sponsor Announcements
Ontario Sailing is proud to announce sponsorship agreements for 2009/2010 with the following companies:
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Fogh Marine - Fogh Marine has been a long standing sponsor and supporter of Ontario Sailing and its programs. We are happy to have Fogh Marine on board again this year to sponsor our Training/Participation Membership Card program and to continue to support our BOOM Mobile and Instructor Development programs.
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Salus Marine Wear - Salus Marine is a NEW Sponsor for Ontario Sailing. We are excited to enter into this partnership with Salus Marine as they sponsor our Learn To Cruise/Power Student Registration program. Ontario Sailing looks forward to working with Salus Marine Wear.
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Swans Yacht Sales - Swans Yacht Sales has been a long time supporter and sponsor of Ontario Sailing and its initiatives. We are pleased to have Swans Yacht Sales has a sponsor this year for our Learn To Cruise/Power Student Registration program.
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St. Lawrence Seaway/HWY H2O - This is the St. Lawrence Seaway's second year as a sponsor of Ontario Sailing and its programs and we are excited to have them back this year supporting a broad spectrum of Ontario Sailing programming!
2009/2010 Membership Fees Now Due
This is a reminder to all Ontario Sailing/CYA member organizations that your 2009/2010 membership fees are now past due. Membership invoices were initially mailed out February 27, 2009 and reminder invoices were sent on April 15, 2009. If you have not received your invoice please contact Shauna Cartlidge at
info@ontariosailing.ca or 1-888-672-7245 ext. 221.
Just a reminder, bulk discounts on orders will only be given to those who pay their membership dues by June 1, 2009.
For those clubs who have paid their membership, please remember to send in a copy of your full roster to the Ontario Sailing office via mail, fax 1-877-677-7275 or email info@ontariosailing.ca. Membership cards & Mark's Work Wearhouse cards will only be sent out once your roster has been received. Please make sure to include EVERY member of your club, regardless of membership type, so that we may send everyone a membership card.
Mandatory PFD Wear Survey
Ontario Sailing is a member of the Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) and works with Transport Canada, the Recreational Boating Advisory Council (RBAC), and the Canadian Marine Advisory Council (CMAC) on behalf of its members.
The CSBC PFD Task Force created a "Best Practices" position as follows:
"The CSBC believes that all operators of all sizes and types of kayaks, canoes and self propelled vessels and all types of other craft that are 6 metres or less in length, while passengers are on deck and while the boat is underway, should wear lifejackets or PFDs."
Lifejackets and PFDs come in many various styles and types and some of these include inflatable PFDs.
Please go to our
Mandatory PFD Wear Survey and take a moment to answer whether or not you agree with the above statement. Thank you!
New Materials Available for Learn To Sail Programs
As of June 1, 2009 there will be new workbooks available for the White Sail I, II, and III programs. These workbooks are a great tool to help students learn the theory of sailing. They are also good resources for fowl weather days and as aids for students to take home. The cost of the books is $10 + taxes and can be ordered by contacting Margaret Mummery at
sales@ontariosailing.ca or 1-888-672-7245 ext. 223.
There will also be new materials available soon for the Pram program (Optimist I & II). This is a called WetFeet and was developed by our sister association, BC Sailing. The materials include both an instructor kit and a student kit. More details will be announced as soon as these are available.
Ontario Sailing ENewsletter & Other Submissions
If you are from a member organization and have something you'd like to see posted in the Ontario Sailing ENewsletter or on the Ontario Sailing home page please send your submission to Shauna Cartlidge at
info@ontariosailing.ca. Your submission will be reviewed and you will be notified as to whether or not it will be able to be posted.
As well, if you have any job postings for instructors or regattas to post on the Ontario Sailing website please contact Kathy Chamoun at
programs@ontariosailing.ca
You may unsubscribe from the Ontario Sailing mailing list here.
