Special thanks to Dan Lefebvre for finding and providing the following article written by Nick Cox back in 1972. The article was published in The Log, a newsletter distributed to employees of the Cornwall Mill. A photo of the full cover and the original article can be found below. All You Need Is Wind Article Read the full article »
Thanks to everyone who participated in our Canada Day. On Saturday we had a good turnout for the flag raising by the Sea Cadets, followed by a lunch organized by Heather Branchard and supplied by Nick Cox, and flyover (which because of the torrential downpour, didn’t happen. We stood there waiting, but just got rained Read the full article »
A training session organized by Mike Bickerstaffe and Paul Brunette on the use of Emergency Flares was conducted on July 2 at the club. Mike contacted the authorities to obtain permission to conduct the land based training at the club for two sessions one at 20:30 and the other from the main dock after the Read the full article »
If you weren’t at Stormont Yacht Club on Saturday, you missed a really great day of reminiscing, sailing events and outstanding food. This year the 50th anniversary of the GP14 World Championship Regatta, which was held at SYC in 1967, was celebrated. Boats from all over the world took part in this regatta and the Read the full article »
LONG SAULT – Imagine that, a world championship sailing event taking place in Long Sault. It happened 50 years ago this summer and on Saturday, a couple of the local participants looked back on those days in August of 1967, at the Stormont Yacht Club’s annual Founder’s Day event that celebrates club history. Visit the Read the full article »
As part of an emergency measure to begin Wednesday, more water from Lake Ontario will flow into the St. Lawrence River than ever before, as officials put into effect a flood-reducing strategy expected to delay shipping schedules and keep captains and others affected by high water levels on anxious watch. Visit The Globe and Mail Read the full article »
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 Read the full article »
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 Read the full article »
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 Read the full article »
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 Read the full article »