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Breakfast & Lunch
Breakfast & Lunch
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Always Breakfast
Always Breakfast
Stormont Yacht Club Hosts Successful Adult Sail
Training
By Chris Williamson with students paired with a different
skipper and a different boat. Seeing
he Stormont Yacht Club (SYC) how different boats behave on
Theld a very successful Adult Sail the water is an excellent way to
Training on the weekend of June 6 understand the basics of sailing.
- 8. Fifteen brave souls, from areas
around Eastern Ontario and even as Saturday evening, students,
far as Quebec City, who knew little SYC skippers and volunteers were
to nothing about sailing, decided to treated to a feast with over a dozen
start the journey of learning to sail. succulent dishes made by Natalie
and the kitchen crew. We even
They gathered at the club on Friday
evening and were introduced to enjoyed a disco theme Saturday
the Adult Sail Coordinator, Natalie night with the familiar sounds of
Bray and a handful of skippers as Saturday Night Fever blasting out
well as what to expect from the across the bay.
weekend. Sunday is race day at the Stormont
Yacht Club, and students who were
From learning the basics of boat
parts and sailing theory to boat keen were paired with a race boat
and a skipper to be crew for the race.
safety and the always enjoyable
learning of sailing knots, the Winds were decidedly stronger on
students were professionally and Sunday and there was enough wind
gently introduced to what it takes to to plot the course around Sheek
sail a boat. Island. An hour and forty minutes Photos Submitted
after the start, the first boat crossed
Once the basic classes were out the line. Racing is an excellent
of the way, it was time to join the way to learn quickly what it takes
skippers on the water Saturday to sail a boat. The students were
morning. One to two students were exhilarated by the close proximity
paired with a skipper and taken on that the racers got to each other’s
a two hour excursion around the boats and the strategy involved in
bays of the St. Lawrence. There winning a race.
was enough wind to understand
how the boats move in different A great weekend was had by all! You
angles to the wind. After a generous can learn more about the Stormont
Yacht Club by visiting their website
lunch, put on by the SYC members,
a second excursion was undertaken at https://www.stormontyachtclub.ca
