Sail Nova Scotia

What a perfect night for the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron Venetian Night up and down the Northwest Arm!

Thank you Dartmouth Yacht Club for the invitation to the Convoy Cup Commemorative Sail Past on the HMCS Sackville this morning. More than 30 boats in perfect weather!

The 2026 Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held Sunday, October 4th in Halifax at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and several Nova Scotians will be inducted!

The Hall will formally recognize sailors from local Paralympic sailors Paul Tingley, Scott Lutes and Logan Fitzpatrick, to historic legends in Angus Walters, James Roue and the worlds’s first circumnavigator, Joshua Slocum.

We will also celebrate Olympic Finn sailors Hank Lammens and Lawrence Lemieux, and Sport Builders; photographer Sharon Green, artist Christopher Pratt, sailing pioneer Casey Baldwin and yacht designer Mark Ellis.

This is the 6th series of inductions into the Hall of Fame and the first to be held in Halifax. For that reason, there is an emphasis on East Coast representation with seven of our twelve inductees having Maritime roots.

Come meet some legends and their families at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Tickets are only $35.00 and are selling quickly. Purchase tickets here https://members.sailcanada.org/event-tickets/2026_CSHOF

We're looking forward to running many of our 2026 Provincial Championships over one weekend September 12-13 at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron as part of the Fall Dinghy Regatta.
Registration is now open. All the details here https://theclubspot.com/regatta/81eWbBmz94

What a fun week it’s been as our Mobile Sailing School sponsored by North44 Yachts and the weCANfoil program visited Africville Museum.
Thank you Armdale Yacht Club for hosting the sailors Thursday evening and introducing them to Bluenose and Soling sailing.
The program wraps Friday!

A fine start Monday morning to kick off our Mobile Sailing School sponsored by North44 Yachts visit to Africville Museum this week.
It’s the final week of the program for the summer.
We’re looking forward to having weCANfoil join us on Wednesday.

Our friends at Shining Waters Marina are hosting the East Coast in Water Boat Show this week on Thursday, August 20 & Friday, the 21st. Lots of great boats on display and information for everyone. Follow the event page for all the details. Don’t miss it!

A very fine day for the Shaelynn Dowling Memorial Regatta at the Northern Yacht Club in North Sydney.
32 youth sailors from the home club, Ben Eoin Yacht Club & Marina, Bras d'Or Yacht Club, and the Petpeswick Yacht Club competing in Optis, Club 420s, Picos, and ILCA’s!
Good luck everyone!
More photos posted here throughout the day!

Great to visit the Ben Eoin Yacht Club & Marina and meet with Commodore Bryan MacDougall. So much going on there this summer!