May clubs have a tradition to mark the start of the sailing season.  At Queen City Yacht Club we have ...   more »

It was a beautiful weekend in Southern Ontario and a great weekend to be pushing boats.  Our club (www.qcyc.ca...   more »

In spite of the snow gently fluttering down on top of my daffodils, we will be launching the boat in ...   more »

On Western Lake Ontario we are fortunate to have an inter-club racing series specifically for Short Handed sailors.  The entries ...   more »

Well, winter finally came to Ontario.  The good news is that we launch in 86 days.  The boat show is ...   more »

By December in Toronto you can expect cold, freezing and some snow.  Not this year.  Many days are like mid ...   more »

In 3 weeks we will have the boat ready to haul.  Work commitments really limited our sailing opportunities this year.  ...   more »

For thirty-three years QCYC has been organizing and hosting the Women Skippers Race.  This race serves two purposes.  First, it ...   more »

With the Toronto Islands as our home port, we are spoiled with a wide variety of sailing destinations for a ...   more »

On July 15, QCYC hosted current and past members for a celebration of our 89 year old club house.  There ...   more »

We spent the weekend away from sailing and visited our friends' new wilderness retreat in Northern Ontario.  Little Pogomasing Lake is a ...   more »

Our friends from the club are currently travelling in the Caribbean.  Check out their blog here! 

http://travelsintotheblue.blogspot.com

Margaret takes great ...   more »

Sailing season in Canada is short.  We launch just after Easter and Haul just after Canadian Thanksgiving.  That gives us ...   more »

Hubby and I have finally been able to spend a couple of nights on the boat. The new mattress is ...   more »

I wanted to take a moment to comment about using my Sailrite sewing machine to make the V berth mattress.  ...   more »

I finished sewing the covers for the mattress last Friday and we installed them in the boat on Saturday.  If ...   more »

The race is on to get the new mattress made before launch - April 22.  Last week my husband and ...   more »

In a previous post, I discussed our plan to use an IKEA mattress for our V berth.  Well, the process ...   more »

Hubby and I just returned from a glorious week in the BVI.  Although, thousands have sailed these waters before us, ...   more »

We were able to cover the boat last weekend.  We use a homemade frame made of PVC pipes for plumbing, ...   more »

I have posted before that we are looking to replace our aging cushions in the V berth.  While investigating options ...   more »

We are safely out of the water for the winter.  We have the usual winterizing to do, but Hot Tamale ...   more »

We are back from Annapolis.  Inspite of absolutely torrential rain for three days, it was a blast.  The soggy conditions ...   more »

We are off to the Sailboat show in Annapolis this weekend.  We went last year with friends from our club ...   more »

I think most sailors feel wistful this time of year.  On Friday, my husband and I took the mast down ...   more »

We love our Pearson 30 and the V Berth has just the right amount of space for us, however, it ...   more »

We all got a big shock early in the morning of August 1.  An early rising club member noticed flames ...   more »

Our club has a marine railway system.  The rails and ties were last installed in the mid 1960s.  It was ...   more »

We are missing out on some prime sailing.  Our trusty Atomic 4 went silent a week ago at the pump ...   more »

I think I mentioned that we have invested in a Sailrite sewing machine.  I am working on a few small ...   more »