Celebrating excellence in Canada

Sail Canada annually celebrates the nation’s top recreational and competitive sailors, coaches, volunteers, and events via the Sail Canada Annual Awards. Here are some of the 2025 recipients:

• Lucas Henderson (Brockville, ON) has been selected Instructor of the Year. The award recognizes an instructor who demonstrates excellence on the water teaching and communicating skills, is respectful, fair and equitable, encourages pride in the sport, has taken part in clinics and performs above and beyond what is required from an instructor. – Full report

• Kyle Martin (Vancouver, B.C.) has been selected Coach of the Year. The award goes to a coach who demonstrates high coaching skills and contributes to sporting excellence by offering a healthy attitude towards winning and enjoying the sport, in addition to having shown effectiveness in training. – Full report

• The 2024 Mobility Cup, hosted by the Lunenburg Yacht Club, received the Regatta of the Year Award which recognizes a provincial, national, or international regatta whereupon all aspects of race management have resulted in an overall organizational success. – Full report