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Canadian Youth Championship

September 2nd, 2013

The Sail Canada Youth National (U19) Championships were held at Royal Vancouver Yacht Club on August 28-September 1. Ninety-six entrants competed in the Laser, Radial, Club 420 and 29er classes, which was the first stage of qualification for the 2014 ISAF Youth World Team. – Event website


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Sail Canada – Women’s National Keelboat Championship

August 26th, 2013

Racing came to a close yesterday at the Canadian Womens National Keelboat Championship co-hosted by Bedford Basin Yacht Club and the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron. The 3 day Championship – sailed in J/22s – saw 40 women from Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Ontario and Manitoba. After 9 races, the top three line up goes


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Training program to support disabled sailing

June 18th, 2013

Sail Canada has recently delivered two pilot training modules of the Coaching Athletes with a Disability Module. The module provides participants with the opportunity to learn about the nature of disabilities and their potential sailing-specific impact, basics of accessibility and inclusion, and ways to adapt equipment and teaching techniques to accommodate a variety of sailor


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Top international coach joins Sail Canada Team

April 30th, 2013

Sail Canada/Voile Canada has announced the appointment of Mark Asquith as a National Team Coach. Mark will join the coaching team of Steve Mitchell, Erik Stibbe and Chris Cook, under the leadership of Sail Canada’s High Performance Director Ken Dool. Mark brings a wealth of sailing experience from his time on Team GBR, combining 11



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