Montreal Sailing Communities Project
I'd like to write stories on many of the ways it is possible to enjoy sailing from Montreal.
I'll need the help of many of you.
A few rules: less than 40 minutes drive from downtown. Thursday evenings or weekends are OK. Since I don't own a boat anymore, I'd enjoy being invited to crew. On weekends I come with 2 boys, 5 and 8 who are at ease on a sailboat.
I have the following venues in mind:
I'll need the help of many of you.
A few rules: less than 40 minutes drive from downtown. Thursday evenings or weekends are OK. Since I don't own a boat anymore, I'd enjoy being invited to crew. On weekends I come with 2 boys, 5 and 8 who are at ease on a sailboat.
I have the following venues in mind:
- Royal Saint-Lawrence Yacht Club
- Venture Sailing Club
- Ecole de Voile de Lachine
- Canadian Forces Sailing Association Montreal CFSA
- Beaconsfield Yacht Club
- Pointe-Claire Yacht Club
- Lord Reading Yacht Club
- Baie d'Urfé Yacht Club
- Ile Perrot Yacht Club
- Senneville Yacht Club
- Club Nautique Deux Montagnes
- Hudson Yacht Club
- Club de Voile des Laurentides
- Ecole de voile Gilles Tétrault
- Entre Air et Mer at La Prairie
- Club Nautique de Longueuil
I have lived West of Montreal, and that bias is present here too. A great project would be to do at least 8 of these. I will be crewing on Tuesdays on Ketchup, a Shark at Pointe-Claire, so that club is covered. There are often different facets to the same club, there is often a serious racing evening, one for beginners, cruising on the weekend...
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| Lachine is one of the closer options for sailing out of Montreal |
If you know about people who would be interested in having me on board, please email me, firstname.lastname@gmail.com
Etienne Portelance
October 2nd update :
I will include here links to articles of this series. Le projet de voile à Montréal en Français
1 - The Old Port (in French)
2 - Pointe-Claire, a Tuesday night after the storm (in French)
3 - La Prairie, a Saturday morning (in French)
4 - Pointe-Claire, Tuesday night race with the whole family
5 - Dorval, racing when there is no wind (in French)
6 - Big dinghy racing (in French) - Lightnings
7 - Viper 640 out of Lake of Two Mountains (in French)
8 - CFSA, east edge of Dorval
9 - Venture sailing base (in French)
10 - Pine Beach public ramp in Dorval (in French)
October 2nd update :
I will include here links to articles of this series. Le projet de voile à Montréal en Français
1 - The Old Port (in French)
2 - Pointe-Claire, a Tuesday night after the storm (in French)
3 - La Prairie, a Saturday morning (in French)
4 - Pointe-Claire, Tuesday night race with the whole family
5 - Dorval, racing when there is no wind (in French)
6 - Big dinghy racing (in French) - Lightnings
7 - Viper 640 out of Lake of Two Mountains (in French)
8 - CFSA, east edge of Dorval
9 - Venture sailing base (in French)
10 - Pine Beach public ramp in Dorval (in French)
