Thanks to Reciprocal Officer Karen Laidlaw for her work on keeping track of our reciprocal visitors over the years.  She offers this analysis, for people who might be interested in […]

Note that these dates may be subject to change and more courses may be added, so please confirm details on the Events Calendar.  Please register for these courses through [...]

Click here to see a simple summary of the results of the early spring 2024 cruising survey.  Questions?  cruising@saltspringsailing.ca

Members are notified that in 2024 both Maple Bay Yacht Club and Burrard Yacht Club have raised their minimum liability insurance requirement to three million dollars.  Most of the clubs […]

Racing 102 (a follow up to Racing 101):  April 25, 7-9 pm TO REGISTER, please email: courses@saltspringsailing.ca About the Talk: The Racing 102 session will build on the vocabulary of […]

Doug and Sarah and their kids are still in New Zealand and have run into some other SSI Sailing Club members on the docks.  To read about it, click here.

The recent Easter weekend cruise was graced with lovely weather but little wind.  Seven boats had a really great time!  Click here to read about all the fun.

How to Fish Around Saltspring  Island (and Elsewhere)  Speaker: Keith Simpson Date: Thursday, May 9th    7:00 – 9:00 PM Venue: SISC Clubhouse  TO REGISTER, please email: [...]

Get ready to clear the slips on the Round Salt Spring weekend May 17-20 and join Kim and Karen Laidlaw on a 3 night cruise in local waters.  Details below […]

SEMINAR: CRUISING WITH AN ELECTRIC INBOARD WED. MAY 15 @ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Title: Cruising with an Electric Inboard Speaker: Douglas Woolcock Date: Wednesday, May 15th    7:00—9:00 PM [...]

Member Jill Oakes organized a most successful Flying Fifteen Day on May 4th, with visiting champion international F15 sailor Jenny Price from New Zealand.  To read about the action-packed, [...]

The Anchors Aweigh/Clear the Slips Cruise led by Karen and Kim Laidlaw was lots of fun on the long weekend in May.  To read all about it, click here for […]

SISC member Nick Coghlan has just had a new book published, this time about his and Jenny’s cruising adventures in and around Japan. For more details about the book, and […]

(Update July 4, 2024): The local Flying Fifteen group has just received four donated Flying Fifteen sailing dinghies from Western Australia, under the enthusiastic leadership of Sailing Club [...]

Ole Fart Cruise 2024 We are so sorry to have to CANCEL this cruise due to lack of participants. July 20-23 Looking forward to joining up with current and ‘wannabe’ […]

The close to home cruise on June 7, 8, and 9 to Wallace Island and Montague Harbour had quite a few boats participating.  It included a riotous bus ride to […]

Update from Mandolyn in Australia August 2024 Hello Salt Spring! In recent Crowsnest updates we’ve read about the Flying 15s, delivered from Australia to the sailing club. What nice [...]

On Aug. 30th, the small boat group set off for a picnic on Chocolate Beach.  It was a learning adventure for some of the newer sailors and a grand time […]

Fleet Captain Cruising led a small fleet of boats on the Victoria Cruise on Sept. 27-29.  To read all about it, click this link.

DECEMBER UPDATE:  As the fall seminars have now finished up, we are looking for more people to offer up their expertise for the rest of the winter and spring. An […]

The Flying 15 team recently put on a useful and very interesting safety workshop on getting back into your boat if you fall into the water, particularly if it’s very […]

The Flying 15 team (under the direction of Jill Oakes) has put together a really interesting read, with photos and links, summarizing the past year and the history of small […]