One of Our Own

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Sailing fans….our local sailor Savannah Taylor was in France competing on a Canada college team in match racing on Grand Surprise 34 ft keelboats for 10 days. After some grueling races, they had a fabulous showing, placing 2nd overall. An excellent achievement for our team in an international competition. Congratulations Savannah and the Canadian team.


Savannah and Lawrence Taylor also participated in this year’s Newport to Bermuda Race!  They and the shore crew of the Hard Eight, having worked tirelessly to get the boat in race trim, finished the race in 3 days, 10hr, 49m and 20 s, achieving 5th place in their class, against some very tough competition.

These are just the latest in Savannah’s long list of achievements. She has taken the fundamental skills that she has learned as a long time participant in the SSSA Learn to Sail Program and expanded on them as her career as a helmsperson and skipper has taken off. Congratulations go out to Savannah and her team….we are all very proud.

HMCS Oriole

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What a great weekend it was. HMCS Oriole, the Royal Canadian Navy’s sail training ketch was in harbour as part of her centennial tour (the keel was laid in 1921). An 8-vessel flotilla steamed out to greet her Friday morning and Saturday, she fired her cannon at the start of SHYC’s annual Centennial Cup keelboat race (marking the centennial of Shelburne’s incorporation in 1907). See pics below followed by the list of all who made it possible along with some news and upcoming events.

Some of the flotilla: (left to right) Aslan’s Wind, HMCS Oriole, Homer’s Odyssey, Sou’wester

Start of the Centennial Cup Race (in very light air).

Boys playing with fire (and planked salmon).

Shelburne Deputy Mayor, Elizabeth Acker presents the 2021 Centennial Cup to “Snafu” and skipper, Royden Nickerson 

Officers and Crew of HMCS Oriole.  

Lt. Cmdr. Rob Pelton presents Oriole’s Centennial Patch to Commodore Rob Stork. “Hi, I’m Rob. No, I’m Rob”

Our most earnest and heartfelt thanks to the following volunteers who made the supper possible:

SALMON:
Salmon (Value $600) donated by Cooke’s Aquaculture
Sherri & Ken Taylor, who drove to Dartmouth to pick it up!
KITCHEN VOLUNTEERS:
Sherri Taylor
Willa Magee
Linda McNicol
Daphne O’Reilly
MaryJane Brackett
Chrissy Magee
Naniya Trevors
Claudia Lorensen
Mu Yang
Savannah Taylor

SALMON PREPARATION, WOOD SUPPLY AND COOKS:
Ken Taylor
Lawrence Taylor
Shawn Williams
Francis Campbell
Norman Wallet
Fred Greenwood
John Alliker
Mike O’Callaghan
Seth Renaud
Andy Blackmer
Neve Pedro

CLUB SET UP & CLEAN UP:
Sherri Taylor
Manager, Jennifer Atwood
Staff: Katie Peacock, Daniel Slack and Tara McNaughton

FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS:
Marta Stork
Sherri Taylor 

Apologies in advance for any we may have missed. Additional thanks go to your Rear Commodore, Bradd Wilson for his planning and coordination work with the town and the Oriole. 

And truly massive thanks must go to your Vice Commodore, Sherri Taylor, who sweated every detail, figuratively and literally. 

Visitors

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Cruising Club of America- Bras d’OR Station

The Linens are Out

In addition to last week’s successful ECAC event, we offer our thanks and appreciation for those involved in hosting the Bras d’OR station of the Cruising Club of America who were in for a couple of days, culminating in a lasagna dinner last Thursday night. They wrote later to let us all know it was the highlight of their cruise.

Food:
Lasagna Dinners were donated by: Ruth Waters, Wanda Nickerson, Gail Ringer, Annette Willilams, Mary Jane Brackett, Ethel Nickerson, and Rhoda Kelley. Garlic bread was courtesy of Willa Magee. Caesar salad was from Bradd & Maeve Wilson. Pies were provided by Linda McNichol, Debi King, Donna Harris, Louise Theriault, and Lori Harris. 

And a good time was had by all…


Galley Prep and Serving

Sherry Thorburn, Jeannie Kerr, Kathy Spencer, Jane Petring, Jane Muir, Debi King, Donnna Harris, Annette Williams and Mary Jane Brackett.

There you have it – SHYC’s volunteer-driven club in action. Thanks a million, everyone!

I Am A Sailor

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This story appeared in the April edition of the Sail Nova Scotia newsletter. Congratulations Owen !!!

I Am A Sailor…
Owen Hobbs

The big boats get thowen Hobbse glory but the little boats make the sailor. Fourteen year old Owen Hobbs of Shelburne Harbour Yacht Club certainly fits that bill. After trying a few sports like baseball and soccer Owen found that the sea was calling him. The availability of affordable sailing camps in Shelburne helped kick start this young sailor’s career. After learning to sail in under the guidance of Max Page, Nova Scotia’s 2015 Community Coach of the Year at the CANSail summer camp, Owen has quickly graduated to take command of his own vessel and teach his crew (Mom) to sail. Owen and Mom (Leslie) purchased a used Albacore sailing dinghy and lovingly restored it in time to make the start line of SHYC Wednesday Night Race Series. A true bonding experience for mother and son as they often go out for supper and talk about the race. Aside from the Wednesday night races, Owen often ventures out to the islands of Shelburne harbour with mom and little brother Miles for picnics on the beach. With ambitions of becoming an instructor or sailing coach, Owen has since attended the 420 Regatta in Baddeck and the East Coast Albacore Championship in Shelburne to hone his skills

Our Visitors

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As it has been for many years, Shelburne continues to be a favourite for many cruising sailors, and we get, on average, about 250 visiting boats every year…..from all over the world. Everywhere from New Zealand…Australia… South Africa…Iceland…Sweden…throughout Europe, and all through the coastal US. We even had a visitor from Doha, Qatar this summer.  You can read about what our visitors are saying at http://shyc.ca/comments