Author Archives: Guy Perrin

Interested in racing on a sailboat?  Do you need crew to race on your sailboat? Port Credit Yacht Club invites you for “New Crew and Skippers Mixer Night” Are you a racing skipper looking for reliable crew that is experienced … Continue reading →

With a little over 90 days until the start of the 3rd Lake Ontario 300 Solo Challenge, now is the time to start thinking about the Challenge, and preparing your boat and yourself for an all new adventure this year.  … Continue reading →

One of the primary areas of concern for the Lake Ontario Offshore Racing Group is racers safety. Our improvement efforts in this respect are two-fold for 2012; we have standardized the published Minimum Equipment Requirements across all events and we … Continue reading →

The Lake Ontario Offshore Racing Committee, organizer of the Lake Ontario 300 Challenge, is proud to announce the introduction a new Lake Ontario 300 Challenge major trophy to be awarded to the overall IRC Class Champion. Since its introduction in … Continue reading →

Here are the winning photographs in the Lake Ontario 300 Challenge Canadian Yachting Photo Contest! Nature Category Team Category Humor Category Video Category http://youtu.be/o2gqLxeP9ms Chris Watkinson, Afterburn

Congratulations to Sperry Cup winner Robert Eckersley and the Blue Streak crew from Queen City Yacht Club! Find the top three finishers in each division below. You can view the compete Race Results on Yacht Scoring! Scotch Bonnet Island Course … Continue reading →

Twenty-one years ago the Lake Ontario Single Handed Racing Society formed the Lake Ontario 300 Challenge as the ultimate long distance race for double handed sailors. Three Hundred Nautical Miles, non-stop from one end of Lake Ontario to the other … Continue reading →

In order to race, you need a rating certificate. There are three handicapping or rating systems in use on Lake Ontario, PHRF Lake Ontario (PHRF LO) and IRC for Monohulls and GLMRA for Multihull boats. IRC is a measurement rule … Continue reading →

The Lake Ontario 300 Challenge Race Committee has posted an amendment to the Notice of Race; it is available on the Lake Ontario 300 Yacht Scoring registration page. As a result of skippers feedback and inquiries, and in an effort … Continue reading →