TABLE OF CONTENTS

Administration: Directors and Officers ………………………………………………. 2 President’s and Executive Director’s Reports …………………… 4-5 Treasurer’s Report ………………………………………………….. 5 Appeals Committee Report………………………………………... 6 Fundraising Committee Report……………………………………. 6-7 Marketing Committee Report …………………………………….. 8 Membership Report ……………………………… 8-14 Judges Certification Committee Report…………………………. 15 Auditor’s Report …………………………………………………….. See Website Annual General Meeting Minutes ………………………………… 16-19 Recreation: Learn to Cruise/Power Committee Report ………………………. 21 Able Report ……………………………………………………… 22-23 Women Sailors’ Association Report ……………………………….. 24 BOOM Report ……………………………………………………….. 24-25 Safe Sailing in Camps Report ……………………………………… 26-27 Learn to Sail Report………………………………………………….. 28 Competition: Race Management Committee Report …………………………….. 30 Regatta Management Committee Report…………………………. 31 Athlete Development Committee Report .………………………….. 32-35 Windsurfing Committee Report………………………………………. 36 Awards Report ………………………………………………………… 37 Record of Ontario Sailing Trophy Recipients………………………. 38-39 Honour Roll—Past Presidents …………………………………………………. 40 Corporate Members ……………………………………………………………... 41 Corporate Sponsors …………………………………………………………….. 42 www.OntarioSailing.ca ONTARIO SAILING OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS - 2006 President Todd Irving Vice President / Treasurer Erin Sinyard Vice President / Secretary Tim Bishop Vice President - Recreation Bernie Luttmer (Sr.) Vice President - Training Kim (Case) Foley Past President Jim Dike Director Tom Babcock Director Clive Barry Director Keith Hobbs Director David Lewis Director Mary Neumann Director Craig Pattinson Director Michael Rustom Director Christine Searle Director Cam Watt

Executive Director Al Will 888-672-7245 ex. 224 Program Director Eric Cartlidge 888-672-7245 ex. 226 Program Director/OST Coach Amy Goman 888-672-7245 ex. 227 Administrative Assistant Shauna Cartlidge 888-672-7245 ex. 221 Website Manager/Creative Design Mike Goman 888-672-7245 ex. 222 Bookkeeper/Sales Margaret Mummery 888-672-7245 ex. 223

Article 3-Objects of the Association The objects of the Association shall be generally to foster interest in sailing and to promote and encourage proficiency in the sport, particularly among young people in the Province of Ontario to promote racing events and to encourage the de- velopment of skills in sailboat handling and seamanship.

Ontario Sailing Vision Statement To be highly regarded in the sailing and boating community as a central resource that exists to foster an interest in safe sailing and boating through a partnership with our member clubs, sailing schools, camps, and class associations – a federation.

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ADMINISTRATION

Al Will accepting Ontario Sailing’s portion of funds raised for the Able Sail Program during Boating For Children’s Charities 2006

Ribbon cutting at Frenchmans’ Bay Yacht Club for Accessible Sailing Programs, made possible by the Celebration of Sailing Trillium Foundation. March 4, 2006 at ABYC

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PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT From Todd Irving, President and Al Will, Executive Director

What a Great Year! We had an extremely busy year on all fronts with growing activity in youth racing, big enrollment in instructor development training, and huge improvements in the results of the Ontario Sailing Team and from other athletes from Ontario. In 2007 we will see the continued evolution of our web-based services with the introduction of CrewBank.ca. This, together with the on-line registration service, will help us better connect to a broader group within our community. If you have any sugges- tions as to how we can better serve our members please email: [email protected]

Athlete Development: We were thrilled with the results of our athletes at YOTS and other championships. Our Ontario Sailing Team has really come together under Amy’s leadership. Congratulations to our sail- ors & coaches! Ontario Sailing Championships (including Youth Festival) recorded 1,066 sailors, up from 917 in 2005. Read the report and check out winning skippers of 3 world championships, and two North American Championships. Ontario sailors swept the Canadian Youth Championships with 3 gold med- als, 2 silvers and one bronze; this is one of our benchmarks for our sailing development program.

Regatta and Race Management: Our volunteers re-structured our committees in 2006 in order to im- prove both race management and regatta management. A lot of work went into providing a very comprehensive regatta hosting package available on line. In 2006 we ironed out some wrinkles with our on-line regatta registration that proved very positive and all Ontario sailing championships will use this service in 2007.

Instructor Development Clinics: We set a new (recent history) high with training 400 dinghy and wind- surfing instructors in 2006 up from 375 in 2005 and 359 in 2004. We are constantly improving in training enough instructors and coaches to meet the demand in Ontario and beyond our borders. A big thank you to our host sites, Amy, Shauna and the Instructor Evaluators for a big job done well.

BOOM: BOOM continues to run at capacity, summer 2006 training 481 youth and adults at 18 different sites. These numbers are consistent with the prior 3 years as there is no room for growth without adding another mobile. We have applied to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for funds to add another Pico BOOM mobile and are pleased that both Vanguard Boats and Fogh Marine have come up with the matching support should our Trillium grant be approved. BOOM 2007 sold out in a record 4-hours, and at 7-days the waiting list was filled for our (hopefully) new mobile.

Safe Sailing in Camps: This was the last year of our Trillium support of our Safe Sailing in Camps Program. Summer 2006 was again successful with 17 sites/events teaching 372 campers and staff. We have de- veloped a plan on how we can serve our camps without the support of Trillium funds for 2007 by em- ploying more BOOM instructors in May and June.

Website Development: CrewBank.ca “The Meeting Place” for sailors is up and running & will be featured at the Boat Show in January 2007. We will be working hard to get as many people signed up prior to the start of the sailing season. The more people that sign up for this free service the more effective it will be. LearnToSail.ca is up and running well. It is a great user friendly site to send new boaters to. Expanding new sites beyond Ontario: We are continuing to work with CYA to try to roll out these pro- jects nationally. By the time you read this report we should have our database integrated with CYA and in 2007 and beyond CYA will work to add all the other provincial sailing associations onto a com- mon databank.

Provincial Funding: We are experiencing new funding for athletes and some projects while they cut funding for a base of operations. We do thank the Ministry for support of out athletes and coaches with the Quest for Gold initiatives. Going into the budget cycle we knew they cut back the maximum by $19,780 but, to make matter worse, at the end of August we were informed of a 15% cut ($38,913) in base funding. We will struggle to break-even for March 2007.

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PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT (cont’d) From Todd Irving, President and Al Will, Executive Director

Able Sail Report Currently Ontario has 17 sustainable Able Sail programs across the province. The Ontario Access BOOM Program visited 4 different sites this summer, 2 of those sites in NS helping NSYA promote accessible sail- ing in their province. Check out the full report about our race coach and some blind sailing initiatives.

Other Successes: Good work was accomplished by both our Marketing and Fundraising Committees that support all the other efforts. The awards committee was again active and published within this re- port is the 2006 List of Merritt, listing all people that we nominated for various awards throughout the year. Our Governance Committee’s major work was in developing our Conflict of Interest policy and are still working on centralizing all of our policies before Al’s departure. Work has begun on the review of our By-laws with a target to present to the membership prior to our AGM in January 2008.

Volunteers and Retiring Directors: Neither our clubs, regattas nor Ontario Sailing could operate without volunteers. You will read the names of hundreds throughout this report that enable Ontario Sailing to accomplish all that we do. Our thanks to all of those people and to our two Directors who will be retir- ing from our Board at our annual general meeting, Clive Berry and Michael Rustom.

Executive Director: Al Will informed the Board in September of his plans to retire from Ontario Sailing at the end of March 2007. The Executive Committee was active throughout the fall in finding a replace- ment and are pleased to announce the hiring of Glenn Lethbridge effective March, 2007

Message from Al: The last 12 years have been a great voyage at Ontario Sailing. I have been blessed consistently with great crew (staff) and some great navigators (board). The navigators did a great job in setting the course and respected the role of the competent crew to adjust the . I’m proud of our level of service to all our stakeholders and indebted to all of our sponsors, donors and partners that helped along the way. I am sure my path will continue to cross many of yours over the years to come and you can follow my new course at www.alwill.ca Thank you and safe voyage.

Looking forward to an exciting 2007!!!!

TREASURER’S REPORT From Erin Sinyard, Treasurer

Our fiscal year, April 1st 2005 to March 31st, 2006, reflects the financial side of a very busy program year described in this our Annual Report. I am pleased to report a modest operating surplus of $668 as con- trasted to a modest operating deficit of $4,925 from the previous year. Our total revenue was down slightly by $35,587 brought about primarily by the one-time Trillium grant of $50,000 received in the pre- vious year (reflected under revenue Participation Development – BOOM program) for our Learn-To Sail initiative. We also had a decrease in Provincial funding of $4,813 and the declining funding (as per the formula) of our Ontario Trillium Foundation Safe Sailing in Camps program of $9,450.

As reflected in the annual report there was increased activity in the instructor development programs, solid activity in our Able Sail and BOOM mobiles, and consistent activity in our athlete development programs. Staff did a good job in controlling expenses to match revenue.

This year we had a major investment in staff and volunteer time plus development costs (under Partici- pation Development) in new website development. The largest part of this was an investment in www.LearnToSail.ca and initial costs in our on-line regatta registration program and www.CrewBank.ca

I spoke with the auditors prior to the finalization of the audit to ensure that nothing had come to their attention, which would be cause for concern from a financial reporting perspective. I am pleased to say that the audit went smoothly, the auditors received full cooperation from management and as you can see from the audit report, Ontario Sailing has, once again, received a ‘clean’ audit opinion.

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APPEALS COMMITTEE REPORT From Andrew Alberti, Chairperson

The Ontario Sailing Appeals Committee’s job is to answer appeals submitted by competitors who have been party to a protest hearing and are unsatisfied with the decision of the protest committee. Ap- peals can only be submitted by parties to the protest hearing and usually claim there was an incorrect rule interpretation or conclusion, or a procedural mistake by the protest committee. Some appeals attempt to appeal the facts found. These are not appealable according to the Racing Rules of Sailing. The appeals committee also responds to requests from protest committees for confirmation or correc- tion of its decision when it is uncertain it came to the correct decision.

In 2006 the Appeals Committee dealt with ten appeals up, from six in 2005. This is the highest number of appeals in several years. Several appeals were further appealed to the CYA appeals committee. So far that body has not overturned any of our findings. Several of the appeals referred to protests where a member of our committee was part of the original protest committee. The Racing Rules of Sailing prohibit the involvement of such a member in any appeal. Fortunately we have the depth on the committee to handle the appeal without the involvement of that particular member.

This year, in an attempt to speed up the process, several appeals were received and processed elec- tronically. Those that were not were scanned and handled electronically throughout the rest of the process. This certainly sped up the process in many cases. I want to take this chance to thank Shauna Cartlidge for her efforts implementing this and her efforts across all of the appeals getting them proc- essed so efficiently.

We have an excellent group of experienced judges on the Ontario Sailing Appeals Committee and great Ontario Sailing staff and I thank them all on your behalf. The members of the committee are:

Dr. Andrew Wardle, ABYC – IJ/IU; Alex J. McAuley, RHYC – IJ/SNU; Kathy Dyer, RHYC – IJ; Dr. Mel Preston, RHYC- – SNJ; Peter Wood, BYC, – SNJ; Andrew Alberti, RCYC – SNJ/SNU – Chairman Committee; Shauna Cartlidge, Ontario Sailing Appeals Coordinator

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE REPORT From Craig Pattinson, Chairperson As has been the case for the past number of years, Ontario Sailing has been focused on fundraising efforts over the past year to ensure that we can continue to develop and deliver programs that foster interest in sailing and promote and encourage proficiency in the sport, particularly among young peo- ple.

The annual operation of Ontario Sailing relies on a number of levels of external funding which are: Government ; Corporate; Individual; Event based

It is through generous support from all these funding groups that we are able to develop and grow our wide range of programming. While this year has seen a fall in government funding they still remain our core funding source. This year we have seen some very positive support from our corporate sponsors. We recently held an appreciation lunch at the National Yacht Club which was attended by a great many of our long standing commercial sponsors as well as government representatives. This was an opportunity to develop some ideas about how we can work together more effectively at the International Boat Show. Some great ideas were generated and I am confident you will experience the results as you visit the Ontario Sailing booth, #1601, at the Boat Show. In addition there are a num- ber of corporate sponsorship successes which deserve highlighting:

· Morris & Mackenzie have once again agreed to be our title sponsor for Celebration of Sailing. · Swan’s Yacht Sales have agreed to provide funding and material support for the January Training Camp in Florida. · Angus Yachts Sail & Power continue to sponsor the Learn to Cruise registration program.

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FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE REPORT (cont’d) From Craig Pattinson, Chairperson

· In addition to their significant traditional support, Fogh Marine has teamed up with Vanguard Boats to sponsor the provision of boats for a third Boom program. We are hopeful that our Trillium grant application will be successful in bringing in the remaining funding required to make this program viable.

A number of the programs offered by Ontario Sailing, such as Safe Sailing in Camps, the Ontario Sailing Team and Learn To Cruise Student Registration have program sponsors. The companies that sponsor these programs understand the importance of supporting Ontario Sailing in its efforts to promote sailing at all levels in the Province. Without these sponsors, many of the programs we offer may not be able to operate at full capacity. We are grateful for the continued support these companies provide.

Through the individual donor campaign, we target users of the organization including Race Officials, Instructors, Athletes, Boom participants and Learn to Cruise students. We believe that the individuals that have been involved with Ontario Sailing over the years and have benefited from Ontario Sailing’s programs will use this as an opportunity to give something back and offer continued support to Ontario Sailing. The individual donor campaign takes place during the fall each year. In 2005-2006 we raised $10,040.00 in the individual donor campaign. This year, 600 letters have been sent and as of December 18, 2006 the results have been very encouraging. We are optimistic that the annual donor campaign will bring in slightly more than last year.

We are extremely pleased that the Ontario Sailing Able Sail program has been selected for the 8th year in a row as one of the organizations to benefit from the NMMA’s Boating for Children’s Charity event to be held at the Toronto International Boat Show on January 12, 2007. We are grateful for their continued support! Last year, our Celebration of Sailing fundraising evening, which honoured our Youth Sailors, was a huge success. A number of new attractions were introduced to the event as we attempted to make the evening more interactive and provide more opportunities for people to min- gle. This year, we have chosen to celebrate the successes of our high performance sailors, both the Ontario Sailing Team and those who are interested in being part of the Team in the future. The event is scheduled for March 3, 2007 at Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club. I encourage you to contact Shauna Car- tlidge at [email protected] to find out more or to purchase tickets for this year’s event.

Many of our member clubs have stocked our private label wine ‘Regatta’ in their clubs and the wine has been featured at many different events throughout the year. It is available for purchase from Pe- lee Island Winery by contacting Darryl MacMillan at [email protected]. Ontario Sailing benefits from every bottle sold and, this year, we are continuing to work on getting this wine into our member clubs. It is a great opportunity to support Ontario Sailing.

This year we partnered with www.rebateacause.com to access the opportunity for new funding in the age of electronic commerce. When individuals purchase goods on line they register and a percent- age of the purchase value is filtered to Ontario Sailing. It costs the donor nothing and could be an easy revenue source. Please take a look at the program. There is a link from the Ontario sailing web- site titled “Give While You Shop.”

As we move into 2006-2007 I think it is important for Ontario Sailing to continue looking for opportunities to partner with various organizations. As well, I believe there is still great potential to generate new revenues by developing advertising alternatives available to us through our web site. We are commit- ted to evaluating these options as we continue to look for innovative ways to increase revenues.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff at Ontario Sailing and all of the volunteers for their efforts this past year. In particular the support of Shauna in the office has allowed us to develop struc- ture in relation to fundraising and explore new and innovative ideas. She is currently enrolled in a Fund- raising Associate program at Mohawk College and I believe that, over time, this will be a significant benefit for Ontario Sailing. Fundraising requires a considerable amount of staff and volunteer time and we are fortunate to have dedicated staff and volunteers to assist us in our efforts. In addition to the individuals and corporations that continue to support Ontario Sailing and its initiatives..…. THANK YOU!

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MARKETING COMMITTEE REPORT From Mary Neumann, Chairperson

The marketing of Ontario Sailing has seen some important changes in 2006 and plans are underway for more exposure in 2007. The Internet and the various Ontario Sailing sites are becoming more and more important for allowing people to find out about sailing, sailing clubs, sailing schools, Ontario Sailing and its programs and our latest achievement - how to find a crew or a skipper who needs a crew. This also helps reduce staff time in providing this information. However, more traditional outlets such as the me- dia and the Toronto International Boat Show are also being exploited.

The main accomplishments have been in the following areas: 1. Better communications with our constituents through: a) The redesigned website at OntarioSailing.ca, which is now fully populated with information and is the main portal to Ontario Sailing. b) LearntoSail.ca is now launched and fully operational providing easy access to information on sailing. It includes the new “Search to Sail” function that allows people to find sailing clubs and schools in Ontario, either in a specific geographic area or by the program offered. c) A redesigned pamphlet that explains the role of Ontario Sailing in advocating for boaters and also the services that Ontario Sailing provides to both clubs and individuals. This has been distributed to clubs and is used to market Ontario Sailing. d) CrewBank.ca is now on-line and will be fully launched in 2007 with opportunities to sign up at the Toronto International Boat Show in January 2007 and at a Crew Bank launch party. 2. Better communication with our sponsors through: a) A luncheon for sponsors in November to thank them for their support. b) A new idea of joint promotion with our sponsors at the Boat Show. “Bingo cards” will be available at the Boat Show which will encourage people to visit several sponsors and the Ontario Sailing booth in order to have the opportunity to win free sailing lessons. 3. Increased exposure for the sport and making more connections with people: a) Sailing simulator featured at the Toronto Boat Show in January. Everyone from Olympians to hundreds of new participants tried sailing in a fun, controlled setting b) Media stories in the Toronto and on CBC explaining how easy it is to get into sailing c) Plans for next year include: 1. Increasing media exposure for sailing through coverage of major regattas as well as working with clubs to get local coverage for events such as Sail Past; 2. Putting more information about the various roles of Ontario Sailing on the website; 3. Examining the potential to offer free lessons or trial sailing to youth and/ or the public.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT

New Members: 21 Expired Members: 11 Clubs adding new members category of Cruising/Power School: 7 A new category of membership was added in 2006: Charters/Time Shares

Total Memberships Collected:

Ontario Sailing ‘05 CYA ‘05 Ontario Sailing ‘06 CYA ‘06 $75,040.43 $75,040.43 $85,665.01 $85,665.01

Combined Ontario Sailing/CYA membership fees increased from $18/member in 2005 to $20/member in 2006.

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Name CYA 05 OS 05 OS 06 CYA 06 Bayfield Yacht Club *$0.00 *$0.00 Conestoga Sailing Club 414.00 414.00 $440.00 $440.00 Erieau Yacht Club 144.00 144.00 200.00 200.00 Fanshawe Yacht Club 1,206.93 1,206.93 880.00 880.00 Grand Bend Yacht Club 306.00 306.00 340.00 340.00 Guelph Community Boating Club 375.00 375.00 375.00 375.00 Port Elgin Power and Sail 125.00 125.00 50.00 50.00 Port Stanley Sailing Squadron 216.00 216.00 240.00 240.00 Rondeau Yacht Club 135.00 135.00 100.00 100.00 Sarnia Yacht Club 997.50 997.50 950.00 950.00 South Port Sailing Club 936.00 936.00 940.00 940.00 *** Total *** *$4,855.43 *$4,855.43 $4,515.00 $4,515.00

*Correction to the 2005 Annual Report

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Name CYA 05 OS 05 CYA 06 OS 06 Bronte Harbour Yacht Club $1,443.00 $1,443.00 $1,530.00 $1,530.00 Bronte Harbour Yacht Club* 75.00 75.00 (Cruising/Power School) Buffalo Canoe Club 180.00 180.00 190.00 190.00 Buffalo Yacht Club 270.00 270.00 300.00 300.00 Burlington Beach Club 180.00 180.00 240.00 240.00 Burlington Sailing & Boating 1,548.00 1,548.00 1,540.00 1,540.00 Dalhousie Yacht Club 900.00 900.00 900.00 900.00 Fifty Point Yacht Club 1,170.00 1,170.00 1,420.00 1,420.00 Grimsby Yacht Club 144.00 144.00 150.00 150.00 Hamilton Bay Sailing Club 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Hamilton Boating Club at Newport 90.00 90.00 120.00 120.00 Niagara College Sailing School 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Niagara-On-The-Lake Sailing Club 1,215.00 1,215.00 1,610.00 1,610.00 Oakville Yacht Squadron 1,440.00 1,440.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 Ontario Dinghy Association 297.00 297.00 290.00 290.00 Parkway Sailing Club (Dissolved)** 144.00 144.00 Polish-Cdn Yacht Club "Zawisza Czarny" 144.00 144.00 200.00 200.00 Port Dover Yacht Club 225.00 225.00 250.00 250.00 Royal Hamilton Yacht Club 1,197.00 1,197.00 1,390.00 1,390.00 Royal Hamilton Yacht Club (Cruising/Power 75.00 75.00 School)* Sugarloaf Sailing Club 243.00 243.00 240.00 240.00 The Oakville Club 414.00 414.00 470.00 470.00 **TOTAL** $11,419.00 $11,419.00 $12,665.00 $12,665.00

* Denotes new/returning member ** Denotes expired member

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Name CYA 05 OS 05 CYA 06 OS 06 Alexandra Yacht Club $810.00 $810.00 $920.00 $920.00 Aquatic Park Sailing Club 675.00 675.00 790.00 790.00 Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club 2,250.00 2,250.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 Ashbridges Bay YC, Jr Club Sailing 75.00 75.00 School* Blind Sailing 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Bluffer’s Park Yacht Club 1,080.00 1,080.00 1,140.00 1,140.00 Broad Reach Foundation for Youth 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Leaders Boulevard Club*** 423.00 423.00 470.00 470.00 Cathedral Bluffs Yacht Club 1,890.00 1,890.00 2,090.00 2,090.00 Disabled Sailing Assoc. of Ontario*** 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Etobicoke Yacht Club 3,501.00 3,501.00 3,980.00 3,980.00 Harbour City Yacht Club 126.00 126.00 130.00 130.00 Highland Yacht Club 1,134.00 1,134.00 1,320.00 1,320.00 Humber College Keelboat Sailing Club 415.00 415.00 476.00 476.00

Humber College Sailing Centre 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Island Yacht Club 250.00 250.00 750.00 750.00 Island Yacht Club* 75.00 75.00 (Cruising/Power School) Racing Council 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Lakeshore Yacht Club 1,350.00 1,350.00 1,350.00 1,350.00 Mimico Cruising Club 1,260.00 1,260.00 1,260.00 1,260.00 Mississauga Sailing Club 90.00 90.00 120.00 120.00 Mooredale Sailing Club 524.75 524.75 483.00 483.00 National Yacht Club 2,232.00 2,232.00 2,630.00 2,630.00 National Yacht Club(Cruising/Power 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Schl) Nautical Escapes Sailing School 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Openwaters* 75.00 75.00 Outer Harbour Centreboard Club 1,278.00 1,278.00 1,450.00 1,450.00 Performance Handicap Racing Fleet - 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 L.Ont Points of Sail 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Port Credit Yacht Club 3,114.00 3,114.00 3,660.00 3,660.00 Queen City Yacht Club 1,242.00 1,242.00 1,340.00 1,340.00 Queen City Yacht Club (Cruising/ 75.00 75.00

Power School)** Queen’s Quay Inc. 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 (Cruising/Power School) Queen’s Quay Yachting Inc.** 462.75 462.75 Rat Bay Yacht Club** 144.00 144.00 Sail Georgina 197.50 197.50 183.75 183.75

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Scarborough Bluffs Sailing Club** 468.00 468.00 Shadow Lake Sailing Club 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 St. Jamestown Sailing Club 554.50 554.50 451.50 451.50 The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 6,750.00 6,750.00 7,250.00 7,250.00 Toronto Garrison Sailing Club 180.00 180.00 325.00 325.00 Toronto Island Sailing Club 326.00 326.00 343.88 343.88 Toronto Cruising Club 215.00 215.00 370.00 370.00 Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club 585.00 585.00 600.00 600.00 Toronto Windsurfing Club 250.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 Water Rat Sailing Club 540.00 540.00 720.00 720.00 Westwood Sailing Club 426.25 426.25 485.63 485.63 *** Total *** $35,070.75 $35,070.75 $38,813.76 $38,813.76

* Denotes New/Returning Members ** Denotes Expired Membership *** Paid Membership after 2005 Annual Report was published ZONE 4

Name CYA 05 OS 05 CYA 06 OS 06 Cobourg Yacht Club $450.00 $450.00 $600.00 $600.00 Cobourg Yacht Club* 75.00 75.00 (Cruising/Power School) Frenchman’s Bay Yacht Club 900.00 900.00 880.00 880.00 Frenchman’s Bay Yacht Club* 75.00 75.00 (Cruising/Power School) Lakefield College School 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Peterborough Sailing Club 369.00 369.00 350.00 350.00 HMCS ONTARIO Sail Department 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 (was Regional Sailing School) Spirit of Canada* 75.00 75.00 Stony Lake Yacht Club 450.00 450.00 400.00 400.00 Sturgeon Lake Sailing Club 144.00 144.00 160.00 160.00 Whitby Yacht Club 2,008.00 2,008.00 2,420.00 2,420.00 Whitby Yacht Club (Cruising/Pwr 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Schl) *** Total *** $4,546.00 $4,546.00 $5,260.00 $5,260.00

* Denotes New/Returning Member

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Name CYA 05 0S 05 CYA 06 0S 06 Bay of Quinte Yacht Club $144.00 $144.00 $160.00 $160.00 2,250.00 2,250.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 Brockville Yacht Club 1,062.00 1,062.00 1,270.00 1,270.00 Canadian Masters Windsurfing Assoc. 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 CFB Kingston** 75.00 75.00 CFB Trenton Yacht Club*** 936.00 936.00 950.00 950.00 Chats Lake Community Boat Club 468.00 468.00 480.00 480.00 Collins Bay Yacht Club 846.00 846.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 CORK 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Deep River Yacht & Tennis Club 90.00 90.00 100.00 100.00 Gloucester Pool Sailing Association 125.00 125.00 160.00 160.00 Kanata Sailing Club 72.50 72.50 61.25 61.25 Kingston Yacht Club 1,215.00 1,215.00 1,200.00 1,200.00 Lac Deschenes Sailing Club 375.00 375.00 375.00 375.00 National Capital Able Sail Association** 39.75 39.75 Nepean Sailing Club 3,168.00 3,168.00 3,500.00 3,500.00 Club*** 342.00 342.00 410.00 410.00 Ottawa New Edinburgh Club* 75.00 75.00 (Cruising/Power School) Ottawa Sailing School Inc. 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Prince Edward Yacht Club 135.00 135.00 150.00 150.00 Quinte Sailability 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Sail Georgian Bay 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 (was Georgian Bay Sailing Centre) Stormont Yacht Club 918.00 918.00 1,030.00 1,030.00 Thousand Island Yacht Club 216.00 216.00 270.00 270.00 Trident Yacht Club 639.00 639.00 600.00 600.00 West Lake Catamaran Sailing School* 25.00 25.00 *** Total *** $13,441.25 $13,441.25 $14,641.25 $14,641.25

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Name CYA 05 OS 05 CYA 06 OS 06 Algoma Sailing Club $306.00 $306.00 $280.00 $280.00 Dryden Yacht Club 234.00 234.00 230.00 230.00 Little Current Yacht Club 414.00 414.00 550.00 550.00 Rendezvous Yacht Club 126.00 126.00 160.00 160.00 Sudbury Yacht Club 522.00 522.00 550.00 550.00 Thunder Bay Yacht Club 306.00 306.00 300.00 300.00 *** Total *** $1,908.00 $1,908.00 $2,070.00 $2,070.00

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Name CYA 05 OS 05 CYA 06 OS 06 30,000 Islands Sailing Adventure $75.00 $75.00 $75.00 $75.00 Adventure Sailing Plus Ltd. 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Barrie Yacht Club 918.00 918.00 1,280.00 1,280.00 Beaumaris Yacht Club 180.00 180.00 200.00 200.00 Collingwood Sailing School 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Cook Bay Yacht Club 270.00 270.00 350.00 350.00 Craigleith Windsurfing Centre 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 (was Craigleith Sailing Centre) Georgian Bay Sailing Association 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Hawkestone Yacht Club 125.00 125.00 125.00 125.00 Huntsville Sailing Club (Dissolved)** 75.00 75.00 Jan Caldwell Aquatics/Sailing the Sound 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Kettles Sailing School 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Lagoon City Yacht Club – Brechin 270.00 270.00 310.00 310.00 Lake Joseph Club*** (**) 144.00 144.00 Lake Joseph Yacht Club 405.00 405.00 450.00 450.00 Lake of Bays Sailing Club 180.00 180.00 200.00 200.00 Lake of the Woods International Sailing 50.00 50.00 Association** Midland Bay Sailing Club 1,188.00 1,188.00 1,430.00 1,430.00 Muskoka Lakes Association 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Muskoka Lakes Golf/Country Club 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 Sail Offshore dba Grassroots Sailing* 75.00 75.00 Sail Parry Sound Inc. 558.00 558.00 350.00 350.00 South Muskoka Sailing Club 144.00 144.00 180.00 180.00 Thornbury Yacht Club 90.00 90.00 100.00 100.00 Tobermory Yacht Club 45.00 45.00 50.00 50.00 *** Total *** $5,267.00 $5,267.00 $5,725.00 $5,725.00

** Denotes Expired Member CHARTERS/TIME SHARES

Name CYA 05 OS 05 CYA 06 OS 06 Canadian Yacht Charters* $75.00 $75.00 *** Total *** $ $ $75.00 $75.00

* Denotes New Member

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CAMPS

Name CYA 05 OS 05 CYA 06 OS 06 Arrowhead Camp* $50.00 $50.00 Bytown Brigantine $50.00 $ 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Arowhon 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Couchiching 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Kandalore 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Kitchikewana (YMCA) 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Manitou 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Mi-A-Kon-Da 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Mini-Yo-We 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp New Moon 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Nominingue* 50.00 50.00 Camp Oconto*** 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Otterdale 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Ponacka 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Queen Elizabeth/YMCA Lon- 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 don Camp Ramah in Canada 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Shalom 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Simpresca* 50.00 50.00 Camp Tamakwa 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Timberlane* 50.00 50.00 Camp Wabikon 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Wahanowin* 50.00 50.00 Camp Walden 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Camp Wenonah 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Canadian Adventure Camp* 50.00 50.00 Canadian International Student Ser- 50.00 50.00 vices* Celtic Sports & Arts Camp* 50.00 50.00 Doe Lake Girl Guide Camp 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Easter Seal Society, Ontario 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Hockey Opportunity Camp* 50.00 50.00 Kilcoo Camp 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 King Day Camp 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Muskoka Woods Sports Resort 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Olympia Athletic Camp 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Onondaga Camp 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Ontario Pioneer Camps 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 Sparrow Lake Camp 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 St. Lawrence II (Brigantine Inc.)** 50.00 50.00 YMCA Wanakita 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 *** Total *** $1,500.00 $1,500.00 $1,900.00 $1,900.00

* Denotes New/Returning Mem- ber ** Denotes Expired Member *** Paid Membership after 2005 An- nual Report was published

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JUDGES CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE REPORT From Dr. A. Lynne Beal, Chairperson

Members of the Committee Dr. A. Lynne Beal, International Judge, Royal Canadian Yacht Club and National Yacht Club, Chairper- son; Dr. C. Douglas Creelman, Senior National Judge, National Yacht Club and Royal Canadian Yacht Club; Mr. Peter Wood, Senior National Judge, Nepean Sailing Club; Ms. Wendy Loat, National Judge, Ashbridge’s Bay Yacht Club

Initiatives of the Committee Recruit and certify Club and Provincial Judges Encourage Ontario judges to maintain their certification Provide CYA Judge Training seminars Provide seminars on the racing rules of sailing Recruit certified Ontario judges for regattas and club races throughout Ontario Provide mentorship and consultation to protest committees

Number of Judges Trained in Ontario: 2003 2004 2005 2006 36 9 49 0

Club Judge Certifications in Ontario, 2006 New certifications Renewals Searle Port Credit Yacht Club Darin McRae Cadets Canada Robert Doiron LaSalle Mariners Yacht Club Bill Frenke Oakville Yacht Squadron

Judges in Ontario 2003 2004 2005 2006 Number of Certified Judges International Senior National No records 7 7 7 National 10 10 9 Provincial 6 7 5 Club 9 8 8 TOTAL 48 23 25 80 55 54 New Ontario Judge certifications International 0 0 0 1 Senior National 0 0 0 1 National 1 1 0 0 Provincial 0 3 1 0 Club 0 1 3 3 12 regis- 1 certified 4 certified 5 certified tered

Goals met in 2006:

1. Provide updates to the CYA database of certified judges in Ontario. All currently certified judges in Ontario who have signed the privacy agreement under PIPEDA are now listed. 2. Ensure that all certified judges in Ontario receive the CYA Judges Newsletter, “From the Jury Desk”. 3. Collaboration continues with the CYA Judges Programme, with two members of the Ontario Sail- ing Judge Certification Committee also sitting on the CYA Judges Committee. 15

2006 Annual General Meeting Minutes

Sunday January 22, 2006

1030 hours Annual General Meeting National Trade Centre (Ricoh Coliseum), Exhibition Place, Toronto

Meeting Called To Order Todd Irving, President called the meeting to order at 10:30 AM and welcomed everyone.

Quorum Al Will, Executive Director declared we have a quorum and welcomed special guests & sponsors. (87 people present)

Minutes M/S Ron Kobrick/Donna Scott “That the Minutes of the AGM of Sunday January 23rd, 2005 be approved as presented” Carried

Report of the President & Executive Director Todd Irving, President spoke to a short power point presentation touching on the highlights of 2005 as presented in the annual report.

Treasurer’s Report Ivan Lavine, Treasurer read his Treasurer’s Report as presented on page 5 of the Annual Report and addressed the Audited Financial statements that were handed out at the registration desk, and re- ported a $4,925 deficit for year ended March 31st, 2005.

M/S Jim Dike/Jim Allen “That the Auditor’s Report of March 31st, 2005 be accepted as presented” Carried

M/S Erin Sinyard/Peter Van Buskirk “That the Auditing Firm of Hilborn Ellis Grant be appointed at a fee to be set by the Board of Directors for the audit of fiscal 2005/06. Carried

M/S Glenn Lethbridge/Pat Lymburner “Be it resolved that all Acts, Contracts, By-laws, Proceedings, Appointments, Elections, and Payments enacted, made, done and taken by Directors and Officers of the corporation on its behalf since the last Annual General Meeting, as the same are set out, or referred to in the Minutes of the Meetings of the Directors, or the Officers, or the Financial Statements be approved, ratified and confirmed.” Carried Acceptance of Annual Report Todd & Al answered questions re: How donations were distributed to program areas in accordance with donor requests Lack of Zone reports is probably the result of electronic communications between the Ontario Sail- ing office directly to member clubs, sailing schools & camps There being no further questions

M/S Marianne Davis/James Mitchell “That the Annual Report be accepted as presented.” Carried

Greeting from CYA Todd introduced Tim Brown the new (4-months) Executive Director of CYA. Tim spoke to his back- ground, orientation and the challenges ahead including the Long Term Athlete Development Plan. Tim recognized some of his key volunteers from Ontario including Todd Irving President and Ontario Sailing Past Presidents; Jim Dike, Ron Kobrick and Michael Vollmer.

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2006 Annual General Meeting Minutes (cont’d)

Nominating Committee Report Todd called up Jim Dike Past President and Chair of the Nominating Committee to present his report. Directors stood as their name was called. (* Regrets)

The Nominating Committee named by the Ontario Sailing Board of Directors was comprised of: Jim Dike – Chair, Frenchman’s Bay Yacht Club Bill Merry * – Oakville Yacht Squadron John Osborn * – Barrie Yacht Club Marion Wyatt * – Brockville Yacht Club Brian Knoll – Cathedral Bluffs Yacht Club

This Committee is pleased to present the following slate for selection as Officers for the ensuing year:

1 President: Todd Irving The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2 Treasurer Erin Sinyard Queen’s Quay Sailing & Power boating 3 Vice-President & Tim Bishop The Royal Canadian Yacht Club Secretary 4 Vice-President Bernie Luttmer (Sr) * National Yacht Club and The Boulevard Club 5 Vice-President Kim Case Kingston Yacht Club

Directors of the Association

The following Directors have agreed to remain for another term:

6 Clive Barry * Sarnia Yacht Club 7 Keith Hobbs Lac Deschenes Sailing Club 8 David Lewis Maple Leaf Sailing Club 9 Craig Pattinson Queen’s Quay Sailing & Power boating 10 Michael Rustom The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 11 Christine Searle * Nepean Sailing Club

The following volunteers have agreed to join the Board of Directors for 2006: 12 Tom Babcock Britannia Yacht Club 13 Mary Neumann St. James Town Sailing Club 14 Cam Watt Bronte Harbour Yacht Club

Jim cast the one deciding ballot. Carried

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2006 Annual General Meeting Minutes (cont’d)

Retiring Directors Al and Todd thanked the following Directors who were retiring and presented tokens of appreciation: Susan Irving 2003-2005 (Regrets) Ivan Lavine 2002-2005 Al Ouellette 2004-2005

Presentation of CYA Awards to Ontario Award Winning Clubs Presenting Recognition Recipients Michael Vollmer CYA Recreation Event Broad Reach Foundation James Mitchell accepting

Ron Kobrick Chisholm Trophy for Excellence in Race Man- RCYC – Worlds, agement Chris Johnston accepting

Jim Dike William Abbott Senior Trophy – Sail Training Kingston Yacht Club Program of the Year Marianne Davis accepting

Aileen Clarke drew Draw was held for hand held GPS donated by Jeff Chadwick, EYC the winning ballot Morris & MacKenzie Winner ticket

Al Announced Ontario Sailing athletes and volunteers that won various awards over the past year in- cluding:

Presenters Ontario Sailing Awards Recipients

Aileen Clarke Aileen Clarke Youth Performance Ranking RHYC Trophy (13 & under) Paul Vayda accepting

Brent Hughes Unistrut Central Youth Performance Rank- KYC ing Trophy (16 & under) Robert Davis accepting

Ted Ison Edward Ison Youth Performance Ranking RCYC Trophy (18 & under) Brian Gooderham Vice-Commodore accepting

George Blanchard George Blanchard Youth Performance RCYC Ranking Trophy (Overall) Brian & Bill Gooderham & Lee Parkhill accepting

Donna Scott Female Junior Sailors of the Year Joanne Prokop Ron Prokop accepting

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2006 Annual General Meeting Minutes (cont’d)

Tim Bishop Youth Sailor of the Year David Hayes Irene McNeill accepting

Al Will The Developing Sailor of the Evan Lewis Year David Lewis accepting

Al Ouellette The Amy Cada Female Sailor of the Year Tom Babcock accepting

Irene McNeill Regatta of the Year for the Ontario Sailing Sarnia Yacht Club 23 & Under Championships Al Ouellette accepting

Pat Roulstone Angus (Bud) Roulstone Leadership Award Ashley Lethbridge

Heather Robertson Ontario Sailing Award of Excellence Spon- Jenny McEwen-Hill & Al Will sored By Boat For Sail Publications (Paul Vayda accepting) & Linda Waddell Todd Irving Sailor of the Year Chris Cook Brian Gooderham Vice-Commodore accepting

Todd Irving Past Presidents were called up to help Pre- Alex McAuley & Bill Cheek sent the Presidents’ Trophy

Motion to Adjourn There being no further business:

M/S Pat Lymburner/Ivan Lavine “That the meeting be adjourned.” (12:15 PM) Carried

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RECREATION

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LEARN TO CRUISE and POWER COMMITTEE REPORT From Craig Pattinson, Chairperson and Eric Cartlidge, Program Director

2006 has in many ways been a transition year which has generated a positive groundswell, and with it a solid platform to build on in 2007. At the CYA Learn to Cruise Committee (CLTC) level there was a change in leadership as Kim Moffatt, a member of the Ontario Learn to Cruise Committee (OLTC), took on the role of Chair. This has given the CLTC some direction, certainly in relation to generation of train- ing curriculum and material. At the same time there has been a resurgence in volunteer support within the OLTC and with the increased involvement of younger faces to support the “old guard”, we are working in alignment with the CLTC to deliver materials by spring which will help to improve both profes- sionalism and efficiency within the ranks of our Learn to Cruise instructors.

Ontario Learn To Cruise Instructors: This year we had a reduction in the total number of instructors trained in the province, with a significant decrease in the number of Basic Cruising Instructors and Instructor Evaluators trained. This is obviously disappointing, but at the same time it is not unusual in the traditionally cyclical profile of instructor train- ing. There was a significant increase in power instructors certified compared to prior years. This shows an overall growth of interest from the public for both general knowledge and perhaps in relation to the approach of 2009 when the PCOC becomes mandatory.

Cruising: New Candidates 2006 2005 2004 & Recertifications Basic Cruising 19 26 16 Intermediate Cruising 3 2 4 Advanced Cruising 0 1 2 IE’s: New & Recertifications

Basic Cruising 0 6 6 Power 1 4 0 Power: New & Cross-Over Basic Power 8 3 6

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Ontario Learn To Cruise Student Registrations: In the fourth year of the Student Registration Program, the overall participation numbers bounced back from the slight fall in the prior year with an increase of 182 year over year. For the breakdown of partici- pants please see our full Annual Report on our website, OntarioSailing.ca.

The greatest increase came in the Basic Cruising category which is good news for the sport in general as we draw in more new entrants. While Intermediate and Advanced both fell slightly the overall pic- ture is positive.

Angus Yachts of Toronto were once again kind sponsors of the Learn to Cruise registration program and we look forward to continued participation in 2007.

This was our first full year working with Eric and he has been a valuable asset to the Learn to Cruise pro- gram in general. We have debated a number of policy areas during the year and it is enjoyable to work with someone who brings a meaningful point of view to his role and cares so much about the pro- gram. We continue to be fortunate to work with such a dedicated and friendly staff.

Fair Winds and Great Sailing

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ABLE SAIL REPORT From Keith Hobbs, Chairperson and Eric Cartlidge, Program Director

Ontario Sailing has several initiatives to increase the level of accessible sailing in Ontario. Through our programs, and use of special equipment, people of all ages and with all types of disabilities can experi- ence the joy of sailing.

Able Sail Ontario The Clubs that offer Able Sail programs across the province and Ontario Sailing have formed a provin- cial Able Sail collaboration called Able Sail Ontario. The clubs represented in this collaboration, along with Ontario Sailing, will share resources, information and promote events with the goal of increasing the number of sailors with disabilities in Ontario. In addition the Ontario Sailing Able Sail Committee was established to help with able sail initiatives across the province.

Access BOOM The Access BOOM mobile is a traveling sailing school that journeys to different communities with two CYA Certified instructors, 4 Accessible , a coach boat, and teaching aids to teach sailing to people with disabilities. The specially designed Access Dinghy makes it possible for people with a vari- ety of disabilities to sail independently. The Access BOOM program was created in 2000 to give chil- dren with disabilities a new recreational activity to enjoy in the summer, but we do have some adult participants in this program as well. In 2006 approximately 80 participants experienced the thrill of sail- ing through this program. This program runs for eight weeks in the summer. In 2006 we once again in- cluded a 2 week trip out east to Nova Scotia to help develop sustainable accessible programming. We visited the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron and the Community of Washabuck, both of which were a huge success. A special thanks goes out to Dave Zeni and Mark York who taught the Access BOOM Program this sum- mer.

Able Sail Demonstration The purpose of this mobile is to increase both club and individual awareness of sailing opportunities for people with disabilities. In 2006 we promoted sailing opportunities for people with disabilities through Boat Shows, our Annual Training Workshop, and Club Open Houses.

Program Development Ontario Sailing works with volunteers from various clubs across Ontario to help them start and run sailing programs for people with disabilities. Over the course of the last few years we have helped clubs and schools develop accessible sailing programs that meet the needs of their specific club. Ontario Sailing has helped with things such as specific programming issues, the acquisitions of equipment and aid for applying for financial grants. This year, Ontario Sailing ran 2 Able Sail Volunteer workshops. Both the Kingston and Hamilton workshops were well received and plans for next year’s workshops are already in the works. In addition Ontario Sailing aided in the development of 2 more sustainable accessible sailing programs at Dalhousie Yacht Club and Frenchman’s Bay Yacht Club. This brings the total of Accessible Sailing programs in Ontario to 17, which is more than any other province in the country!

Ontario Sailing was also able to help facilitate, in partnership with the Blind Sailing Association of Can- ada (BSAC), the first ever Blind Basic Cruising course offered to the participants at the BSAC. We hope to build on this accomplishment for next year.

Boat Loan/Lease Program Ontario Sailing owns several accessible sailboats that we loan/lease to clubs and sailing schools that want to provide sailing opportunities for people with disabilities. Our Boat Loan/Lease Program is an important part of Program Development. Loaning or leasing boats from Ontario Sailing allows clubs to open their doors to people with disabilities, with minimal resources. This season Ontario Sailing loaned out 2 Martin 16’s and 4 Access Dinghies to 4 different sites.

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ABLE SAIL REPORT (cont’d) From Keith Hobbs, Chairperson and Eric Cartlidge, Program Director

Competitive Sailing In 2006 several clubs hosted regattas for sailors with disabilities. Our athletes with a disability competed at the following regattas: Skippers’ Plan Cup, the National Capital Cup, the Coupe de Quebec, the John Farrell Memorial Regatta, the Mobility Cup, the Canadian Access Dinghy Regatta, the Blind Sail- ing World Championships and CORK just to name a few.

This summer Martin 16 sailors had the opportunity to participate in an excellent training camp in King- ston before the CORK Regatta and our Blind Sailors reaped the benefits of training with Ontario Sailing’s Provincial Able Sail Coach, Sarah Urquhart.

In addition, under the direct supervision of Sarah Urquhart the Provincial Able Sail Team was formed. These 5 outstanding athletes put up some great results and competed in some high calibre regattas. Special thanks goes out to Sarah for all her hard work this year.

It was a great year for athletes with a disability in Ontario Sailing and I hope that in 2007 we are able to build on our accomplishments from 2006.

AbleSailOntario.ca AbleSailOntario.ca was created to help people with disabilities find information on how to get into the sport of sailing as well as where accessible sailing programs are located and the equipment that is used. Check it out!

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WOMEN SAILORS’ ASSOCIATION REPORT From Margaret Betts, President

The Women Sailors’ Association is a network through which women can learn and participate in all as- pects of sailing. And how is this achieved? During the off season, October to early May, regular monthly dinner meetings with guest speakers are held and, commencing May to mid September, on the water activities take place.

Just prior to the racing season an evening is devoted to a race training session including an in-depth review of the racing rules.

During the 2006 season, in addition to the Women’s Monday Night Racing Series organized under the National Yacht Club umbrella, the Toronto Area Women’s Keelboat (T.A.W.K.) Series, an Ontario Sailing sanctioned event of 4 races, ran concurrently with the Women’s Monday Night Racing series and was scored separately.

1st Ontario Sailing Gold After You Judy Stevens National Yacht Club 2nd Ontario Sailing Silver Rhum Punch Pat McRae Etobicoke Yacht Club 3rd Ontario Sailing Bronze L’Attitude Jane McLaughlin National Yacht Club

In August, Ashbridges Bay Yacht Club hosted the very successful Ontario Women’s Keelboat Champi- onships. Thirteen boats from 8 clubs participated under ideal conditions – steady medium winds. Tro- phies sponsored by Genco were presented to the winners of the Flying Sails and White Sail divisions and Ontario Sailing water bottles were presented to the top three in each division as follows:

Flying Sails White Sails Women on the Helm 1st OS Gold Rags 1st OS Gold Synergy 1st OS Gold Kaos 2nd OS Silver Apple Jack 2nd OS Silver Rutaine 2nd OS Silver Iron Chien 3rd OS Bronze Looney Tunes 3 rd OS Bronze Arriba 3rd OS Silver Someday

The 2007 Ontario Women’s Keelboat Championship is scheduled to take place in August at the Na- tional Yacht Club. All women from Ontario are welcome to participate. There are no qualifying re- quirements for this event.

In addition to summer and winter activities, the WSA also provides sponsorship – the Women Sailor’s Association Award which is awarded to the Ontario Sailing Female Junior Sailor of the Year.

Our thanks to Ontario Sailing for their ongoing support and contribution to WSA's successful year.

BOOM PROGRAM REPORT From Eric Cartlidge, Program Director

The BOOM Program at a Glance 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

Number of Mobiles 3 3 3 3 4

Number of Participants 481(445) 495 (479) 485 (399) 381 (332) 578 (469)

Number of Sites Visited 19(17) 19 (17) 20 (17) 22 (19) 23 (20)

Number of New Boats 0 3 2 8 8 for Mobiles

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BOOM PROGRAM REPORT (cont’d) From Eric Cartlidge, Program Director

2006 was once again a very successful year for the BOOM Program. This year 481 people participated in a BOOM Mobile, which is slightly down from 2005. Ontario Sailing operated three Mobiles this sum- mer, two that offered BOOM, and one that offered a combination of Access BOOM and an Instructor only mobile. In total our three mobiles visited 19 different sites for 1, 2 or 3 weeks at a time.

Mobiles – The BOOM program this year was in higher demand than it has been in a long time. There were 18 hosts on the waiting list and as you can see from the chart above, the number of participants in the program is remaining steady. There were once again programs that offered a variety of pro- gramming options to the BOOM participants. Some offered full day programming while others offered half day programming.

Of the 19 sites visited, 12 of them hosted one of the BOOM mobiles in 2005 showing that the program is still growing and reaching across the province, however, it is also leaving a lasting impression for repeat clientele, which there continues to be a high demand for. For 2006 the BOOM Program sold out by the beginning of December and the Access BOOM by the end of February, thus showing that the demand for the programs remains high. Once again the Access BOOM Program traveled out East and spent two weeks in Nova Scotia, at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron and in the Community of Washabuck, helping promote accessible sailing on the east coast.

Equipment - We did not purchase any new boats this year as we did not have the funds to do so. The Escape Mangos in our fleet will need to be replaced soon and we are currently in the process of grant application to make this happen for 2007. Once again the rudders and the rudder heads on both the Mangos and the Picos were a problem, with us replacing 5 rudders and 3 rudder heads.

Participants – This year all the Mobiles ran for eight weeks. The program ran from 9:00am - 4:00pm Mon- day to Friday. Once again the adult evening classes, running from 6:00pm – 9:00pm, were a huge suc- cess attracting more than 70 participants this.

Host Sites – Ontario Sailing would like to thank all the host sites for their continued support and commit- ment to the BOOM/Access BOOM Programs in 2005.

Belwood Lake Sailing Club North Channel Power and Sail Squadron Glouster Pool Sailing Association Little Current Yacht Club Haileybury Yacht Squadron Temagami Sailing Club Kincardine Yacht Club Port Dover Yacht Club Port Elgin Power and Sail Go Home Bay Madawaska Valley Grand Bend Yacht Club Stormont Yacht Club Lac Deschenes Sailing Club Municipality of Chatham-Kent Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (NS) Community of Washabuck (NS) Etobicoke Yacht Club Peterborough Sailing Club

Thank you to all the wonderful instructors who taught BOOM and Access BOOM Programs this summer. Dave Zeni, Jessica Cole, Mark York, Emily Cohen-Gallant, Scott Thompson, and Sebastian Major

The BOOM & Access BOOM Mobiles would not be possible without the generous support of all of our spon- sors

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SAFE SAILING IN CAMPS REPORT From Eric Cartlidge, Program Director

The summer of 2006 marked the fourth and final year of the Trillium grant that mainly funded the Safe Sailing In Camps Program . This program was developed to better serve our member camps through providing a number of new training opportunities specifically for camps.

The types of programs we were able to offer camps this summer included: Sailing Skills Weekends, the Annual Camp Sailing Instructor Training Weekend, On-Site Spring Training Clinics, and a Summer Mobile Program (with or without boats).

This summer the program was a huge success and once again we were able to train a record number of staff and increase the sailing skills of a large amount of participants.

The chart below shows an overview of the last 4 years of the Safe Sailing In Camps Program and the number of participants associated with each aspect of the program:

Program Number of Clinics/ Number of Clinics/ Number of Clinics/ Number of Clinics/ Participants2003 Participants2004 Participants Participants 2005 2006 Annual Camp 1/9 1/5 1/5 1/10 Instructor Clinic Sailing Skills 1/22 2/12 1/3 1/4 Weekends Spring Camp 3/31 5/32 7/61 10/73 Visits Summer 5/247 6/276 5/223 4/245 Camp Mobile With Boats Summer 0/0 2/62 1/34 1/40 Camp Mobile Without Boats Total 10/309 16/387 15/326 17/372 This year our Annual Camp Instructor Clinic was a huge success for both the participants and for the host site. We changed the host site from Camp Kitchikewana in Georgian Bay to Camp Kawartha north of Peterborough which was easier to get to and closer to Toronto. This increased the number of participants as seen in the chart above.

The number of Spring On-site Camp visits also increased to a record level. At the On-site Camp visits we train up to 12 instructors per site at a fraction of the cost for a camp to send 12 people to the Camp Instructor Clinic. A combination of these two successful elements of the program resulted in training a record number of staff throughout the Spring.

Another aspect of the program that continues to be popular is the Summer Mobile with boats. Our two instructors arrived at the camp on Sunday afternoon with a trailer full of boats (thanks to the wonderful support of our sponsors) and set-up and taught at the camp for the week. At some camps they worked with the Counsellors in Training to improve their sailing skills so that they will feel confident to take camp- ers out on the water when they become counsellors, and at other camps our staff worked along side the camps waterfront staff teaching the campers and helping staff improve their instructing skills.

Once again one of the highlights of this year’s Safe Sailing in Camps Program was the participation in the Ontario Camping Association’s (OCA) Annual Skills weekend held at YMCA Camp Wanakita. This weekend provided a variety of camp staff the opportunity to get trained in aspects of a particular skill. Participants were able to choose from a variety of activities such as kayaking, canoeing, wilderness first aid and sailing, to name a few.

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SAFE SAILING IN CAMPS REPORT From Eric Cartlidge, Program Director

It was also a great opportunity to network within the OCA community to see where the gaps exist in camp sailing programs and where Ontario Sailing can provide solutions to fill those gaps. This clinic also allowed Ontario Sailing to strengthen the relationship with the Ontario Camping Association.

With the end of our Trillium funding, we will continue to focus on the Spring training in 2007 to help camps maintain quality staff, however we will have to do it at an increased price so the numbers may be affected in a negative way. We will also continue to offer the Summer camp mobiles but they will be incorporated into the BOOM programming scheduling and pricing.

This program, like many of our programs would not be possible without the support of our sponsors. On- tario Sailing would like to acknowledge the boat dealers and manufacturers who supplied us with boats for our 2006 Mobile. Thank you to the CL Sailboat Shop who provided us with a CL11, and a Code 40; Fogh Marine who provided us with a Hobie Bravo and a Pico Dinghy; PS2000 who provided us with 2 Dinghies and Swans Yacht Sales who provided us with a . The Safe Sailing in Camps Program would also not be possible without the generous support of the Ontario Trillium Founda- tion.

Thank you to Orest Werbowy and John El-Raheb who worked on the Safe Sailing in Camps Program this summer.

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LEARN TO SAIL COMMITTEE REPORT From Kim Foley, Chairperson and Amy Goman, Program Director

Yet another great year at Ontario Sailing! This year, we trained 400 instructors at 20 clinics during the 2006 season. Congratulations to the 10 new Instructor Evaluators trained at the annual clinic in the spring.

This year, a record number of windsurfing instructors were certified. We look forward to continuing this trend in 2007!

For the highlights of our clinic attendance and training please see our Full Annual Report at OntarioSail- ing.ca.

Thank you to all of the host sites that ran a great clinic this year:

Barrie Yacht Club Fanshawe Yacht Club Stony Lake Yacht Club Buffalo Canoe Club Lake Joseph Yacht Club Toronto Windsurfing Club Burlington Sailing and Boating Nepean Sailing Club Whitby Yacht Club Club Oakville Yacht Squadron Camp Kawartha Port Credit Yacht Club

We look forward to working with all of our member clubs in the 2006 season.

Check out LearnToSail.ca and OntarioSailing.ca for information about training opportunities in the province. We look forward to continuing to offer high quality training for the 2007 season. Ontario Sail- ing has the pleasure of hiring highly trained and certified individuals who are strongly committed to improving sailing in Canada. Thank you to all of our Instructor Evaluators for 2006:

Ali Beck Shayne Hall Charlie Rishor Owen Bird Kate Janson Erin Ross Cyrus Boadway Jeremy Kennedy Darian Silk Amanda Carson (Gibson) Ashley Lethbridge Dan Smith Kim (Case) Foley Lennie Liscio Lara Smythe Kirk Cavell Rob Lytle Eryn Sullivan Cody Cote Tom Mae Sarah Urquhart Steve Cutting Karen May Cam Watt Ally Downs Ryan May Jenni Willes Graham Fraser Bob McGrath David Zeni Amy Goman Anton Mihic

The Instructor clinic schedule and registration form will be available on our website, OntarioSailing.ca in the spring. We will continue to promote and use our online registration system, which was a great suc- cess this season!

Instructors, please make sure your pre-requisites are up to date prior to your clinic to ensure proper cer- tification prior to the start of the sailing season. All instructors must pay their annual CYA dues, plus complete necessary pre-requisites before they are fully certified. Annual dues are valid from January 1 – December 31st and are due each year. Not all fully certified and insured instructors will be listed on the CYA website due to requirements with the privacy policy. Please ask the instructors hired at your club to provide proof of insurance and certification.

Thank you to the staff of the Canadian Yachting Association, Ontario Sailing and the tremendous club volunteers who made this year a great success!

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COMPETITION

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RACE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT From John Weakley, Chairperson

The Ontario Sailing Race Management Committee (OSRMC) is responsible for the training and certifi- cation / recertification of Assistant and Club Race Officers in the province, while CYA is responsible for the same functions at the National and Senior National level. In Ontario, the Race Management Committee consists of all of the Ontario Race Management Course Conductors, plus any National and Senior National Race Officers who wish to be involved. 2006 has been a busy year.

Race Management Seminars

It has been recognized for some time now, that the course materials used in the training of Race Offi- cers needed to be revised to incorporate new techniques and the evolving demands of Race Man- agement. The CYA Race Management Committee has been working on this project for several years and presented the first at Course Conductor Seminars held in Vancouver and Toronto in Febru- ary. While it was obvious that a lot of effort had been put in to the new material, there were many suggestions for revisions (69 at Toronto). Unfortunately, the “Race Management Seminar Season” was about to start in Ontario, and the “old material” used in conducting seminars was seriously out of date. Since the suggested revisions to the CYA proposal could not be accomplished in time, a crash pro- gram was initiated in Ontario to produce updated material for our Course Conductors. This resulted in two Power Point presentations. The first, consisting of 75 “slides”, was to be used in the training of Assis- tant Race Officers, while the second, consisting of 197 “slides” is used in the Club Race Officer seminars. It must be emphasized that these two programs are temporary measures. Hopefully, most if not all of their content will be incorporated in the final CYA material, which remains “a work in progress”.

Race Management Seminars were held at: Barrie Yacht Club National Yacht Club Etobicoke Yacht Club Bronte Yacht Club Cobourg Yacht Club

The Marksetting Course was held at Etobicoke Yacht Club.

Certification / Recertification

A new certification / recertification procedure has been established. The requirements for Assistant Race Officer and Club Race Officer have been revised by CYA and are reflected in the new protocol used in Ontario.

Website Development / Title Event Hosting Package

In order to assist host clubs in conducting our Title Events, Ontario Sailing has developed a series of materials available on the website. Many of the members of the Ontario Sailing Race Management Committee contributed to the development of this material.

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REGATTA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT From Irene McNeill, Chairperson

This is the first report from the Ontario Sailing Regatta Management Committee.

The committee has had one formal meeting to date (February, 2006), attended by Andrew Alberti, (Chair, Appeals Committee), Lynne Beal (Chair, Judges Committee), David Lewis (Board representa- tive), Irene McNeill (Chair, Regatta Management Committee) and John Weakley (Chair, Race Man- agement Committee). The scope and mandate of the committee were discussed. It will remain a core group, comprised of the chairs of the committees reporting to the Regatta Management Com- mittee and the current Board representative. A proposal was brought to the Ontario Sailing Board sug- gesting that the Appeals Committee not report directly to the Regatta Management Committee but instead report to the President of Ontario Sailing, mimicking the CYA model. It is suggested that an Um- pires Committee (should it be struck) report to the Regatta Management Committee. A strategic plan for the committee has yet to be formalized. The Committee recommended that the evaluation of On- tario Sailing title regattas by participants continue by electronic survey. This should be in place for the upcoming sailing season as well as on-line registration for Ontario Sailing Title events. The selection process for Ontario representatives to the Canada Summer Games was reviewed and revised by Lynne Beal and Andrew Alberti separately. The findings were presented to the Ontario Sailing Board for con- sideration and adoption.

A vision statement was prepared for the committee. Proposals in this statement include:

· The committee will assist Ontario Sailing with the selection of dates and venues to host the Ontario Sailing Title events. · The committee will work with host clubs of Ontario Sailing Title events and provide consultation, sup- port, contacts and general assistance in the planning, organization and implementation of the event, as requested. · The committee will work with host clubs to train club members by providing race management and judge seminars as required, prior to the event. · The committee will provide on-site assistance and mentoring at the event.

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ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT From Tim Bishop, Chairperson and Amy Goman, Program Director

As we approach the 2007 sailing season, it is a great time to look back at the numerous accomplish- ments in Ontario and by Ontario’s athletes in 2006.

2006: Ontario Sailors Shine Locally, Nationally, Internationally

Ontario’s athletes continue to shine on the race course locally, nationally, and internationally. Con- gratulations to the following sailors on their outstanding performances in 2006! Good luck in 2007!

Dirk Kneulman along with Jud Smith and Thomas Saunders of the US Won the 2006 Audi Worlds Hans Fogh, Roger Cheer, and Gordon Devries Won the 2006 World Championship Michael Lee, Johan Koppenmaes, and Doug Brown Won the 2006 Shark Worlds Chris Cook Won the North American Championships - ranked 2nd in the world Rossi Milev, Mark Goodyear, Gail Grey, Mike McKean, and Jeremy Edwards Won the J24 North American Championships - qualified for the PanAm Games Brock Hopemorley and Jason Hearst Finished 2nd at the North Americans Bernard Luttmer Finished 3rd at the Laser North American Championships and 11th at the Laser World Championships - currently ranked 7th in the world Oskar Johansson and Kevin Stittle Finished 4th at the North American Championships - ranked 6th in the world Todd Irving, Hamish Matthew, Tim Bishop, and Michael Rustom Top Canadian at the 2006 J24 Canadian Championships – 3rd overall Jen Provan and Carol Luttmer Finished 4th at the Barcelona Olympic Sailing week - ranked 9th in the world Robert Davis Qualified in the Laser for the 2007 Youth Sailing IASF World Championships Erin McNeill and Kevin Stittle Qualified for the 2007 PanAm Games in the Hobie16

2006: Ontario Hosts 13 National, International Championships

2006 was an exciting summer for racers looking to stay close to home and get premiere racing at the same time! Ontario was host to 10 Canadian Championships, including the , /CII, Junior Y-Flyer, , Laser/Radial Masters, , Martin 16, 2.4m, Access Dinghy, and J24. On- tario also hosted the Finn and Albacore North American Championships and the Shark World Champi- onships. Thank you to all of the volunteers and supporters for these events!

2006: Ontario Sailing Team Highlights

The Ontario Sailing Team has had a fantastic year. This year athletes traveled all across North America and for both training and competition. Top race results by OST team members include: - Lee Parkhill Canadian Youth Champion in the Laser Class - Robert Davis Canadian Youth Champion in the Radial Class - Emily Hill Canadian Youth Champion in the Byte Class - Brock Hopemorely and Jason Hearst 2nd at the 29er North American Championships - Erin McNeill Qualified in the Hobie16 for the PanAm Games

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ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT (cont’d) From Tim Bishop, Chairperson and Amy Goman, Program Director

Ontario Sailing Team members include (*member of the Canadian Youth Team):

Laser Paul Brikis*, Robert Davis*, Chris Dold, Sam Fuller, Evan Lewis, Lee Parkhill*, Colin van Schoor*, Tyler Woodbury Radial Katie Abbott, Amy Cada, Ira Carson, Greg Clunies, Kristyn Hope, Erin Kestenbaum*, Claire Merry*, Joanne Prokop* Byte Emily Hill, Emily Searle 29er Alanna Foscarini*, Paula Foscarini*, Jason Hearst, Brock Hopemorley, Todd Ulbinas Erin McNeill Development Team Michael Blumer, Landon Gardner, Michael Gordon, Ingrid Merry, Maggie Vincent

OST Winter Training Update Throughout the months of January through March our team traveled to Florida to participate in several regattas which included: Orange Bowl, Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, Laser Mid Winter East Regatta, and 29er Mid Winter Regatta. Two training camps were run in Florida. The first was held the first week in January in Miami at the US Sailing Center. The second camp was held in Sarasota at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron in March. Lasers, Radials, 29ers, and Bytes participated. OST Summer Training Update Our youth members of the team traveled to Alberta in August to compete in the CYA Sail West Championships at Calgary Yacht Club, followed by the Canadian Youth Championships hosted by the Wabamun Sailing Club. 29er sailors traveled to Weymouth, England to compete in the 29er World Championships. Al- though this event proved to be a challenge for our teams, the experienced helped our sail- ors prepare for other events such as the 29er North Americans held later that year, where Brock Hopemorely and Jason Hearst finished 2nd overall.

The Ontario Sailing Team has great momentum from 2006 and team members are looking forward to 2007.

2006: 8 Athletes Receive Quest for Gold Provincial Lottery Funding

Congratulations to our Quest for Gold recipients! 2006 ushered in the first year of provincial sport fund- ing from the Ministry of Health Promotion called Quest for Gold. This program, supported wholly by lot- tery proceeds in the province of Ontario, supports top athletes and coaches in the province. In 2006, 8 athletes received funding to assist with their personal fundraising campaigns. The program is being expanded in 2007 and Ontario Sailing hopes the trend toward long-term athlete development support by the provincial government will continue.

Please support our athletes with your purchase of Quest for Gold lottery tickets!

2006 Quest for Gold recipients include:

- Paul Brikis - Deirdre Crampton - Evan Lewis - Rob Patterson - Amy Cada - Martha Henderson - Lee Parkhill - Joanne Prokop

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ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT (cont’d) From Tim Bishop, Chairperson and Amy Goman, Program Director

2006: Over 1,000 Athletes Compete for Ontario Championships

Thank you to the host clubs, officials, and volunteers – Ontario’s provincial championship events were a great success! The total number of competitors at 2006 Ontario Title Events and Youth Festival was 1,066 competitors!

2006: Ontario Sailing Title Event Results

The Ontario Sailing Title Events series is the top provincial-level racing series in Ontario. Please see our full Annual Report at OntarioSailing.ca for the listing of top results by class.

2006: Ontario Title Events Participation Levels Remain Strong

For the second year in a row, participation remains strong. The number of total athletes at Ontario Title events is indicated here by event and gender: Event Male Female Total Ontario 23 & Under Single 45 24 69 Brockville Yacht Club Sarnia Sailfest / Ontario 18 & Under Single 106 58 164 Sarnia Yacht Club 23 & Under Double / 18 &Under Double 28 14 42 Etobicoke Yacht Club Fogh Boorman / Ontario 16 & Under Double 157 76 233 / Ontario 13 & Under Single and Double Royal Hamilton Yacht Club High School Championships 73 44 117 Oakville Yacht Squadron Ontario Summer Games 22* 22* 44 Nepean Sailing Club Cornish Hen / Women’s Provincial Championships 94 38 132 Royal Hamilton Yacht Club Youth Festival 229 130 359 Portsmouth Olympic Harbour Total 754 406 1160

*Please note teams were not represented in results as male or female, but simply club teams, therefore the split of male to female may not total properly.

2006: Thank You to Ontario Sailing’s Supporters

Ontario Sailing would like to thank all our sponsors, host clubs and volunteers for making the 2006 sea- son a very successful one! We could not have done it without you!

Sponsors:

Brig Inflatables Coaches Association of Canada McTavish Associates Canadian Sports Centre of On- Fogh Marine Quest for Gold tario Gul Swans Yacht Sales

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ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT (cont’d) From Tim Bishop, Chairperson and Amy Goman, Program Director

Host Clubs: Brockville Yacht Club Etobicoke Yacht Club Royal Hamilton Yacht Club CORK – Portsmouth Olympic Har- Nepean Sailing Club Sarnia Yacht Club bour Oakville Yacht Squadron

Volunteers: AD Committee Members: Lynne Drivers of the Ontario Sailing Port Credit Yacht Club Beal, Tim Bishop, Marianne Davis, Team Van Race Officials Ron Kobrick, Corey Lynam, Lee National Yacht Club Regatta Supporters Parkhill, Cam Watt Parents, relatives and athlete supporters

Athlete Development Committee Mandate

The Athlete Development Committee Mandate has been restructured for 2007 to have a greater em- phasis on supporting top Ontario sailors with goals to join the Canadian Sailing Team. This mandate, while seemingly simplistic, will guide decision making at the committee level:

PURPOSE: To improve Ontario Sailing’s capability to develop athletes for greater racing pursuits.

GOAL: For Ontario’s sailors to achieve athletic excellence as part of their progression towards National Sailing Team status.

FOCUS: To provide quality training and regatta support.

Please watch for updated Ontario Sailing Team criteria in 2007 and 2008 that will better fit within the above mandate.

Contact Us

Your primary information contacts are as follows for on-going compliments or concerns: Ontario Sailing contact: Amy Goman – OST Coach & Program Director [email protected] 1-888-672-7245 ext 227 Ontario Sailing Team website page at OntarioSailing.ca

Athlete Development (AD) contact: Tim Bishop – Chair, AD Committee [email protected] 416-420-9420

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WINDSURFING COMMITTEE REPORT From Jon Matthews, Chairperson

The three events of the Ontario Sailing windsurfing circuit this year delivered impressive and challenging high wind conditions. The Toronto Windsurfing Club hosted our spring and late summer events, and our midsummer event, held in conjunction with the Canadian Masters' Championships was at Park in Orillia.

The Toronto Windsurfing Club's annual Boardfest has included the Ontario Sailing circuit as part of its season opener for the last three years. The June 10th weekend recruited fifteen coldwater keeners. Christopher Hope, and Louise and Ian Hayes donated their weekend to act as Race Committee and Jane Tindall and Janis Matthews worked the BBQ. The TWC sponsored a post-race social on Saturday evening where the sailors were able to warm up and renew friendships with their sailing comrades. David Hayes, our teenage Olympic hopeful, won the event with Jan Wroblewski's big formula sail finish- ing first in the masters' division and Stephanie Todd, sailing classic raceboard, first in the women's divi- sion.

Geneva Park in Orillia used to be a mainstay of windsurfing gathering, with the original Masters Cham- pionship there about 20 years ago. This year we used the August long weekend to re-introduce wind- surfing to Geneva Park. Most of the racers chose to stay in residence and it was a great family time. Geneva Park treated us very well, with wonderful food and service. We were also supplied with a separate meeting room for social events. We had 24 sailors participate in this event with racers coming from as far away as , Ottawa, and Kingston. It was a fabulous weekend mix of social, sun and great wind. Jan Wroblewski was the top formula sailor and Masao Abe, at the young age of 66, took top place in the raceboard class. Stephanie Todd was the first woman and Leland Graves was our first youth. Christopher Hope and Andy and Darlene Alleway acted as race committee and Bob Shuttle- worth and Andy Alleway donated their houseboat and dinghy as committee boats. Thanks to Michael Keltz, Stephanie Todd, Jerry Caplan and Bob Shuttleworth for their help in organizing one of the best weekend events ever.

The weekend of September 9th found us back at the TWC. Saturday was devoted to course racing and on Sunday the racers participated in the annual Mammoth Marathon, which is the annual 17 km race around Toronto Island. We had 15 participants for Saturday's course racing and the Mammoth had over sixty racers register. David Hayes won both the course racing and the Mammoth event and took home the Ontario Sailing Raceboard Cup, as the season's top racer. Nick Cox was first master and Andree Gauthier took the spot for first woman in Saturday's racing. This was the first regatta that Max Robinson, a new youth sailor at the TWC, had ever participated in and he was most impressive. We will have to look out for this thirteen year old in the future! Christopher Hope and Louise and Ian Hayes once again supplied us with an expert race committee. Thanks also go to Mike and Jane Tindall for their help with lunches and boats.

The organizing of a racing season involves many volunteers. Without them, these events would not happen. Special thanks to race chair, Christopher Hope, who volunteered his time and expertise for each of our regattas and to Louise and Ian Hayes, Darlene and Andy Alleway and Bob Shuttleworth. Hope to see you all back next season and we would love to see new faces join us for our weekends of racing and good fun.

In 2007 we expect the events to be : June 9,10 - TWC Boardfest Aug 11,12 - NCR in Ottawa Sept 8,9 - TWC Mammoth

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AWARDS COMMITTEE REPORT From Cam Watt, Chairperson and Eric Cartlidge, Program Director

The purpose of the Awards Committee is to help recognize excellence in sailing, leadership, and volunteer- ism and, ultimately, to nominate worthy people and organizations for awards of Ontario Sailing, the Cana- dian Yachting Association (CYA), and other related organizations.

The goal of the committee is to ensure that Ontario sailors, leaders and volunteers receive the recognition they deserve. To raise the profile of Ontarians worthy of recognition, specifically those associated with On- tario Sailing.

Congratulations to the Award winners of 2006 Awards: -Burlington Able Sail : Get Active Now- Non-Profit Organization Award -Keith Hobbs: Get Active Now- Individual Award Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration- Volunteer Service Award- 10 Years -Greg Clunies: James Worrall Award -Swans Marina/Bernie Luttmer: Ontario Sport Awards- Corporate Citation -Irene McNeill: Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration- Volunteer Service Award- 10 Years -Sarah Urquhart: CYA Coach of the Year Ontario Sailing Awards: TBA

The Ontario Sailing Awards Committee was pleased to nominate the following individuals/organizations for Awards in 2006:

Burlington Able Sail Kevin Stittle Chris Cook Jason Hearst Hans Fogh Amy Goman Emily Searle Swans Marina/Bernie Brock Hopemorely Irene McNeill Matt Searle Luttmer Alanna Foscarini Lisa Ross Nepean Sailing Club Greg Clunies Corey Lynam Emily Hill Royal Hamilton Yacht Mike Leigh Peter Wood Roslyn Dakin Club Bruce Millar Oakville Yacht Squad- Quinte Sailability John Miolla Sarah Urquhart ron Bernard Luttmer John Weakley Sail Georgian Bay Morten Fogh Oskar Johannson Ron Phelp McNeill Family Ron Kobrick Rossi Milev Victoria Crowder Keith Hobbs Robert Davis

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RECORD OF ONTARIO SAILING AWARD RECIPIENTS

Award of Excellence 1984 – Hans Fogh 1998 – Lorne Richter, Eastgate Ford 1985 – Hugh & Jamie Kidd 1999 – Tommy Wharton, The Royal Canadian 1986 – Karen & Gail Johnson Yacht Club 1987 – Peter Seidenberg 2000 – Jon Matthews 1988 – Frank McLaughlin, John Millen 2001 – Brian Knoll 1989 – William Abbott, Jr. 2002 – Bruce Bussin 1990 – Hank Lammens 2003 – Allan Sparrow 1991 – Hank Lammens 2004 – Lynne Beal 1992 – Larry MacDonald, Trevor Born 2005 – Linda Waddell/Jenny McEwen-Hill 1993 – Richard Clarke 2006 - To be announced at AGM 1994 – Terry McLaughlin 1995 – Hank Lammens Hans Fogh Award – Developing Sailor of the Year 1996 – Nicole Peligran 2000 – David Wright & Jessica Simpson 1997 – Bernard Luttmer, Mary Essig 2001 – Trevor McEwen & Ian McEwen 1998 – Trevor McEwan 2002 – Mike Hayes 1999 – Richard Clarke 2003 – Isaac Bussin 2000 – Oskar Johansson 2004 – Ethan Holtzer 2001 – Alex Singer 2005 – Evan Lewis 2002 – Bernard Luttmer 2006 – To be announced at AGM 2003 – Derek Hatfield 2004 – Mike Wolfs, Ross MacDonald Joanne Abbott Award – Female Sailor of the Year 2005 – Chris Cook 2000 – Jen Provan 2006 – To be announced at AGM 2001 – Jen Provan & Nikola Girke 2002 – Claudia Strobele Presidents’ Trophy 2003 – Victoria Crowder, Claudia Strobele 1984 – Alf Jenkins 2004 – Jen Provan, Nikola Girke 1985 – Sicotte Hamilton 2005 – Amy Cada 1986 – Donald Giffin 2006 – To be announced at AGM 1987 – Douglas Keary 1988 – Ross Cameron, Bud Gormley, for the CORK Youth Sailor of the Year Volunteers 2000 – Matt Johnston 1989 – Carole & Bruce Pearcy 2001 – Alex Singer 1990 – William Cheek 2002 – Conner Higgins 1991 – Barbara Bambrick 2003 – Evert McLaughlin 1992 – Larry MacDonald 2004 – Chris Dold 1993 – Sail Nepean Board, John Bottriell, Peter 2005 – David Hayes Wood, Brian 2006 – To be announced at AGM Jeun-Conway 1994 – Paul Henderson Women Sailor’s Association Award – Female Jun- 1995 – Darin McRae ior Sailor of the Year 1996 – Georgian Bay Sailing Association 2001 – Caroline Kaars Sijpesteijn 1997 – Easter Seals Regatta, RCYC 2002 – Yolande Gooderham & Katherine MacLen- 1998 – Leo Reise nan 1999 – Keith Hobbs 2003 – Erin Kestenbaum 2000 – David Sprague 2004 – Alessandra Herrera-Reimer 2001 – Peter Van Buskirk 2005 – Joanne Prokop 2002 – Alan May 2006 – To be announced at AGM 2003 – Laurel Connell 2004 – Michael Vollmer The Sailor of the Year Award 2005 – Alex McAuley 1982 – Terry Nelson 2006 – To be announced at AGM 1983 – Karen Morch

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RECORD OF ONTARIO SAILING AWARD RECIPIENTS (cont’d)

Angus (Bud) Roulstone Leadership Award Edward Ison Youth Performance Ranking 2000 – Rob Fox Trophy (18 & Under) 2001 – Tim Bishop 1998 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2002 – Darin McRae 1999 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2003 – Will Abbott 2000 - The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2004 – Karen May 2001 - The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2005 – Ashley Lethbridge 2002 - The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2006 – To be announced at AGM 2003 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2004 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club Regatta of the Year 2005 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2000 – Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club – Millennium 2006 – To be announced at AGM Regatta 2001 – Grand Bend Yacht Club – Canada Games George Blanchard Youth Performance 2001 Ranking Trophy (Overall) 2002 – Royal Hamilton Yacht Club – 2002 Europe 1991 – The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club World 1992 – The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club Championships 1993 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2003 – Etobicoke Yacht Club – J35 North Ameri- 1994 – The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club can 1995 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club Championships 1996 - The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2004 – Brockville Yacht Club – OSA 16 & Under 1997 - The Royal Canadian Yacht Club Single Handed Championships 1998 - The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2005 – Sarnia Yacht Club - Ontario Sailing 23 & 1999 - The Royal Canadian Yacht Club Under Championships 2000 - The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2006 – To be announced at AGM 2001 - The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2002 - The Royal Canadian Yacht Club Youth Performance Ranking Trophies 2003 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club E. Aileen Clarke Youth Performance Ranking 2004 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club Trophy (13 & Under) 2005 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 1998 – Island Yacht Club 2006 – To be announced at AGM 1999 – Island Yacht Club 2000 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2001 – The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club 2002 – Island Yacht Club 2003 –The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2004 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2005 – The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club 2006 – To be announced at AGM

Unistrut Central Youth Performance Ranking Trophy (16 & Under) 1998 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 1999 – The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club 2000 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2001 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2002 – Stony Lake Yacht Club 2003 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2004 – The Royal Canadian Yacht Club 2005 – Kingston Yacht Club 2006 – To be announced at AGM

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HONOUR ROLL OF PAST PRESIDENTS

Ontario Sailing – The Corporation came into existence on July 1, 1970

1970 Bud Rolston 1971 Bud Rolston 1972 Sicotte Hamilton 1973 Sicotte Hamilton 1974 Sicotte Hamilton 1975 Don Grant 1976 Don Grant 1977 Bill Cheek 1978 Bill Cheek 1979 Don Williams 1980 Don Williams 1981 Dave Medhurst 1982 Dave Medhurst 1983 Doug Keary 1984 Doug Keary 1985 Bob Purves 1986 Bob Purves 1987 Larry MacDonald 1988 Larry MacDonald 1989 Bob Milnes 1990 Bob Milnes 1991 Neil Gunn 1992 Neil Gunn 1993 David Sprague 1994 David Sprague 1995 David Sprague 1996 Rod Dobson 1997 Rod Dobson 1998 Michael Vollmer 1999 Michael Vollmer 2000 Ron Kobrick 2001 Ron Kobrick 2002 Tom Simpson/Jim Dike 2003 Jim Dike 2004 Jim Dike 2005 Todd Irving 2006 Todd Irving

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2006 INDIVIDUAL DONOR CAMPAIGN REPORT

2005/2006 Donations Received After Publication of the 2005 Annual Reportu

Scott Bamford Elizabeth Fanjoy Irene & Neil McNeill Mark Chadwick Saleem Kassum Myrna & Steven Singer William & Helen Cheek Raymond Kirkham Holly van Schoor Eddy Dottori David Lewis Paul & Susanna Vayda Graham Dougall Janet McDougall Mike Young

2006/2007 Donations Received as of December 31, 2006

Bill & Joanne Abbott Kim Foley Irene & Neil McNeill Adventure Sailing Plus Amy Goman Megan & Ryan Medlock Jim Allen & Rebecca Crumlish Mike Goman Bill & Lynda Merry Tim Bishop James Gordon Wendy Moseley George Blanchard Tim Hayhurst- Margaret Mummery Ian Blumer Stephen Hill & Jenny McEwen-Hill Harold Murray Camp Arowhon Doreen & John Hinksman Mary Neumann Eric & Shauna Cartlidge Keith Hobbs Katherine Nicoll William & Helen Cheek Kathryn Hope Craig & Jennifer Pattinson Bill Copeland Todd & Susan Irving Mel & Helen Preston Doug Creelman & Lynne Beal David Johnson Michael Rustom Peter & Kathryn Crowder Saleem Kassum Paul & Leanne Sandiford Ken & Helen Dakin Jim Kern Ron Schute Douglas Delaney Ron & Judi Kobrick Erin Sinyard Lewis Dohn Ivan & Liz Lavine Laurie & Catherine Trewartha Graham Dougall Bernie & Jeannie Luttmer Holly van Schoor Thomas Duyck Tom Matthews Peter Vasoff Chris Eggink Janet McDougall Allan & Pam Will Elizabeth Fanjoy David McNabb George & Helen Will Don & Ursula Ferguson Amy McNeill

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