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The colony of Canada was renamed the Province of Quebec until 1791, when it was divided into Upper Canada (modern Southern Ontario) and Lower Canada (modern Southern Quebec) by the Constitutional Act. [39] This was done to provide a British-style governance to the United Empire Loyalists fleeing north following the American Revolution. [40]
The smaller the angle between the direction of the true wind and the course of the sailing craft, the higher the craft is said to point. A craft that can point higher or sail faster upwind is said to be more weatherly. [11] Pinching occurs as a craft's point of sail approaches the no-go zone and its speed falls off sharply. [4]
Portsmouth Olympic Harbour is a harbour located in Kingston, Ontario. [1] [2] The harbour was redeveloped for the sailing events of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[3] [4] ...
Velocity made good, or VMG, is a term used in sailing, especially in yacht racing, indicating the speed of a sailboat towards (or from) the direction of the wind. [1] [2] The concept is useful because a sailboat cannot sail directly upwind, and thus often can not, or should not, sail directly to a mark to reach it as quickly as possible.
The Canadian Olympic Regattas Kingston (CORK) is a non-profit volunteer organization located at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, home of Sail Canada, producing annual olympic multi-class sailing regattas held off the shores of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons / Escadrille canadiennes de plaisance (CPS-ECP) is an organization of recreational boaters with about 26,000 members. [1] CPS is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Its instructors train recreational boaters in boating safety knowledge as well as their vessel handling and navigation skills.
Ashbridge's Bay Yacht Club (ABYC) is a yacht club in Ashbridge's Bay, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] The club offers a junior and adult sailing school, dinghy and keelboat racing programs, a cooperative sailing program, cruising and social events. [2] [3] In 2022, there are 702 members and docks for up to 292 keelboats. [4]
All sailing craft reach a constant forward speed (V B) for a given wind speed (V T) and point of sail, when the forward driving force (F R) equals the forward resisting force (R l). [8] For an ice boat, the dominant forward resisting force is aerodynamic, since the coefficient of friction on smooth ice is as low as 0.02.