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I did some looking around. I found the Toronto Island Marina and a
sailing club somewhere around the Leslie St. spit but both are dingy
boat clubs and I want keel boats.
I did run across a club in Scarborough, called Nautical Escapes, but I
decided against it because it isn't close to either home or work. I may
look at it next year since it is $400 less.
I do plan on buying a boat eventually. I would like to get one that I
can go cruising around the lakes on overnights with friends. Currently
I'm partial to the new C&C99 (32 foot long sloop made by Tanzer I
think). Unfortunately sailboats big enough to weekend in comfortably are
more expensive than houses.
On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 22:24, wrote:
> If you join the Sailing club that's in Toronto Island Marina, It'll cost
> you around $500 a season, but the ysail albacore dinghy's instead of keel
> boats. $1400 is $500 more than I paid for slippage on my 22 foot Edel in
> Whitby. Just a thought. The winter fees are just under $700 for storage.
> So it works out to be similar cost (once you've bought a boat!!)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Ahoy all. I mentioned that I was going to take sailing lessons this past
> > weekend and some (2 I think) expressed interest in hearing how things
> > went. So, here we go.
> >
> > First, no pictures because I didn't want my digital camera to get wet
> > and possibly ruined. Since I joined the sailing club that offered the
> > lessons I will undoubtedly have pictures in the future.
[snip]
> > I don't know what a sailing club should cost but this one is about $1400
> > a year. For that we get use of the facility and boats. The facility is
> > pretty minimal. There is a partial kitchen, a big deck with barbque,
> > washrooms and showers. The have 18 boats and as a member I can take out
> > any boat I'm certified on for 3 hours (I only have to pay for gas).
> >
> > Over the winter I'm going to take the navigation course (extra money)
> > and then next summer I'll take the 'Intermediate Cruising Standard';
> > which lets me sail boats up to 12 meters and is the recommended minimum
> > for overnight rentals.
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Ean Kingston <>
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