Sep 10, 2020
(story and photo submitted by Robert Vagners) I volunteered to be the parent, chaperone and driver for 4 new sailors from QCYC participating in their first Fall CORK in 2012. It was also my first as a volunteer. The drive to Kingston from Toronto was uneventful,...
Sep 1, 2020
(photos and story submitted by Robert Woodbury) I first attended CORK as an athlete in the OK Dinghy class in 1971. Jim Beckett sailed in that fleet as well if I remember correctly. There were 56 boats (I might have these numbers a bit wrong). Four did not...
Aug 19, 2020
(Photo and Story submitted by Jim Beckett) I arrived in Canada on Friday 13th February 1964, after a crossing delayed 3 days by gales, to take up a post at the Biological Station in St. Andrews. As the weather warmed I learnt that there was no dinghy racing locally....
Aug 9, 2020
TIM IRWIN (1940-2020) It is with great regret that we pass along the news that Tim Irwin passed away early Friday morning at home in Kingston. Tim Irwin was the true heart of CORK. Tim’s volunteer service to CORK...
Aug 7, 2020
(Photo and story submitted by Erika Vines) My first CORK was in 1989, racing an optimist. This picture includes David Westwood, Aaron Hobbs, Annie-Claude Ethier, Marie-France Ethier, Gordon Cook, Siri Agrell, Vanessa Hobbs,...
Aug 5, 2020
CORK Fall Regatta Decision Over the past month, the CORK team has been carefully monitoring the COVID 19 situation and working on the question of whether The CORK Fall Regatta could be held this...
