CHANCERY
REGATTA '09
Sunday,
July 12
Annual sailing regatta
on Lake Muskoka, Ontario, CANADA
MISSION
• raise awareness
of green navigation practices
• encourage
environmentally friendly boating
• promote sailing
as "ecological psychotherapy"
• persuade
Sailing, Art & Sanity
PRESS
RELEASE 
ANNOUNCEMENT CARD
PUBLICATION
NEXT YEAR 2010 REGATTA
POLICY
Both Muskoka and out-of-Muskoka sailors are invited to participate. Sailboats of any types, classes and sizes are welcome. Chancery Regatta is a friendly, non-competitive race. No registration fee, no selection, no obligation. Sail on your own risk and pleasure.
PROGRAMME
Muskoka – "The
Malibu of the North"
Eleanor Island
Taboo Resort
.Chancery
Regatta '09 chart
Satellite map of the area
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On Sunday, July 12, right before noon, all the sailboats meet at South Bay
of Muskoka
Lake circling around the Eleanor
Island (coordinates: 44°59'0"N & 79°23'25"W). No
landing on the island, though – it is Canadian heritage, ecological
pride, famous bird nesting sanctuary...
• Start. At noon, on the bell signal, Regatta starts:
all boats begin to race towards the Taboo
Resort –
print the chart for your guidance 
• To repeat: the race is non-competitive –
sail in you most pleasant pace. Under usual conditions it will take about
one hour from start to finish
• Finish. Dock at Taboo. You will be greeted with a
drink of Champaign by the crew that has arrived just before you. Therefore,
be prepared to carry on board a small bottle of Champaign to cheer the sailors
who finish right behind you. Crew of the last arrived boat will praise the
first, fastest boat of the Regatta. (Ontario regulations
of legal drinking age apply; brown bag would be practical)
• Sailboat Show. Invite the Taboo guests and other
sailors on board; enlighten them regarding the history of your sailboat; show
photos and maybe even play videos of your past sailing adventures
• Lunch in Taboo at the Boathouse
Bar & Grill with beautiful Muskoka Lake view and exceptional
casual menu
• Pleasant afternoon sailing away...
PHOTO REPORT `09
Day before:
July 11, Saturday, Chancery Art Gallery.
Chancery Regatta has been postponed due to a thunderstorm.
Peter is probably thinking how he will be sailing his 8-feet wooden mini boat
in such weather tomorrow... Next day, during the Regatta, even mature sailors
called it “crazy” watching his fight with waves and gusts. But
Peter is tough, and his painting "New
Moon Sailing" (on the brick wall behind him) also came from
his own
extreme sailing experiences
It was
a rough regatta with wind gusts of 21 knots
Although Chancery Regatta is "non-competitive,"
the human nature called for a real race...
Captain Bill with 50 years of the ocean sailing experience
and his crew confidently lead the Regatta
As the leader of the Chancery Regatta '09,
captain Bill helps other yachts to dock safely
It is nice to be on even semi-firm ground of a dock
Finish with lots of Champaign
Perhaps Taboo has never seen
three high masts at once on its docks...
Sailboat Show
Time for after-regatta lunch
13 sailors of the Chancery Regatta '09
have a lunch in Taboo at Boathouse Bar & Grill
Captain
Walter makes last adjustments before departure
Sailing home from Taboo docks
Lena and Paul, founders of Chancery Regatta
and Chancery Art Gallery
invite the sailors for the next year race (July 10, 2010)
Get together again next week, July 18 at the Gathering with Sailors to share your photo slides, films and yachting stories; enjoy "Coming About" – art exhibition of paintings on the sailing matter; promote your business if it is somehow related to sailing or other "green" practices; drop by for other interesting events of the Chancery Sailing Festival during July
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