ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION SESSIONS

During the year, we plan different activities open to all members and their guests. You'll find a brief description of our Social Activities, our Information Sessions and Boat Maintenance tasks and schedule.

To view the description of our regular programs and pictures, click on the tab Our programs.

For more information, you can consult the NEWS section or contact us at info@cnbg.org.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES:

• In Septembre: Our annual Mechoui at Jim’s or other member that is willing to host this annual event. For so many years, Jim is one of our member that greets us in his home with open arms.
  
• Picture of Jim during a Mechoui: The meat is ready!
• During the winter: Snow shoeing/cross-country skiing under the moon.
• In February: Valentine’s supper organized at one of our member’s home.
• Spring time: Sugarbush dinner for all members and their guests. Great activity to mingle and have fun.

INFORMATION SESSIONS:

• In April: Free information night. Information kiosks; presentation of our programs and action shots; registration to our programs; presence of volunteer members of the Auxilary Coast Guard (Martine St-Germain and Jacques Drouin); mingling with members and instructors; draw; purchasing or ordering GBSC products and clothing, etc.
• In May: Open doors. Our open doors takes place normally at the Harbourhouse of the Aylmer marina (CVGR). The session includes: welcoming words from our president; the introduction of our volunteers including our skippers and members of our different committees; review of our sailing programs; our sponsorship program (we pair new members with returning members, they act as mentors); guided visit of our boats (great way to see under the boat such as the keel also other boats located in the yard); question period; mingling, talking and meeting everyone. Refreshment is served. You can also purchase or order GBSC products and clothing.
• In November: GBSC Annual General Meeting (AGM)

• Maintenance tasks
• Maintenance schedule

Sugarbush dinner, April 5 2008

• Location: Sucrerie Le Palais Gommé, 562 ch. Doherty, L'Ange-Gardien, Québec; phone 819-281-9882
• Cost for the dinner:
  • Adults: $20 (taxes included)
  • Children 6 to 12 years old: $10 (taxes included) and children under 6 years old: $5

Being a Saturday night, activities normally planned are a singer who will do traditional sugar bush songs, karaoke or even dancing. There is a possibility of sleigh ride, weather permitting. Cost: $3 per person.

Places are limited. If you want more information or to reserve at the latest March 30, 2008, please contact Nicole either by email at info@cnbg.org or by phone: 613-860-2426 (please leave a message).

Hoping to see you all,

Nicole on behalf of the Publicity Committee.

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Free Information night, April 8 2008

• Date & Time: Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 7pm
• Location: Ernest Lattion Hall, 30 Court St, Aylmer.
• Information poster. Please use this great poster to promote this free information night.

What is on the menu for the evening:

• You will receive an information package
• Many of our members and skippers will there to greet you and answer your questions
• You’ll find information kiosks of all our programs
• You'll be able to register and save
• Information on how to become a volunteer or be involved in any of our committees and activities
• A bilingual session describing our programs with action shots will be given at 8pm
• Volunteer members from the Auxiliary Coast Guard will be present: Martine St-Germain and Jacques Drouin
• You'll be able to purchase or order GBSC products and clothing Jean. To view our products, please click on the tab Boutique
• Refreshments will be served
• Attendance prize will be drawn

For more information, you can contact us by email at info@cnbg.org or by phone: 613-860-2426 (please leave a message).

Pictures of past Information nights:

• New members and some of our skippers mingling around the registration table
• One of our women's skipper answers questions from new members
• Returning members exchanging great sailing stories
• Our skipper and member asnwering questions concerning our Cruising sailing program
• One of our women's skipper answering questions from new members

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Open doors May 22, 2008 at 7pm:

Our open doors this year will take place at RESTO-BAR MARINA (the restaurant located next to the Aylmer marina. It has an orange roof).

The evening's program:

• Welcome to our Centre
• Many of our members and skippers will there to greet you and answer questions
• We will give you an informal briefing of our summer programs, schedules, use of our boats, etc.
• You'll be able to register to any of our programs
• Information on how to become a volunteer or be involved in any of our committees and activities
• Visits of our boats Nika and Namastar are also planned. One of our volunteer and skippers will guide you. The boats are currently in dry dock until the marina opens, please bring comfortable shoes to climb aboard. This will give you a different persepctive of the boat.
• We will describe our pairing of new members with returning ones. You'll meet your new ''god mother', or ''god father''!
• You'll be able to purchase or order GBSC products and clothing from Jean. To view our products, please click on the tab Boutique
• Refreshments will be served

For more information, contact us by email at info@cnbg.org or by phone: 613-860-2426 (please leave a message).

Pictures of our Open doors session:

• The Harbourhouse
• Iniship is ready for the visit
• Walking towards Iniship
• Greetings at the boat
• Presenting our golf shirt and hat

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November: Our Annual General Assembly (AGM)

During the assembly we will present: the season’s activities and the financial statements; acknowledgements of all our members and skippers, whom without them and their devotion, our Center could not exist ; the Board of administration members’ election.
Note: only the season’s members can vote.
A supper follows the AGM.

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BOAT MAINTENANCE

Thanks to our boat maintenance coordinators (skippers and members), you’ll have the opportunity to learn how we prepare and repair our boats during the season.

We have a boat maintenance coordinator for Namastar (Daniel) and for Nika (Jacques). Both have assistants, but this is not enough.

Members are welcome to help during the different maintenance opportunities. Contacting in due time the coordinator is the best way to get involved.

Maintenance tasks:

• How to prepare them and be launched for the season.
• On going maintenance during the sailing season. Regular maintenance to repairs as needed.
• At the end of the season, how take them out of the water and winterize them.

Maintenance schedule:

• The preparation and launching takes place in the spring. Weather permiting, maintenance begins in April and continues into May.
• The preparation to pull them out of the water and to winterize them takes place at the end of the season in September and early October.
• Normal boat maintenance continues throughout the sailing season. It can be at dock or even at anchor.

Pictures of our boats in dry dock

• The 3 Edels winterized
• Iniship getting ready for the season

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