Beach Catamaran Sailing in Alberta
Remember to clean, drain and dry all your boat, gear/trailer between visits to your lake or any lake. Help prevent the movement of invasive species into Alberta or other lakes. If you bring a boat from out of province or country you must have it checked at one of the Alberta border watercraft inspection stations checking for contaminated watercraft.
This web site was put together to help bring the catamaran sailing community together in Alberta, to provide a strong medium for Cat sailors to network.
Are you new to sailing or new to sailing catamarans?
Maybe you just haven’t had the opportunity to make connections with others who sail?
Perhaps you are interested in racing or in enhancing your sailing skills
This site started spring 2022. Information on Beach Catamaran sailing in Alberta, Canada. Do you sail a Seaspray, Hobie, Nacra, Solcat, Prindle, etc. etc.?
We will maintain an email contact list and if you would like to be included, provide your catamaran type, your name and email info and where you sail. There is a file you can fill out on the contact page on this website.
Subject: New Alberta catamaran sailors discussion group now online
Folks:
Longtime Millarville multihull sailor Jonathan Levine has set up a new discussion group dedicated to beachcat sailing in the province. Any and all subjects are open to discussion, and we hope to create a real community to
support the sport.
Please sign up at: https://groups.io/g/AlbertaCatamarans
The recent 2024 Cat Clinic at Newell Sailing Club was a great time with good weather, relaxed atmosphere, wonderful potluck supper Saturday evening and lots of pleasant wind for sailing activities. We had around 14 boats with a couple of no shows over the weekend. The group that did the sailing exercises participated in eight short course races on Saturday afternoon. Another group took people out for catamaran sailing experiences and another group sailed
around the island north of the club for practice. This was a good start to a late season beginner event. Due to rapidly changing weather conditions during the spring and early summer little catamaran sailing happened on Newell. Now that it is hotter the winds have died down a lot and are more predictable, we hope that you will continue sailing your boats through the rest of the season.
Chances are we will do some more sailing exercises in the form of racing for practice on other days throughout the season. Encourage catamaran sailors in your area or club to sail their catamarans as much as possible.
Set a couple of marks on a windward/leeward course to practice sailing around. You would be surprised to see the differences in wind strength and direction at times at different places along such a course.
Upcoming Events
albertabeachcatamaransailor@gmail.com for questions
2025 Event dates
NSC Catamaran Clinic July 4, 5, 6th
Open to all catamaran types, highlights include
Book your accommodations soon!
Seaspray fiber glass demonstration work and upgrades, destination sailing challenges, race yourself concepts, GPS unit use, skills practice, socializing and others. If you have a spare Seaspray boom to donate let us know.
Lake Newell Sail Challenge - Seasonal-Open to all types of sailboats/kayaks/etc. Info on Sail Challenge Page
Race Yourself concept page. Check it out. Info on Race Yourself Page
Regatta Dates
Prairie Wind Regatta July 12,13th Open event
NOR on NSC website soon.
BeachCat Regatta at Newell Sailing Club
Sept 5, 6, 7th
Open to all catamaran types
NOR available soon
