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A new virtual organization has been created to promote sailing around Lake
Ontario.
The Lake Ontario Club Cruising Association (LOCCA,
www.locca.org) is a not-for-profit
organization with the mission to enhance and support yacht club cruising
programs, provide a platform to discuss issues of importance to boaters, their
respective yacht clubs, the hosting clubs, as well as help coordinate cruises on
the greater Lake Ontario.
To help accomplish this mission, on April 15 2007, a new website has been
released to provide boaters on Lake Ontario with information on clubs they can
visit around Lake Ontario.
The website is separated into zones around Lake Ontario. By clicking on a zone
on the map, visitors can see all yacht clubs residing in that zone. Click on a
club name, and you can see information about the club that you would like to
visit.
In particular, to help boaters plan their cruises, the site provides potential
slip availability at each of the member clubs on any given weekend during the
cruising season. The information is kept up to date by the member clubs
throughout the year.
After only 18 months, the association has grown to include more than 30 clubs
spanning Lake Ontario, from Brockville to Hamilton, and including both US and
Canadian Yacht Clubs.
Sailors can now plan their day, weekend, week or month long cruise around Lake
Ontario, exploring the different clubs and enjoying the camaraderie of their
fellow boaters.
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Annual General Meeting, March 16,
2008
The Boulevard Club, 10am to 2 pm
Cruising Fleet Captains, Fleet Directors, Vice-Commodore Fleet and Commodores
are invited to attend this year’s launch of the 2008 boating season. In
addition, we encourage you to invite any interested party, sailing friend, or
Club executive to attend this meeting which will be held at The Boulevard Club
on Sunday March 16th, 2008 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Our host for the day is James Roscoe and the club is planning a luncheon that
will be priced at $20.00per person. Could you please confirm if you are planning
to have lunch at so that James can plan accordingly; see RSVP below.
Agenda:
- Presentations by the US and Canadian Customs Officers
discussing cross-border sailing;
- Presentation by Andrew Robertson on the coming trends
in Yacht insurance;
- Presentation of this Summer's flotilla to
Quebec city;
- Demo of the new functionality of the LOCCA web-site
that allows a search engine for slip availability from member Yacht Clubs.
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