Communications
October 1, 2024
In this issue: Commodore’s Message, Ontario Championship 2024, North Americans 2024, and the Canadian Albacore Championship 2024
October 12, 2023
From the Commodore / Canadians Recap / Better Together / Reflections on the Internationals
June 12, 2023
The Commodore / 2023 Race Schedule / The Ontario Championship Highlights / Westwood Regatta Highlights / Which way do we go? Day 1 of the Albacore Internationals / Got spare parts? Call Adam
May 12, 2023
From the Commodore / 2023 Albacore Midwinters Summary / A Slice of Albacore History from Manitoba
December 12, 2022
Greeting from the New Head Cheese /
In Progress: The Rondar Albacore /
Bringing Albacores Back to Life
April 15, 2018
Thank you to all those contributors who helped make Shackles such an amusing and informative read over the years! I'm […]
February 15, 2018
Well, it's mid-February. Some of us are playing in the snow or atop mountains somewhere while others are readying themselves […]
January 3, 2018
Happy New Year Albacoreans! Thanks to George Roth and Frank Loritz, who saved and scanned (respectively) all sorts of amazing […]
November 20, 2017
Hi All: Here's the Blog version of 2 great pieces printed in our 2017 Magazine - in case you missed […]
October 1, 2017
Congratulations to George and Robbin for winning another challenging 2017 regatta and to Robbin for her generously in-depth synopsis of […]
September 5, 2017
Paul Clifford and Mia Drake-Brandt won the recently held Albacore North Americans. Here's what Paul had to say about the […]
August 28, 2017
Past Shackles & Cringles Magazines hold a wealth of information that doesn't go out of style. Here's a handy index […]
August 2, 2017
Big Regattas coming up - the Albacore Internationals are about to begin in Weymouth UK, the North Americans are at […]
July 16, 2017
Thank you, Ken, for disclosing some of your secrets for success! And Clara Shipman for the fab picture you took […]
July 13, 2017
Commodore's Message / An Official Statement from the Crew of 6841 / I've Been Asked, What's the Secret Sauce / Focus on the Big Sail / My Albacore Sailing Career Started at Five Years Old When Dad Brought Home 4444 Proud Mary / Comments on Crewing / A Tribute to Peter Duncan / Weymouth Internationals Round-Up
July 5, 2017
Look what they have been up to at the Peterborough Sailing Club! Thank you Richard and Pam for providing this […]
June 24, 2017
Regatta season has arrived! And to start things off right, some exciting racing on Lake Ontario. Don't forget to subscribe […]
June 4, 2017
The Ontarios are coming up the weekend of June 10/11, at RCYC in Toronto and, later in the month, the […]
May 18, 2017
Hello Sailors! Albacore sailing for 2017 has only just started over the past few weekends with the completion of our […]
April 30, 2017
Thank you Mary for investigating this fraught topic in time for the first racing of the season! Don't forget to […]
March 19, 2017
Sign up for the CAA Short Course on Weather for Sailors, held at the NYC in Toronto April 5/6, by […]
March 2, 2017
The sailing world, and especially the Albacore community, recently lost a leader, motivator and friend. For those of you who […]
February 12, 2017
Just a little food for thought while you hibernate, dreaming how next season you are finally going to have it […]
January 15, 2017
The following adventure tale is exerpted from the 1965 CAA Year Book. Albacores were relatively new to Canada at that […]
November 30, 2016
First Annual Sail-n-Steak Team Racing Weekend a Success! On a chilly fall morning on the 29th of October, 22 sailors […]