Full and Associate Members
Full membership for owners of Albacores
CAA Full Members pay annual dues of $60 ($75 after April 30) , plus supplemental dues for participation in certain events.
As a CAA Full Member you support the Albacore class and community!
Additionally, Full Membership entitles you to:
- Participate in CAA sanctioned/run racing series and events. CAA events include:
- Canadian Albacore Championships
- North American Albacore Championships
- International Albacore Championships
- Toronto's Friday Night Race series
- Toronto's Harbour Master race series.
- Participate in CAA training, courses, and other events!
- Post classified ads for gear/equipment at albacore.ca.
- Vote at our AGM on issues affecting the Albacore class.
- Run for CAA executive positions.
- Free sail and hull measurement.
- Support and enjoy Shackles & Cringles, our own community sailing magazine.
- Sail at participating partner community clubs.*
- Boat storage at participating partner clubs.*
Private Club CAA Partnership
If four or more CAA Full Members are members of a club, you're a fleet and your sailing club qualifies as a CAA Partner Club. We'll provide you with promotional support on albacore.ca and can arrange clinics and workshops in your region. We look forward to working with you to grow Albacore sailing in Canada.
Join as a Full Member today and be a part of Canada's best sailing community!
Associate membership for non-owners of Albacores
Associate Members pay an annual fee of $27.
Associate Membership entitles you to:
- Participate in CAA sanctioned/run races and regattas.
- Participate in CAA training, courses, and other events.
- Post classified ads for gear/equipment at albacore.ca.
- CAA communications.
- Enjoy and support Shackles & Cringles, the CAA's own sailing magazine.
Attendance at CAA meetings.
Associate Members are not entitled to vote at the CAA AGM.
*Some conditions apply.
Community Club Members
Community Albacore clubs provide their members with amazing benefits:
- Affordable recreational sailing.
- Learn-to-Sail programs.
- Fun, challenging racing and regattas.
- Social opportunities and activities, including group dinners and parties.
If you're a full member of a CAA Member Community Club, you're already a CAA member and part of the Albacore community!
You're entitled to:
- Participate in CAA sanctioned/run races and regattas, sailing a club-owned Albacore.
- Participate in CAA training, courses, and other events.
- Enjoy and support Shackles & Cringles, the CAA's sailing magazine!
- Attend CAA meetings and run for election to the CAA executive.
- Proxy voting at CAA meetings.*
- Advertise gear/equipment in albacore.ca classified ads.
CAA Community Club Membership
CAA Community Clubs pay an annual fee for each co-operatively owned Albacore.
To qualify as a Community Club, the club must:
- Own a fleet of at least 4 Albacore sailboats.
- Offer an organized program of teaching or competition during the sailing season.
*CAA Member Community Clubs are entitled to assign proxy voting rights to one of their members for each Albacore owned by the club and for which annual CAA fees have been paid in full.
Benefits and Assistance
Benefits of CAA membership
Involvement with the Albacore community:
- You will receive a subscription to our newsletter ‘Shackles & Cringles’ and get emails on matters of interest to Albacore sailors between issues of Shackles and Cringles.
- You may vote at the Annual General Meeting and run for the Executive if you are a Full Member, and everyone is welcome to share their opinions with the Executive.
- You can have access to the Albacore Forum where many topics of interest to Albacore sailors are discussed.
- You are invited to attend social dinners during the sailing season at the following clubs. Please get in touch with the contact person first.
Toronto
- Mooredale SC (Outer Harbour) dinner on Wednesday. Contact [email protected]
- J-town (Outer Harbour) dinner on Wednesday. Contact [email protected]
- Westwood SC (Outer Harbour) dinner on Thursday and also there is the possibility of a sail. Contact [email protected]
- Toronto Island Sailing Club Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday dinners. Bring your own food plus something to share. Contact [email protected]
Ottawa
- Nepean SC Albacore sailors gather on Wednesday evenings to sail and eat afterwards. Contact [email protected]
- Kanata SC
Hamilton
- Hamilton Bay SC has potluck dinners on Friday evenings and also there is the possibility of a sail. Contact [email protected]
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You are invited to store and/or launch an Albacore at the following Toronto Outer Harbour clubs for up to three days once a year for recreational sailing or to join the club racing. Arrangements must be made in advance.
Contact:
- Mooredale [email protected]
- J-town [email protected]
- Westwood [email protected]
This is beyond the normal practice at regattas of providing space for participants to store and launch their boat(s).
Assistance
You can ask questions and receive answers to questions on rigging, boat purchases, finding a boat or crew for regattas, and all other Albacore-related issues.
You can get help with finding free accommodation for regattas and other races/events with members of the Albacore community.
Training
- You can take training courses offered by CAA on such issues as race training (beginner, intermediate, or advanced ), race officials, dinghy rescue, boat repair etc.
- You can request that the CAA provide race training and other workshops (e.g. boat repair, rigging, skills development), in your location.
- You can have access to existing to training materials for member-provided training events
Racing
- Participate and/or helm at CAA regattas and series
- You can request hull and sail measurements for your Albacore
Loaner Albacores
You can use a loaner Albacore for recreational sailing and/or racing in Toronto and Ottawa depending on availability. Requires prior arrangement and depends on known or demonstrated sailing ability. Contact [email protected] for Toronto and [email protected] for Ottawa.