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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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
October 25, 2016
Our decision to join The Albacore Canadian Championship ‘B’ Fleet was a bit “ad hoc”. I have been sailing for […]
October 3, 2016
Hi Shackles Readers! This is the inaugural Shackles and Cringles Blog Posting and I am so happy that George Carter is […]