About Us

The Belwood Lake Sailing Club is a group of family-oriented sailing boat enthusiasts.

The club is located on a ten acre site on Lake Belwood, a reservoir managed by the Grand River Conservation Authority, about 4km east of Fergus. There is a club house with sail and gear storage, washrooms, a kitchen, picnic tables, camping area, and boat and car parking.

There is a ramp into the water and launching dollies that allow most people to hand launch their boats easily. There are two docks: one for launching and one for short term docking.

The club is managed by its members. There are ten directors elected from the membership who organize various functions throughout the year. Each week club members are responsible for keeping the general appearance of the club neat and tidy -- this normally takes about two or three hours and members are only required to do this once per year.

There are a lot of different boat types in the club. Dinghies such as: Lasers I and II, CL14s, CL16s, Wayfarers, Mirrors, Y-Flyers, GP14s, and Albacores and catamarans like Hobie 14s, 16s, 18s and Dart 18s. Some members also keep canoes and kayaks at the club and use them quite often in the back waters of the lake.




Current Wind & Lake Conditions

2011 Event Schedule

April
17
Spring General Meeting 2pm
30
Club Opening
May
6
Newsletter Contribution deadline
11
Wed Night Racing Starts - 6:30pm
15
Sunday Racing Starts - 2pm
21-23
OMDA Weekend
29
Race Committee Training 12pm
31
Membership Deadline
June
3-5
Siren Regatta
5
Club Power boat training 12pm
12
Wellington Cup @ Belwood
17-19
Boy Scout camping weekend
22
BBQ after Wednesday Racing
27
Adult LTS Program 1 runs same night for 6 weeks
28
Adult LTS Program 2 runs same night for 6 weeks
July
5
Adult Learn to Sail Program
Tues evenings for 6 weeks
8
Newsletter Contribution Deadlines
11-15
Children Learn to Sail Program
24
Cruise to Belwood, 2:00 PM No Sunday Race
August
5-7
Dart Regatta
8-12
Children Learn to Sail Program
9
Adult LTS Program 4 runs same night for 6 weeks
19-21
Sirens Cruise Weekend
Date Change 21
Junior Regatta, 12:00PM &
Commodore's Cup Regatta, 2:00PM
September
1
Newsletter Contribution Deadlines
3-5
OMDA Weekend
14
Last Wed Night Race
18
Last Sunday Race - 2pm
24
Club Closing - 9am
October
30
Fall General Meeting
New Location - Guelph - 2pm
West End Community Centre
Impressive Promotions Community Room #2