2025 Parry Sound Waterfront Sailpast

Activities, Events and Presentations, Parry Sound Area, , ,

Photo courtesy Chris McDonald

You are invited to join in celebrating Canada Day at the Parry Sound Waterfront!

For more than forty years, the Parry Sound Power and Sail Squadron, now known as CanBoat Parry Sound, has held a sailpast of large and small power and sail vessels immediately before the Town fireworks on Canada Day. You are invited to be part of it.

It is enormous fun to take part in the sailpast because of the tremendous, enthusiastic reaction from onlookers on shore waiting for the fireworks.

If you would like to be part of the show, please email Canboatsailpast@gmail.com   to let us know your name, vessel name and length overall.

Details: on Tuesday July 1, CANADA DAY,

1. string up a few extra or coloured lights on your boat, leave them turned OFF

2. put on your life jacket and navigation lights

3. meet us “offstage”, south of Rosetta Island at 8:30PM (2030) to form up

4. monitor channel 16 but tune to VHF Channel 6, for parade coordination from  BLUE PEARL, Fleet Captain Larry Woolner

5. come onstage— in view of the town dock — and LIGHT UP your vessel

6. parade in line astern behind the Police boat and Blue Pearl, along the route which goes near the river mouth and slowly along the length of the town dock.

7. enjoy the tumultuous applause!

8. go out in the Sound, to be seen by Belvedere Heights residents, or return to your dock, to watch the fireworks at 10 PM (2200) Please follow VHF directions to ensure the Island Queen has clear passage to return to the dock.

It is a spectacular evening and you can be an important part of it.              

Please join us!

The Parry Sound Power and Sail Squadron Annual General Meeting will be held at the Parry Sound Inn And Suites Hotel on May 27, 2025, 7:00-9:00 PM. 

Events and Presentations

All Power and Sail Squadron members as well as the public are invited to attend our AGM.  Refreshments will be available.

The Parry Sound Inn And Suites is located at 292 Louisa Street, immediately behind the Starbucks.

We now have several vacancies on the Bridge so for any member interested in joining the Bridge team, you are highly encouraged to contact me.  We need people who care about boating safety so previous experience with Bridge activities is not critical.

See you there.

Joe Grasso

commander@parrysoundboating.ca

2024 Parry Sound Waterfront Sailpast

Activities, Events and Presentations, Parry Sound Area, , ,

Photo courtesy Chris McDonald

You are invited to join in celebrating Canada Day at the Parry Sound Waterfront! For more than forty years, the Parry Sound Power and Sail Squadron has held a sailpast of large and small power and sail vessels immediately before the Town fireworks on Canada Day. You are invited to be part of it.

It is enormous fun to take part in the sailpast because of the tremendous, enthusiastic reaction from onlookers on shore waiting for the fireworks.

If you would like to be part of the show, please email parrysoundsailpast@gmail.com  to let us know your name, vessel name and length overall.

Details: on Monday July 1, CANADA DAY,

  1. string up a few extra or coloured lights on your boat, leave them turned OFF
  2. put on your life jacket and navigation lights
  3. meet us “offstage”, south of Rosetta Island at 8:30PM (2030) to form up
  4. monitor channel 16 but tune to VHF Channel 6, for parade coordination from Cambrian, Fleet Captain Bob Corrigan
  5. come onstage— in view of the town dock — and LIGHT UP your vessel
  6. parade in line astern behind the OPP along the route which goes near the river mouth and slowly along the length of the town dock.
  7. enjoy the tumultuous applause!
  8. go out in the Sound, to be seen by Belvedere Heights residents, or return to your dock, to watch the fireworks at 10 PM (2200) Please follow VHF directions to ensure the Island Queen has clear passage to return to the dock.

It is a spectacular evening and you can be an important part of it. Please join us!

The Parry Sound Power and Sail Squadron Annual General Meeting will be held at the Parry Sound Inn And Suites Hotel on June 4, 2024 at 7:00 PM. 

Events and Presentations

This will be an in-person meeting.  All Power and Sail Squadron members as well as the public are invited to attend.  Refreshments will be available.

The Parry Sound Inn And Suites is located at 292 Louisa Street, immediately behind the Starbucks.

We now have several vacancies on the Bridge so for any member interested in joining the Bridge team, you are highly encouraged to contact me.  We need people who care about boating safety so previous experience with Bridge activities is not critical.

See you there.

Joe Grasso

commander@parrysoundboating.ca

Parry Sound Power and Sail Squadron AGM, June 20, 2023 at 7:00 pm

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The Parry Sound Power and Sail Squadron Annual General Meeting will be held at the Parry Sound Best Western Hotel on June 20, 2023 at 7:00 PM. 

This will be an in-person meeting.  All Power and Sail Squadron members as well as the public are invited to attend.  Refreshments will be available.

The Best Western is located at 2 Pine Drive, Parry Sound.

See you there.

Visit of Royal Canadian Navy Sail Training Vessel, 2022

Boating News

Squadron members, particularly sailors, might like to know that HMCS Oriole, the sail training vessel of the Royal Canadian Navy, will be arriving in Parry Sound on the morning of July 9, and staying over the 9th and 10th at the Town Dock.

A flotilla at a respectful distance is a nice welcome as long as it disperses at the narrows. 
The ship is belatedly celebrating her centennial. She is more than 100’ long, with a wooden main mast equal to her length. She is a ketch, with more than 13,000 square feet of sail, ALL raised without winches. 
Most junior and non-commissioned officers in the RCN train in Oriole for a time, to gain valuable experience at sea under sail.

She will be a beautiful sight in the Sound.

Special thanks to Marianne King-Wilson for sending us the news of the HMCS Oriole visit to Parry Sound.

Flare Disposal Day – 2022

Events and Presentations

Saturday, July 2nd, 2022
10am to 2pm

Pointe au Baril / Parry Sound Area

Have Your Flares Expired?

If your flares have a manufacture date of 2018 or earlier, they have or will expire this year. Disposing of expired flares has been an ongoing dilemma for boaters across the country. You can’t light them, throw them in the water or into your household garbage. To help boaters dispose of expired flares in a safe and environmentally responsible manner CPS-ECP and selected CIL Dealers are hosting Safety Equipment Education and Flare Disposal Days.

Location:       
Beacon Marine
60 South Shore Road
Pointe au Baril
beaconmarine.ca

Flares are only accepted directly from the recreational boating public. Flares will not be accepted from any companies, organizations, service clubs or municipalities.

Acceptable Flares      

FLARES ARE APPROVED FOR FOUR YEARS FROM THE DATE OF MANUFACTURE WHICH IS MARKED ON EACH DEVICE.

MANUFACTURER: CIL/ORION:     
HANDHELD RED FLARES, POCKET ROCKET AERIAL SIGNALS, SKYBLAZER ALERT SIGNALS, SIGNALS, HANDHELD ORANGE SMOKE, PARACHUTE SIGNAL ROCKET.

SKYBLAZER II SELF CONTAINED AERIAL SIGNALS, 12 GAUGE HP RED AERIAL FLARES, 25 MM HIGH PERFORMANCE AERIAL    

MANUFACTURER: PAINS WESSEX
LIFESMOKE MK9, LIFESMOKE MK8, LINETHROWER 250 ROCKET, RED HANDFLARE MK8, PARA RED ROCKET MK8A, DAY AND NIGHT MK8, PERSONAL DISTRESS SIGNALS, PARACHUTE ILLUMINATING ROCKET MK8, COMPACT DISTRESS SIGNAL, WHITE HANDFLARE MK8, HAND SMOKE MK8             

Flares Not Accepted   

MANUFACTURER: PAINS WESSEX and CIL/ORION, DAY AND NIGHT.
MANUFACTURER: PAINS WESSEX and COMET, LINE THROWING ROCKET.          

Parry Sound Power and Sail Squadron AGM, May 24, 2022 at 7:00 pm

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The Parry Sound Power and Sail Squadron Annual General Meeting will be held on May 24, 2022 at 7:00 PM. 

Once again, the AGM will be conducted via Zoom video conference.  All Power and Sail Squadron members as well as the public are invited to attend.  If you are interested in attending, kindly send us an email at  info@parrysoundboating.ca  and you will receive instructions to connect to the video conference.