Lake Superior, Canada: Sailing Tours and Instruction

Events

Sailing Instruction
Sailing Excursion
Nipigon River Tours
Hiking/Photography
Lifestyle Expo
"Healthy Aging"
Tai Chi Conference
Biking
Bonfire
Live Music
"Oldies Dance"

Accommodations
(tell them you are doing the Red Sail Event to receive a special rate)
Quebec Lodge
www.nipigonriveradventures.com
Red Rock Inn
www.redrockinn.ca

Event Pricing:
Book and Pay by March 31
for a 10% discount.

NMCA Lighthouse and Resort adventure:
$ 2895.00/couple

NMCA Event Special. 50% off if booked and paid by March 31st
Starts Wednesday. All inclusive, on-board accommodations, meals, two nights at the Quebec Lodge, dinner at the Red Rock Inn, all shore based activities, return transportation back to Thunder Bay on Sunday.

Basic Sailing $249.00, add $20 if you want a PCOC card test.

Competent Crew and Coastal Navigation $1295.00
Includes all accommodations two nights Lodge or Inn, Breakfast Saturday and Sunday and all meals on the boat from Red Rock to Thunder Bay. Also includes all books, logs, charts and use of life vests w harness. (You supply your own sailing gear and dinner on Saturday and Sunday in Red Rock)

Day Skipper and Coastal Navigation $1195.00
Includes all accommodations one night Lodge or Inn, all meals on the boat from Red Rock to Thunder Bay. Also includes all books, logs, charts and use of life vests w harness. (You supply your own sailing gear and dinner on Sunday in Red Rock)

Competent Crew, Day Skipper and Coastal Navigation $1895.00 Includes all as above in the CCrew CN course and your PCOC designation.

Coastal Navigation Only: $445.00
Red Rock to Thunder Bay. Includes on-board meals and all books, logs, charts and use of life vests w harness.

90 minute River Tours: $45/person. $25 for children 10 and under.

Book and Pay before March 31st and receive an additional 10% off.

Summer Solstice Sailing Festival in Red Rock, ON.
June 20-21, 2009

Sail Superior.com will be sailing from Thunder Bay our flagship "Frodo" a 40' Jonmeri ocean tested sailboat and our 36' Kire Elite "Varua" to Red Rock for this event.

Events for the Sailors:

Basic Sailing Lessons including the PCOC operators card test.

Start Saturday with your first 5 of 10 hours of instruction. Spend the rest of the day enjoying the sights and sounds of Red Rock. Plan an overnight at the fabled Quebec Lodge or Red Rock Inn. On Sunday complete 5 more hours of hands on sailing and then write (optional) your PCOC operators card.
Classes will be 5 students maximum in two groups. 9am to 2pm and 3pm to 8pm, with groups switching time slots for Sunday. (You want to know why, .. Different times, different winds and a whole new sailing experience.)

Competent Crew and Coastal Navigation.

On Monday morning June 23rd we will be departing for the 75NM overnight journey back to Thunder Bay. 10 more hours of Competent Crew and 15 hours of Navigation all combined on the voyage through the heart of the National Marine Conservation Area. If you choose this additional trip please be prepared to do all the book work and chart work in May... you wont have time on the trip. Working in pairs you will be responsible to sail and navigate through some very tight channels as well as along Lake Superior's coastal waters. Crew will chose a safe anchorage along the way for an overnight on the boat.

Day Skipper and Coastal Navigation.

If you are continuing your training towards your Day Skipper Certification then you will take on some added responsibilities including an extra day and a half of sailing once we reach Thunder Bay. It will probably be a overnight to Thompson Island where a nice hot sauna will await us (needed after three days of sailing). Docking will be practiced on the final day in the Thunder Bay marina. This course will run Monday morning June 22nd to Wednesday afternoon June 24th.

(See detailed course descriptions on the Sail Superior.com website)

An Event for the Romantic Adventurer:

Thunder Bay - Red Rock Lighthouse Tour and Quebec Lodge Resort Adventure. Two days of Sailing, Two days of Resort: We will be sailing straight through the heart of the New National Marine Conservation Area.

The outbound to Red Rock begins Wednesday June 17th from Thunder Bay. On Wednesday afternoon we'll sail across the bay past the Sleeping Giant to Tee Harbour for the first over night. Lake conditions will dictate whether a trip to Trowbidge Island Lighthouse will be that evening or the next morning. Thursday, we continue on to the next anchorage at Loon Harbour with a stop at Porphyry Island Lighthouse and some fantastic sights only accessible by boat. Friday we sail close aboard Lamb Island lighthouse before entering the Nipigon Straights on our way to Red Rock Marina. In Red Rock you will be picked up and brought to the fabled Quebec Lodge where you will finish your adventure with two days of shore based activities.

Events for everyone:

Nipigon River and Bay Tours

Departures 12, 2, 4, 6 p.m., and twilight from Red Rock Marina the 90 minute tour will introduce you to some of the most spectacular scenery along the North Shore; viewed in the tranquility that can only be appreciated on a sailboat. Bring your camera and capture the resident Peregrine falcon and ancient Pictographs. The twilight tour will return at sunset, the perfect romantic cruise.

Red Rock Township Events

Friday June 19th between 10-4:30 - Lifestyle Expo - A trade show with the theme of "Healthy Aging". Don't let the name fool you, this is for people of all ages.
There will be demonstrations throughout the day on things like ballroom dancing, belly dancing, kick boxing etc. Booths with consumer consumer health information and other health and wellness demos will be set up throughout the day.
Saturday June 20th - Tai Chi Conference with Tai Chi enthusiasts from all over Canada. Tai Chi demonstrations and classes will be held throughout the day with a luncheon at the Red Rock Inn between 12pm-1:30 and an "Oldies" Dance between 8pm-1am with a live band.

Sail Superior.com Yacht Charters
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
on Lake Superior
807-628-3333
info@sailsuperior.com
www.sailsuperior.com

Sail Superior.com Yacht Charters

is bringing to Thunder Bay a sailing yacht for dedicated harbour tours and island excursions. At the end of each day the yacht will be available as a B&B. We expect our clients to be a cross-section of guests visiting friends or relatives in Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay residents looking for a romantic getaway and tourists passing through the City who want something special to remember about Lake Superior.

Rates are $129.00/night for up to 4 persons. Guests that take a sailing tour and then opt to stay a night aboard the yacht will get 10% off the B&B rate or 10% off the value of their charter. The yacht's delivery is expected in the first week of May. The yacht B&B season will be from Victoria Day weekend. (May 24th.) to the Thanksgiving weekend in October.

Details and accommodation photographs can be found on the web site: http://sailsuperior.com/sail-superior-bed-and-breakfast.html

Our 40' sailboat Frodo will continue service for Big Lake adventures including tours to the Sleeping Giant, ISPA instructional Cruise and Learn Holidays, and excursions into the NMCA (National Marine Conservation Area) on its new run to The Nipigon River Adventures "Quebec Lodge" in Red Rock.

Superior.com Yacht Charters
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
on Lake Superior
807-628-3333
info@sailsuperior.com
www.sailsuperior.com

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