The 2026 Sailing Instructions & Race Calendar will be published in late April or early May, before the start of the Ice Breaker series on May 5. However, the racing calendar is already available on the NSC Google Calendar.
Notices to Competitors / Sailing Instruction Changes:
- Change #1, None yet.
Significant Changes for 2026:
- The NSC and BYC SIs now share a common core.
- In 2026, the change to the Fall Series, and hence the change for the start time, does not happen the same week for the Dinghies (Wednesday nights), as it does for other fleets.
- For the Queen’s Park races, there will be separate starts for the PHRF & JAM fleets.
- Queen’s Park Race #3 will start at C mark, to de-conflict with FANFARE.
- For boats that do not finish within the Finishing Window (Time Limit), they will now be scored TLE, for Time Limit Expired. Points for TLE shall be the number of finishers plus one. Previously, such boats were scored DNF.
- In Annex B2, it has been clarified that for the WILD Series, boats may race with their FS handicap in some races, and with their NFS handicap in others.
- Hyperlinks for all NSC and Interclub trophies have been added, pointing to those trophies in the Trophy Gallery.
In addition to reading the Sailing Instructions, every racer should obtain and read the 2025-2028 version of the World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing, and the Sail Canada Prescriptions.
Previous Sailing Instructions
For reference, older copies of the SIs are available – see 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013 versions along with the significant changes; the pdf versions for 1999-2012 are available in Box
Changes for Next Year
If you have changes you would like to propose for next year, feel free to discuss these with, or e-mail them to, Hugh Morrin and/or Mike Roper.
Page updated: 2026-04-06.
Page maintained by Hugh Morrin.
Update log: 2024-04-30, HM: updated for 2024. 2024-05-22, HM: Added amendment #1. 2024-09-09, HM: Minor formatting change. 2025-04-18, HM: Updated for 2025. 2025-04-30, HM: Added link to 2025 SIs in Box. 2025-06-12, HM: Added Amendment #1. 2025-08-03, HM: reversed order of page updated/maintained, for consistency. Did not change publish date. 2026-04-06, HM: Updated for 2026. Added list of significant changes for 2026. Changed “Amendment(s)” to “Change(s)”, for consistency with RRS, per post from RRS 2025-12-06. Below wording is for when SIs are available: The 2025 Sailing Instructions & Race Calendar are now available. Page 2 of the SIs shows the Series calendar, and pages 3 & 4 show the Weekend and Special Events calendar, but this information is also available on the NSC Google Calendar. The NSC SIs aim to be aligned with the BYC SIs, both of which address our Interclub racing program.