Kingston waterfront news: February 2006

Two Kingston-area boats recently sailed in the Olson 30 US Nationals and in the Olson 30 class at the light-air Land's End NOOD regatta in Florida. Both events were hosted by the St. Petersburg Yacht Club.

Here are pictures of the effects of today's big breeze at Kingston Yacht Club. Environment Canada reports gusts to 84 kmh, off the scale of our chart.

Here is the announcement that the 2007 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship will be held in Kingston between 12-21 July 2007.

The Globe and Mail reports Great Lakes pollution rising despite cleanups, study says. The full study is here, courtesy of pollutionwatch.org. We've posted their latest data on the largest polluters in the region on our pollution page.

CKWS-TV reports on a recent diving death near Rockport.

The Saturday Feb 4 Whig Standard has two interesting online stories. The first is about the Wolfe Island wind turbine project and the second is about ownership and responsibility for Fort Henry.

We may be seeing a show by the Snowbirds precision flying team on Wednesday May 17th.