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2021 CS Rendezvous at Salt Spring Island. Click on photo to enlarge
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Welcome to CS West
 Marine Weather reports:  Swanson Channel  I  South of Nanaimo   
North of Nanaimo   I    Trincomali Channel |   Washington | WindyTV
 Tides:  Fulford Harbour | Sidney | Pt. Atkinson | Washington
Currents:  Active Pass | Dodd Narrows | Porlier Pass
CS West Executive 2021-2022
  • Mike McGaw
  • Wayne Parfitt
  • Joanne Graham
  • Cliff Kiyooka
NEW - Schematic drawings for the CS 33
CS West member Byron Roehrl has kindly given permission to repost these files from the CSOA site.  These files are for the CS 33.
  • Lines Plan
  • Table of Offsets
  • Keel Detail
  • Stemhead Fitting
  • General Arrangement
  • Deck Plan
  • Sail Plan
  • Chain Plate
  • P-Bracket
  • Rudder Arrangement
Click here to go to the download page.  They are all in .pdf format.  Thanks Byron!
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​Holland Marine - Holland Marine Products is the source for those parts that in the past were only available from manufacturers such as CS Yachts including the old style grey window gasket for CS
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Click to see past newsletters to 1997
CSOA (Canadian Sailcraft Owners Association) Forum
This is a source for CS discussions. The "digest" form is recommended as the most compact form of receiving the email. Any user can change to digest mode, and receive one message daily grouping all the messages sent that day.
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CS Yacht Owners West was founded in 1997.  We are a group of boaters primarily from the Pacific Northwest, who race and/or cruise CS (originally, "Canadian Sailcraft") sailboats (CS 27, 33, and 36T designed by Ray Wall, and the CS 30, 34, 36M and CS 40 designed by Tony Castro.  We also welcome owners of the Quanta, a 28 ft. sailboat designed by Ray Wall who is retired in the Victoria area and is a member of our group.
Click here for an overview of CS Yachts.
Our regular cruising grounds include: Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Gulf Islands, Howe Sound, Georgia Strait and Desolation Sound and beyond. Most of our members live in the Vancouver, southern Vancouver Island and Seattle areas.

CS or Quanta Owner?  Join us for -
  • Spring & Fall Rendezvous
  • Flotilla Cruises to San Juans, Gulf Islands, Desolation Sound
  • Discounts at chandleries
  • Technical discussion about our boats

CS West Events

2021 Fall Rendezvous Photos
September 7-10
We held a very successful Fall rendezvous at Salt Spring Marina.  13 CS boats and 33 folks attended including several who drove in plus two more boats could have attended except they were already on Salt Spring.    It was great to see some former CS owners as well as welcome new members.  Highlights included the artisan tour, the prize draws, tech talk, new bocci champions, dinner at Moby's, and the farewell breakfast.  Thanks to organizers Joanne and Judy, with help from Mike (bocci), Jeff and Maria (tai chi), Yvonne (prizes), David (tech talk) and Cliff.  Thanks also to Salt Spring Marina, Tour Salt Spring, Moby's, Calibre Yachts, and Barb's Bakery.

Our Spring 2022 CS Rendezvous has been tentatively booked for the weekend (not weekday) at Telegraph Harbour.

Here are a couple of articles about CS adventurers:
Two CS36T sailboats, STV Goldcrest and HMCS Tuna, were part of the fleet of 37 sailboats that embarked on the 20th anniversary  of the Vanisle 360 race this June (2019).  Both CS boats, Canadian Forces Sail Training Vessels,  were from Canadian Forces Esquimalt.
STV Goldcrest placed second in her class in the Winter Harbour to Ucluelet leg.  According to CS member, Eric, the original HMCS Tuna  was a RCN torpedo boat in WWI, commissioned from 1914 to 1917.  The CS36T named HMCS Tuna was commissioned in 1985.

Here are a couple links to the CS36T racing boats:
Here is an article on a cruise around Vancouver Island in a CS 36T.  This is a link to the story in the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Spring/Summer Special Edition of Mainsheet, Oct 11, 2018.  Thanks, Henry for bringing this to our attention.
"We had been living aboard our CS 36T, Mamaku, in Victoria for almost two years ...." 

Click on the following link to read the rest of the article, "Cruising Around Vancouver Island" by Sarah White, p, 12. 

Here is a follow up link to Sarah and Harry's blog, called Mamaku Sailing.