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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
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

Recap of 2020 Fall Rendezvous at Ladysmith Community Marina
The Fall CS Rendezvous had a smaller turnout than usual, which was to be expected, given these difficult times.
However, the number of boaters proved to be a more manageable and safer number.
Safety protocols were in place, with social distancing on the dock, at the pub, and we even sanitized the bocce balls after each team played
CS Boaters Attending the 2020 Fall Rendezvous at Ladysmith Community Marina
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2021
Our  next Spring CS Rendezvous is scheduled for
May, 2021 at
Maple Bay Marina.

Details forthcoming....
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.
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Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons
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United States Power Squadrons