Learn to Cruise Committee

The Learn to Cruise Committee is made up of cruising instructors and evaluators. It is responsible for establishing Quebec instructor training procedures, while taking into consideration the Canadian standards set by Sail Canada.

For more information concerning cruising instructor training, please see the Instructor section.

The committee is made up of the following members:

Normand Corbeil, President
Gilles Tétreault, VP Training
Guy Boulanger
Guylain Noël
Tony Pattinson
Robert Routhier
Martine St-Germain
Jean-Michel Hébert

Learn to Sail Committee

The Learn to Sail Committee is made up of dinghy sailing learning facilitators. It is responsible for establishing Quebec dinghy sailing instructor training procedures, while taking into account the Canadian standards set by Sail Canada.

More information can be found in the Become a Dinghy Sailing Instructor section.

The committee is made up of the following members:

Lennie Liscio, FVQ rep to Sail Canada
Gilles Tétreault, VP Training
Instructor Evaluator team

Cruising Committee

The Cruising Committee manages special Quebec Sailing Federation events, such as the petite Traversée in 2011 and the Rallye voile Atlantique in 2012. (not currently active)

Race Management Committee

The Race Management Committee is made up of two national-level Quebec race officers. They travel throughout the province to train new race officials, so that clubs can properly operate out their regattas.

More information is available about Race Official Training.
The Race Management Committee is made up of the following members:

Madeleine Palfreeman, RO
Ross Tellier, RO
David Peeling, judge
David Covo, judge

Quebec Circuit Committee

The Quebec Circuit Committee is responsible for structuring a series of races that will take place throughout Quebec each year. These regattas count towards qualification for the Quebec Games, which are held every two years. The committee meets once per year at the FVQ's Annual General Meeting.

More information is available about the Quebec Circuit.

The committee is made up of the following members:

Daniel St-Onge, President
Dominique Vallée
Éric Émond
Jean-Bernard Rose
Jean-François Gacougnolle
Maxime Fecteau
Peter Kelly
Volunteer representatives of the host clubs

Elite Committee

The Elite Committee is responsible for selecting the athletes who will be a part of the provincial sailing team. Selections are made at the start of each year. Information about the Quebec Sailing Team can be found here..

The committee is made up of the following members:

Stéphane Locas, President
Alan Lombard, VP Elite
Scott Morgan, VP Competition
Marc-André Littée
Martin Tougas
Pierre Alary, Secretary

Able Sailing Committee

The AbleSailing Committee is responsible for creating a bridge between the Quebec Wheelchair Sports Association (AQSFR), the Quebec Adapted Sailing Association (AQVA) and the Quebec Sailing Federation in order to promote and develop able sailing and paralympic athletes.

More information about Able sailing is available.

The committee is made up of the following members:

Alan Lombard, VP Elite
Pierre Richard
Marc-Antoine Ducharme (AQSFR)

More information is available on the website of the AQVA. This organization offers trips on sailboats, instructor and public training and adapted sailing regattas .

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