Profile: Pat Nelder, on-water chair of Helly Hansen Chester Race Week
This article originally appeared in Atlantic Boating Magazine in June 2022. For more than 20 years, Pat Nelder has been one of the biggest promoters of sailing and boating in Atlantic Canada. Nelder, who served as the executive director of Boating Atlantic, formerly the Atlantic Marine Trades Association (AMTA), retired from that role on March […]
Taking the top prize: Sue McAlpine and the Chester Race Week trophies
Sue McAlpine has spent the last couple of weeks getting the trophies that will be handed out during Helly Hansen Chester Race Week ready for their big days. McAlpine’s been polishing, shining, and transferring the cups to the case on the main floor of the Chester Yacht Club where they will stay until after race […]
Four decades of The Hopping Penguins
The Hopping Penguins may be the band of Chester Race Week, but their origins started in a bit of a rivalry. It was 1982 and Gary Edwards and Andru Lordly played on the deck of an old farmhouse overlooking the town of Mahone Bay. The house belonged to Dougie Mosher, a sailor who was racing […]