Your group arrives at 415 Queens Quay West, right on the Toronto waterfront. We handle the welcome, the safety briefing, and everything else. You just show up.
The city falls away the moment you leave the dock. Your captain and crew handle the sailing — your group handles the conversation. Whether you're running a 2-hour social sail or a 3 or 4 hour structured experience, the atmosphere is relaxed, private, and entirely yours.
The best company outings are the ones people reference for months afterward. We create this every time we leave the dock.
Corporate events carry a different kind of weight than personal outings. There are internal approvals, risk considerations, and guest expectations to manage — and when it goes wrong, it reflects on the person who booked it. We understand that dynamic because we’ve worked with corporate clients who take those considerations seriously.
Gone Sailing Adventures operates under Transport Canada licensing with a risk management manual developed over years of running corporate events on Lake Ontario. Our captains bring between 10 and 50 years of experience to every outing. When Shell Oil brought a group to Toronto for a corporate event, we provided a full two-page executive risk assessment — a summary of our 50-page risk management program — covering potential risks and mitigation factors for every aspect of the outing. That’s the level of documentation we can produce when your company needs it.
For the office administrator or HR manager tasked with organizing this event: we’re the vendor that makes your job easier, not harder. We communicate clearly, show up prepared, and run a clean, professional experience from initial inquiry to disembarking.
I’ve been sailing Lake Ontario for decades. My captains have between 10 and 50 years on the water. And the thing that keeps all of us coming back — every season, every outing — is watching what happens to people the first time they step aboard.
The colleague who was quiet the whole way to the dock is suddenly at the helm, laughing, asking questions. The executives who spent the morning in back-to-back meetings are sitting on the bow talking about something that has nothing to do with work. The client who came out of obligation is asking about lessons.
That’s what a first experience does. It creates a before and after. And it’s what we build every company outing and corporate event around.
Fair Winds,
Captain Howie Colt, Founder — Gone Sailing Adventures
When considering chartering a yacht in Canada, we know you have many options. Some of these options look super exciting and at ridiculously great prices. Recent trends in the industry have opened the door for many unqualified individuals to purchase boats and offer charter services to the unsuspecting public. It’s easy to create a website and even easier to just list a boat on sites such as Facebook Marketplace, Kijiji, Getmyboat, Boat Setter and many others.
Unfortunately, many of these operators are NOT licensed, insured or qualified to accept your trust on the water.
In order to be licensed and insured a number of items MUST be in place. Listed are just a few.
Over the last few years there have been a number of deaths and even more accidents resulting from these types of operators. Be safe and know who you are getting on a boat with. All licensed operators should willingly display their credentials, and most are members of the Passenger & Commercial Vessel Association (PCVA).
