Your group arrives at our dock at 415 Queens Quay West in downtown Toronto. We handle the briefing, the safety gear, and the welcome — you just show up.
Leave the city behind and head out on the water. Whether you choose a relaxed 2-hour social sail or a 3-hour team challenge with on-water activities, your captain and crew handle the sailing with whatever help your team wishes to add. All while your team handles the conversation and connecting.
The dock is where people are still laughing. The office is where they're already asking when they're going again.
If you’re comparing options, you’re probably looking at a mix of venues, activity providers, and experience types. The challenge is finding something that feels genuinely different but still easy to say yes to at the budget approval stage.
Sailing works for corporate groups because it hits a rare combination: it feels premium without being formal, active without being athletic, and memorable without needing elaborate production. It’s an experience that most of your team simply hasn’t had before, and first-time experiences shared together are the most effective way to build connection across a group.
Gone Sailing Adventures has hosted corporate groups from engineering firms, financial services companies, legal teams, sales organizations, and technology companies. We understand what event planners and HR coordinators need: a reliable operator, clear communication, and an experience that reflects well on the person who booked it. We’ve been doing this on Lake Ontario for years, and our team brings the years of delivering successful sailing experiences to every outing.
There’s something that happens the first time someone takes the helm of a sailing yacht on Lake Ontario. The sceptic who didn’t want to come becomes the one who doesn’t want to leave. The colleague nobody talks to becomes the one everyone’s laughing with on the way back to the dock.
I’ve been sailing for decades, and my captains have between 10 and 50 years on the water. What keeps us here isn’t the sailing — it’s watching what happens to people when they try it for the first time. That moment of awe is what we build every 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).
