The Middle Harbour Amateur Sailing Club has raced centreboard dinghies from its premises at The Spit for over 50 years. The Club started racing Laser class dinghies in 1976 and has produced many fine sailors, including: Glenn Bourke, triple World Champion 1988 to 1990 Michael Blackburn, 2006 World Laser Champion. Olympic representative, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 (Bronze Medal) and Athens 2004. 2004 World Laser Radial Champion Gabrielle King, triple World Youth Champion 2007 to 2008 Peter Heywood, 2005, 2007, 2008, […]
Middle Harbour 16ft Skiff Club
The Manning River Sailing Club can be found in William Wynter Drive Taree, Regional NSW, Australia. It is located just off the main road, behind KFC and next to the Rowing Club. Facilities available include: Facilities for Members with Disabilities Abundant rigging area, large launching ramp Cement boat ramp, carpark, and pontoon style wharf Change-rooms Hall upstairs for hire Kitchen facilities upstairs Expansive river view from the balcony, kitchen and Sailing Control Room and A disabled access ramp has […]
Although only 75 years old itself, the club can be tied to events dating back at least to 1732. The beautiful island we call home has, since the arrival of the Europeans, been a family estate, hospital, quarantine station, military prison, prisoner of war camp, recruit training station for the British Foreign Legion, ammunition depot and a yacht club. Wayward soldiers and sailors were jailed here as early as 1803. Beginning in 1808 French prisoners began arriving during the Napoleonic […]
The Whistler Sailing Association is a group of recreational dinghy sailing enthusiasts who enjoy getting out on Whistler’s Alta Lake for a sail. We meet throughout the summer Wednesday nights for a fun race followed by a social. We are a fully accredited Sailing School and we teach the Sail Canada curriculum. We feature Sunday Drop in Sailing lessons where members and visitors can simply come down with the family and get out and sail on the lake. We offer […]
Stamps Landing Yacht Club (SLYC) was founded in 1989 by a number of boat owners based at Heather Civic Marina, and with the assistance of Stamps Landing Pub (now the Wicklow). Many original members were formerly members of the Jib Set. Over the years our membership has evolved to include members who keep their boats at Burrard Bridge Marina, Spruce Marina, and even as far afield as the Sunshine Coast and the Gulf Islands. Actually, no. Some of our members […]
Our history reaches back into the maritime traditions of an earlier century. The Club was granted the privilege by Whitehall of using the badge from the HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy ship of the line sailing local waters during the late 1850’s. The elephant from this badge has been adopted for the Club burgee. From its beginnings in 1969 as a racing dinghy association, the Club has grown to embrace a range of boating activities, with a continued emphasis on […]
Salt Spring Island Power and Sail Squadron is a member of the Vancouver Island South District of Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons and was founded in 1972 by a group of people dedicated to the promotion of safe boating. With the exception of a few permanent employees in the National Headquarters, all other activities and Power Squadron functions are carried out by volunteers. Courses: Various courses in navigation, boat handling & operation, VHF Radio, weather and boat maintenance are offered […]
The Half Moon Bay Yacht Club was established in 1978 by a small group of Coastsiders with a shared interest in sailing. The group used the harbormaster’s storage room as its first facility. From there, it grew into a true yacht club that organized racing, trained new members, facilitated access to sailing for those without boats, explored kayaking, hosted visiting racers and cruisers, and enjoyed a rich social calendar. Later, the club was able to purchase its first clubhouse from […]
Gold Country Yacht Club is a family-friendly group of boating enthusiasts located on Scotts Flat Lake in the beautiful foothills of the Sierra Nevada in the heart of California’s historic Gold Country. The area boasts several fine lakes and easy access to Lake Tahoe and the San Francisco Bay Area. Though members sail the year-round in various locations, the principal anchorage during the summer months is Scotts Flat Lake, situated on Deer Creek approximately five miles north of Nevada City. […]
The Art and Wine Festival at the Encinal yacht club scheduled for May 16th has been postponed until Sept. or Oct. We will be able to secure our reservation sometime in August. We will keep you informed. Meanwhile, The Napa Valley Yacht Club Cruise out Dinner is still on for June 26th. Details will be submitted soon. Since the GCYC does not have a permanent home, our BOD’s (Board of Directors) has been looking for solutions to our dilemma. Discussions […]
Encinal Yacht Club, being the 3rd oldest yacht club on the Bay, was founded in 1890. The club was established by residents living in Alameda’s Gold Coast, on the south shore of the Island. The club’s unique management structure was set at the beginning, which designated separate Executive and Flag Officer functions. The club became famous for its moonlit parties, regattas, and cruising events. The club encouraged family participation from the very beginning. The first clubhouse was designed and built […]
The above verbatim quotation from the preamble and first article of the Club’s charter indicates the high hopes of the five organizers (and concurrently the first Board of Directors, first slate of officers, and at the time, the entire Membership) of the new club dedicated “to promote and encourage, as its primary function and purpose, an interest in amateur yachting in all its phases…” The presumptuousness (or vision) of this founding group is further indicated by the choice of the […]
Santa Catalina Island has been inhabited for at least 8000 years. At the time of first European contact in 1542, it is thought that the Native Americans living on Santa Catalina Island called their island Pimu and themselves Pimungans (or Pimuvit). In 1542 the Pimungans greeted the Spanish galleon that bore the explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo to their shores. Thus began the start of the Spanish discovery of the Island. In 1602, on November 24, the eve of St. Catherine’s […]
California Yacht Club was started in 1922 in Los Angeles harbor by a group of dedicated yachtsman – most from Los Angeles Athletic Club and the rest active in other early yacht clubs of the day. They built a magnificent clubhouse with an anchorage of several hundred sail and power boats. Offshore speedboat contests and long distance cruising were active pursuits as well as sailing ‘ round the buoys. CYC’s trophy case was filled to bursting early on and the […]
We’re a low-key group of sailors. We emphasize recreational sailing and club-level racing. Our boats are trail erable and range in size from ten to twenty-four feet. We emphasize that sailing should be fun. Our focus is on sailing well while helping one another. Water safety is our club’s first priority. In short, the Butte Sailing Club is a place to learn about sailing, engage in spirited racing, and enjoy one another’s company both on and off the water. Consider […]
In 1935, when the City of Berkeley provided land and the Federal Government provided labor to build the Berkeley Yacht Harbor, the genesis of the Berkeley Yacht Club took place. It was a group of boaters whose boats were berthed in the harbor that formed the nucleus that would become the Berkeley Yacht Club. This founding group agreed to raise $1,000 and the City of Berkeley agreed to provide $2,500 for the Yacht Club. Professor B. H. Crocheron, head of […]
The Barbary Coast Boating Club is Northern California’s premier gay and lesbian boating experience – a club for those interested in all aspects of on-water fun. Our goal is to provide a safe environment that fosters camaraderie, fun and the enjoyment of boating and other water activities in the company of gay men and lesbians. Established in 1982, the Club has been serving boaters in Northern California for more than 25 years. We have members from all nine counties bordering […]
More events and/or dinners may be added to this list. An evite will be sent. Please feel free to email Debbie if you have any questions or would like to prepare a Saturday Dinner or Sunday Breakfast For information on these and other events. Ballena Bay Yacht Club is an all volunteer, non profit organization with approximately 180 members. The club is located within Ballena Isle Marina on the western side of Alameda, California just across from San Francisco.The goal […]
Early in December during the summer season of 1935, a few twelve foot skiff owners and crews assembled inside the antique band rotunda, situated in Cabarita Park, at the banks of the Parramatta River. It become an informal amassing, called collectively for the specific cause of discussing the pros and cons of forming their own crusing club. From Fifty Years on the River by using Ross G. Riley In truth it turned into a brief even as in a while […]