The Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club history began one lovely afternoon in August of 1935 when Arthur and Marjorie Johnson took Max Barbour canoeing at Long Pond. The Johnson’s wanted to fully show Max this beautiful sheltered haven with its many arms just 15 miles from St. John’s, and yet without a summer home on it. According to Arthur Johnson, Max’s mind took off like a rocket and he said, “Our maritime people must have a yacht club.” The following spring […]
The Lewisporte Yacht Club (LYC) is the social group for the boaters at the Lewisporte marina. The executive and committees operate the clubhouse, organize social activities, and act as a common voice for the LYC members. The clubhouse offers members an informal, relaxing environment overlooking the docks. It has shower and laundry facilities, and is fully accessible. The kitchen and barbeques are available to both members and visiting crews. Friends, new and old, can often be found inside the building […]
The Bay of Islands Yacht Club is located in Corner Brook, Newfoundland – Canada. Nestled in Allen’s Cove the yacht club was founded in 1975 and offers all the conveniences you would expect. Clubhouse Showers Laundry Washrooms Boat launch Winter storage The Bay of Islands Yacht Club is also home to Crystal Waters Boat Tours. A favorite among tourists and locals, this boat tour offers spectacular view scapes of the bay and live entertainment on board embracing the local culture. […]
Welcome to the Shediac Bay Yacht Club. Incorporated in 1933, we are a non-profit, member controlled club. SBYC is located in south-east New Brunswick, Canada, on the west coast of the Northumberland Strait, the body of water between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. We offer you friendly and efficient bilingual (English and French) service. The Club operates a marina and a Sailing School, promotes racing, organizes cruises and social events. The marina can accommodate up to 170 boats (sail […]
The Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club derives its origin from the Saint John Yacht Club which was founded during two meetings of yachting enthusiasts in May of 1894. Frank Whelpley, Albert McArthur, Howard Holder and Fred Heans believed that the sport of sailing could be better encouraged in Saint John through the organized structure of a formally established Club. The Squadron of the new Club consisted of only six yachts. Initial dues were one dollar per year and one dollar for […]
The Rothesay Yacht Club was formed in the early 1900s by a group of yachting enthusiasts. Over the years it has become an important facility enjoyed increasing numbers of our residents. The community has certainly grown along with interest in sailing. Today the Rothesay Yacht Club, which is at the end of the Wharf Road on the historic Kennebecasis River, continues to provide for the needs of the boaters in our community. For many years the club provided for the […]
The Pointe-du-Chêne Yacht Club aspires to be the premiere yacht club of southeastern New Brunswick. We take pride in providing 24 hour service by way of a friendly, efficient and knowledgeable staff proficient in both official languages. At any time, please inform us of any questions or needs you may have to make your visit more enjoyable.
We are delighted that you have taken the time to visit our web site. Our intentions are to be able to provide as much useful information for your benefit. The web page is designed to provide an overview of the programs and the benefits of our service. We would appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have that we could add to this site which would better assist you. Who We Are Sail/Voile NB is the provincial governing body for […]
WEST HAWK LAKE YACHT CLUB The West Hawk Lake Yacht Club, established in 1959, was one of the original clubs in Manitoba. In fact, it was through the efforts of members of the WHLYC that the MSA itself was established. As the MSA website notes: The history of the Manitoba Sailing Association … has its roots in the early 60’s when sailing really began to expand in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario … The first indications that people wanted to form […]
It pretty much started in my garage, I was building a sail boat when Dick Quinton dropped by and mentioned that there were a few guys that were thinking of starting a yacht club at the beach. He inquired as to the boat I was building, which was an Enterprise. The long and short of it was that Kildonan canoe were starting to build Enterprises hence that made the decision easy there were seven including mine. We built the little […]
History of Pelican Yacht Club The first sailboats appeared on Pelican Lake around the turn of the century. It is no surprise therefore to find that the Pelican Yacht Club history is closely tied to another landmark on Pelican Lake; the Manitoba Sanatorium; or it is locally referred to, as simply the San. The San was established in 1910 and it was coincident that the people associated with it, also associated with the lake, and it was a natural progression […]
Gimli Yacht Club owes its beginnings to a unique set of circumstances. In 1967 Winnipeg was chosen as the site for the Pan Am Games and the most suitable location for the yachting competition was Gimli. Even before the Games were held, negotiations were initiated by the Manitoba Sailing Association regarding the acquisition of the site. However, the property was turned over to the Town following the Games. After two more years of negotiations between MSA and the Town, Gimli […]
The Club began in 1963 when a few sailors from Winnipeg would gather weekends at Faloma to go sailing. It did not take long for them to begin racing their boats against each other, using the public government dock of the time as their start/finish point. In 1964, John Higham, the Club’s very first Commodore, obtained a charter to form the Falcon Yacht Club and approached the Dept. of Mines & Natural Resources for some land “to maintain and operate […]
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 […]
A yacht club is formed by a group of people with a common interest in using boats to get away from land and enjoy cruising local and distant waters, racing for the thrill of personal combat against other sailors and the elements, or just messing about on boats. In the children’s classic “The Wind in the Willows”, it is described thus: “There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats…or with […]
The West Kelowna Yacht Club has great facilities for up to 149 people for meetings, weddings, birthday parties and more. The Club was largely renovated in 2014 with new floors, ceilings, walls, lighting and bar furniture. The Bar was redesigned and now has two serving locations. Pictures here of the club taken in 2014 are here. The Club is used for regular meetings of the West Kelowna Rotary Association, The Kinsmen Club of Westbank, and Okanagan Business Excellence. Commercial gas […]
We provide sailing training, racing, and recreational sailing activities from our clubhouse at scenic Jericho Beach in Vancouver. Slap on the sunscreen and PFD and sail our dinghies, cruiseboat, catamarans, and windsurfers, or paddle our kayaks on English Bay with the spectacular downtown skyline, Stanley Park, and mountains as a backdrop. Relax on the Jericho Sailing Centre members’ patio deck apres (the best view in Vancouver) with a cold beverage from the Galley restaurant (sailing is thirsty work). Share tales […]
The Victoria Cruising Club originally started as the Victoria Outboard Club in 1956. Members’ vessels were not very large but they managed to go cruising none the less (complete with small family members and the usual pet). Around 1970 the Club’s name was changed to the “Victoria Cruising Club”. The Victoria Cruising Club maintains a maximum of 75 members plus 8 Associate members and 7 Honorary members. With 75 vessels on the roster we can pretty well take up most […]
The idea of forming a Yacht Club was first conceived by a group of charter members. To generate interest a sailing race was organized for August 1951. The wind did not attend, but many people did. Encouraged, the organizers arranged a meeting for November at the OK Landing United Church hall. With a good attendance it was quickly decided to form a yacht club, with Dr. Hugh Campbell Brown elected Commodore, Dr. Leon Causier Vice Commodore, Horace Gailbraith legal advisor, […]
