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• 7919 Okanagan Landing Rd Vernon BC V1H 1H1
• (250) 545-5518
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Vernon Yacht Club provides moorage facilities for both power and sail boats to our members. Our clubhouse offers bar and restaurant and holds club social events. Our Mission Statement ''to promote the enhancement of boating as a recreational and pleasurable pastime, to encourage inter-club and inter-community nautical activities''.

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Private Waterfront Access

Residents have exclusive access to a sunbathing and swimming wharf, and a kilometer of shoreline and south facing beach along the lake.

BOAT MOORAGE

Moor your boat at the Vernon Yacht Club and pop over to pick up your family at our private dock.

Located on east arm of 90-mile-long Okanagan Lake, the Vernon Yacht Club provides memberships for special events, food and beverage, moorage facilities and visitor slips for both power and sailboats. Membership is currently available for Adventure Bay residents.

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Welcome to Vernon Yacht Club in Vernon , British Columbia in Canada . 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, and Austin Collins as Secretary. Another thirty signed up as founding members, each contributing a few dollars, and June 23, 1953 the Vernon Yacht Club in Vernon , British Columbia , received its charter as a society. Meanwhile, the hunt was on for a waterfront club site. Debris from the paddlewheel era resulted in depressed values for the affected water front properties and in 1955, with the assistance of Dr. Campbell Brown, the club purchased one lot with a small building and 50 feet of lake frontage, directly across the road from the doctor?s then new house. The Campbell Brown residence remains and the Vernon Yacht Club is the only Okanagan Yacht Club to own its property. At Christmas and New Year, club sailboats wintering on the water have evolved a tradition of dressing the rigging with lights and cruising the bay for enjoyment of residents and it is reported that some of these die hards sail each week, all winter, on the almost ice-free lake. Other members volunteer to skipper a pontoon excursion boat for elderly and infirm members of the community. The concrete clubhouse has served well and is frequently the scene of formal and not so formal socializing. Some members are also Power Squadron members and provide boating courses throughout the year. Recently the club has provided moorage and a meeting place for the Vernon Sea Scouts. Now on course to its 100th anniversary, the Vernon Yacht Club ?s tradition of imagination, hard work, membership participation, and community service will continue to bring together those lively souls who love to mess about in boats.

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June 26, 2014

by Perry Mack

The Okanagan Valley is a premier outdoor playground because of the wonderfully dry, semi-arid climate and because of the many large, fresh water recreational lakes right on our doorstep.  At the centre of these pristine, deep water lakes sits Lake Okanagan with its 270 kilometers of shoreline stretching from the City of Penticton at the south to the City of Vernon at the north with six of the major centres in the Okanagan Valley having their own private yacht club situated along its 135 kilometer length.

It truly is difficult to think of a better way for anyone to enjoy what the Okanagan has to offer throughout the year than to be out on the water cruising and exploring the hidden gems accessible from the waters’ edge.  Even more intriguing, and with a feeling of being on some exotic voyage to distant ports, is being able to sail into any one of these yacht clubs on Lake Okanagan and feel as though you belong. You can make yourself at home, enjoying the amenities they offer, and then leave your vessel, your floating home, safely at the dock, freeing you to go and explore this new port you have just arrived at from the water.

It’s true, a Regular Member of any one of the six yacht clubs situated on Lake Okanagan are entitled to reciprocal privileges at the other five as if they were a member of that club, with complimentary moorage for up to a few nights, provided they respect those facilities and the other members as if they were of their own club. Just think of it, taking a weekend, a week or even longer cruising the lake to visit some or all of these “ports” for a night or two and then picking up and moving on to the next one while taking in the breathtaking scenery seen from the water.  Not only that, there are a number of other yacht clubs throughout the Pacific Northwest and even beyond with whom the Vernon Yacht Club has reciprocal privileges if you were to take your vessel to the coast or perhaps to charter a boat.

The Vernon Yacht Club, established for over 60 years, has plenty to offer the local boating enthusiast; whether it is power boating or sailing that is your passion as both are pretty much equally represented amongst the 285 slips in the marina basin.  The Vernon Yacht Club is the owner of its own land fronting onto Lake Okanagan, thereby giving its members control over their future.  The welcoming two storey air-conditioned Clubhouse with its full service bar, dance floor, sound and audio systems, games room with pool table, foosball and shuffle board and of course the large wrap-around deck overlooking the lake with a retractable awning is the focal point of the Vernon Yacht Club.  Recently updated washroom facilities on both levels and a fully self-contained shower on the lower level are available for those nights you spend at the Club on your boat.

New for this year is their webcam with free access from their new website www. vernonyachtclub .com. The webcam is looks west toward the Forestry Campground on the west side of Lake Okanagan and will be of interest to many watersport enthusiasts including water skiers, wake boarders, sailors and paddle boat users as they will be able to see the conditions on the lake at any time of the day.

Social events throughout the year are plenty at the Vernon Yacht Club, with the usual special occasion dinner parties for Christmas, New Years, Halloween, etc., and there are the weekly Friday Night dinners and Sunday brunches.  But during the boating season every year there is the infamous annual Rib-Off every May and the Pig Roast every September, not to mention the Commodores Ball and Sail Past in June as well as various inter-Club “invasions”, organized dinner parties where Members from all the other Clubs are invited to “invade” the hosting Club by water on their boats for the weekend.  Numerous Sailing Regattas on Lake Okanagan are also hosted at each of the yacht clubs where skippers and their crew get together for a weekend of camaraderie and a chance to test their skills racing against one another at the host yacht club.

The Vernon Yacht Club is self-managed by the Commodore and Board of Directors who are all volunteer Members with the exception of only a few paid staff.  The Vernon Yacht Club provides valuable moorage space free of charge to the Okanagan Volunteer Association for their rescue boat equipped with a water cannon, the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary for their patrol boat and to the Okanagan Quality of Life Society for their pontoon boat “Heaven Can Wait” that their volunteer members use to take the elderly and the infirmed on free excursions on Lake Okanagan.

Joining the Vernon Yacht Club may not be as costly as you might otherwise think.  To become a Regular lifetime member with a vote in the affairs of the Club and access to moorage privileges means paying a one-time initiation fee and your annual dues, presently $3,000 and $487 respectively, plus your moorage.  You also have the option to join as an Associate Member and enjoy many aspects of the Club but without a vote in the affairs of the Club or moorage privileges.  To join as an Associate Member there is no initiation fee, just your annual dues at one-half the annual dues for a Regular Member.

Persons interested in becoming a member of the Vernon Yacht Club, either as a Regular or Associate Member, are invited to speak with any Club Member, Staff or contact the Membership Director by phone (250-545-5518) by email ([email protected]) or visit our website (www. vernonyachtclub .com)

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Vernon Yacht Club invites you to join them for a fun filled weekend of racing, dining and dancing at the Vernon yacht club annual regatta June 3-5. The weekend begins with the fun Whiskey Island Race* from Grant (Whiskey) Island to VYC. Then Saturday and Sunday we will race in the bay in front of the clubhouse. Saturday night have a delicious dinner and dance to the music of our favourite band, the McKinley.

Online registration will open May 1st and don’t forget to send in your request for moorage if necessary. Boat registration is $145 which includes 2 meal packages. A meal package includes continental breakfast Saturday and Sunday, dinner Saturday night and lunch on Sunday. Extra meal packages can be purchased for $45 each.  We also have for sale at $25 specially designed T-shirts for this occasion.

Registration table will be open on Friday night for payment and purchase of extra meal packages, Saturday night dinner tickets and T-shirt’s.

For Registration & the Notice of Race, visit the VYC website here.

As well as the regular fleets, we are encouraging the “wannabee” race boats with dodgers, Biminis and BBQs  to join us in the “Cruiser Class”. Rules are still being formulated but you can imagine that it will be less competitive and more fun.

* Whiskey Island Race results are not included in the regatta results so if you can’t make the run from Grant (Whiskey) Island, you still can clean up on Saturday and Sunday.

If you have questions please contact:

Carol Craske, Registration [email protected]

Bob Annand, Race Chair [email protected]

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Vernon Yacht Club 2023 Boat & Leisure Show is a go! VYC’s Boat Show dates are May 6th & 7th.

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Learn to sail, learn to sail with the vyc sailing fleet, to register for this course: 1) fill in the registration form: vyc learn to sail registration 2) payment: after filling in the form, contact marjon at vyc’s office to arrange payment: 250-545-5518.

Ever dreamed of sailing around the world? Or pictured yourself out on the water, relaxing with the breeze in your face as waves rock gently below. Now’s your chance to learn to sail. We offer a 2 part  course for members and the public. Each course will keep you learning and moving forward with your sailing skills. You’re never too old to learn, and have fun doing it. You can learn to sail on a 25+ foot keelboat with no experience necessary!

The Vernon Yacht Club Sailing Fleet is continuing the annual Learn to Sail program run by volunteer sailors. Kelowna Yacht Club’s Sailing Instructor, Peter Lutsch will teach the Half Day In-Class Theory Course over 2 Saturdays, Feb. 24th and Mar 2nd. When the weather gets warmer in May , VYC sailors will teach a 4 part On-Water Sessions over 4 Saturdays, May 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th.

2024 Learn to Sail – Vernon Yacht Club Returning for the 2024 Season, the Vernon Yacht Club’s Keelboat Learn to Sail program is scheduled for February/March’s in class sessions and May’s on the water sessions! This program is for 18+ beginners or those looking to refresh their knowledge. Course topics include sailing theory, terminology, and safety information, with the opportunity to get on the water and use new-found skills and knowledge in a safe and supportive environment. This program is open to the public.

“Adult Learn to Sail” starts at $150 for two (3 hour) classroom theory sessions, February 24th and March 2nd, with the option of four on-the-water sessions over four Saturdays May 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th for an additional $150.

Learn to Sail Classroom dates: Classroom Sessions 3 hours/ea. (2 session over 2 days): February 24 th – 9am – 12pm March 2 nd – 9am – 12pm Includes books and lunch (if you are attending with a partner and would like to share a book for a $40 reduction on one fee, please let VYC office manager, Marjon know) Fee: $150

Learn to Sail On-Water dates: Four on the water instruction dates with VYC Sailing Fleet: May 4 th , May 11 th , May 18 th and May 25 th Choice of morning or afternoon times: 10am – 12pm or 2pm – 4pm Includes instruction by VYC Sailing Fleet members (max 4 students/boat) Fee: $150 (February/ March’s In-Class sessions is a required course in order to book the May On-Water sessions)

For information please contact Pamela at [email protected]

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