Vernon Yacht Club Sailing Fleet
The sailing fleet’s weekly racing season starts the Wednesday after Crane Day in April at 6:15pm and ends the 4th Sunday in October with races starting at 1pm. The season starts with races on Wednesday evenings at 6:15pm and switches to Sundays at 1pm at the beginning of August. The racing fleet has 20 plus boats and there is a crew list for those interested in teaming up with a boat. This page is for annual sailing fleet information and will be updated as the season starts.
2023 Racing Committee:
Chair -Bob A
Secretary – Kate S
Treasurer – Graham D
Regatta Chair – Pamela M
End to End Committee –
Committee Boat for Weekly Race Night
** Note – If the skipper is unable to make the date of his designated Committee Boat duty, it is his or her responsibility to change with another skipper
Find sailing information on the VYC Sailing Facebook Group Page
Dates to Note:
Sailing Fleet Meeting
Our March 15 meeting will be the second presentation in our Speakers Series. Don Cavers, a local Okanagan Shuswap resident, has a story to tell us about his recent mis-adventure at sea. We’ll meet downstairs at 7:00 pm in the ahem, VYC convention centre as we expect a large crowd for the presentation.
Learn to Sail
The other big news: The VYC Learn To Sail program is ON! More here: Learn to Sail with the VYC Sailing Fleet
Pamela Miller has acquired the services of Sailing Instructor extraordinaire Peter Lutsch for the “ground school” portion of the training on March 11th 9am – 5pm. Way to go Pamela! Now we just need your help for the on the water portion of the training. We need boats and skippers. This “water” school takes place on Saturday mornings and afternoons on the following dates: May 13th, May 20th, May 27th, and June 10th.
Interested skippers are asked to contact Pamela Miller at 250-260-0253 or pamelaswork@gmail.com – More details to follow.
Sailing Schedule 2023 VYC 2023
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