20/12/2023
Anchors Aweigh!
Stories from the Docks
We're A Social Club with a Sailing Problem
Media
GYC features in Canadian Boating Magazine
Mar 28, 2024
Princess Louisa Inlet
The Gulf Yacht Club is a small sailing club with about 80 members in the Metro Vancouver/Vancouver Island/Sunshine Coast area. We have a very active membership and a busy cruising schedule.
"Appie" Hour in Comox
Our club is very casual, and members are always willing to help each
other with any questions or hands-on assistance. Our cruises and
rendezvous gatherings are well attended with lots of good eats.
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Destinations | Ports of Call
Telegraph Harbour Marina
"Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." ― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
Back to the days when most sailors made their boats in their garages, backyards, or basements, because that would have been the only way that they could procure a boat of any type. Boaters of yore were hardy folk who endured sleeping on floor boards in open boats with very little shelter, no boat cushions, cotton sails that never dried out and often succumbed to mildew, a hand compass and line of sight was used to navigate, no GPS or chart plotters, and their idea of a head was a bucket, if you were lucky. Read more...