Welcome to the Kelowna Yacht Club’s website! I invite you to spend a few minutes exploring and learning who we are, our history, what we do both in the community and for our members, and how we govern ourselves while keeping our eyes to the future.

2010 marks our 65th anniversary and there are not many organizations in the Okanagan who can claim such a long and active association with its community. We formed in 1945 with the mandate to promote the betterment and enjoyment of pleasure boating on the waters of beautiful Okanagan Lake. We continue to do this by organizing many activities throughout the year for the benefit of both the residents of the central Okanagan and our members.

Our year’s activities begin with the annual Boat & Leisure Show, which benefits the many thousands who attend and businesses who exhibit. Less obvious are the thousands of visitors and other boaters who enjoy safe moorage at any one of the 32 public mooring buoys we maintain in specific bays on the lake. Proceeds from the Boat & Leisure Show go toward installing and maintaining these mooring buoys for the safety of all boaters.

We sponsor many sailing regattas and weekly races, delighting onlookers who love the sight of wind-filled sails on the water. We provide families of children with disabilities an incredible day filled with pirates and fun out on the lake. We host people with sight impairments a fishing derby and host and raise funds for the Disabled Sailing Association.

We are active and supportive of our community by donating precious moorage space for the fire, rescue and patrol boats of the RCMP, City of Kelowna Fire Department, Canadian Coast Guard and Department of Fisheries as well as the Disabled Sailors and the Seniors’ Pontoon Boat. We run very active Youth and Education programs, teaching children how to be safe both on and in the water and introducing people of all ages to the delightful world of sailing.

It takes an active and vibrant club to do all this and we are both fortunate and proud to have enjoyed excellent governance over our 65-year history. Our members take an active interest in their Club and have always looked to the future. The Club has never had any form of assistance from any level of government for our operations and have always paid our own way.

This good planning is now leading us to an exciting future as we work on two very special projects. The first is to expand our facilities to help alleviate the critical moorage shortage in the Okanagan. The second is the recent agreement with the City of Kelowna which will see us move our clubhouse in order to expand the new Stuart Park.

We are proud of our accomplishments and contributions to our community and look forward to our next 65 years.

Bob Smith, Commodore

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Valentine's Dinner Date at KYC Sunday, February 14th.. don't miss the chance to spoil your Sweetheart.   Spring adult sailing classes now finalized. Reserve your share of the fun early. Tie the knot with one of our sailors and make new friends. full details here. To improve the safety and security of the KYC we are installing a new key card system. Please come into the KYC Office ASAP after February 16 to pick up a new card. The office hours for new key cards are Tuesday to Saturday 10 – 2. Exchanged cards are free but replacement cards are $20. The existing system will be replaced on March 31. A special ‘Thanks’ for your patience as we issue the cards and install the equipment. CYA reps to meet with local sailors in KYC upper lounge Sunday, February 21st. @ 1 pm Attention Sailors: Tuesday February 23rd Season Opener: Racing Rules & Registration packages. KYC upper lounge 7pm KYC's Curtis Blewett looking forward to racing "Alinghi 5" in the America's Cup. details here.. 2010 KYC Boat and Leisure Show. KYC volunteers complete their pre-show planning and begin accepting exhibitors.. full details here..

KYC installs 14 additional public mooring bouys on Okanagan Lake. KYC Photo of the Week Past Commodore Carrie Holtby carrys a torch for KYC KYC News Articles.. letters to the media and members Revised KYC Moorage Regs (revision Sept 16, 2009) Attention: Okanagan Sailors Add your name to the KYC Sailing Register here and "stay in the sailing information loop" KYC Boating Tips.. with Crusty Snippets and Rancid Crabtree KYC Community Involvement Information KYC 2010 Sailing Race Schedule now posted.

Youth/Adult Application Forms for enrollment into 2010 sailing classes 2010 Youth / Adult sailing class information to follow soon

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