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Royal Victoria Yacht Club

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The Royal Victoria Yacht Club was founded in June 1892 and is the oldest yacht club in western Canada. Our main clubhouse and marina is located on the protected waters of Cadboro Bay while our Tsehum Harbour marina is located in the nearby town of Sidney.

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Royal Victoria Yacht Club (RVYC) is the oldest yacht club in western Canada.

A yacht race held to celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday was the catalyst that led to the creation of the Victoria Yacht Club on June 8th, 1892. The first races, held in the 1880s, were originally contested only by local sportsmen, but in 1892, four American boats appeared and swept the board, winning the top four races. This outrage spurred the local sportsmen into forming a yacht club. The initial forty-six Members wanted to create a full season of yachting events to go along with the annual May 24th event. The club acquired a waterfront lease, and a clubhouse was constructed. In a few years it was replaced, both because it was too small, and because it had sunk three times. The replacement clubhouse in the Inner Harbour was wound-up in 1908.

In 1910, encouraged by increasing membership, and weary of competing for space with the whaling and sealing fleets, the yacht club began to search for a better location. On the Oak Bay waterfront, four miles from the Inner Harbour, the Uplands Corporation was turning a thousand-acre farm into an exclusive residential suburb. By 1912, negotiations were complete, and the Victoria Yacht Club possessed a spectacular property hugging the shores of Cadboro Bay. A clubhouse, designed by well-known Victoria architect William D’Oyly Rochfort, was completed in time for the official Opening on July 13, 1913 when three hundred members and guests gathered for the social event of the season.

In 1911, the club’s growth and stature were recognized when King George V granted permission for the club to add the prefix “Royal” to its title. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty granted a warrant allowing the club to fly a blue ensign defaced in the fly with the club badge: the letters VI, representing Vancouver Island, surmounted by the crown.

RVYC has a proud tradition of long distance sailors, active dinghy and one design racing fleets and is the host club of the Swiftsure International Yacht Race, the Pacific Northwest’s premier yachting event (est. 1946), which includes a Classic Sail division.

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Royal Victoria Yacht Club

The Royal Victoria Yacht Club founded in 1893 by local yachtsmen who had organized the first yacht race in BC to celebrate Queen Victoria’s 1888 birthday.In 1912 the clubhouse was constructed in the Uplands and is the oldest yacht club in B.C.

Oak Bay Municipal Hall - 2167 Oak Bay Ave, Victoria, BC   V8R 1G2

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Andrew McBride

250-592-2441

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3475 Ripon Rd,Victoria,BC,V8R 6H1,Canada

Business name : Royal Victoria Yacht Club

Welcome to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club With over 120 years of rich history, the RVYC is the oldest yacht club in western Canada. Our main clubhouse and marina is located on the protected waters of Cadboro Bay, while our Tsehum Harbour marina is located along the premium shores of Sidney’s inner waterfront. Our club offers fun, friendly and affordable atmosphere; a place to race all kinds of sailboats; a place to start your cruise or family adventure; a place to have fun with families and friends; a place to simply get away!

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organized sailboat racing ranging from PHRF (Pacific Handicap Racing Fleet) to several one design classes (including crew drop in for non-members); several organized cruising activities throughout the year, each with it’s own theme, location, and activities; recently upgraded docks with moorage for over 350 boats in Cadboro Bay and soon to be upgrade slips for 85 boats in Tsehum Harbour; substantial dry dock space for dinghies and small keelboats; outstanding maintenance facilities including a marine ways, two cranes, boat ramp, workshop, change rooms, showers, and laundry (Cadboro Bay); a stately clubhouse for members and guests including a very special waterfront dining room and old British style pub; several lounges and rooms for juniors; a large ballroom for private functions like weddings and corporate events. access to several small keel boats, one design racing dinghies, and even stand up paddle boards for member use. New members and guests are always welcome! Please contact us for further information. Or simply drop by for a visit and ask to be shown around, a member of our administrative team, Commodore, or club member would be happy to show you our fabulous facilities. When you are convinced the RVYC offers the best nautical activity club on Vancouver island, let us know and let us take you for a sail.

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The Royal Victoria Yacht Club has a highly active membership of around 600, including a thriving cadet section, who get out on the water in yachts, dinghies and a variety of other boats to race, cruise or just mess about.

Our members are friendly, sociable, helpful and very welcoming. There are many who are highly skilled and are enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge across our wide range of activities and interest groups.

We are an 'open to all' club, we have a distinguished and colourful history built up over some 175 years and we provide a fantastic range of activities for all our members.

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The RVYC Archives was established in 1989 to gather information for "A Century of Sailing", the yacht club history published in 1992, the centennial year.

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The Royal Victoria Yacht Club Archives is dedicated to collecting and preserving material which relates to the RVYC’s activities and members from 1892 to the present including individual members and the sport of yachting and power boating within the geographic boundaries of the Pacific Northwest. The archives collection includes photos and artwork, maps and plans, audio recordings, annuals, membership lists and biographies of past members, boat records, and reference material.

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Since 1892, The Royal Victoria Yacht Club has encouraged yachting, boating, navigation and seamanship among all of our members. One of our main objectives is to uphold and celebrate the traditions of yachting and to actively steward and advocate for our marina boating environment. 

We encourage diversity, inclusivity and camaraderie while messing around in boats. 

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