Northern Yacht Club (NYC) is
located on beautiful Lake of the Woods in Northwestern Ontario. This group of
sailors, power boaters and house boaters share a common love for the lake and
enjoy the more social aspects of lake life. "NYC has a very robust social
calendar planned for the summer. All of our activities are themed around
bringing people together in fun ways" says Kelly Brown, this years
co-commodore of NYC. Social activities are typically planned every other
weekend. They range from the hugely popular Icebreaker Social on the May long
weekend and the always well attended Fish Fry to the Caribbean Night food and
rum party.
Every year the
club tries to keep the best events and to try something new! This year, NYC
will be hosting a 3.5 mile stand up paddle board rally from Queen Bay to 22
Foot Bay. Linda Strachan, Brown's wife and co-commodore says "this will be
a great event! We're all going to anchor in 22 Foot Bay and have a couple of
the larger power boats load up all the boards and participants and drive them
to Queen Bay to begin the rally. The power boats will provide music, drinks and
support in the event that anyone in the rally gets tired or needs
help".
This year we
are also rebranding the club with a new logo and burgee design. What do you
think of the new design? Burgees will be available for purchase early in the
season.
NYC also plans
several sailing races throughout the season and will be hosting this year's
Manitoba Keelboat Championships on September 10-11. "Our small group of regular racers are very competitive and
welcome anyone interested to come join them" comments Paul Gomori, this
year's racing coordinator.
NYC's theme for
the season is 'Love the Lake'. "It's our common love of the lake that
brings us all together" says Brown, "We want to encourage anyone and
everyone at Lake of the Woods, especially those at Northern Harbour, to
consider joining our club. You don't have to race, you don't have to sail and
frankly, you don't even have to own a boat, but you do have to love the lake
and have a desire to share in a lot of fun experiences with a great group of
people".
A complete
schedule of social activities and races can be found on Northern Yacht Club’s
web page (northernyachtclub.blogspot.ca)
or look for our new Facebook page. Our annual membership is very cost-effective
and we also allow non-members to drop into any event for a small donation.
In summary,
Northern Yacht Club members are an adventurous group of people who love the
lake. We know serenity but also can throw and enjoy a good party! Contaact us at
northernyachtclub@gmail.com
for more information.
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