Rockcliffe Yacht Club

The Rockcliffe Yacht Club is a non-profit Yacht club based on the south shore of the Ottawa River near the Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada north of the Canada Aviation Museum. It is a 100-member “private co-op” style club. The club originally was part of CFB Rockcliffe but changed to a private club in 1984. The club is centred on a concrete ramp originally used to launch RCAF sea planes. The ramp extends 50 feet (15 m) into the water [1] as when the ramp was built, in the 1930s, the level of the Ottawa river was much lower. In 1964, a dam was put across the Ottawa River for the Carillon Generating Station which raised the water level by 9 feet (2.7 m).[2] As a result, the Rockcliffe Yacht Club has one of the best launching ramps on the Ottawa river.

Rockcliffe Yacht Club
Aerial view of the Rockcliffe Yacht Club, September 2009
AbbreviationRYC
Formation1984
TypeYacht club Organization based in Canada
Legal statusactive
PurposeRecreation
HeadquartersOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Region served
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Membership
100
Official language
English, French
Websitewww.ryc.ca
RCAF Station Ottawa, 1936

See also

References
  1. Sailing the Lower Ottawa River
  2. Hydro-Québec Carillon Generating Station Archived 2006-03-14 at the Wayback Machine

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