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Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto, Canada.
Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto, Canada.
The 2017 Optimist North American Championship was an extraordinary success on all fronts. Sincerest thanks to our sponsors and volunteers for helping make the regatta a world-class sailing experience and a top ranked youth sailing event in North America for 2017! The Royal Canadian Yacht Club was alive! We hosted twenty countries, welcomed nearly 200 young athletes, greeted over 300 guests, and were delighted to hear more than seven languages being spoken around the club for one incredible week. The Club staff and more than 200 volunteers supported each another throughout the week making new friends from around the world and also within our own ranks. What an amazing opportunity to see youth from around the world compete and cooperate! Our young sailors have built memories and skills that will last a lifetime.
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The Royal Canadian Yacht Club The Royal Canadian Yacht Club was founded in Toronto in 1852 to serve both as a recreational yachting club and, in the British tradition, as an unofficial auxiliary of the Royal Navy in the defence of the waters of Lake Ontario.
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The Club was established under the name Toronto Boat Club, but in 1854 with a warrant from Queen Victoria, became the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. The Club´s first homes were on the city shore, but increasing industrialization of the waterfront drove the Club to the Toronto Islands in 1881. The first Island Clubhouse was destroyed by fire in 1904. Its succesor, officially opened in 1906, suffered the same fate and was irreparably damaged by fire in 1918. In 1919, Edward, Prince of Wales, laid the cornerstone for the gracious two-story Southern-style Clubhouse that has been the RCYC´s summer home ever since.
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