Ahoy Members, meet Mats Elf and Renee Hanks.
2025-02-21
Renee Hanks is new to sailing, but eager to learn. Although she has some experience with wind sports through the sport of kiteboarding, her experience on sailboats is limited. Learning one step at time every time we go out on the water. She enjoys exploring the islands with Mats onContinueContinue Reading
LIYC Special Event
2025-02-16
Docking and Maneuvering Clinic Date TBD Licensed Captain and certified boating instructor Aaron Johnson, will present high-level key concepts of docking and maneuvering. The key concepts will parallel a departure from with an arrival at a dock in the most common scenarios of the Pacific Northwest, and in particular theContinueContinue Reading
LIYC North Cruise 2025
2025-02-10
Come join the Lopez Island Yacht Club – North Cruise 2025! The Standard Route – Monday, July 7 – Monday, July 14 The Extended Route – Monday, July 14 – Tuesday, July 29 Please email maureen.e.crist@gmail.com if you have any interest at all!Continue ReadingContinue Reading
Ahoy Members, meet Chuck Hosmer and Janet Gershfield.
2025-01-26
Chuck and Janet have owned their Lopez house for 33 years. The saying being ” we bought a dock,and a house came with it.” Being on the water is a lifestyle for them which includes commercial fishing in Alaska, river running, cruising and day sailing. You will find Chuck outContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy Members, meet Rick and Tracey Locke!
2025-01-13
Rick began sailing with a trip to the San Juans in a 27’ Thunderbird; plywood sailboat in 1970. He and a friend left Shilshole Marina early in the morning and rounded Iceberg Point on LopezIsland about 20 hours later. That was a big adventure. Tracey learned to sail in an all-women’sContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy Members, meet Lyn and Kat Sorensen!
2025-01-03
Lyn and Katherine Sorensen both grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Katherine moved to the PNW at age 12 when her father retired from the air force and returned the family to Washington state where he grew up. Lyn’s ancestors (Weeks) homesteaded on Lopez in the 1800’s, which makes himContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy Members, meet Paul and Anastasia Jespersen!
2024-12-30
Paul grew up sailing in the Texas Gulf near NASA and Kemah and later on Lake Michigan and then the Chesapeake Bay. He has also done some racing both classic wooden boats and J boats, including attending J School in Newport. Some of the boats we had growing up includedContinueContinue Reading
Lopez Island Yacht Club ● P O Box 22 ● Lopez Island, WA 98261.