Ahoy Members, meet Mike and Julie Metzger.
Both of us began sailing as children on fresh water lakes with our families in Oregon and Ohio in a Geary 18 and a 16 foot Snipe. We continued the sailing adventure with our own kids on windsurfers in the summer and eventually followed our curiosity by taking sailing classesContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy Members, meet Ted and Marti Wiedmann.
We’ve been coming to Lopez Island and boating in these waters for the last 50 years. We have a home on fisherman Bay but reside full-time in Meridian, Idaho. We currently boat on a 30 foot Jeanneau 895. We love to Boat around the San Juan’s as well as theContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy Members, meet Jonathan Nash and Erin Pettit.
Jonathan Nash and Erin Pettit are thrilled to have joined the Lopez Island community. Both are professors at Oregon State University where they study ocean and glacier physics, spanning from Antarctica to the Indian Ocean, Alaska and Greenland. They are part-timers on Shoal Bay, where they sail their Thunderbird sailboatContinueContinue Reading
LIYC Lingcod Derby 2025
Saturday May 24th, 2025 Entry fee is $20 and it includes a custom designed Long Sleeve Performance T-Shirt! You can sign up your crew to fish >HERE< Thank you to our sponsor; Inside Passage Yacht Sales!!! You must follow all Washington State Fishing Regulations found >HERE< Weigh in will beContinueContinue Reading
LIYC Special Event; May 3rd @1:30pm
Docking and Maneuvering Clinic May 3, 2025 1:30pm – 3pm 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,ContinueContinue Reading
Ahoy Members, meet Mats Elf and Renee Hanks.
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
Lopez Island Yacht Club ● P O Box 22 ● Lopez Island, WA 98261.