News, Events & Articles

This Year BYC is Honoring Old Salts & Presenting the Circumnavigator's Award

Submitted by bettygray on Mon, 2018-01-22 09:20
May 19, 2018

The Berkeley Yacht Club recognizes and honors its long-term members at the annual "Old Salts" dinner. At 25 years of membership, a member is deemed an "Old Salt", and the member receives a special burgee and a special name tag. Subsequently, the member is again recognized for continued membership in five year increments (i.e. 30, 35, 40, etc. years). Currently, Larry and Billee Telford are our most senior Old Salt members and still racing Antares their Islander 30 in the Berkeley Midwinter races. They have been a member since 1966.

This Saturday January 20th Dinner Meeting

Submitted by bettygray on Mon, 2018-01-15 10:01

Foodies!. Our next dinner meeting is this Saturday, Jan 20! Our speaker will be Ms. Karen Kiesel who is a master of food prep for Pac Cup and long passages. She will be sharing her methods and recipes AND we will be including said recipes as appetizers so you can try them.

For dinner Chef Sandra has come up with something special including:

Beef Curry with Rice

Cabbage noodle Mele

Green Salad

Ginger Cake

Lobsterfeed, Elections & Dinner Meeting - November 18th

Submitted by bettygray on Wed, 2017-11-08 10:48

Once again Berkeley Yacht Club is holding our Annual Lobsterfeed.  This is our biggest Dinner Meeting event of the whole year!  This is the day that balloting closes for the election of the stlate of Officers for 2018.

Lobster - $45.00 per person

Chicken or Vegetarian - $20.00 per person.

Make your reservations and include your choice of menu item.

RSVP - Call 510-843-9292 or email Manager@berkeleyyc.org

Colin Thompson, Rear Commodore

Clean Boat Seminar

Submitted by bettygray on Fri, 2017-10-20 11:15
Friday, October 27th

Please mark your calendars for our first 2017-2018 Winter DIY workshop to be held in the BYC dining room on Friday October 27 at 8 pm. Vivian Matuk, Environmental Boating Program Coordinator for both the California State Parks Division of Boating & Waterways and the California Coastal Commission, and James Muller, Environmental Specialist with the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, kindly agreed to lead this great workshop on clean boating.

BYC Board of Directors - 2018 Nominations

Submitted by bettygray on Mon, 2017-10-09 23:36

Dear BYC Members,

Please find below the final slate for the 2018 BYC Board of Directors.  The nominating committee thanks all the candidates for their support and willingness to serve on the board and to guide and govern the club.  Special thanks to all new candidates that stepped up in the last weeks to fill the open roles.   We will send out the ballots by the end of this week (November 4, 2017).

Commodore - Chuck Bullett

Vice Commodore - Colin Thompson

Artist Talk - Kathleen Gadway

Submitted by bettygray on Sat, 2017-09-30 11:24
Sunday, October 8, 2017

Please allow me to introduce you to Kathleen Gadway, Berkeley Yacht Club's October-November Artist-in-Residence. ​

Ms Gadway's recent works are observational paintings, exploring light and color using the color spot method. These pieces are painted in oil or gouache, en plein air and in the studio. She states that she "paints to immerse herself in the world and respond to all its beauty. When all goes well this can be a time of painting without thinking, when light, color, and the brush, take over".

Make Your Reservations Now!

Submitted by bettygray on Wed, 2017-09-27 10:58
Saturday, October 14th

Oktoberfest and Corporation Dinner Meeting on the second Saturday in October.  Bratwurst, Bockwurst, Chicken Apple Sausage, Potato Salad, Sauerkraut and much more.  $20.00 per person and $10.00 for Young Adults 12 years and under.  Now is the time to RSVP - Please call 510-843-9292 or email manager@berkeleyyc.org.  

See you soon,

Colin Thompson, Rear Commodore

PICYA 2017 Yearbook Available at BYC

Submitted by bettygray on Sun, 2017-09-17 10:47

For all who would like to have a 2017 Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association (PICYA) Yearbook, they are available at BYC just inside the front door.  For those who are not familiar with the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association take a look it is a listing of all the member yacht clubs and membership as of January 1, 2017.  This yearbook is updated each year.  Check out page 741  If you have any questions just ask Patti Brennan, BYC delegate and PICYA Director.