Abbreviation RYC Legal status active Phone +1 613-748-3005 Founded 1984 | Formation 1984 Purpose Recreation Province Ontario | |
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Headquarters Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Region served Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Address 1505 Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway, Ottawa, ON K1M 4P8, Canada Type of business Yacht club Organization based in Canada Similar Britannia Yacht Club, Ottawa New Edinburg, Nepean Sailing Club, Carleton Golf & Yacht Club, National Tennis School | ||
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 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). As a result, the Rockcliffe Yacht Club has one of the best launching ramps on the Ottawa river.