Royal Victorian Yacht Club - A Port in any Storm

We left our secure berth at CFSA (Canadian Forces Sailing Association) on the west side of Victoria this morning around 10am. We cruised slowly past the beautiful Fisgard Lighthouse (1st picture) on one side and the Canadian Esquimalt Navy Base on the other (2nd picture). Check out those guns. It was a pleasant cruise past Victoria Harbor and on around to the east side of Victoria, Oak Harbor.

We cruised into Oak Harbor Marina to check it out. They don't appear to have any guest moorage but ask guests to radio the office for vacant slip assignments. We cruised on over to the Royal Victorian Yacht Club, also in Oak Harbor. There was room at the reciprocal dock so we slip in and tied up. By then it was pouring down rain and what had been a sunny day had badly deteriorated. It was a downright deluge and we were glad to be tied up to a dock with power where we could get warm.

The folks here at RVYC are very hospitable and we stopped into the very nice clubhouse for lunch in the Chartroom. We met a nice couple and ended up lunching with them. Buy by then I was getting very tired and so we went back to the boat for a rest.

Unfortunately the RVYC free wifi does not reach our boat so we are sitting downstairs in the Yacht Club in The Bilge, what looks like a casual recreation room for kids sailing clubs. Shortly we'll go back up to The Chartroom for supper.

Tomorrow we plan the short trip to Roche Harbor for customs, then to Deer Harbor for the night. We still have a small gift certificate to use up there and we love Deer Harbor. We even stayed at a B&B there on our honeymoon!