WHERE: 1300 Discovery St. Kitsilano phone # 604.224.4177
We are located at the Jericho Sailing Centre in Vancouver. Drive west off 4 th Ave in Kits to Discovery St. then North past the Youth Hostel, turn right to the yard full of masts, and go to the office in the White building @ the beach. We are the family oriented Co-operative Club offering: sailing, Windsurfing, and kayaking to young families. We all share ownership and maintenance of the same boats. This can be your quality family time or for building your own skills and confidence.
You can read more here https://www.discoverysailing.org/joinus/ you also must visit the Jericho Sailing Centre office . The dingy class boats are free after you join.
Please sign the waver and send it in too - E Mail us for more info.
• Learn in our training programs , May and June
Membership Costs
Our Keelboat, the 27 ft Canadian Sailcraft, has an expensive dock ,($4000.oo/year) under the Burrard St. Bridge. It comes with free car parking, and it is just 5 minutes from the open water of English Bay. You pay about $65.oo a day rate to sail it, this helps pay the dock fee, and we have universal CYA qualifications and an initial $100.oo skippers fee.
The Jericho Center provides all the space, the ramps, beaches, showers, rescue boat, trailers, heat, lights, meeting rooms, fireside lounge, and lunch deck .
- no where else can you give your family Sailing & beach fun for less.
2024 Discovery Club Rates
Annual Fees
Single_____ 300.oo
Family_____ 375.oo Light Spirit Skipper dock fee annual $150.
Novice Family_____ 250
Novice Individual ____200. (with family Permissions)
Social Membership ____ 80.
** 10 hours volunteer work, at least. and the CoOperative policy
“You break it, or while you use it than you fix it or see that it gets fixed"
All members who use dinghy sailing pay the Jericho fee and join JSCA.
Keelboat only does not have to pay the Jericho fee.
Please refer to the Official DSC website: discoverysailing.org
Membership types
Individual Membership
Basic membership gives a single person access to the entire
fleet of dinghies, kayaks, and SUPs at the Jericho Sailing Centre. To
operate any craft on their own a member must be deemed qualified by a
senior club member. While an individual member may occasionally bring a
friend or family member to the club with them, if the same friends or
family members are regularly operating club watercraft we ask that they
also become club members and pay fees in order to equitably support the
maintenance of the fleet. Individual members must also pay a separate
fee to JSCA (see below).
Family Membership
An additional $75 above the basic fee provides a membership for
your entire family (spouse, domestic partner, children and youth who
are your dependents). Family members must also pay the separate JSCA
Family member fee.
Novice Membership (Individual or Family)
For those with no sailing training we offer a one year option
to join as a novice member in order to offset the cost of acquiring
training. Novice members are not permitted to skipper any craft in the
fleet and must always be out on the water with senior members until they
can demonstrate the ability to handle a craft on their own. Novice
memberships are also only good for one season. Renewing novice members
must join at the regular member rate.
Social Membership
Social memberships are designed for long-term members (5 years
or more) who no longer wish to operate the fleet but wish to support the
club and to participate in social events and special club days. Social
members have full voting privileges as club members.
Required JSCA Dues (1)
Separate from the DSC member fee, members must also pay a
member fee directly to the Jericho Sailing Centre Association (JSCA) in
order to gain access to those facilities. Members who belong to the club
solely to use Light Spirit may opt out of paying JSCA membership fees,
at which point they opt out of access to the club’s fleet at JSCA and to
the JSCA facilities except during club social events or meetings.
Light Spirit Skipper (optional)
Our CS 27, Light Spirit, which is moored at the Burrard Civic
Marina, is available for those who are qualified to sail a keelboat. All
Light Spirit skippers pay an additional $100 per year skipper fee, as
well as usage fees for half-day or full-day which vary from low to
high season according to the table below. For additional rules around
the use and booking of Light Spirit see the Light Spirit Use Policy.
PARKING $$$ to the city
Please be aware that the City of Vancouver always charges for parking, and will tow and ticket at the beaches and other sailing clubs for your stay. We can arrange a yearly pass for $80.oo, or you can bike or walk 4 blocks from free street parking.