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The nautical lifestyle at its best

Racing at its best

Cruising at its best

Dining at its best

Member engagement at its best

YOUR CLUB

The Windsor Yacht Club was established in 1937. It began as a modest facility, blessed with an ideal location at the mouth of the Detroit River. In the decades that followed, a series of additions and renovations improved the Membership experience. In 1999, the old clubhouse was torn down to make way for a new facility that looks much like the one we enjoy today. Since then, our program of continuous improvement has seen ongoing renovations in and around the clubhouse, the addition of a swimming pool and a major refitting of the East Harbour. Together with the West Harbour and our newly added Riverside Harbour, our total berthing capacity is 158 vessels of up to 60 feet in length. The Harbour also features renovated poolside showers and bathrooms, along with our three popular barbeque areas. Kitchen services are available on a take-out or delivery basis to boaters in the East, West and Riverside Harbours.
 

FLAG OFFICERS

Commodore Dr. Chris Busch
Vice Commodore Carol Crooks
Rear Commodore Ettore Bonato
Past Commodore Lance Tavener

Board Members

Membership Chair Scott Ritchie
Entertainment Chair P/C Chris Colthurst
House Chair John Mark Jurak
Fleet Captain Dave Baker
Race Chair Douglas Sanborn
Yards & Docks Chair Jeff Desjarlais
Secretary Ben Dollar
Treasurer Dave Parent
Fleet Surgeon Dr. Tim Guthrie
Fleet Chaplan P/C Fr. Stan Fraser

Club Information

MISSION

The Windsor Yacht Club is a private club for the purpose of promoting yachting and social activities for all of its members.

VISION

The Windsor Yacht Club is a strong, vibrant, nautical place to be in Windsor for boating, dining and social activities.

Past Commodores

* Indicates Deceased
 
1937 Ted Villeneuve* 1938 Ted Villeneuve*
1939 E.C. Breese* 1940 Joe Fry*
1941 Don Douglas* 1942 Walter Cole*
1943 Walter Cole* 1944 A.R. Drennan*
1945 Harry Chevalier* 1946 John Thompson*
1947 W. Villeneuve* 1948 Phil Ouellette*
1949 Danny Bell* 1950 Earl Langlois*
1951 Carl Blonde* 1952 Leo Ryan*
1953 George Vuicic* 1954 Jack Pilon*
1955 Ray Beaugrand* 1956 Earl Harding*
1957 Lloyd Miller* 1958 Bob Ballantyne*
1959 Bill Hucker* 1960 Van Durocher*
1961 Ed Boutette* 1962 Henry Bondy*
1963 Austin Deneau* 1964 Vern Holmes*
1965 Bob Tebbs* 1966 Bob Troup*
1967 John Charlton* 1968 Al Gignac*
1969 Barry Deneau* 1970 Jim Douglas*
1971 Don Sheehan* 1972 Ken Gilboe
1973 Gord Caster* 1974 Dave Jolly*
1975 Dr. Dick Johnson* 1976 Paul Janisse*
1977 Gord Thatcher* 1978 Jack Kirwin
1979 Bob Newton* 1980 Bob Master*
1981 Dick Mattatall* 1982 Jim Dinsmore*
1983 Steve Black* 1984 Doug Bingeman*
1985 Pat Muirhead* 1986 Lex McCrindle
1987 Dave McWhinnie 1988 Joe Campeau*
1989 Terry Henry 1990 Gary Tingle
1991 R. Bourbonais 1992 Dan Schindler*
1993 Leo Paprosky* 1994 Brian Ducharme*
1995 George McKee* 1996 Ken Hollister
1997 Orv Mackey* 1998 Ray Neal*
1999 Jerry Holt* 2000 Dan Ashe*
2001 Gary Henrich 2002 Butch Rivelis*
2003 Don Willson 2004 June Hale
2005 Ken Crooks 2006 Alan Johnson
2007 Brian La Bute 2008 Greg Gaudette*
2009 Chris Hutchison 2010 Robert Troup Jr.
2011 Daniel Hofgartner 2012 Fr. Stan Fraser
2013 Denis Blondin 2014 Rick Zangari
2015 Randy Moir 2016 Chris Colthurst
2017 Daniel Caster 2018 Ted Saxby
2019 Frank Dolan 2020 George McMahon
2021 Tom Weber 2022 Joe Gatfield
2023 Terry T. Turner 2024 Lance Tavener

MEMBER OF THE YEAR

1984 Harry Colthurst 1985 James R. Jones
1986 Phil Fields 1987 Gord Ritchie
1988 Charley Davis 1989 Henry Zimmerman
1990 J.M. (Jim) Mitchell 1991 A.R. (Allan) Clegg
1992 Doug Knox 1993 Stan Cope
1995 Kelly Kovach 1997 Don Hanes
1999 John Winkup 2000 Nels Stoyanovich
2002 Ken Crooks 2003 Ken Brown
2004 Steve Repmann 2005 Nell Alldritt
2006 Alyce Sandie 2007 Joanne Marshall
2008 Fran & John Shorten 2009 Jim McCloskey
2010 Leslie La Bute 2011 Stewart Dawson
2012 Ruth Hebert 2013 Dan Caster
2014 Chris & Mary Colthurst 2016 Karen Currie (Hofgartner)
2017 Tom Weber    

PAST COMMODORE'S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

The Past Commodores’ Award of Excellence is given to a person(s) who, through selfless dedication and perseverance to a cause or causes, ultimately benefits the Members of the Windsor Yacht Club.”  The award is open to anyone, including but not limited to Members, spouses, staff, past winners and Past Commodores to recognize their efforts to make our Club a better place. 
 

2019    Lorraine MacDougall       2023    P/C Robert Troup      2025    Fabienne Tavener