The Island Yacht Club Partners with The Spoke Club

Island Yacht Club and Spoke Club

The Island Yacht rolled out the welcome mat to members of the upscale members-only Spoke Club in downtown Toronto to kick off the partnership between the two clubs. Pierre Jutras, Spoke Club President said of The Spoke Club, “The extension of our brand and the additional features that Island Yacht Club offers gives us a competitive advantage.” Co-founder of the Spoke Club, Galen Weston Jr., was on hand to welcome the large group from the city side.

Photo: Island Yacht Club Commodore Bill Kassel sharing a story with Galen Weston Jr. , co-founder of The Spoke Club

The young and well-heeled Spoke members arrived to a cocktail reception and some great music earlier this week. The island Yacht Club showed extremely well with the gleaming new award winning club house, large heat swimming pool, clay tennis courts, and well-appointed locker rooms and very well maintained landscape.

Bill Duron, the chairman of Blockhouse Bay Management Company, which now operates the Island Yacht Club says the yacht club and the King West club have teamed up on a “co-branding“ strategy where patrons of each club will receive discounts on membership at the other club.
IYC 2
It is a unique relationship with a yacht club on the Toronto Islands started in the 1950`s with a long tradition and like most yacht club having an aging population and The Spoke Club with a much younger crowd. The Spoke Club has evolved into a thriving meeting place where up and coming business types meet in a beautifully restored brick and mortar building in bustling downtown area to share their interests in media and the arts.

Commodore Bill Kassel was proud to show off his club to the Spoke visitors having their first trip to this “cottage in the city“, and noted that the night was a huge success.

Related Articles

BCI Marine Becomes the Official Canadian Distributor of X Shore, an Exceptionally Eco-friendly and Electric Boat

BCI Marine Becomes the Official Canadian Distributor of X Shore, an Exceptionally Eco-friendly and Electric Boat

Canadians can now book a test-drive and pre-order the all-electric and connected X Shore Eelex 8000. BCI Marine, a Canadian distributor with a passion for innovative boats will have a fleet of the Eelex 8000, a 100% electric boat powered by intelligent software.

Patos Island Race Tracker Failure

Patos Island Race Tracker Failure

During the recent Patos Island Race hosted by Sidney North Saanich Yacht Club (SNSYC) racers  and fans were disappointed in the RaceTracker provided by the Swiftsure International Race organization when it failed during the race.The Swiftsure organization deeply regrets this failure that persisted despite making every effort to solve the difficulties during the race. The problem, however, did not originate with the Swiftsure RaceTracker

Video Gallery

Pursuit S268 Sport CC

By Andy Adams

The Pursuit S 268 Sport centre console is a do-it-all kind of boat with a solid sense of style. Centre console designs have been developed for the southern blue water sport fishing enthusiasts (and this boat would raise fish with the best of them) but the Pursuit S 268 Sport centre console offers far more utility and enjoyment than just fishing.

Read More

Destinations

Bayfield Marine Turns 40 with Big April Events

(l to r) Holly, Adam, Pat, Ron, Shelley

Ron and Pat Reder started out in October 1984 across the road from where they are right now on the Bayfield River in Bayfield ON. The store front was about 10 x 20 and the rest of that side of the building was a stock room, wood finishing room, then behind that was more back stock and the lunchroom. Expanding every few years for the store front, then moving over to this new building five years ago, this year with Adam, Shelley, and Holly are carrying on the business.

Read More

Lifestyle