Become a Member

Membership to Oarlock & Sail Wooden Boat Club (OLAS) is a yearly fee of $95. As a member you can learn or hone your skills building and repairing wooden boats, and participate in our workshop days. Using the boats on your own is a separate membership tier – see below for more info.

(please note there is a $5 administration fee for signing up online)

You will automatically receive an email to notify you when your membership renewal is coming up, and there will be a link called “plan management” where you can make any changes. If you run into any problems please send an email or feedback and we will help you out.

Other benefits are:

workshops for members
field trips for members
participation in Wooden Boat Festivals
Annual members “dock barbecue”
Invitation to “Heritage Harbour Classic” sailing race

Oarlock & Sail Boat User Group (OSBUG)

YOU NEED TO BE AN OLAS MEMBER
BEFORE YOU CAN JOIN OSBUG

Members of Oarlock & Sail may also join the ‘Oarlock & Sail Boat Users Group’, or OSBUG. Members of OSBUG are able to use the Club’s boats, unsupervised, for daysails or rowing around False Creek and English Bay. Members are welcome to take guests as well.

YOU MUST KNOW HOW TO SAIL SMALL BOATS
IN ORDER TO USE OUR SAILBOATS.
WE DO NOT OFFER SAILING LESSONS –
WE SUGGEST LOOKING INTO
LESSONS AT JERICHO SAILING CENTRE.

The cost for joining OSBUG is $95 per year. This fee helps cover the cost of insurance.

Currently available boats are the VOGLER (rowboat), RAGNA (row / sailboat), ENKE (row / sailboat), BUTTON SWAN (rowboat, or sailboat for experienced crew of two) and SULA (row / sailboat).

For OSBUG members, in order to take our boats out you have to complete the following steps:

Pleasure Craft Operator Card to completely understand the rules of water safety, It can be taken on line at www.boat-ed.com/canada
sign a waiver for insurance purposes at the float house workshop
get the combination for access to the dock
orientation of where the sign-out sheet, life jackets, sails and oars are stored
there is a Google calendar on our site where you can reserve a boat so everyone knows when the boats are out or reserved. Send an email or feedback for an invite to google calendar.