Columbia River Yacht Club

In February 1946, a group of volunteer Coast Guardsmen decided to form Columbia River Yacht Club. Out of a membership of 25, 16 life memberships were sold and a site on the south side of Tomahawk Island, across from the Portland Yacht Club, was acquired. Our first clubhouse was purchased from the Rose City Yacht Club. The flood of 1948 almost put CRYC out of business. During the flood, a Coast Guard patrol boat was stationed at CRYC and many CRYC members were credited with long and arduous... more