EVYC/2025
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The east van yacht club needs your support! We’re raising funds to jumpstart this program so that we can take as many people possible out on the water. Ideally, these trips will be free, funded by donations along with sales from the evyc lifestyle brand. We are working with local businesses and artists to produce cool products that we will sell to support our efforts for the recovery community in Vancouver.
Maintaining and operating a boat is expensive, and I want to be able to do this full-time to have the greatest impact possible. This project is so important to me personally, being in recovery myself, and helping others gives me purpose. I know what it’s like to fight for your life in addiction, to be abandoned, and to lose nearly everything you held dear. Help us change lives!
Vancouver’s only sober yacht club where membership is free
The East Van Yacht Club invites you to embark on a journey of healing, support and connection. We offer a variety of experiences on the water including chill cruises around False Creek, Exhilarating English Bay sailing, Sunset Sailing, and Overnight retreats. These sober adventures are designed to be wellness and recovery focused, yet with fun and engaging itineraries
We aim to redefine the traditional yacht club concept through Accessibility, inclusivity, community and sobriety
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Odd’sea is a twenty-nine foot steel pilothouse sailboat built right here in Vancouver
EAST VAN YACHT CLUB - SAILING THIS SPRING!
EAST VAN YACHT CLUB - SAILING THIS SPRING!
meet the founder
Welcome aboard, I’m Ryan. I’ll be your captain!
I’ve lived in Vancouver nearly my entire life. I grew up in East Van, and I live here today. Ever since I was young I knew I had a problem with impulse control. This led to my problems with various addictions. I had crippling social anxiety, and by my teens I was experimenting with drugs and alcohol. Weed calmed my overactive mind and unlocked my artistic creativity, and alcohol gave me extrovert superpowers. THIS LED TO trying MANY DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES throughout my youth. I quickly realized that I wasn’t like most other people, and I often took things way too far AND DIDN’T Know when to stop. I really enjoyed the party!
I also desperately wanted to fit in, And because of my eclectic mix of interests, I had a unusual mix of circles that I was a part of. I hung out with the Nerds and the cool kids, the outcasts and the drug dealers, but I never really felt like I belonged anywhere. So to avoid feeling anything negative, which I didn’t know how to process, I would often alter my state. It wasn’t until my late 30’s that I realized that I was very dissociated and disregulated, and not actually living life. In fact, every single activity in my life was becoming more centered around Drinking, But i didn’t know how to stop.
I started my recovery journey in my early 40’s, after trying to cut down on my own for years. I’m still not sure if I am ready for complete sobriety, but I know how dangerous the path I was on is. Even after extensive work, I still struggle sometimes, but I’ve learned and grown so much. It’s progress, not perfection. Much like sailing, recovery is a slow journey, and I will be on this course for the rest of my life.
The East Van Yacht Club aims to help heal those in recovery through sailing by connecting people with eachother and nature with honesty, humility, and hospitality. It is the intersection of all of my passions in life, and I want to share it with as many people as I can.
Welcome aboard!
