For those who like to sail in and around the Greater Vancouver inlet and area. The proposal of Royal Vancouver Yacht Club’s Coal Harbour Marina Expansion Project may be of great interest to you.

The RVYC’s Coal Harbour Marina is located @ 950 Stanley Park Drive. You can locate the harbour right away to the west of Deadman’s Island or east of the Vancouver Rowing Club. Stanley Park is right away north in location to the marina.

According to the RVYC website “The purpose of the proposed project is to retrofit, improve, and expand the existing marina. The proposed project would expand the marina from 326 to 372 slips to accommodate an additional 46 vessels. 37 boat sheds would be removed and replaced with new boat sheds of the same design specifications with no net increase in the boat shed numbers on site. Floats are to be replaced and/or reposition, 89 creosote piles are to be removed and disposed of and 24 cylindrical steel piles are to be removed and reused. An additional 110 new steel piles will be installed during the proposed project. The existing water lot lease is proposed to increase to accommodate the expansion. The total project area is approximately 43,000 m2 (462,848 sq. ft) which includes the water lot expansion area of 8,553 m2 (92,063 sq. ft).”

If you are a serious sailor or a member of the club you can view more information on the clubs website. Or for written literature on the matter with plans and schematics please see the PDF documents made available below.

Technical Studies
Royal Vancouver Yacht Club Coal Harbour Marina Expansion (PDF – 82 pgs – 5.3 MB)
Appendix A – RVYC Master Plan (PDF – 1.7 MB)
Appendix B – Coal Harbour Channel Design (PDF – 1.5 MB)
Appendix C – HMCS Discovery Letter of Support (PDF – 1 MB)
Appendix D – Parks Board Letter of Approval (PDF – 1 MB
Appendix E – Marina Design (PDF – 1 MB)
Appendix F – Marine Seismic Refraction Bathymetry and Sub Bottom Acoustic Profiling Report ( PDF – 3.7 MB)
Appendix G – Docks and Floats IMFS (PDF – 1 MB)
Appendix H – Boat Sheds (PDF – 1 MB)
Appendix I – Emergency Response Plan (PDF – 3 MB)
Appendix J – Fire and Life Safety Plan (PDF – 1.5 MB)
Appendix K – Mechanical Design Drawings (PDF – 1 MB)
Appendix L – Electrical (PDF – 5 MB)
Appendix M – Lighting Plan (PDF – 1 MB)
Appendix N – Biophysical Survey of Subtidal Habitat (PDF – 5.6 MB)
Appendix O – Noise Impact Assessment (PDF – 1 MB)
Drawing Package Marina Expansion (1 of 2) (PDF – 18.8 MB)
Drawing Package Marina Expansion (2 of 2) (PDF – 9.6 MB)
Aquatic Effects Assessment (PDF – 1 MB)
Construction Environmental Management Plan (PDF – 1.3 MB)
Detailed Construction Staging Memo (PDF – 1 MB)
Rowing Technical Memo (PDF – 1 MB)
View and Shade Memo (PDF – < 1 MB)

The latest from the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club as of March 7, 2019 the application for permit has been submitted to the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and is under review. You can also find all application documents on the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority website.

Public Consultation
Public consultation period usually lasts around 15 business days and should have the outcome of the hearing anytime in this new year. You can find details of the consultation on the RVYC website.