Boating Season kicks off with Opening Days

OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) Boating season kicks off with opening day celebrations in harbors up and down the coast.

One of the first took place today at the Pacific Corinthian Yacht Club in the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard on Saturday afternoon.

The sunny day featured a formal ceremony that will be followed by a boat parade on Sunday, rain or shine.

Sam Peck has been a PCYC member for more than three decades.

The Staff Commodore said Opening Days started at yacht clubs in New York.

"What it means is that ice has melted in the waters and it is time for the boating season to begin and it is followed throughout the United States," said Peck, " Even though we don't have icy water here, we follow the tradition."

Commodores are often invited to attend other club's opening days, like the one being held at the Santa Barbara Yacht Club, that includes a race, on Saturday, April 18.

The PCYC celebration included live music and food.

Volunteers with the non profit Pacific Corinthian Youth Foundation also took part,

They posed for photos by a sailboat that will be used to teach kids how to sail this summer..

Summer Camps run from June through August.

For more information visit https://pcyfsailing.org and https://pcyc.org