Canterbury Outboard Boating Club
The Canterbury Outboard Boating Club (COBC) is a Canterbury based club promoting and organising boating events for about eighty families.
If you have a boat and are wanting to use it more, or perhaps are newer to boating and looking to venture out in a group and gain experience, or looking to meet other families to spend a day on the water, you should contact us to find out more.
If you would like to join the club now, click the ‘Apply for Membership’ button and complete the online form.
About Us
We are based in Christchurch NZ and are one of the few clubs in Christchurch offering a watersports, fishing and water skiing clubs all within the Canterbury Outboard Boating Club organisation. You are welcome to attend any or all of the events that the club offers each month.
Events run from Lyttleton, Akaroa, Lake Hood, Twizel, Lake Benmore, Lake Brunner, Kaikoura, Moeraki, Picton and Marlborough Sounds as well as many other water events around Christchurch.
Overnight Boating Trips
Members of the COBC are welcome to the many weekend overnight trips that are organised throughout the year. The highlight being the Annual COBC Brunner Weekend in February, which attracts around thirty boats and their families and is a hive of activity for the many children of all ages in the club. This is a well organised weekend and all members are welcome. With planned events including water skiing, fishing, … and the list goes on. Not to be missed, see you there.
Free Use of Club Gear...
Our objectives are to promote outboard and power boating as a safe and pleasurable family activity. COBC offers members the use of club equipment for free and the opportunity to get involved in a variety of activities for people with a common interest, on and off the water.
These include:
- Water sports
- Boat cruising
- Fishing trips
- General boating events
- Off water social events
- Use of water toys
- Low annual subscription
Whether your interests are water sports, fishing, general boating, socialising or all of the above, the COBC has something for you.
Membership...
Membership ranges from newborns through to senior citizens and some for as long as over 40 years. No matter what your boating interests, COBC has something for everyone!
- An emphasis on water safety and ongoing training
- Full family involvement
- Plenty of fun for the kids
- FREE use of club equipment
- Waterskiing and towable watersports
- Fishing competitions and trophies
- Boat cruisies
- Day trips and off the water events
- Weekend trips away
- Safety in numbers
- All boat types and ages
- Membership fee just $80 per year
- Based in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Environment Canterbury conforming ID number.
Promoting safety, fun and variety in boating.