A B.C. bride and groom got through their wedding day with good attitudes and the help of friends, after a wicked windstorm destroyed their venue in a matter of seconds.

Jay Werner and his bride Quandra were set to marry at North Vancouver’s Burrard Yacht Club last Saturday.

Video footage of the day shows everything looking pristine moments before the storm swept through the area. The chairs were perfectly placed in rows, and the tables were set with blue wedding favours.

"The tent looked absolutely beautiful," Jay Werner told CTV Vancouver. "It was kind of the dream wedding for both of us."

But the storm ended up destroying the white tent and all it held inside. The wedding photographer was taken to hospital with a broken wrist – an injury sustained during the storm.

"The far end of the tent just billowed in like a sail, and basically took out the two end tables and we started hearing wine glasses smashing," Jay Werner said, adding that he nearly gave up after assessing the damage.

"I was ready to just run away… It's pretty upsetting to see nine months of hard work gone just in 60 seconds."

But his bride-to-be calmed him down and insisted that the day would proceed.

With time running out, friends and yacht club staff pitched in to help clean up the debris field and make last-minute preparations.

In the video, friends and staff can be seen picking up the white chairs and the overturned tables that were strewn about.

Jay Werner said community members with boats offered to cook food for the guests, as the storm had caused large-scale power outages across the city.

Eventually, the couple and all 120 of their guests crowded into the clubhouse so that the wedding could proceed.

It was a happy ending to an emotional day, said Quandra Werner.

"The place was so full of love, it was unbelievable," she said. "As much as the whole day was overwhelming in a negative way, that was overwhelming in the most positive way. To walk into that, and just see all those people and realize that they put all of this together for us.”

The couple is still out $10,000 for damage to their rental equipment that wasn't covered by insurance, as the storm is considered an act of God.

With a report from CTV Vancouver's Penny Daflos