Royal Ulster Yacht Club, Bangor, Northern Ireland

Welcome

Royal Ulster Yacht Club was established in 1866 and boasts an enviable location on an elevated site overlooking Bangor Bay with views to the Co Antrim shore and north and east to the Mull of Kintyre, Arran and Ailsa Craig.

With relatively sheltered waters RUYC runs a full programme of racing each year from Easter right through to October and there are several Cruises in Company to destinations in Ireland and Scotland.

Throughout the year we organise a variety of Social Functions from Club Night Talks to Scottish Dancing, from RYA Training Courses to Festive Dinners and Dances.

The Club welcomes visitors from all round the world including visiting yachtsmen and women moored in the nearby Quay Marinas Bangor Marina.

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Sailing Programme 2018

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Quiz Night Relocates to Dining Room

6/10/2018

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Invite for Rugby Fans

4/10/2018

We have received this invitation from the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

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October Wine of the Month

1/10/2018

OCTOBER WINE OF THE MONTH

Le Domaine du Grapillon d’Or Merlot, 2016.

Snooker Results and Report

1/10/2018

Snooker Convenor Stephen Smith has written a report of this year's competitions and this and the results are posted in the Snooker section of Club Activities. You can read the full report using the link below:

Snooker Report

Club Nights 2018

15/9/2018

Three Club Night talks are arranged for the end of 2018 (details to come). Plus a special talk on Wednesday 17th October - an evening with Ian Percy OBE - Click Here for more info

Snippets from Club History - The Library

7/9/2018

A few snippets gleaned from Ed Wheeler's Pictorial History of the Club. This one from 1932.

RUYC Club News

Peggy Bawn Honoured at Classic Regatta

20/9/2018

Congratulations to RUYC member Hal Sisk on wining the Concours d'Authenticite - condition and originality with Peggy Bawn his 1896 G.L. Watson designed Gaff Cutter. The honour was awarded at The third Hamble Classics Regatta hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club, over the weekend of 15-16 September. The Regatta, another stunning success with 75 classic and spirit of tradition yachts entered for two days of racing in sunshine and breeze. Building on the success of the two previous regattas, there were entries from as far afield as Falmouth and Ipswich, with some boats returning for the intense but well-spirited racing and others simply to enjoy the fun. (Source: Scuttlebutt Europe)

Suvretta - Acquisition and Repair by Ivan and Colin Nelson

1/9/2018

At the end of the fifties and at the beginning of the sixties my brother Colin was a member of the RUYC. He got an opportunity to acquire a good racing yacht - the West Solent Class, 'Suvretta' This is the story of her acquisition and repair.

The offshore scene was thriving in those days - just before the glassfibre revolution, and many of the boats were converted inshore racers, and others the epitome of offshore racers - boats like Ceara, Maid of York, Capella of Kent etc.

Full article by Ivan and Collin Nelson - click here (pdf file)