SERVICING YOUR INFLATABLE PFD Tasmania has the highest per capita rate of private boat ownership in Australia, which is hardly surprising considering our amazing coastline and inland waterways. Generally, our sailing and motor boat community takes marine safety very seriously. When it comes to complying with the regulations to wear...
From the Board Room August 2021
Congratulations to Vice Commodore Ross Mannering and Rear Commodore Phil Jackman on your re-election as RYCT Flag Officers at our recent AGM. In August it was my pleasure to host the annual “At Home” event and introduce the Club’s Flag Officers and directors to over 130 members and guests. It...
From the Board Room June 2021
Congratulations to all staff at RYCT who contributed to the Club receiving the 2021 Tasmanian Hospitality Association Award for the Best Meeting and Events Venue! Well done team! During June, the Board signed off the 2020/21 accounts noting once again an unqualified audit. A great result in a difficult year....
RYCT WINS 2021 THA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FOR BEST MEETING AND EVENTS VENUE
At the Tasmanian Hospitality Association’s prestigious Awards for Excellence dinner presentation, held yesterday at Wrest Point, The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania took out the highly acclaimed Meeting and Events Venue category amongst other finalists including The Country Club Launceston and Wrest Point Casino.We are pretty chuffed to say the...
From the Board Room – May 2021
During May it was my pleasure to attend a number of presentations to celebrate the successes of Sailing Season 2020/21. The Combined Clubs presentation night, efficiently hosted by RYCT Vice-Commodore Ross Mannering, was held at RYCT and well attended. Well done Ross and thanks also to Acting Sailing Manager Nick...
NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSURES SUNDAY 16 MAY 2021 – From Tas Police
Tasmania Police wish to inform you that the annual City to Casino Fun Run & Walk may occur in your area of Hobart on Sunday, 16 May 2021. You may be situated in an area which will become isolated during this event. This event will commence at 8.00 am at...
From the Board Room – April 21
From the Board Room – April 2021 I was very pleased to be able to personally thank about 70 of our volunteers who attended our annual Volunteers Thank You Function on 15 April. It was also my pleasure to introduce Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Commodore Noel Cornish who stressed...
A letter from the Board March 2021
From the RYCT Boardroom Hello Members, The Board met last Saturday for Part 2 of its review of the Club’s Strategic Plan. One important discussion was about Culture, which is very much in the news at the moment locally and nationally, especially Canberra! Are we happy with our Club...
Footy Tipping 2021
JOIN THE COMPETITION It’s the start of the new AFL season and the RYCT is once again running it’s annual Footy Tipping Competition. The first game of the season is on Thursday 18th March. This year the competition will be run online through ESPN Footytips Registering for the competition is easy...
2K Teams Racing Cancellation Press Release
Press release 2021 2K Team Racing Australian Championship Cancelled The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania has cancelled the 2021 2K Team Racing Australian Championship which was scheduled to be run on the River Derwent this coming weekend (Feb 20-21). “Covid-19 travel restrictions have made it unrealistic to conduct this year’s...