ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED YACHT CLUB
A Brief History
Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club was founded on Tuesday, 15th October 1867.
An advertisement was placed in The Sydney Morning Herald-“ Mosquito Yacht Club- Boat owners wishing to join please meet at McGrath’ s at 8 tonight.” The advertised meeting duly took place at Punch & McGraths Hotel in King Street.
With Mr. T. Strickland in the chair, it was decided right there and then to form a yacht club to be called“ Prince Alfred Yacht Club”. It seems then, as now, Club members were in the habit of getting things done rather than merely talking about them!
The name Prince Alfred was adopted to commemorate Prince Alfred’ s forthcoming visit to Sydney. In January 1868, His Royal Highness, Prince Alfred, The Duke of Edinburgh, in command of HMS Galatea, sailed into Port Jackson.
He was met by two lines of yachts from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron and the Prince Alfred Yacht Club, between which HMS Galatea passed.
In August 1911, Prince Alfred Yacht Club was given permission by King George V to use the prefix“ Royal”.
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