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Royal Air Force Yacht Club

With a strong RAF heritage, today our club has a wide membership base, and a focus on rallies, cruising and regattas. We warmly welcome new members and we are open to non-service personnel and visiting yachtswomen and men.

Royal Air Force Yacht Club Riverside House, Rope Walk Hamble Southampton Hampshire SO31 4HD United Kingdom

• +44 (0)23 8045 2208
• [email protected]
• Website: www.rafyc.co.uk

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About the bugle.

Built as the home of the Royal Southern Yacht Club in 1846, The Bugle is an iconic landmark building overlooking Southampton’s Royal Pier on Bugle Street, one of the most historic streets within the old walled city. Designed by local architect Thomas Sandon Hack, the Grade II-listed Italianate townhouse is widely regarded as the most beautiful Victorian building in the city and retains many of its original features today.

Following extensive renovation, The Bugle reopens as an exclusive-use venue for weddings, private and corporate events, film and photography shoots and homestays.

2022 REOPENS AS EXCLUSIVE-USE VENUE

After the war had ended, the building was taken over by Southampton University’s Air Squadron, which they used as offices until 2013. In subsequent years the building was left delipidated and in need of a new lease of life.

1944 SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY AIR SQUADRON

Due to its unique location, the building was requisitioned by the Admiralty at the outbreak of World War Two.

1939 POSESSION TAKEN BY THE ADMIRALTY

Following its sale, the building was used as a school and latterly a merchant’s office, before being taken back over by the yacht club towards the end of the century and until the outbreak of World War Two.

1857 SCHOOL AND MERCHANT’S OFFICE

Due to financial difficulties, the club was forced to move an advertisement in the Hampshire Independent in March 1856 offering the club house for sale or let described the building as a “magnificent, substantial freehold building” which “commands uninterrupted views over the Southampton Water, the Isle of Wight and the New Forest”.

1856 THE BUGLE PLACED FOR SALE

The Bugle was designed by local architect TS Hack and paid for by Robert Wright, a Vice-Commodore of the Royal Southern Yacht Club. The building was used as a private members club and venue for large-scale regattas.

1846 ROYAL SOUTHERN CLUBHOUSE OPENS

The Bugle has had a rich and varied history. This is a short timeline of The Bugle’s history.

The History

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Reciprocal Clubs

Please find below a list of clubs with whom the RSYC has formed reciprocity. Please telephone the office for the full conditions by which this arrangement has been agreed with each club.

NANSHA MARINA 5 Gangqian Avenue South, Nansha District, Guangzhou, P R C 511458. Telephone: +86 20 3903 3263. E-mail: [email protected]

LITTLE SHIP CLUB Three Cranes Walk, Upper Thames Street, London. EC4R 3TB Telephone: 020 7236 7729. E-mail: [email protected]

PARKSTONE YACHT CLUB Pearce Avenue, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset. BH14 8EH Telephone: 01202 743 610. E-mail: [email protected]

RAFFLES MARINA LTD 10 Tuas West Drive, Singapore. 638404 Telephone: +65 6861 8000. E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL AIR FORCE YACHT CLUB Riverside House, Hamble, Southampton. SO31 4HD Telephone: 023 8045 2208. E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL BELGIAN SAILING CLUB Eilanderskaai 7, 9000 – Ghent, Belgium. Telephone: +32 9127 8109 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL BERMUDA YACHT CLUB 15 Point Pleasant Road, Hamilton HM11, P O Box HM 894, Hamilton HM DX, Bermuda. Telephone: +1 441 2952 214 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL BOMBAY YACHT CLUB Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Marg, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai. 400 001 Telephone: +91 22 6752 7200 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL CANADIAN YACHT CLUB 141 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. M5R 2L8 Telephone: +1 416 934 4407 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL CAPE YACHT CLUB Duncan Road, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town, 8001, Western Cape, South Africa. Telephone: +27 021 421 1354 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL CHANNEL ISLANDS YACHT CLUB – GUERNSEY 57 Lower Pollet, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1WL Telephone: 01481 723 154 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL CHANNEL ISLANDS YACHT CLUB – JERSEY St. Aubin, Jersey, Channel Islands. Telephone: 0153 441 023 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB The Quay, Burnham on Crouch, Essex Telephone: 01621 782 105 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL CORNWALL YACHT CLUB Greenbank, Falmouth, Cornwall. TR11 2SW Telephone: 01326 311 105 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL DART YACHT CLUB Kingswear, Dartmouth, Devon. TQ6 0AB Telephone: 01803 752 496 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL DORSET YACHT CLUB 11 Custom House Quay, Weymouth, Dorset. Telephone: 01305 786 258 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL GEELONG YACHT CLUB 25 Eastern Beach, Geelong.3220. Australia Telephone: +61 35229 3705. E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL HONG KONG YACHT CLUB Kellet Island, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Telephone: +852 2832 2817 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL LYMINGTON YACHT CLUB Bath Road, Lymington, Hants. SO41 9SE Telephone: 01590 672 677 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL MELBOURNE YACHT SQUADRON Pier Road, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 3182 Telephone: +61 03 9534 0227 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL MOTOR YACHT CLUB ‘Enchantress’, Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset. BH13 7RE Telephone: 01202 707 227 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL NASSAU SAILING CLUB PO Box SS-6891, Nassau, Bahamas Telephone: +1 242 393 0145 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND YACHT SQUADRON 181 Westhaven Drive, Westhaven Marina, Auckland 1011, New Zealand. Telephone: +64 9360 6800 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL NORFOLK & SUFFOLK YACHT CLUB Royal Plain, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0AQ Telephone: 01502 566 726 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL NORTHERN & CLYDE YACHT CLUB The Club House, Rhu, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Telephone: 01436 820 322 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL PORT NICHOLSON YACHT CLUB 103 Oriental Bay Parade, PO Box 9674, Wellington, New Zealand. Telephone: +64 4939 7043 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED YACHT CLUB 16 Mitala Street, PO Box99, Newport 2106, New South Wales, Australia Telephone: +61 029 997 1022. E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL SOLENT YACHT CLUB The Square, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. PO41 0NS Telephone: 01983 760 256 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB Rope Walk, Hamble, Southampton. SO31 4HB Telephone: 023 8045 0300 E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL TORBAY YACHT CLUB 12 Beacon Terrace, Torquay. TQ1 2BH Telephone: 01803 292 006 E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL VANCOUVER YACHT CLUB 3811 Point Grey Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6R 1B3, Canada Telephone: +1 604 224 1344 . E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB 92 Fishbourne Lane, Ryde, Isle of Wight. PO33 4EU Telephone: 01983 882 325. E-mail: [email protected]

ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF VICTORIA 120 Nelson Place, (POBox51), Williamstown, VIC 3016, Australia. Telephone: +61 03 93971277 E-mail: [email protected]

SAN DIEGO YACHT CLUB 1011 Anchorage Lane, San Diego, California 92106, USA Telephone: +1 619 221 8400

SEATTLE YACHT CLUB 1807 East Hamlin Street, Seattle, Washington 98112. USA Telephone: +1 206 325 1000 . E-mail: [email protected]

SOCIÉTÉ DES RÉGATES DU HAVRE Boulevard Clémenceau, quai Eric Tabarly, 76600, Le Havre, France Telephone: +33 02 3542 4121 . E-mail: [email protected]

ST. FRANCIS YACHT CLUB On the Marina, San Francisco, California 94123, USA Telephone: +1 415 563 6363 . E-mail: [email protected]

YACHT CLUB PUNTA DEL ESTE Calle 10 esquina 13, CP 20100, Punta del Este, Uruguay Telephone: +598 4244 0220 . E-mail: [email protected]

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The Royal Southampton Yacht Club (RSYC) welcomes visiting yachts and their crew at Gins Clubhouse, beside the idyllic Beaulieu River in the New Forest National Park. Book your table for dinner, take a relaxing drink on the decking or simply call in for a coffee in peaceful surroundings.  Double Handed and full crew yacht racing takes place throughout the year.

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Gins Clubhouse Beaulieu River New Forest Hampshire United Kingdom (UK)

: Maggie Puleston

: +44 2380 223 352

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: www.rsyc.org.uk

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Facilities Afloat

• Launch Service
• Yacht Haven
• Launch Pontoon and Slipway
• Maintenance Bays

Within British Summer Time, the launch runs on Friday between 10.00 and 20.00 or dusk, whichever is earlier. There is also a ‘bookable’ a last launch service running until 21.30pm.

Members may be accompanied by their family, guests and crew.

The two launches, Gordon Mathews and  Shona, are both contactable using the same call sign or mobile. The Bosuns can be contacted in their office at the rear of the Club or by using:

VHF Channel 77 – call sign “Spitfire”

Mobile phone using 07850 163800

The Prince Philip Yacht Haven development was opened in 2015 and provides 8 permanent/annual berths as well as 3 visitor/short-term berths. It is located immediately in front of the Club House and is accessed via a walkway with security gate.

Members may use the short-term hammerhead berth for up to two hours free, for pick up and drop off during the day. The seawall short-term berths may be booked for up to four hours free, or overnight stays via the office, the bar, or via our on-line facility. Electric and water points are available.

We ask all users of the walk-ashore facility to please observe the rules put in place to ensure their safety and peaceful enjoyment of all.

The club pontoon is available for the launching and recovery of dinghies via the all-tide slipway and the recovery of tenders on trolleys is assisted by the provision of an electric winch at the top of the jetty.

During the pandemic, and whilst the launch service is operating, members must minimise the time spent on the launch pontoon using available space in the PPYH to load and offload tenders.

The club pontoon slipway should be kept clear for other users and the tying of tenders to the pontoon is permitted only on the south side of the pontoon, for up to two hours, and while the member is in the Club grounds.

There is a 20 minute limit on larger vessels mooring on the north side of the pontoon either to use the fresh water supply or to wait for access to the scrubbing berths.

The Club’s two maintenance berths are a first-class facility offering an opportunity to clean off, anti-foul, or perform repairs between tides. The facility has a built in pressure washer and wash down hose, a mains electrical hook-up, an accurate tide gauge and numerous points of attachment for halyards and mooring lines. The berths are also out of the main run of tide on the river, considerably easing access. The two bays ‘North’ and ‘South’ are suitable for vessels up 40ft/12.2m and are bookable via the web site or through the office. Owners and skippers are responsible for the safe usage of this facility according to Club guidelines. Any member using the maintenance berth is required to reserve their space. You can obtain details of the member using the berth immediately before you from the office, along with booking instructions such as timings for moving on and off the maintenance bays. Any issues should be reported to a Flag Officer or a member of staff.

Tidal Heights (Estimated). Allow for weather conditions. Scrubbing bay is at CD+2m approx. although there is a slope upwards towards the shore wall. The tide gauge reads to a level approximately half way up the slope.

The Royal Air Force Yacht Club will not be held liable for accidents, howsoever caused.

Terms of use of the Club Maintenance Bays

• The steps and the base of the dock are liable to be slippery. Hold the handrail when using the steps.
• It is recommended for your own safety to clean the mud off the base of the dock prior to pressure washing your boat.
• The pressure washer is an industrial unit which develops more pressure than a domestic unit. Make sure you are braced before operating the trigger. Do not point the nozzle at other people. At close range the spray is powerful enough to remove paint, trackmark etc.
• Do not operate the pressure washer before 0600 and after 2100 Monday to Friday or 0700 and 2000 Sat and Sunday to avoid disturbance.
• Ensure that the boat is well secured to the piles or wall so that it cannot fall over.
• The booking is for the day when entering the docks, leaving on the first high water after 0700 on the following day.
• At neap tides it may not be possible to enter or leave the docks, you are responsible for checking the tide tables at your own risk.
• Please ensure that you pay before commencing work (Members £33, Affiliated members £76, and non members £101). Ensure that you retain your receipt as proof of payment.
• Please notify the office or bosuns if you have any problems. If you have any suggestions they would also be happy to receive them.
• Please return the dock and the equipment to a tidy state after use
• Please ensure that you dispose of any materials in line with environmental obligations.

Please wash your hand before and after using the jet wash.

Please download  the document below for the full set of Rules.

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