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The Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club is a
The Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club is a yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting.
Description
Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a mari ...
situated in Freshwater Bay on the Swan River in Peppermint Grove
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, a suburb of Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia.
The club was founded in 1896 by a group of friends including Aubrey Sherwood and Edward Keane, whose residence is now the RFBYC clubhouse. It is the second yacht club in Perth to be granted the royal charter, and it has established a strong but friendly rivalry with the other royal club, Royal Perth Yacht Club
The Royal Perth Yacht Club (RPYC) is a yacht club in Perth, Western Australia. It is the third oldest yacht club in Australia after the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria and the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron.
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Each year the fleets of the two Royal clubs race, with the prize 'The Governor's Cup' being presented by the Governor of Western Australia as the Queen's representative and patron of the royal clubs.
The club holds functions weekly in both the Athol Hobbs Room and Main Function and Dining Room, with a bar open 7 days of the week to members.
See also
*List of International Council of Yacht Clubs members ''This is a list of International Council of Yacht Clubs members.''
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* {{Commons-inline Royal yacht clubs Yacht clubs in Western Australia Swan River (Western Australia) 1896 establishments in Australia Sports clubs established in 1896 Sporting clubs in Perth, Western Australia Organisations based in Australia with royal patronage