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My name is Bob Jollands and in 1958 I was working with a friend of…
I first met Nigel about 20 years ago when I moved into the shed next…
For many years we had raced Flying Machine in the Port Nich Y88 fleet, and…
Some readers may recall the incident at Pt Jerningham about 15 years ago when Esprit,…
There were five Freyberg brothers, three in particular stand out as swimmers, yachtsmen, and fighters. One, Lord Freyberg, was an honorary life member of the RPNCY. This is their story.
Minutes of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club state that out of a membership of 130…
This great story was written by Club member James Hollings, owner of Cantilena, a Townson…
Mr Commodore, Mr President, esteemed guests, ladies and gentlemen It is a privilege to open…
Ten years ago, shortly after moving to Sydney, I literally stepped onto Midnight Rambler, a…
Club members have been well represented in all of the armed forces through the years,…
Atalanta is a storied vessel, registered with RPNYC from 1895-1979; and from 2015. No other…
As the Club will be closed from today for the biggest refurbishment work since the…
Robert Julian Scott was a British-born engineer who spent most of his life and career…
Below is another story from the early 1970s from Paul Hastings. One has to wonder…
The Volunteer of the Year Award is awarded to the many dedicated RPNYC volunteers that…
Anybody worth their salt knows a broach, and I wouldn’t really be writing this up…
Back in the 1970s, in an effort to spice up the offshore series a bit,…
There are at least two families named Moore who have a long association with boating…
Alexander Turnbull is most well known as a businessman whose collection of books and manuscripts…
The Finish Leg 4, Napier to Auckland, dawn of Day 2. In the early light…
Some boats through no fault of their own seem to attract an aura about themselves.…
Launched 01 August 1874, Xarifa was the first “proper” yacht to be built in Wellington – her purpose for nothing more than the recreation of sport and cruising.
Hal Wagstaff OBE was a man who insisted that things always be done right but was never bound by convention. He maintained his bright intelligence and involvement in the sport up to the time of his death, and definitely lived up to the name “Hurricane” Hal.
The following is Commodore Pedro Morgan’s address to the ship’s company of HMNZS Olphert and…
Scanned copies of our former club magazine, The RIP, are now available online.
In 1883 a group of Wellington sailors called a meeting in the Pier Hotel to discuss the formation of a yacht club. The result was the creation of Port Nicholson Yacht Club.
The burgee the club has today was approved in 1920, following the merger of the Port Nicholson Yacht Club, the Te Ruru Yacht Club and the Te Aro Sailing Club.
Digital NZ has posted over one thousand items of RPNYC history online as part of a project led by the National Library. The collection includes newspaper articles and photos from the past and is well worth a look.
The Wellington Classic Yacht Trust have put online a series of photos that were first pubished in the Auckland Weekly News from the early 1900’s through to 1940. They provide an excellent snapshot of early sailing life in Wellington with a lot of shots of Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club events.
The rivalry in boat building in Wellington goes back a long way. Gavin Pascoe from the Wellington Classic Yacht Trust continues his story telling about the yachts and their sailors in Wellington with the story of Mawhiti and Kotiri and the people who built and sailed them.
Gavin Pascoe from the Wellington Classic Yacht Trust continues his story telling about the yachts and their sailors in Wellington. This time he focuses on the Arawa Sailing Club and the Half Raters.
Gavin Pascoe from the Wellington Classic Yacht Trust continues his story telling about the yachts and their sailors in Wellington. This time he focuses on the little ship that could … Isca.
Gavin Pascoe from the Wellington Classic Yacht Trust continues his story telling about the yachts and their sailors in Wellington. This time he focuses on the boat builder Roydoin Ross and on the yacht Taipare.
Gavin Pascoe from the Wellington Classic Yacht Trust has posted another article on the history of yachts and their sailors in Wellington. This time he focuses on the Thorndon Dinghy Sailing Club which was one of the early sailing clubs in Wellington.
Gavin Pascoe from the Wellington Classic Yacht Trust has posted another article on the history of yachts and their sailors in Wellington. This time he focuses on Ethel.
Gavin Pascoe from the Wellington Classic Yacht Trust tells the story of Pet, the leading boat in the Wellington fleet back in the 1880s.
Many of our members served in both World War one and World War two and and as always ANZAC day is an opportunity to remember them. One such person was RPNYC Life Member Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg VC GCMG KCB KBE DSO*** KStJ (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963).