LAKE MACQUARIE YACHT CLUB
Lake Macquarie Yacht Club enjoys a spectacular absolute waterfront location in Belmont Bay.
The club caters for a diverse membership with a wide range of boating interests.
Members enjoy a full calendar of sailing events with competitive yacht racing in many designs from 30 to 50 footers, including non-spinnaker division.
With conquests in every major race on Australia’s east coast, our members also have a proud offshore sailing tradition.
Sailing at Lake Macquarie Yacht Club
No matter what class of boat you sail, you are always welcome at Lake Macquarie Yacht Club.
The Club can offer a comprehensive year-round calendar to satisfy any competitve sailor.
Cruising Division
Class Racing
Windwarriors
She SAILS
Our History
The Lake Macquarie Yacht Club has its beginnings in 1929 the year of the Wall Street Stock Market crash when the 10 founding fathers held a meeting in a Tobacconist and Hairdressers Shop in Hunter Street Newcastle.
Racing originally took place at Toronto as the founding fathers had a background in skiffs mostly at Toronto.
However in December 1932 “The Old Stone Jetty” at Belmont became available and was taken up by the club. The jetty was 60 to 70 years old at the time and needed considerable restoration.
Racing moved from Toronto to Belmont with races being started and finished from a timber landing on the western end of the jetty.
In December 1933 an application was made to erect a building on the western side of the jetty and it was approved promptly.
The new clubhouse was opened on Saturday 28th of April 1934 in time for the Easter Regatta by the Hon. C.J. Parker MLC.
The carpark as we know it today was completed in 1966 and the original marina development was completed in 1978 with most of the design and procurement works carried out by several dedicated volunteer members.
Lake Macquarie Yacht Club – The Beginning by Ray Kiely
