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Sailing club
The Cruising Yacht Club of Tasmania is a friendly Hobart club for people who love cruising. Based at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania in Sandy Bay, it holds monthly general meetings with guest speakers, runs cruising events and a Women on Boats program, and publishes its own newsletter, the Albatross.
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The Cruising Yacht Club of Tasmania is a friendly Hobart club for people who love cruising. Based at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania in Sandy Bay, it holds monthly general meetings with guest speakers, runs cruising events and a Women on Boats program, and publishes its own newsletter, the Albatross.
Service area: Hobart / Southern Tasmania
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The Cruising Yacht Club of Tasmania (CYCT) is a club for cruising sailors, based at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania on Marieville Esplanade, Sandy Bay. Rather than racing, its focus is on the social and practical side of sailing: cruising events, a Women on Boats program, and monthly general meetings with guest speakers sharing their voyages and expertise.
Members receive the club newsletter, the Albatross, and a range of member benefits. Membership applications can be made through the club website, and the committee — commodore, vice and rear commodores, secretary, treasurer and membership officer — can be contacted through its online form or on 0438 266 425.
The club's learning happens in a relaxed, shared way. Its monthly general meetings feature guest speakers — recent talks have covered a member delivering a newly bought yacht 850 nautical miles from New South Wales to Kettering, the history of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania, and wooden-boat cruising into Tasmania's remote south west — and they are a great way to pick up practical tips from experienced cruisers.
CYCT also runs a Women on Boats program, designed to build confidence and skills for women on board, and its cruising events give members the chance to sail in company and learn new anchorages with others around. For formal qualifications such as radio or sea safety courses, the neighbouring Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania and Derwent Sailing Squadron both run courses.
The club's official address is care of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania on Marieville Esplanade in Sandy Bay, which puts members right on the River Derwent and within easy reach of some of Australia's finest cruising grounds. Heading south from Hobart, the D'Entrecasteaux Channel and Bruny Island offer sheltered anchorages, small towns and plenty of options for a weekend away, while the Huon River and beyond open up longer trips.
If you are new to cruising in the area, our complete Australian anchoring guide and our Hobart destination guide are good places to start planning.
Further afield, the east coast offers Maria Island and the Tasman Peninsula, with Port Arthur and its sheltered anchorages. Tasmanian weather can change quickly, so good passage planning is essential. See our FAQ on when to carry an EPIRB or PLB in Tasmania.
The Cruising Yacht Club of Tasmania has built its identity around the social side of sailing: sharing knowledge, telling stories and helping each other get out on the water. Its monthly meetings and speaker nights, its newsletter the Albatross and its Women on Boats program reflect a club run by and for people who love cruising Tasmanian waters, with an active committee and an annual general meeting that keeps members closely involved in how the club is run.
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