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Montrose Bay Yacht Club is a friendly dinghy club on the River Derwent at Montrose, in Hobart's northern suburbs. Founded in 1951, it welcomes sailors from age eight with training and club boats, has a proud record in Moths, Sabots and Mirrors, and offers its clubrooms — complete with a parquetry dance floor — for functions.
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Montrose Bay Yacht Club is a friendly dinghy club on the River Derwent at Montrose, in Hobart's northern suburbs. Founded in 1951, it welcomes sailors from age eight with training and club boats, has a proud record in Moths, Sabots and Mirrors, and offers its clubrooms — complete with a parquetry dance floor — for functions.
Service area: Montrose, TAS
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Montrose Bay Yacht Club sits on Foreshore Road, Montrose, on the upper reaches of the River Derwent in Glenorchy. It is an Australian Sailing affiliated club with sailing for everyone aged eight and up, and no prior experience is needed — the club has training and club boats available so newcomers can get started without buying a boat.
The clubrooms include a multi-purpose space and a function area with a parquetry dance floor, which can be hired for events (bookings via MontroseBay.Bookings@gmail.com). General sailing enquiries go to MBYC.tas@gmail.com. See other clubs nearby on our Montrose sailing clubs page.
Sailing at Montrose Bay is open to everyone aged eight and over, and you do not need any experience to start. The club keeps training boats and club boats so that beginners can learn without buying their own, and experienced members are on hand to help newcomers find their feet. It is a good fit for families, with children and parents often learning side by side.
The club's heritage is in small dinghies — Moths, Sabots and Mirrors in particular — and those classes have given generations of local sailors a solid grounding in boat handling and racing. If you are unsure whether club sailing is for you, our guide to choosing a sailing club explains what to look for.
The club is on Foreshore Road at Montrose, in Glenorchy, on the upper reaches of the River Derwent north of Hobart's city centre. The upper Derwent tends to be more sheltered than the wide estuary further south, which makes it a comfortable place for young and new sailors to learn.
The current clubrooms, opened in 1970, offer a multi-purpose space and function area with a parquetry dance floor, available for hire. For more on sailing around the city, see our Hobart destination guide, or compare clubs downriver on our Sandy Bay sailing clubs page.
See our Montrose sailing clubs page for other clubs nearby on the upper Derwent.
Montrose Bay Yacht Club was founded in 1951 by seven local sailors, helped along by a £25 grant from the Austins Ferry Yacht Club. Its first fleet of twelve boats launched from Grove Pier at Grove Reserve, sailing classes such as the Moth, Sabot, International Cadet, Rainbow and Mirror. The first clubrooms, a converted army hut, followed in 1955, and new clubrooms opened in 1970.
The club grew quickly. By 1970 it had 240 members, around 80 per cent of them juniors, and Moths, Sabots and Mirrors became its main racing classes — the Mirror fleet was the club's most popular through the 1970s and 80s. Montrose Bay hosted the Australian Moth Championships in 1960 and 1966, as well as Sabot and Mirror national championships. Member Michael Adams won the Mirror Nationals in 1980, and Nick Rogers went on to win the World Dragon Championship and eight national Dragon titles.
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