Royal Alfred Yacht Club

The Royal Alfred Yacht club is much more than a quaint old Dublin institution. For generations it has been an umbrella organisation (no clubhouse or set location), linking yacht racers from the rival harbours of Dun Laoghaire and Howth. It provides an attractive programme of regattas, complementing more local and national events.

The club is...
The world's oldest specifically amateur yacht club (founded 1857)
The world's first offshore racing club (1868-1922)
The first club to organise single and double handed yacht races
The prime mover behind the formation of the world's first national yacht racing organisation (1872)
And finally, its two flag officers are credited with the authorship of the first national yacht racing rules, which are at the core of today's racing rules worldwide.
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