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The Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) has a strong devotion to sailing, and is situated in Wickham on the all-weather, deep water, working port of Newcastle. The Club’s precinct includes a marina, shipyard and maintenance facilities, commercial center and licensed club.

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Voted the 2019 Australian Sailing Club of the Year, the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) is universally recognised as a welcoming haven catering for a diverse community of cruising, sailing, racing and social activities.

It has previously hosted the prestigious Australian IRC Championships and NSW Country Yachting Championship. In addition, it provides organisational expertise and resources to the annual Sail Port Stephens, NSW’s fastest-growing regatta over the past 13 years.

Located at 95 Hannell St, Wickham NSW 2293, the Club was incorporated in April 1994 and underwent various phases of development, beginning with the completion of four marina arms, boatyard, and commercial centre. The second phase, in 2008, saw the addition of two more marina arms and a clubhouse.

NCYC’s marina comprises 180 berths, all with power and water, a 24hr self-service fuel wharf dispensing diesel and unleaded petrol, and an effluent pump-out facility. The privately operated Midcoast Marine boatyard is equipped with a 40-tonne travel lift, a concrete hard-stand area, and an indoor maintenance area and paint shop.

Following the opening of its Stage 3 harbourfront development, the club now has facilities to rival the best in Australia in terms of size and style,.

With the building doubled in overall size, bar, dining and lounge space has actually tripled as the new upper storey is available for members and guests rather than being dedicated to corporate offices.

It allows the club to host anything from intimate weddings and functions, right up to gala dinners and corporate events catering for 300 people. There is also a newly opened Nautica Dining restaurant, offering high-class a la carte meals and bar classics.

It’s one of the biggest and best all-weather club spaces you’ll find, especially right on the waterfront.

Included in the development was an all-new kitchen, which is centrally located in the lower, open-plan bar and dining area.

The area formerly occupied by the kitchen is now the Foredeck room, with high bar tables and glass doors that flood the area with light and air. To cater for functions, it can be enclosed. The bar has new café-style tables, flowing into a relaxed, sunlit drinking space, then the new Regatta Room dining area. Full-width glass doors lead to an outdoor zone, which has a mix of table settings, bar stools and lounges.

Frameless glass panels can enclose the Regatta Room for functions of up to 150 people. The nearby Trophy Room is also glass-enclosed and suitable for corporate meetings or private dining groups of up to 10 people.

Upstairs has a new space called The Bridge, with a long table flanked by leather chairs. It is ideal for training, board meetings and corporate entertaining during the day, or private dining functions at night with 10-20 people. Glass doors again lead to a balcony with tree-filtered views of the marina and trawler jetty.

The Retreat is a smart-casual, members-only space with a piano surrounded by dining and coffee tables. It can be reserved by members for private banquets and stand-up cocktail events, while visiting regatta sailors also can use it as a dedicated area to mingle.

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Raised on a sheep farm in New Zealand, Luke has long harboured a paddock-to-plate mentality and a passion for cooking. He honed his skills while working in Scotland for five-star resorts and opulent private members clubs.

Upon returning to New Zealand, Luke joined the Mantra Group, rising to become Regional Executive Chef. He then moved to the Anchorage Port Stephens, which was honoured with a Australian Good Food Guide chef’s hat under Luke’s helming.

In recent years he has worked as a fruit-and-vegetable provedore.

“Every day I was around kitchens and missed working in them … I just love cooking,” Luke says. “When the club called me, it represented a great opportunity to start something from scratch.

“The clubhouse has a relaxed, resort-like feel, quite unique for Newcastle. I tell people, ‘we don’t have 180 poker machines, we have 180 marina berths’ – that’s the difference.”

The kitchen has nine staff, most of whom have worked internationally.

“You can still get a burger or schnitzel but they’re done really well,” Luke adds. “We offer something different too. Everything is traceable, which brings consistency – our lamb, for example, is from Pukara Estate, our pork is from Murray River, our beef is from Bass Strait.

“We’re making our own ice cream and sorbets, along with sauces and dressings, right down to smoking our own salmon.”

The bar and lounge menu, meanwhile includes a Charcuterie plate, with selected cured meats, house terrine, pickles, marinated vegetables, sourdough, Australian cheese selection, lavosh, toasted bread, spiced nuts, dried fruit and pastes.

Diners can order from their table using the COVID-safe Me&U smartphone system.

Reservations for Nautica Dining and membership applications are taken online at ncyc.net.au .

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Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club (NCYC) is ideally placed to manage the Bay Sailing Centre, having been named Australian Sailing’s national Yacht Club of the Year for 2019 – an unprecedented achievement for a regional entity with a relatively young history.

We are renowned for our sail training and education programs and highly regarded for staging major sailing regattas, while also being adept at managing/maintaining waterfront assets – including our own marina complex on Newcastle Harbour.

Our race management team has a long and strong association with the Port Stephens region through initiatives like the annual Sail Port Stephens yachting regatta, which has included a popular Junior racing series held at the Bay Sailing Centre site.

The two waterways are separated by just 22 nautical miles and club boats regularly visit the region.

Many of the NCYC learn-to-sail experiences and programs are easily adaptable to the Port Stephens area. Our courses are increasing in popularity as a way to get young children into the sport of sailing, and the NCYC Sailing Academy has been recognised as the best sailing academy in NSW.

Our team of instructors, and our sailing manager, are passionate about nurturing the sport of sailing, while also ensuring that safety is the number one priority for all involved.

The NCYC has professionals in all disciplines needed to make the Bay Sailing Centre a success, with baristas, race managers and instructors ready to use their experience and broaden the community reach.

As a non-for-profit organisation, the NCYC takes pride and care in maintaining a community-first approach in all aspects of its business.

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Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club

The Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club is located at Wickham in the all-weather, deep water, working port of Newcastle. The Club’s precinct includes a marina, shipyard and maintenance facilities, commercial centre, licensed club and a Sailing Academy. The club conducts keelboat racing on Sundays as well as twilight racing and Laser dinghy sailing on Wednesday and Friday afternoons during the warmer months. They also host a number of offshore distance races as part of their Blue Water PointScore as well as the pre-season NSW Country Yachting Championships. No previous experience is required to join their Sailing Academy. They provide a pathway from six years to 70 years with entry to Learn to Sail available for all ages! They are also proud to deliver the Youth Development Program which targets young sailors looking to work closely with a team under the guidance of one of their coaches to represent their club at events near and far. Awarded the Australian Sailing 2019 Club of the Year, they continue their ongoing objective of developing and promoting the sport of sailing in Newcastle, the club is focused on maintaining its welcoming approach and hospitable charm to both old salts and those new to sailing.

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The Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club is located at Wickham in the all-weather, deep water, working port of Newcastle.

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The mission of the San Diego Yacht Club is to encourage and foster interest in all aspects of yachting

Tucked away in beautiful Point Loma, the San Diego Yacht Club is consistently ranked among the top 5 yacht clubs in the Nation and is recognized by the  Club Leadership Forum  as one of the finest facilities of its kind in the world.

Throughout its existence, the San Diego Yacht Club has evolved from a small gathering of boating enthusiasts joining together in 1886 to a world-renowned yachting community recognized for its success in bay sailing, ocean racing, predicted log racing, cruising, angling, and its support of youth programs at all levels. Competitions have ranged from Major National and World Championships to the Lipton Cup, from Junior Regattas to the Olympics, and from Classic yachts to the America’s Cup. Training and racing programs are available for adults as well as juniors.

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Ventura Keys, Ventura Harbor entrance, and the mouth of the Santa Clara River

Text by Don Mills, Club Historian

Photos from the archives of photographer flash wheeler.

The Ventura Yacht Club, originally known as the Ventura County Boat Club, was organized in 1938. In 2013 we celebrated our 75th anniversary.

Ventura Yacht Club is one of the few clubs on the coast which owns its own clubhouse and slips. The club has a proud history of having started as a do-it-yourself type organization. The club’s official newsletter is the Forecast, which has been published monthly since 1940, one of the oldest continuous publications in yachting.

Ventura Yacht Club prides itself in accomplishments which range from an active racing and cruising program to being one of the prime moving forces in having the Ventura Harbor constructed. The club has long been supportive of the Ventura Port District and Ventura Harbor in matters ranging from lobbying efforts to get the harbor constructed –and reconstructed following devastating 1969 floods– and the breakwater built, to playing key roles in such activities as the annual Christmas Parade of Lights and other functions which help put the harbor’s best foot forward.

Many yacht club members have served on the Port District’s Board of Commissioners over the years and, in fact, the club was somewhat instrumental in the Port District having been formed in the first place. It can reasonably be said that the club has been a moving force in the development and growth of Ventura Harbor.

The club has nurtured many youth sailing programs and has supported youths in regional and national sailing championships.

Ventura Yacht Club in the early days (Photo: Flash Wheeler)

The club was incorporated in 1940 as a non-profit organization, with an original membership of 60.

From the beginning, one of the more serious aims of the members has been to work for better boating facilities in Ventura County. Among the early activities of the club was the construction of launching and mooring facilities at Hueneme Harbor in 1939. World War II halted this project, and efforts were then centered on clearing the snags from the coastal slough known as McGrath Lake in order to hold regattas for outboards and small sailboats and create an interest in boats and boating.

After the war, efforts were resumed to secure harbor facilities in Ventura County with particular emphasis on the Pierpont Bay area. During the campaign to secure a harbor, one of the highlights was constructing a model of the proposed harbor, which was used extensively for publicity purposes. These efforts, combined with others, resulted in the formation of the Ventura Port District, which eventually built the Ventura Marina.

A year or so after World War II ended, the City of Ventura allowed the club to use a city-owned building on the Ventura Pier where regular meetings were held. When freeway construction caused the demolition of the building, the meeting place was moved to the Ventura Recreation Center on Main Street.

The name of the club was changed from the Ventura County Boat Club to Ventura Yacht Club in November 1960.

The club secured a building site lease from the Ventura Port District in February 1965 and launched plans for the construction of the existing clubhouse.

October 29, 1966 – Ventura Yacht Club under construction. The dark vertical lines are the poles. The curved west side of the building, lined by windows, was designed by the architect Kenneth Hess to suggest the bridge of a large ship. Discussing the construction on the left is Don Mills, the other two individuals have not been identified. The Pontiac belonged to photographer Flash Wheeler. (Photo: Flash Wheeler)

Ventura Yacht Club in early 1967 after painting and the prominence of the second story over the open ground floor area. Note in the right-hand bay of the first story; components of the flag mast can be seen on sawhorses before being raised into place in April of 1967. (Photo: Flash Wheeler)

Membership meetings are now held in the clubhouse completed in 1967 and are located on the peninsula at Ventura Harbor.  Here, a well-rounded program of boating and social events fills the club’s yearly calendar.

In 1969, floods devastated the harbor in January and February, and for months the clubhouse was not accessible by land. Members used dinghies or other vessels to make their way to the clubhouse which was on what amounted to a storm-wracked island.

In June 1972, the lease was amended to include the water area. The addition of a small-boat hoist was completed in 1972, and in 1973 the club’s own docks were installed in front of the clubhouse. From the Ventura Port District, the club acquired docks, which had been salvaged from the 1969 floods.

The lease was amended again in May 1976, to allow expansion of the Club’s berthing facilities. In 1981, the slips were further upgraded with the complete reconstruction of D dock. The club now has berthing facilities for some 90 vessels.

Ventura Yacht Club has been a regular member of the Southern California Yachting Association and the United States Sailing Association for a number of years and is a charter member of the Association of Santa Barbara Channel Yacht Clubs.

The club annually conducts the Ventura Cup Regatta, which is the most prestigious yacht racing event in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties and annually attracts the fastest boats and crews that area yacht clubs can muster. Every other year the club hosts the Ventura County to Newport Race. An active racing, cruising, and social program offers something for yachting-oriented people of all ages.

A twelve-member Board of Directors oversees the affairs of the Ventura Yacht Club Corporation. Directors are elected by the membership to serve three-year terms.   Officers are elected annually.

Looming proudly over the grounds is a flagpole, which seems to be an appropriate reflection of Ventura Yacht Club. The flagpole is old and proud (the 55-foot mast stood at the old Oxnard High School site on C Street from the early 1900s)  strong and distinctive. It has been maintained and tended to by a caring yacht club, whose burgee it proudly flies.

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Andy’s Seafood Chowder

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Grilled Breast of Chicken

New season’s asparagus, fondue of leeks, heirloom tomatoes, sherry vinaigrette (GFA)

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Panzanella salad, citrus & herb butter (GFA) (DFA)

Pan-Roasted Etty Bay Barramundi

Capers, brown butter, blood orange, broccolini, celeriac (GFA)

Crispy noodles, nashi pear, raw slaw, coriander, mint, cucumber, peanuts, seasame dressing (GFA) (DFA)

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Slow Braised Persian Spiced Lamb Shoulder Pasta

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Matt’s Southwest Style Beef Burger

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Panko-Crumbed Market-Fresh Fish Burger

House Tartare, lettuce, tomato, pickled Spanish onion, fries

Cauliflower & Smoked Cheddar Burger

Red pepper relish, lettuce, lemon pepper aioli, fries (GFA) (Veg)

Hand Crumbed Chicken Schnitzel

Parmigiana, slaw, fries, OR roast chicken gravy, slaw, fries

Beer Battered Market-Fresh Fish

House tartare, fries, lemon

White Chocolate Crème Brûlée

Macerated strawberries, almond biscotti (GFA)

Sticky Date Pudding

Butterscotch sauce, Buderim ginger ice cream