Royal Perth Yacht Club
Encyclopedia
style="font-size: larger;" | Royal Perth Yacht Club

Burgee
Founded 1841
Clubhouse Australia II Drive, Crawley, Western Australia
Country
Website http://www.rpyc.com.au


The Royal Perth Yacht Club (RPYC) is a yacht club
Yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to sailing and yachting.-Description:Yacht Clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there are some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations...

 in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, Western Australia.

Early history

The "Perth Yacht and Boat Club" in 1880 was able to build a jetty at the foot of William Street
William Street, Perth
William Street is a suburban distributor and one of two major cross-streets in Perth, Western Australia.Commencing in western Mount Lawley it also crosses the Perth to Fremantle railway at the Horseshoe Bridge....

 in Perth Water
Perth Water
Perth Water is the section of the Swan River between the Causeway to the east, and Narrows Bridge to the west - a large wide but shallow section of river on the southern edge of the City of Perth, Western Australia, and the northern edge of the suburb South Perth. Retrieved 29 December 2006...

. Perth Yacht Club received the Royal Charter in 1890. The club shifted to Crawley
Crawley, Western Australia
Crawley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Subiaco.The earlier name of the locality was Crawley Park.It is home to the University of Western Australia, the state's oldest and most prestigious university...

 in 1953 when the William Street site became unusable.

America's Cup

This club staged the unsuccessful 1987 America's Cup
1987 America's Cup
The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-seventh challenge for the America's Cup and the first time for 132 years that it had not been defended by the New York Yacht Club....

 defence at Fremantle following the 1983 victory at Newport, USA, of Australia II
Australia II
Australia II is the Australian 12-metre-class challenge racing yacht that was launched in 1982 and won the 1983 America's Cup for the Royal Perth Yacht Club...

—ending the New York Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1844 by nine prominent sportsmen. The members have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design. The organization has over 3,000 members as of 2011. ...

's 132-year domination of the event. The entrance road that the RPYC is on was commemoratively renamed 'Australia II Drive'.

Annex

To comply with the requirements for entering the America's Cup races, RPYC opened an annex at Fremantle
Fremantle, Western Australia
Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829...

.

Club flag

At a general meeting in 1891, the old blue PYC burgee was replaced with a triangular St George's Cross
St George's Cross
St George's Cross is a red cross on a white background used as a symbolic reference to Saint George. The red cross on white was associated with St George from medieval times....

 with a St Edward's crown in the upper canton
Canton (heraldry)
Canton is a square charge placed in the upper dexter corner. It is classed by some heraldic writers as one of the honorable ordinaries; but, strictly speaking, it is a diminutive of the Quarter, being two-thirds the area of that ordinary. However, in the roll of Henry III the quarter appears in...

.

Further reading

  • Uren, Malcolm (1966) Sails on the Swan : the history of the royal Perth Yacht Club, 1865-1965. Perth : Royal Perth Yacht Club.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK