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Royal Torbay Yacht Club
Beacon hill, torquay. the royal torbay yacht club came into being in 1885, a merger of the royal torquay yacht club (founded 1875) and the torbay and south devon club (founded 1863, as a social club) - the premises originally belonged to the latter. in 1961 the torquay corinthian yacht club merged with the rytc, considerably increasing its size. agatha christie's father henry miller was a member of the rytc in the early 1900s. agatha herself used to swim in nearby beacon cove, and on one occasion got into difficulty and was rescued by a boatman. the club was also involved in the 1948 london olympics, the sailing events of which took place in torbay; the club hosted a cocktail party for participants and members of the olympic committee. the torbay society's blue plaque (to the right of the door) was erected in 2013; it commemorates not only 150 years of the torbay & south devon club but also 200 years of the torquay regatta, which still takes place every august..
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RTYC offers some of the most extensive and best club racing to be found in the South West.
RTYC is an active club with regular sailing for its members from April through to New Year’s Day. We have an extensive range of fleets from the IRC cruisers to our junior fleet of Fevas, Cadets, and now Teras and Qbas for the starter crews. In between these we have Keelboats, Sportboats and our PY dinghy fleet. There is no excuse for not getting on the water should you wish to. The classes sailed do change and indeed for 2016 some significant variations to the sailing programme. From mid-April to mid-September there is racing for every class on Wednesday evenings. It just gets too dark to race outside of these dates. The Club is fortunate to have it’s own dedicated committee boat; an Aquabel 33 that is well equipped to run racing in most weather conditions. Therefore, we normally race from windward starts and run courses of choice for the fleets.
In addition to regular club sailing we organise a number of special races and events during the year mainly for the cruiser racers. These include weekend races outside the Bay to the Yealm, Salcombe and Dartmouth in conjunction with the South Devon Combined Yacht Clubs. We also run the ever popular Offshore Week, usually in July where the fleet races to the Channel Islands and then to ports in Brittany and Normandy. There are also special day races such as the Teignmouth Outfall Race and Bill’s Goblet, a pursuit race for all classes. The RTYC is also the organiser of the 620-mile Yachting Monthly Triangle Race from Torquay to Kinsale in Ireland, to Treguier in Brittany and back to Torquay. This popular two handed race for cruisers takes place over 12 days allowing for two or three days in each stopover. As well as being a great challenge as an event, there is always a great social atmosphere in port.
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Royal Torbay Yacht Club
A grade ii listed building in torquay, torbay.
Coordinates
Latitude: 50.4582 / 50°27'29"N
Longitude: -3.5238 / 3°31'25"W
OS Eastings: 291932
OS Northings: 63155
OS Grid: SX919631
Mapcode National: GBR QX.3D8R
Mapcode Global: FRA 37HV.C03
Plus Code: 9C2RFF5G+7F
Entry Name: Royal Torbay Yacht Club
Listing Date: 10 January 1975
Last Amended: 3 May 1994
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1280073
English Heritage Legacy ID: 390502
ID on this website: 101280073
Location: Torbay, Devon, TQ1
County: Torbay
Electoral Ward/Division: Tormohun
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Torquay
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Torquay St Matthias
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
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Description
SX9163 BEACON HILL 885-1/17/33 (North East side) 10/01/75 Royal Torbay Yacht Club (Formerly Listed as: BEACON TERRACE Royal Torbay Yacht Club)
Club house, probably originally house. c1840s; C20 alterations. Plastered; hipped slate roof with lead rolls; stacks with rendered shafts. PLAN: Main block with central entrance into a passage, stair rises to rear. Probably secondary block, slightly set back, to the right (uphill). EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. The left-hand block originally had a symmetrical 3-bay front. Moulded cornice below parapet. Centre bay broken forward with paired giant Doric pilasters to left and right supporting an entablature. Central doorway with pediment on consoles. Recessed 2-leaf 6-panel studded door with overlight. First-floor centre tripartite sash with C20 glazing. Secondary door to left with cornice. The left-hand bay has ground and first floor tripartite sashes: the ground floor with elaborate moulded brackets supporting a balustrded balcony to the first-floor window, which has richly-moulded consoles supporting a cornice. The right-hand bay has been altered and extended. Plain tripartite ground-floor sash flanked by pilasters, doorway alongside with paired pilasters. Large first-floor canted oriel on brackets with consoles and a cornice, glazed with C20 plate glass high transomed windows: C20 window to right. The right-hand block is slightly set back and partly concealed by a C20 single-storey addition. Projecting cornice and parapet; 2 shallow projecting stacks, with dentil-moulded shafts, projecting through the roof. 2 tall round-headed ground floor windows visible with pilasters, moulded arches and keyblocks. INTERIOR: Partially inspected. Entrance passage has original cornice; stair with turned balusters. HISTORY: Ellis includes an illustration of the building when the facade of the left-hand block was complete, after the building was opened in 1893 as the Torquay or Torbay Club. (Ellis AC: An Historical Survey of Torquay, 2nd edition: 1930-: P.355).
Listing NGR: SX9193263155
External Links
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- Wikidata Q26569249
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Whatever your interest in the sea, sailing or motorboating you will not be disappointed if you join the Royal Torbay Yacht Club.
Our historic clubhouse sits proudly above the harbour right in the heart of Torquay. You can expect a friendly welcome if you call into the club, our officers and staff will be pleased to show you round our wonderful facilities.
Download and complete an application form to join today, several membership categories are available. If you have any questions at all please feel free to contact our Club Office who will be happy to give advice.
For the keen racing sailor – take part in competitive Club Racing with IRC yachts, Cruisers, Sports Boats and Dinghies (both Adult and Junior). Or get involved in major sailing championships both on and off the water.
For families – our very successful junior section ( Squadron 13 ) offers regular on-the-water activities, onshore training for a fixed monthly price which includes membership of the Club and access to equipment.
Access to superb clubhouse and facilities, with the ability to bring your own guests.
Enjoy a quiet drink in the comfortable members bar or terraced garden with spectacular views over Torbay.
A lively Social programme with evening talks, members evenings, winter quiz, dinners, rugby lunches and themed parties.
Beautiful restaurant and first class catering facilities
Active Motorboat and Cruising section.
Low cost access to a fleet of dinghies.
Competitive club and coastal racing.
RYA Recognised Training centre for Juniors, Dinghies and Keelboats, Powerboats, VHF Radio, First Aid, Day Skipper Theory, and Diesel Engines, with discounted rates for club members.
Fly the Defaced Blue Ensign ( restrictions apply )
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Motorboat & Cruising Group - Building Confidence on the water. Jan 30, 2024. Last Friday during Club Night in the bar, our Cruising Captain undertook consultation to plan our programme of cruises for the 2024 season. We commence with our traditional start of season cruise to the River Dart arriving on Friday 26th April and returning on Sunday...
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The Clubhouse. The Royal Torbay Yacht Club is a fantastic venue for meeting friends and fellow sailors, for dining and enjoying a drink, for relaxing and soaking up the sights, sounds and atmosphere of the amazing sailing waters of the Torbay. Facing south and overlooking Torbay, the Clubhouse and its terraced garden provides a superb venue for ...
Beacon Hill, Torquay. The Royal Torbay Yacht Club came into being in 1885, a merger of the Royal Torquay Yacht Club (founded 1875) and the Torbay and South Devon Club (founded 1863, as a social club) - the premises originally belonged to the latter. In 1961 the Torquay Corinthian Yacht Club merged with the RYTC, considerably increasing its size. Agatha Christie's father Henry Miller was a ...
The Royal Torbay Yacht Club has been at the heart of sailing in Torbay for over 150 years and is proud of its long and distinguished heritage. We are one of the oldest and leading yacht clubs in the South West with a thriving and growing membership. The club has always boasted a strong racing focus and this continues today.
Royal Torbay Yacht Club (RTYC) have been named as winners of the 2019 RYA and Yachts & Yachting Club of the Year Award supported by Gallagher.
1280073. Date first listed: 10-Jan-1975. List Entry Name: ROYAL TORBAY YACHT CLUB. Statutory Address: ROYAL TORBAY YACHT CLUB, BEACON HILL.
Royal Torbay Yacht Club - Torquay. RTYC offers some of the most extensive and best club racing to be found in the South West. RTYC is an active club with regular sailing for its members from April through to New Year's Day. We have an extensive range of fleets from the IRC cruisers to our junior fleet of Fevas, Cadets, and now Teras and ...
The Torquay Yacht Club, with Sir Lawrence Palk as Commodore, was formed in 1875 and immediately obtained a warrant from Queen Victoria to become the Royal Torquay Yacht Club. This name was amended to the present-day Royal Torbay Yacht Club following a merger of the yacht club with the Torbay and South Devon Club in 1885.
TORQUAY. SX9163 BEACON HILL 885-1/17/33 (North East side) 10/01/75 Royal Torbay Yacht Club (Formerly Listed as: BEACON TERRACE Royal Torbay Yacht Club) GV II . Club house, probably originally house. c1840s; C20 alterations. Plastered; hipped slate roof with lead rolls;
Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023 at the Royal Torbay Yacht Club - Overall. A spectacular fifth race in warm sunshine and a light east-south-easterly concluded the 2023 Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup in Torquay. Going into the final day British Olympian, America's Cup and Whitbread Race veteran Lawrie Smith and his crew of Ruaridh Scott, Goncalo Ribeiro and ...
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Ten years later on 1st January 1885, the Royal Torquay Yacht Club merged with the Torbay and South Devon Club and the name of the combined unit was changed to the Royal Torbay Yacht Club. In the following year, the freehold of the land on which the Club premises stood was purchased for the sum of £650. In 1886, the Club held its first Regatta ...
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Completing 11 races in 4 days is no mean feat and so the fleet thanked the Royal Torbay Yacht Club for hosting a memorable championship with great sailing led superbly by the PRO Bob Penfold and his on-water team, with excellent support from the shore team and those in the warmth of the club.
Five races remain to be sailed between now and the conclusion of the regatta on Friday 15 September and the results of all races count. Further information is available at the event website. Provisional Results after Day 1: (top five, 1 race) 1st - Lawrie Smith, GBR815, Alfie - 1 = 1pt.
Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023 at the Royal Torbay Yacht Club - Day 5. Torquay finally delivered perfect sailing conditions for day five of the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023, where the previously abandoned race four was re-sailed in glorious sunshine and a south-south-easterly breeze which built from around 10 to 15 knots through the race.
The second day of racing at the Yanmar Dragon Gold Cup 2023 in Torquay brought an intensely fought second race and more than a few dramatic incidents. Just as the race was about to get under way a call came over the VHF to announce that one of the competitors had fallen overboard by the pin mark. The Race Committee immediately announced a short ...
Enjoy a quiet drink in the comfortable members bar or terraced garden with spectacular views over Torbay. A lively Social programme with evening talks, members evenings, winter quiz, dinners, rugby lunches and themed parties. Beautiful restaurant and first class catering facilities. Active Motorboat and Cruising section.