FACILITIES

Our club is a buzzing spot on the coast, there is always something happeningand there is no better spot to see the sun set on the coast - Friday eveningFish & Chips with the locals.The Sea Rescue Trust & Cape Egmont Lighthouse Museum are both situated with our club rooms.Groups are more then welcome to stop by - the Lighthouse is open during the weekends over summer.

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CLUB HOUSE

Built bit by bit over the years from our founding members our Club Rooms have the best views - rain or shine,

Our Bar and Kitchen are open from 5 pm Friday evenings during daylight savings.

Also available for hire for members.

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BOAT RAMP

From the days gone by where there were ques of boats waiting for club tractors to launch them - we now have a new ramp where you can launch yourself.

Thanks to the our dedicated members and Sea Rescue Trust for the completion of our new ramp.

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CAMPING GROUND

Everyone is welcome to stop by on our turf.

All we ask in return is a $10 donation to the honesty box per night. There is a public toilet available however we ask those who stay to be self contained and ensure all rubbish is taken with you to preserve our environment.

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FISHING ON THE DOORSTEP

There have been many a tale told after a long day on the water and our club is no different. We have a few record fish mounted on our walls and when you ask the locals they will tell you our coast has some great fishing. 

CAPE EGMONT SEA RESCUE TRUST

Our facilities also house the CESRT - developed from the concept of safer boating on the coast. To this day the crew are volunteers - mainly club boat owners.

You can find out more about them clicking the logo above.

THE HISTORIC CAPE LIGHT & MUSEUM

Our facilities also house a replica lighthouse museum you can climb and see the original Cape Egmont Light which has been replaced by a smaller LED. You can find out more about them clicking the logo above.

CLUB HISTORY

The idea of a boat club was established when three local men were surfcasting off a flat rock in Greenways Bay, on the left side of the bay at low tide, casting as far as they could. This of course was never far enough and they came up with the idea that they should form a boat club to improve the Bayly Road boat race (Whanganui waka), as it was quite narrow and dangerous. So it was all go down the Bayly. There were a few phone calls made to a few more locals and a meeting (7 in total) was held at one of the men’s houses on March 6 1961.

The boat club was therefore firmly established and quite a number of people joined up. Payment for subscriptions was one pound each. This helped enable the club to finance buying a tractor for boat launching purposes. This time ten members donated five pounds each to allow the club to complete the purchase as a suitable tractor had been found.

By November 1962 the club was progressing well with the boat race and tractor being used as often as conditions would allow.

A clubhouse was built some years later in 1974 when the committee decided to proceed with a 20 x 20 foot concrete block building in memory of the late George Cockburn who was the club’s secretary for seven years and also at the time of his death.

The new facility had cost $1200 and was built partly from timber from an old house which had been given to the club. This was all constructed by volunteers from the community.As the new clubhouse became a talking point of the community so did the popularity and growth of memberships. As they say the rest is history!