About us

Nelson Yacht Club is New Zealand's oldest Yacht Club, established in 1857. It is located on the beautiful waterfront within the harbour at Nelson. While primarily a dingy club, our club also runs some racing for keelers and trailer sailers.

A majority of our racing takes place outside of the Harbour and can be viewed from the hillside behind the club.  Our Learn to sail and Junior fleets sail within the safe confines of the harbour and are able to be viewed from the club, or anywhere along the Nelson Waterfront.

The club has a strong and active membership of around 300 ranging from young new recruits through to our more senior members who have long ties with our club and lots of good stories to tell.

The sailing in Nelson is second to none. Nelson being New Zealand's sunniest city, we also enjoy strong and consistent sea breezes from the northwest, with the occasional blow from the south to keep us on our toes.

Membership

The Nelson Yacht club offers a variety of memberships to suit most needs. To become a member of Nelson Yacht Club, please contact (03) 548-7501

For all forms relating to membership, boat storage and the like, please refer to our resources page in this website. And for fun reading, our Newsletter isn't half bad!

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"Sailors of 41º South -
Stories from the Nelson Yacht Club 1857-2007"
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