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Kellett Island in Causeway Bay is the Club's principal base, and acts as parent site to the two smaller branches of the Club at Middle Island in Repulse Bay and Shelter Cove near Sai Kung. The Clubhouse is a hive of activity throughout the year with regular racing in the harbour every weekend from September to June as well as Friday afternoons through the summer months. Also bringing the harbour alive are the various large-scale races and regattas that take place out of the Kellett Island site across the three core sports.

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Click  here  for a Chinese map

Click  here  for photographic descriptions of walking to Kellett Island from Causeway Bay MTR station. 

Middle Island Water Sports Training Centre

Located midway between Deep Water Bay and Repulse Bay on the south side of Hong Kong Island, the idyllic Middle Island site primarily provides facilities for learning to sail, row and paddle. All of the Club's courses are open to members of the public. The Club has it's fleet of dinghies here and most of the Club's rowing and paddle sports craft are kept here also. Regular training courses are held here as well as competitive regattas in the sheltered waters of Deep Water Bay.

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Master File  (containing all options below) Arriving via stairs Arriving via promenade Leaving via stairs Leaving via promenade

If travelling by bus from Deep Water Bay direction, alight at the second stop past the beach bus stop, cross the road and take the steep steps down to the promenade. An RHKYC ferry will take you to Middle Island (they are always going to and fro and if they see you standing on the steps they will send the boat over).

Public Transport to Middle Island

Taxi or public bus. Then walk via Seaview Promenade from Deepwater or Repulse Bay (or steps near bus stops) to ferry.

Repulse Bay (or steps near bus stops) to ferry.

Bus stops as shown:- 1) Stop 1:

• Citybus route 6 from Central (daily)
• Citybus route 61 from Central (Sundays & Public Holidays in
• First Bus route 63 from North Point (Mondays-Saturdays)
• First Bus route 66 from Central (daily)

2) Stop 2: Return routes for buses listed in point 1)

• Citybus route 6A (Mondays-Saturdays)
• Citybus route 6X from Central (daily)
• Citybus route 73 from Cyberport (daily)
• Citybus route 260 from Central (daily)
• Citybus route 973 from Tsimshatsui East (daily)
• First Bus route 65 from North Point (Sundays & Public Holidays)
• First Bus route 315 from the Peak (Sundays & Public Holidays)
• Green Mini Bus route 40 from Causeway Bay to Stanley (daily)
• Green Mini Bus route 52 from Aberdeen to Stanley (daily)

4) Stop 4: Return routes for buses listed in above point 3)

Shelter Cove

Located in a convenient bay in Sai Kung, the principal function of the Shelter Cove site is as a base for Cruisers, Dragons and Sportsboats. The site provides an easy opportunity for Members to just pack their bags, rig the sails, and get far and away from urban Hong Kong to enjoy the open seas and beautiful mountainous scenery of the New Territories. There are 150 moorings at Shelter Cove, which can accommodate every size of boat from small day boats to ocean cruisers. The marina facility has 46 berths.

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Getting to Shelter Cove  (bi-lingual English/Chinese photographic description) Leaving Shelter Cove  (bi-lingual English/Chinese photographic description)

Public Transportation

Taxi, bus or mini bus. 15 minute walking distance from the nearest bus stop to the Club.

• KMB route 92 from Diamond Hill MTR station (daily)
• KMB route 96R from Diamond Hill MTR station (Sundays & Public Holidays)
• KMB route 292P from Kwun Tong to Sai Kung Central (Mondays-Saturdays, no service on Sundays & Public Holidays)
• First Bus route 792M from Tiu Keng Leng MTR station (daily)
• Citybus route 698R from Siu Sai Wan to Island Resort (Sundays & Public Holidays)
• Green Mini Bus route 1A from Choi Hung MTR station (daily)
• Green Mini Bus route 101 from Hang Hau MTR station (daily)

2) Stop 2: Return routes for buses listed in Point 1)

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Jockey Club Shek Mun Rowing Centre 2649 5713 or 2648 4133  Sha Tin Rowing Centre 2699 7271

Pay and Display parking (maximum 2 hour, ePark card required) is available behind the Jockey Club Shek Mun Rowing Centre. In case this is full or for those parking for longer than 2 hours and wishing to either save money or avoid having to buy a new ticket every 2 hours, cheaper all-day parking is also available within easy walking distance, as shown on the map below.

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Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Kellett Island, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong View location map Tel: (852) 2832 2817 Fax: (852) 2572 5399

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Address: Kellett Island, Causeway Bay; Middle Island, Repulse Bay; and Shelter Cove, Sai Kung Phone: 2832 2817 Website: rhkyc.org.hk

Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club

Founded in 1890, the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club isone of the largest yacht clubs in the world. It was the only Hong Kong club that kept the €œRoyal€ in its title post-handover, although its Chinese name is simply the Hong Kong Yacht Club. Unsurprisingly, membership is contingent on an interest in rowing or sailing.

The club offers sailing courses to non-members, though priority is given to members. Sitting under the umbrellas on the terrace of its Middle Island clubhouse is surely one of the most relaxing spots in Hong Kong. Junior memberships at a reduced fee are also available.

Short-term memberships have no entrance fee but a higher monthly charge applies. To be eligible you must be over 29, demonstrate experience and active participation in sailing or rowing and confirm that you expect to reside in Hong Kong for no more than two years. Short-term membership cannot be extended, and may only be enjoyed once.

Facilities: Sailing, rowing, dragonboating, moorings, berths (Shelter Cove), restaurants; Kellett Island has four restaurants, a swimming pool, bowling alley, squash courts and hardstands.

Entrance fees: $91,800 (ordinary single), $137,700 (ordinary married) to $2,250,000 (corporate nominee).

Monthly fees: vary up to $2,130, according to membership type (including building levy and minimum food and beverage charge).

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Middle Island may be small, but it’s wonderfully easy to get to – it’s only a two-minute boat ride! This island is home to the members-only Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC) but also features a quiet, sandy beach that is open to the public. You can get to said beach by jumping on the RHKYC’s free shuttle boat at Repulse Bay. Lie back on the serene, riff-raff-free sand and watch the club boats go past. If you know someone who’s a member of RHKYC, take them along and then you can enjoy their stunning alfresco bar and restaurant area, too. 

One thing not to miss: It’s all about the secluded beach.

How to get there:  Take a bus (6A, 6X, 73, 260, 973 & 65), minibus (40, 40X, 52) or taxi down Island Road. Going in the direction of Repulse Bay, get off at the second stop after Deepwater Bay Beach ( 52 Island Rd ). You’ll see a small set of stairs with a sign pointing to ‘Middle Island’. Follow the steps down to the small pier on Seaview Promenade. RHKYC’s free shuttle boat goes from the pier every few minutes, from 10am-10.30pm (Mon-Thu), 10am-11.30pm (Fri), 7.30am-11.30pm (Sat) and 7.30am-10.30pm (Sun and public holidays). 

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Asia’s Sailing Soul: Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club

• April 21, 2022

With its Kellett Island clubhouse set in the heart of Victoria Harbour, the storied Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is an icon in the sailing world. Yet although RHKYC embraces its fascinating history dating back to the mid-19th century, Asia’s biggest and most active yacht club remains committed to positive changes. Words: Guy Nowell Photos: RHKYC & Guy Nowell  

RHKYC’s main site at Kellett Island

The history of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is long and illustrious, beginning with the first regatta of the Victoria Regatta Club in 1849.

Thereafter, in the best Hong Kong tradition of acquisitions and mergers, it involved the Yacht Club, the Victoria Regatta Club, a German gymnasium, the Hong Kong Corinthian Sailing Club, the Victoria Recreation Club (which still exists) and the Hong Kong Yacht Club.

The club runs the busiest racing calendar in Asia

In 1894, after a polite request, Buckingham Palace advised that “the Queen approves of the Hong Kong Yacht Club having the title of Royal” and the warrant was granted that authorised members to “fly the Blue Ensign of Her Majesty’s Fleet, with the distinguishing marks of the Club thereon”. The RHKYC had arrived.

The Club has been housed in numerous premises over the years: Yau Ma Tei, Wanchai, North Point and Causeway Bay. Kellett Island, the present home of the Club, was an island in 1937 when the Hong Kong Government gave permission for RHKYC to use the land, although it has long been absorbed by advancing reclamation.

The main bar captures the club’s history

The present clubhouse was built in 1939 and commissioned in 1940, only to be shut down by the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong in December 1941. Today, the Kellett Island clubhouse remains very much ‘headquarters’ for the RHKYC and houses plenty of tributes to the Club’s fascinating history.

Denis Martinet, current Commodore of the RHKYC, says: “Our history is very much alive and well, and an important part of the Club’s ethos. Our history is hanging on our walls, literally. We are still racing for trophies that mark occasions – or remind us of people – that have marked the pages of our story.

RHKYC Commodore Denis Martinet

“But we are not mired in the past. We are a dynamic and evolving organisation that moves with the times and always seeks to remain relevant in both social and strictly sporting terms.”

The Kellett Island facility includes two restaurants (fine dining and casual), three bars, squash courts, a bowling alley and pool table, snooker room, swimming pool, gymnasium, children’s playroom, Youth Club room, changing rooms, and all the administrative offices that keep the place going.

The pool is among popular facilities

In addition, it has probably Hong Kong’s best repair and maintenance boatyard for private vessels and a large hard standing area that’s home to several one-design racing fleets.

SOUTH SIDE TO SAI KUNG

But that’s not all. Middle Island, on the south side of Hong Kong island, became part of the RHKYC portfolio in 1937. It was originally set up as a home for Comet class boats before the Rowing Section joined in, finding Deepwater Bay to be a more congenial location for rowing than the harbour.

The Middle Island clubhouse off HK Island’s south side

A year later, after a typhoon had demolished both the boats and the single mat-shed, a new brick clubhouse was constructed and still exists as the topmost level of the clubhouse facilities.

Middle Island remains the Club’s centre for rowing, which includes coastal rowing, outrigger paddling and SUP activities. Its F&B facilities include the city’s best barbecue deck and an enormous hard standing catering to the Club’s dinghies and sail training fleet, with room to spare to accommodate visiting World Championship fleets and other large-scale international events.

RHKYC has a strong junior sailing programme

The Middle Island Sail Training Centre runs a full menu of courses (pandemics permitting) for aspiring sailors aged six years old all the way to grown-up. In 2020 a grand total of 2,698 students completed courses ranging from Optimist beginners to adult racing. Middle Island is also the home of the Club’s dedicated junior racing squad, the RHKYC Sharks.

The Club’s third property, Shelter Cove, near Sai Kung, started life in the 1960s as the Shelter Cove Yacht Club and was ‘merged into’ the RHKYC in 1975. Shelter Cove is a small haven of peace and much beloved by the Club’s cruising members.

The scenic Shelter Cove site in Sai Kung

Its 120-plus swing moorings give access straight onto the beautiful cruising grounds of Port Shelter and all points east. The clubhouse itself offers F&B service, an ideal spot for a sundowner and changing rooms. The large hard standing accommodates two of the Club’s racing classes – the Dragons and the Sportsboats – and a car park.

BIGGEST AND BUSIEST

RHKYC has often been touted as the ‘largest yacht club in the world’ by membership. At last count, there were 14,147 members encompassing 43 nationalities, of which some 8,000 are presently absent from Hong Kong. That leaves over 6,000 active members in the SAR. Martinet points out that the composition of the membership has changed substantially since World War II.

Members dress up for the Nations’ Cup; membership totals 14,000

“At that time, there were no Chinese members at all,” he says. “In the 1980s, it was still 60 per cent expatriates. Today it’s more than 60 per cent local members, while we continue to work to bring down the average age of the membership. Our younger members are our future.”

In recent years, the Club has gone to some lengths to make membership as accessible as possible. In addition to the traditional Ordinary and Full memberships, the RHKYC offers both Corporate and Individual Debenture memberships, and Junior (18-32) and Short Term memberships. But be warned: there’s still a waiting list.

Races to the Philippines have been run since 1962

As well as sailing, rowing remains a core activity of the RHKYC. The Rowing Section is an active participant in local regattas up to national level and a frequent winner in all classes at the annual National Championships. When travel restrictions allow, the Club’s oarsmen and ladies are regular competitors at regional events throughout Asia.

For the sailors, the sailing and racing programme is practically non-stop. The season runs from September to May, but racing continues even in the ‘off season’.

The Club schedules 16 major regattas and races in a typical year’s programme including the ‘blue riband’ Rolex China Sea Race down to the Philippines (first sailed in 1962) and the Hong Kong to Vietnam Race (from 1996), which were held in alternate years before Covid prevented recent editions.

Filling in the spaces in the calendar are weekly races for the Etchells fleet and the Dragons, Pandoras and Ruffians, the Flying 15s, Impalas, Sportsboats and J/80s. Records for the 2020-21 season show that the principal Club events engaged 863 boat entries and 4,580 sailor entries.

Volunteers play a huge role in organising events

“It’s a packed programme,” the Commodore acknowledges, with no exaggeration at all. “You can’t do it without volunteers – thank you, all! – and it’s part of the Club’s culture that we never seem to be short of volunteers.”

SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Mindful of its visibility as a centre of sporting excellence, the Club works exceptionally hard to be “green, sustainable, and environmentally friendly”. Since 2016, there have been no single-use plastic bottles on any of the RHKYC premises. None. And no plastic single-use takeaway containers, yoghurt pots or cutlery.

The Around The Island Race is Hong Kong’s most popular sailing event

Martinet is very supportive of all green initiatives. “You have to start somewhere. Members didn’t take long to get used to bringing their own water bottles when heading for the race course, and refilling them from the dispensers provided. Such initiatives are indicative of intent,” he says.

“All the Club’s major regattas and class races are conducted under Gold Status as certified by Clean Regattas – Sailors for the Sea. It’s just part of the Club’s Sustainability Policy, which serves as a roadmap for cultivating and operating a healthier, more sustainable yachting and rowing community.”

Rooftop ceremony after the 2019 Around The Island Race

The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is one of the very few sporting clubs around the world which can properly be described as ‘iconic’. Today, it stands as a proud and visible marker on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, enjoying commanding views of one of the world’s greatest harbours.

Unlike some other clubs in Asia, which are really marinas with an occasional regatta, the RHKYC is the real deal. It is, de facto, the doyenne of yacht clubs in Asia.

www.rhkyc.org.hk

Note: The original article appeared in Issue 64 of Yacht Style

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Midway from Repulse Bay to Deep Water bay there is a little island perfect to check your swimming or coasteering skills.

• Beauty/fun: 5/10. Some nice rock formations. Small cave. Very different rock types in the East and West side of the island.
• Difficulty ( check this link if new here, this is not your standard HK hiking web ) : 3.5/10 The total swim around the island is a bit more than 2 kilometers long. So in the very worst case, if in any trouble, you would need to swim for less than a km to go back to safety. Tons of boats around. The scrambling, in general, is low and you can swim in and out in any of the few “difficult” sections without problems, not even too many urchins and barnacles in those.

And the Garmin track .

Several buses going to Repulse Bay, 260 fastest from Central. Go down to the promenade and walk on it for a little while and you will see the island itself.

We had a little misunderstanding here. Before I had just swum from the promenade to the island itself. But one of the boat drivers from the Royal Hong Kong Yacht club let us get on his boat and when we asked him how much was the short ride, he asked us back if we were not members… Eh… Not really. Why then go to the island? Coasteering! 😛

The route is kinda simple. We just left the club behind and start walking East direction.

Leaving Repulse Bay beach behind. Soon you will see a little cave.

On the Southern side of the island.

There are very few compulsory swims. In her case swam a little bit extra to avoid any high scrambling.

That way keeping it extra safe. Ocean Park in front.

Trying a bit more technical wall.

Before arriving at the Western coast. Afar Deep Water .

And turn again and go back to the Club area. Here your choice… You can swim to the promenade on the other side, swim around the facilities, or trespass a bit…

Ending up in the same starting point or Deep Water. Showers and changing rooms available on either beach.

Update April 2021 :

We had strong wind and big wave forecast.

So time go to this one again. Easy but fun with quite some options to test climbing skills and shoes with traverses over the water.

Updated map for reference.

See full screen & Garmin track .

And pics & little video in Instagram.

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Iurgi /juːɡɪ/, Spanish (Basque) living in Hong Kong since 2004. My very first day here we hiked up to Lion Rock and since then I have been exploring all around Hong Kong, trail running, open water swimming, etc. Once I find really special places I like to show them to others. I love seeing the “I can’t believe this is HK” faces

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June 1, 2017 at 6:53 pm

Looks like a nice day out

June 1, 2017 at 8:39 pm

It is an easy and short route actually. Good even for half day. 2-3hours coasteering the island itself. Considering that you have done way more hardcore ones, Repulse Bay to Chung Hom Kok is slightly more difficult and long, but nicer too, if you want to give it a try to something in the area //hkoutdooradventures.com/2017/05/16/repulse-bay-coasteering/

July 21, 2023 at 10:20 pm

We tried this today. The boat driver did not want to take us over. Great island, very good recommendation, thanks. If I ever go there again, I would do *only* the eastern half of the island (i.e. return before reaching the southern-most spot) because the eastern half is more beautiful and spectacular IMO and because that way I can avoid all the club facilities.

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Mondays to Fridays: 0800hrs to 2000hrs

Weekends and Public Holidays: 0800hrs to 2100hrs

Mobile : 9471 2168

Mondays to Thursdays: 1000hrs to 2230hrs

Fridays: 1000hrs to 2330hrs

Saturdays: 0730hrs to 2330hrs

Sundays and Public Holidays: 0730hrs to 2230hrs

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Mobile : 9425-9138

As a Sailing and Rowing Club the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club organises yacht racing for its members all year round. Yacht racing in considered to be one of the core sports of the Club and is one of the primary reasons that the Club operates.

Members with boats on moorings at our three Club Houses require a sampan to get to, and from, their boat from the Club’s pontoons. Sampans are therefore first and foremost for transporting boat owning members between their boat on the mooring and the pontoon at the Club.

There are a limited number of sampans available in the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter and during busy regattas, such as the Nations Cup, Around the Island Race and the Spring and Autumn Regattas, etc, all the sampans are required to enable the large number of Club Members and their crews to get to and from their boats to take part in the yacht racing. As has been the case for many years, on these occasions it is not possible to also operate a sampan to Jardine Steps.

The Club wishes to thank non boat owning members for their understanding on these important racing days for the Club.

The Marine Office

** Kellett Island Sampan **

The Club Sampan will not standby at Jardine Steps. Members who wish to have the sampan collect them from Jardine Steps should call the sampan on 9471 2168 and ask to be collected. Members should note that the sampan service priority is to take members from the pontoon to their mooring and vice versa. Sampans operated by or for the Club that are flying the Club burgee are FREE of charge. If the sampan is not flying a Club burgee, then the sampan operator is private and will charge for services.

** Middle Island Sampan **

The sampan is for members of the Club and their accompanied guests and those taking part in organised sailing and rowing activities.

The Club Burgee

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Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Kellett Island, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong View location map Tel: (852) 2832 2817 Fax: (852) 2572 5399