The Isle of Man Yacht Club is situated at the heart of the quaint fishing village of Port St Mary at the Southwest end of the Island. The club was founded in 1910, has over 400 members and moved into the present purpose-built premises in 1975.   Read More about the History of the Club here

The club is a recognised RYA Training Establishment offering members a wide range of courses, both ashore and afloat.    IOMYC PN's here

Clubhouse, Membership & Boat Park

The purpose built Clubhouse has a training room, showers and a fully equipped kitchen on the ground floor and a bar and function room on the 1st floor.  The Clubhouse can be booked for private functions and parties.  An application form can be downloaded here.

Memberships forms can be downloaded here.  Junior Membership Forms can be downloaded here.

Boat Park spaces can be applied for here and the Terms & Conditions for their use can be downloaded here.  The email address for boat park enquiries is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Bar is open at the following times  during the winter months: Bar Opening Times 

 To contact the club tel: 01624 832088  or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Sailing Notices

The Full 2013 Sailing Programmes for both Dinghies and Cruisers can be found on the Tabs above  

Training Courses

If any of you (or junior members) know of any youngsters wanting to do a sailing course this year, please encourage them to get in touch (contact details below) as we have a few spaces left to fill. Training starts on
22nd April and runs for 12 weeks except for TT week.

The Club is thinking of running a course for adults at Stage 1 or possibly Stage 2 over two Saturdays in May.

Please send all enquiries to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Training Season starts with the Parents Briefing on Wednesday 17th April

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Social Dates for your diary

 See the Social Page Tab for more details of events coming up at the Yacht Club

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Sailing News

Appleby Global sponsored RS Tera Northern Championship & IoM Open Event

The RS Tera Northern Championship and Isle of Man Open Event sponsored by Appleby Global, has two new champions, with local sailors Ffinlo Wright (age 13) and Ben Batchelor (age 11) of the Isle of Man Yacht Club taking the honours.  

The Bank Holiday weekend weather brought a mixture of conditions. Saturday was dominated by a challenging light and shifty breeze, but Sunday's forecast looked a lot more promising with a SW force 4 expected.  Unfortunately, this didn't quite materialise!  Whilst the wind did increase overnight, creating a lumpy swell, the day was again mostly light, with the wind dying away to nothing by the end of the session.  Race Officer Mick Kneale used his experience and the full spectrum of courses - X's on Day 1 and a P, a T and an S on Day 2 to ensure that the lighter breezes didn't detract at all from some excellent and competitive racing.

In the RS Tera Pro class Ffinlo Wright, showed very consistent form to finish all 6 races with straight wins (1 discard)  Fellow Manx Youth Squad member, Erin Murphy fought all the way, finishing on 11pts to take 2nd place.  The battle for third was between Tony Pitt (IOMYC) and Angus Smith (Rydal Penrhos School) with Angus eventually taking it with 14pts. In the Sport Class, reigning Northern Champion Ana Paterson (Ripon SC) was defending her title against 18 other young sailors and she got off to a good start with a 5th, 1st and 1st on Day 1, but local sailor Ben Batchelor showed his prowess with a 1st, 3rd and a 2nd.  For the rest there was a mix of results with Patrick Cope and Alastair Joyce taking 2nd's and Matthew Perry and Thomas Bale picking up 3rd's.  

Unfortunately Ana Paterson was OCS on the 1st race on Sunday, however a 2nd and a 7th proved just enough to hold off a fast finishing Thomas Bale (Rydal Penrhos School) on count back, both with 16pts.  Meanwhile Ben Batchelor was living the dream with 3 straight wins leaving him to finish on 6pts.  Other creditable performances came from 4th placed Matthew Perry (IOMYC) in his first Tera event; Patrick Cope (IOMYC) 5th; whilst 6th placed Alastair Joyce (Ogston SC) had the misfortune to capsize on the start line in the 5th  race; club mate Roscoe Martin sailed consistently to finish 7th.  Many of the less experienced racers showed great persistence.  

A great weekend of sailing was complemented with a very sociable meal after racing on the Saturday and an excellent BBQ at the Presentation event on Sunday  Special tahnks must go to our sponsor Appleby Global and to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. for their support; the the Isle of Man Yacht Club and its Commodore Phil Scott for the presentations; to race officer Mick Kneale, the Safety Boat crews and all the helpers, not least the ladies for the food and the cakes.

We look forward to seeing more competitors next year.  Full Results here

2012 Photos 

See the photos from this season so far and upload your summer sailing photos to our website to share your holiday experiences. Also the monthly photo draw may win you a framed copy of your photo.  http://iomyc.piwigo.com/.  See the Yachts, Motor Boats & Dinghy Pages for more information & quick links.