RHYC
Our clubhouse provides excellent bar and catering facilities serving the needs of members as well as visiting sailors, clubs and cruising associations, who are always welcome. In addition to being the host to many of our social events and gatherings the clubhouse is a fantastic venue that can be booked for private and corporate functions by members and non members.
We also offer a range of boat mooring, launching and storing facilities; for members and visitors.
Bar
Our well-stocked bar sells a wide range of beers, lagers, wines, spirits and soft drinks. We sell locally brewed Adnams throughout the year with a guest beer from them in the summer months
Food
Our menu is prepared fresh to order and we always use local suppliers where possible. We are happy to cater for all dietary requirements: vegetarian, gluten and dairy free.
Functions
Our Clubhouse offers unique surroundings for your business meeting, conference, corporate event, private party or wedding. It has great facilities and stunning panoramic views overlooking the River Orwell.
Mooring
We have 55 births in our marina and an additional 50 swinging mooring places. These are mostly occupied by members but some are available to visitors.
Dinghy Park
The dinghy park is adjacent to the clubhouse and conveniently close to the slipway, allowing dinghies and tenders to be launched at all states of the tide.
Slipway
Our excellent launching facilities are available at virtually all states of the tide from our well maintained hard and slipway adjacent to our scrubbing posts.
Functions
Our Clubhouse offers unique surroundings for your business meeting, conference, corporate event, private party or wedding with great facilities and stunning panoramic views overlooking the River Orwell. In good weather, our large lawn that runs down to the riverbank is a fantastic place for a gathering. We offer a wide range of dining options, from canapés and drinks to formal dinners.
We offer a Winter and Summer Menu of either two or three courses with filter coffee available if required. Please contact the Office for copies of our latest menu: office.manager@royalharwich.co.uk
Diners can experience our locally sourced food along with an impeccable level of service, and all of our food is prepared in house by our catering team. We also have a fully stocked bar with a substantial wine list and our wine supplier can source other wines to suit your tastes and budget.
The whole Clubhouse is available for hire (subject to availability), or any of the three rooms can be
separately hired according to your needs. The following is a list of recommended maximum numbers of
guests for each of the rooms:
Main Club Room: up to 70 guests.
Ashbury Room: up to 40 guests.
Orwell Room (on the first floor): up to 16 guests.
To enquire about booking the Clubhouse, please contact the Office on 01473 780319 or email: office.manager@royalharwich.co.uk
Mooring
Marina
The marina is open from 1 April to 31 October. By prior arrangement, access for a small number of boats is possible until the end of December.
The marina has 55 berths, all of which are normally occupied by Club members, although visitors can be accommodated and
are always welcome (see below). Marina facilities Facilities include internet access, electricity, water and sanitation pump out,
and our clubhouse has bar and catering, showers and toilets. Access to the marina is all states of the tides but deeper draught
boats should exercise caution at low water springs.
Facilities close by include diesel, chandlery, gas, electronics repairs and maintenance, crane, marine engineers, sail repairs
and shipwright.
Swinging Moorings
RHYC has approximately 50 swinging moorings on the River Orwell, up and down river from the clubhouse, classified depending
on the depth of water available:
Half Tide: Shallow moorings suitable for day boats and small yachts with lifting keels, or those able to comfortably
take the ground at low water.
Deep Water: Suitable for fixed keel yachts and day boats (although on especially low spring tides and certain wind
directions deeper draft boats may ground).
The moorings season runs from 1 April to 31 October. Allocations for the next year are made in December.
Tenders may be parked in the Club dinghy park, for which a separate application and fee is required.
Outboard motors may be secured in the outboard store for an annual fee.
Visitors
We will always try to accommodate and offer a warm welcome to our visitors, and will offer berths vacated by members away cruising or on
our hammerheads, throughout the season we cater for large numbers of individual sailors and yacht club flotilla’s.
Short stay visitors (up to 3.00pm) using the clubhouse at lunchtime may stay free of charge if you use the bar and catering for
both food and drink. If you are not using the club’s facilities please note there will be a £13 fee. After 3.00pm overnight fees
will apply. Overnight bookings are requested to check out by 11.00 AM. Please do not just moor without prior invitation.
Please always duly contact our Berthmaster Ian McLean 07742 145 994 between the hours of 9am and 6pm in the first instance. If no response please call the office on 01473 780 319 between 9am-4pm.
Visitor overnight tariff for 2024
Day Rates
Length Overall Visitor Member
00.00 to 07.49m: £26.00 £23.00
07.50 to 08.49m: £29.00 £26.00
08.50 to 09.49m: £33.00 £29.00
09.50 to 10.49m: £36.00 £32.00
10.50 to 11.49m: £40.00 £35.00
11.50 to 12.49m: £44.00 £39.00
12.50 to 13.49m: £46.00 £40.00
13.50 to 14.49m: £50.00 £44.00
14.50 to 15.49m: £53.00 £47.00
15.50 to 16.49m: £57.00 £50.00
Long stay discount: 7 nights for the price of 6 nights. Visiting Clubs with more than 6 yachts are eligible for members rates.
Dinghy Park
The dinghy park is adjacent to the clubhouse and conveniently close to the slipway which allows sailing dinghies and tenders to be launched at all states of the tide. Outboard motors may be secured in the outboard store, which is subject to an annual fee.
Applications for a dinghy space should be made to the Office. Once you have been allocated a space, you will be notified of the slot number and will receive a current year boat sticker, which must be fixed to the dinghy in an easily visible position.
Please Note:
- The Club reserves the right to remove unidentifiable or unauthorised dinghies. Use of the dinghy park is entirely at the members risk, and appropriate insurance for the value of the dinghy and its equipment is required.
- The appropriate fee is to be paid on receipt of invoice and a valid, current year sticker must be displayed prominently on the dinghy. Boats may only be parked in their correct allocated space, and dinghies may not be stacked.
2024 fees for the dinghy park are:
Optimist, Topper, Tera (racked): £71
Mirror, Byte (non-racked): £84
Tender up to 3 metres (racked): £71
Tender up to 3 metres (non-racked): £84
Large tender: £105
N12, Laser, Lark, RS 200: £105
Wayfarer, Kestrel, RS 400/ 420/300: £129
Catamaran: £192
Slipway
Royal Harwich Yacht Club has excellent launching facilities at virtually all states of the tide from our well maintained hard and slipway.
Scrubbing posts adjacent to the slipway are available for members to use.
A hose is available for members’ use at the top of the slipway. Use of the scrubbing posts can be booked through the Office.