A history of the club

The Royal Anglesey Yacht Club actually started life in 1802 as the Beaumaris Book Society and had its headquarters at Ye Olde Bulls Head Hotel on Castle Street .
In 1826 the Society moved into the recently build No. 6 Green Edge, where the club has remained ever since.

The members of the Society played a prominent part in the Beaumaris Town Regatta of 1830, and in the organisation of the 1831 regatta. From then on the Beaumaris Town Regatta became an annual event.
In 1885 there was a movement to transform the Society into a Yacht Club. The change was brought about and on the 18th June 1885 the Marquis of Anglesey received a letter from the Home Office stating that “Her Majesty had been graciously pleased to accede to your request and to command that the Anglesey Yacht Club should be styled the Royal Anglesey Yacht Club”

The first Royal Anglesey Yacht Club Regatta was held in August 1910.
The first Commodore was Sir R.H. Williams-Bulkeley, who served from 1885 until his death in 1942. He was also Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron. On the 12th July 1894 His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales cruised down the Menai Strait . Owners of yachts were invited to assemble for a “demonstration” A salute of 21 saluting rockets was fired from the Point as the yacht containing the royal party passed.

In 1902 a dinner to celebrate the Centenary of the foundling of the Club was held at the Bulkeley Arms, Beaumaris, and approximately thirty members attended. In 1985 a Ball to celebrate the Centenary of the granting of the Royal Warrant was held at the Menai Centre and two hundred and twenty members attended.

And today sailing and social events still go hand in hand, a busy year round social schedule and fiercely competitive racing timetable make the Royal Anglesey Yacht Club a lively place to be.