Point Chevalier Sailing Club

yacht club — Morningside · Auckland

About Point Chevalier Sailing Club

Point Chevalier Sailing Club is a sailing club founded in 1919, and its first clubhouse was built from timber salvaged from the old Isolation Hospital building. The club sits on Raymond Reserve, at 23 to 27 Raymond Street in Point Chevalier, Auckland. A group of enthusiasts acquired land near Joan Street and Harbour View Road to start it. The club became an incorporated society in 1923, the year its first clubhouse opened. Getting to the water was a long challenge because of the terrain, and the reclamation at the end of Raymond Road was agreed with the city council in the mid-1960s. The current clubhouse, designed by architect Alastair Madill, opened in 1990 on Raymond Street Reserve.

Club sailing runs every second Sunday of the year for seniors and juniors, with social and adventure sailing for juniors over summer. Learn to sail classes for children and adults start in term four (October) and term one (February), running after school and on Saturdays. The clubhouse hall is available for day or evening events and for regular classes. The club's stated aims are to help young people keep sailing as a lifelong sport, and to encourage leadership and respect for the marine environment.