Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club

Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
	Burgee
Short name	RFBYC
Founded	1896
Location	Peppermint Grove, Western Australia
Website	rfbyc.asn.au

The Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club is a yacht club situated in Freshwater Bay on the Swan River in Peppermint Grove, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

The club was founded in 1896 by a group of friends including Aubrey Sherwood and Edward Keane,^[1]^{[self-published source]} whose residence is now the RFBYC clubhouse. It is the second yacht club in Perth to be granted the royal charter, and it has established a strong but friendly rivalry with the other royal club, Royal Perth Yacht Club.^[2]^{[self-published source]}

Each year the fleets of the two Royal clubs race, with the prize The Governor's Cup being presented by the Governor of Western Australia.

References

^ "About the Club". Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club. n.d. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
^ Tregonning, Kennedy Gordon; Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club (1996). The Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club 1896–1996. Austed Publishing with the Club. ISBN 978-1-86307-028-7.