Royal Dorset Yacht Club

The Club was formed in January 1875 when ten gentlemen of Dorset met at the Kings Arms in Dorchester. On April 19th 1875, the Club was awarded an Admiralty Warrant and so could prefix its title with the word Royal. There were 258 original members, mostly resident in Dorset, who between them owned 114 yachts aggregating 13,034 tons - more than a third of the total British Registered tonnage of the time. The Prince of Wales was Commodore from1897 to 1902. King George V became Patron and greatly... more