Ahoy! is the monthly magazine of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. A glossy full colour magazine, it is distributed free to all RHKYC members and other prestigious clubs in Hong Kong, as well as the 130 reciprocal clubs worldwide. The magazine, which is published 11 times per year with a combined July/August issue, has a print run of over 3,200copies. It covers Club events and members' activities, but also includes many international regattas in which Club members participate.

The Club and its Members

The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is one of the oldest clubs in Hong Kong, and one of largest yacht clubs in the world. In 1999 it celebrated its 150th year of sailing and rowing activity. Kellett Island in Causeway Bay is the Club's principal base, and acts as the parent site to the two smaller branches of the Club, at Shelter Cove near Sai Kung and Middle Island in Repulse Bay.

Members of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club are admitted through a selective balloting procedure and represent all walks of life, but all have an interest in either rowing or sailing. Current membership stands at 12,136 and of those 5,011 are active members with another 7,125 absent members worldwide. Ratio for male and female is 56% and 44%, and local and expatriate active members is 53% local and 47%.

Any member who is interested in submitting articles or content for Ahoy! please contact Suzy Rayment. The deadline for submissions is the 8th of the month preceeding the month of publication. Please email articles and place any photographs in the Ahoy! pigeon hole at Kellett Island.

To place an advertisement please contact Suzy Rayment on
Tel: 2792 6234
Fax: 2792 9046
Email: ahoy@rhkyc.org.hk