Sailing club
Hillarys Yacht ClubHillarys, WAIt began with a submission about boat ramps. When the Department for Marine and Harbours proposed building Hillarys Boat Harbour in 1983, people from the Marmion Angling and Aquatic Club asked for additional launching facilities — and from that request grew the association that, in 1986, inaugurated Hillarys Yacht Club. Four decades on, the club is one of the largest on the Perth coast: 270 on-the-water pens, a two-storey clubhouse with a restaurant, function room and bar overlooking the ocean upstairs, and a stated vision, in the club's own words, of becoming the leading club on the coast. Even the burgee has a pedigree — a blue pennant with a yellow cross and yellow "H" in its upper hoist, drawn up by a member and changed just once in the club's life. Activities run well past sailboat racing: the club lists racing and casual sailing alongside diving, angling, kayaking, paddle boarding, power boating and on-water training courses, and its values statement emphasises youth development and training, participation by families, competition kept friendly, safe practice and care for the natural environment. Hillarys Boat Harbour itself, a late-1980s marina development on the northern
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