Marina service
Motor Yacht Club of Tasmania
About
Motor Yacht Club of Tasmania at a glance
Club founded 1924 at the entrance to Lindisfarne Bay on the Derwent's eastern shore, with a 150-berth floating marina behind a breakwater, fuel wharf (diesel and unleaded), two slipways (larger to 15 tonnes) and the Reflections restaurant.
Service area: Hobart / River Derwent
- Marina type
- yacht club marina
- Operator
- Motor Yacht Club of Tasmania
- Region
- Hobart / River Derwent
- Water body
- Lindisfarne Bay
- Wet berths
- 150
- Dry storage
- Hardstand; dinghy storage
- Maximum vessel
- 15 m
- Berth types
- casual berthing, permanent berthing, swing moorings
Facilities and services
- fuel
- slipway
- hardstand
- boat ramp
- power & water
- licensed club
- restaurant/cafe
- Fuel sales to non-members by prior arrangement
- marina wait list and published marina rules
- on-site boat brokers and marine service tenants
- mooring maintenance contractors
- function and wedding venue
- storage cages
About Motor Yacht Club of Tasmania
The Motor Yacht Club of Tasmania has occupied the entrance to Lindisfarne Bay, on the Derwent's eastern shore just north of the Tasman Bridge, since 1924. It began as a powerboat club and never lost that identity: runabout and offshore powerboat racing, run in conjunction with the national powerboat association, still shapes the summer calendar between November and April, and the club hosted one of Australia's first safety cell inversion test days in 1999. What surprises many visiting yacht crews is how complete the facility has become. Behind its breakwater lies a 150-berth floating marina, one of the largest in the state, complemented by swing moorings, a hardstand, dinghy storage cages, a boat ramp, two slipways and a fuel wharf, while the two-storey clubhouse above it all runs the Reflections restaurant, a daily bar and cafe and a function room with views across the river to the western shore hills. Cruising guides have long singled the club out as one of the few places in Tasmania where a visiting yacht could step straight onto a floating dock, and its position north of the bridge means no opening spans stand between the marina and the sea. The membership mixes powerboat racers, cruisers and social members who come for the weekday lunches, and the on-site marine tenants, from boat brokers to mooring contractors, give it the feel of a small working marine precinct rather than a pure social club. Ford Parade's foreshore and the Lindisfarne village shops are a short walk away.
Marina facilities
The marina accommodates about 150 vessels up to roughly 15 metres on floating pontoons with power and water, administered under published marina rules with a wait list for permanent berths and casual berthing for visitors by arrangement through the office on (03) 6243 9021 or admin@myct.org.au. Swing moorings, dinghy storage and storage cages extend the options, and the hardstand serves boats hauled on the club's two slipways, the larger of which takes vessels to 15 tonnes; slip bookings are required through club staff. The fuel wharf dispenses diesel and premium unleaded to members and non-members alike, the bowser system having been upgraded to current Australian standards with spill kits, booms, extinguishers and emergency cut-offs; non-members should ring before arriving, and the club does not normally fuel after dark. A boat ramp handles trailer boats. The clubhouse offers a bar and cafe from 8.30am on weekdays and 7.30am on weekends, with the Reflections restaurant serving lunch Tuesday to Friday and Sunday, dinner Tuesday to Friday, a seniors lunch on Tuesdays and Sunday breakfast; members and non-members are both welcome to book, and dress standards apply inside. Function facilities cater for weddings and corporate events. Marine services on the premises include Boat Brokers Tasmania, Island Marine, GHJ Marine Services and two mooring contractors, Mooring Maintenance and The Mooring Doctor. For bigger haul-out jobs, the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania at Sandy Bay slips to 25 tonnes across the river, and the Prince of Wales Bay marine precinct is a short run upriver.
Local sailing knowledge
Lindisfarne Bay opens on the eastern side of the Derwent immediately north of the Tasman Bridge, so boats coming up the river from Storm Bay pass the entrance before reaching the bridge, with no opening span to negotiate at any hour. The bay shoals in its southern reaches, and the marina sits in the deeper water near the entrance behind its breakwater, sheltered from the westerlies that can make the western shore lumpy on a summer afternoon. Visiting crews find the logistics easy: buses run across the bridge into Hobart's CBD, supermarkets and shops in Lindisfarne village are within walking distance, and permit needs are fewer than in the city marinas. The location also works as a base for exploring both shores. Bellerive Yacht Club in Kangaroo Bay lies just south of the bridge, the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania and Derwent Sailing Squadron face the club from Sandy Bay, and the anchorages and beaches of the eastern shore, from Geilston Bay down to Bellerive, are day-sail territory. Upriver, the Derwent continues past the Bowen Bridge towards New Norfolk, while downriver the cruising grounds of Frederick Henry Bay, Norfolk Bay and the D'Entrecasteaux Channel open out. Powerboat race days bring noise and spectacle to the bay between November and April, which some visitors plan to catch and others to avoid. Crews staying over New Year should note that Hobart's race-finish festivities are a short taxi ride across the bridge rather than a walk, a trade-off against the calm and free movement the eastern shore offers.