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Sailing club

Alice Springs Yacht Club is a local sailing/yacht club located in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. It is presented as a club for sailing activities and member-organised boating programs. No website, contact details or specifics about facilities and services were provided in the available record.

Marina service

Centrepiece marina of a modern residential estate at Bayview, the most likely place in Darwin to obtain a rental berth, with berths from 9 to 21 m for monohulls and multihulls. Lock access is restricted to 7.25 m beam and 2.5 m draft and the creek approach needs about 4 m of tide; contact the lockmaster (VHF Ch 68, callsign 'Bayview Lock') to book entry.

Marina service

Darwin's premier marina, home to over 250 vessels in a lock-controlled basin with all-tides access (max LOA 25 m, beam 8.5 m, draft 2.5-3 m; lock runs 6am-11pm on the hour, VHF Ch 11). Facilities include an internal slipway, waste pump-out, 24-hour staffing and security, showers and laundry, with restaurants, bars and cafes fringing the marina; a 24-hour self-service fuel dock sits outside the lock.

Sailing club

Darwin Sailing Club is a waterfront sailing club based in Fannie Bay, NT. The club runs organised sailing and racing programs, youth and adult training (including learn-to-sail and coaching programs), events and community activities, and lists boat hire, a Boat Park and a waterfront bistro on its site. Contact details and program dates are published on the club website.

Sailing club

Dinah Beach Cruising Yacht Association (DBCYA) is a Darwin-based yacht club and community hub offering clubrooms, licensed bar and bistro, organised yacht racing and events. The club provides practical shore-side facilities for visiting and resident yachtspeople including a floating pontoon (short-term tender access), careening poles, hard-stand sites for repair/refurbishment, a small davit crane, a basic workshop, laundry and ablution facilities, and short-term tender/trailer storage. Many facilities are provided as DIY/member services with rules, bookings and insurance requirements.

Marina service

Popular recreational fishing launch site about two hours from Darwin, rebuilt in a $12.44 million NT Government upgrade completed June 2025 with a reconstructed groyne, fishing platform and walkway jetty allowing land-based fishing and short-term mooring. The ramp is tide-dependent (accessible above ~2.8 m); Dundee Lodge nearby provides fuel, food and a licensed bar.

Marina service

NT Government-run mooring basin known locally as the Duck Pond, used mostly by Darwin's pearling, prawn and fishing fleets. The tide-free basin is accessed through a 35 m x 16 m lock and has 85 berths for vessels up to 30 m, with showers and toilets but no fuel; vehicles can drive onto the docks for loading and heavy maintenance.

Sailing club

Gove Boat Club is a sailing and boating club located on Melville Bay near Nhulunbuy (East Arnhem Land, NT). The club offers member and visitor facilities including a waterfront bar & bistro, beer garden, live-aboard options, a public boat ramp with a floating pontoon for access, a protected mooring area in front of the club, careening poles for short-term maintenance, a hardstand/boat park for long-term storage and repairs, a wash-down bay, and an adjacent powered campsite (Manyimi Campground). The club runs social sailing activities and lists sailing schools/activities on its site.

Marina service

Cyclone-rated tidal marina at 86 Frances Bay Drive, Stuart Park, minutes from Darwin's CBD, accessed via a lock with a lockmaster on hand. Its 73 berths take boats up to 22 m and it is the only Darwin marina offering full liveaboard amenities, with a supermarket, bottleshop, fast food, restaurants, chandlery and bus stop around the estate.