Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales

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| clubname = Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales

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| short name = RMYC

| founded = 1905

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| location = Point Piper, New South Wales, Australia

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| website = {{URL|http://www.rmycnsw.com.au/|Royal Motor Yacht Club NSW}}}}

The Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales is a club for motorboat owners located at 21 Wunulla Road, Point Piper.

The club was founded in 1905 as the Motor Boat Club of New South Wales.{{cite news |date=30 July 1905 |title=Mr. Philip Mitchell |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231873838 |accessdate=17 February 2021 |newspaper=The Sunday Sun |location=Sydney, Australia |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=122}} At its foundation it had 92 members, all boat owners. Philip Mitchell was elected commodore, Dr George Reid vice-commodore and Frank Albert (of Albert Music) rear-commodore. George W. Whatmore, who had initiated the club's formation by writing to The Sydney Morning Herald,{{cite news |date=4 February 1905 |title=Motor Boat Club |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14670705 |accessdate=17 February 2021 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney, Australia |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=20,878}} became the first secretary, with Fred Wiesener as treasurer.{{cite news |date=29 July 1905 |title=Motor Boat Club |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14683435 |accessdate=17 February 2021 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney, Australia |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=21,028}}

Members initially met at rooms at Circular Quay. In 1910 the current site was purchased and a clubhouse built. Officially opened by Lord Chelmsford, Governor of New South Wales, it was renamed Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales.{{cite news |date=20 January 1927 |title=Title "Royal" |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16348765 |accessdate=18 February 2021 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney, Australia |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=27,782}}

In 1927 it was granted permission to use the prefix "Royal".{{cite news |date=18 January 1927 |title=The Title "Royal" |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16348276 |accessdate=17 February 2021 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney, Australia |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=27,780}}