Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club
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The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (香港遊艇會) is a Hong Kong sports club for sailing and rowing.
It one of the few local institutions which kept its Royal name after Hong Kong's handover to the People's Republic of China in 1997.
The main buildings of the club are located by Victoria Harbour on the former Kellett Island, now part of Causeway Bay. It was moved there in 1946. Prior to that, it was located at 12 Oil Street, in North Point before reclamation.
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Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is affectionately known as Royal Hong Kong, by members, or Royal Gone Wrong by non RHKYC members.External link
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