County Antrim Yacht Club is located in Whitehead

Whitehead, County Antrim

Whitehead is a small seaside town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, lying almost midway between the towns of Carrickfergus and Larne. It lies within the civil parishes of Island Magee and Templecorran, the barony of Belfast Lower, and is part of Carrickfergus Borough Council...

, County Antrim

County Antrim

County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 on the north shore of Belfast Lough

Belfast Lough

Belfast Lough is a large, natural intertidal sea lough at the mouth of the River Lagan on the east coast of Northern Ireland. The inner part of the lough comprises a series of mudflats and lagoons. The outer lough is restricted to mainly rocky shores with some small sandy bays...

The club is one of the clubs on the lough that form part of the Belfast Lough Yachting Conference

Belfast Lough Yachting Conference

Belfast Lough Yachting Conference is a group that encompasses all the yacht clubs on Belfast Lough and Larne Lough.Its primary aim is to look after scheduling the regattas that each club host, to try to prevent clashing events....

External links

• County Antrim Yacht Club

County Antrim Yacht Club is the only County Yacht Club in the British Isles. The Patron of the club is the Duke of York.

The club is about to undergo major renovations to extend the club having received £450k in funding from the lottery through SportNI.