Sailing club
Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia
North Haven, SA
Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia is listed by YouSail as a Yacht club in North Haven, SA. Its listed boat classes include Yacht club. Check the club directly for current programs, facilities and membership details.
- Yacht club
- Adelaide metro - Port River
Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia contact details
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YouSail data imported 17 Oct 2026.
Lot 908 Lady Gowrie Drive North Haven SA 5018
Location guide
Where to find Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia
Listed address: Lot 908 Lady Gowrie Drive North Haven SA 5018, North Haven, SA, 5018, Australia
Sailing region: Adelaide metro - Port River
Club racing, training and storage may use a different gate, beach or launching area. Confirm the meeting point with the club before travelling.
Sailing waters
The club fronts the North Haven Boat Harbour, entered from Gulf St Vincent through a dredged and beaconed breakwater channel. The leads are easy to follow and depths suit deep keels, but the entrance is open to westerly swell and a fresh sea breeze raises steep water on the leads - standard practice is to time arrival around the afternoon sea-breeze peak in summer. Inside, the basin is fully sheltered, and the club's berths are minutes from the entrance.
For visiting sailors, the CYCSA is the natural first call on the Adelaide coast: call ahead on (08) 8248 4222 and a casual berth can usually be arranged, putting you a short walk from the bistro, showers and fuel. Provisioning is easy - Semaphore's supermarkets and main street are five minutes by car, and Port Adelaide's pubs and maritime museum ten. The cruising ground divides between the gulf's eastern shore, with its long beaches and anchorages off Glenelg and Brighton in easterly weather, and the Kangaroo Island run of about fifty miles to the Bay of Shoals and American River, a standard club cruise.
The club's own Port Vincent marina makes an ideal first-night stop across the gulf, roughly twenty-five miles away. Local quirks: the Port River dolphin pod frequently works the harbour entrance, snapper season fills the ramp car park with trailerboats, and on Friday evenings in summer the patio fills with twilight racers arguing over handicaps - visitors are welcome, and it is the fastest way to learn local conditions.
Club details, boat categories and facilities
A broad category such as “Dinghy” or “Yacht Club” does not confirm specific active fleets. An affiliation season is shown as supplied by YouSail; an older season does not establish current affiliation.
- Region
- Adelaide metro - Port River
- Club type
- Yacht club
- Australian Sailing affiliation reported by YouSail
- Affiliated
- Boat or club category reported by YouSail
- Yacht club
- Membership applications
- Yes
- Clubhouse
- Yes
- Organised racing
- Yes
- Social sailing
- Yes
- Accessibility information
- Not verified
- Boat storage
- Not verified
- Launching facilities
- Not verified
- Bar or restaurant
- Not verified
Club activities and services
- Berthing & moorings
- Haul-out / slipway
- Boat storage
- Sailing club
The detailed sections below were adapted from YouSail’s earlier profile and are maintained separately from the live directory facts above. Confirm time-sensitive details with the club.
About Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia
SA's premier yacht club on the Le Fevre Peninsula at North Haven, catering for over 1200 members. Its Marina West arm has 73 berths from 11 to 35 m with a first-class amenities building (showers, internet access, coffee station); the marinas are fully fenced, floodlit and security-alarm protected.
Club history
The Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia is the state's principal ocean-racing and cruising club, founded in 1977 and now counting more than 1,200 members on its waterfront site at North Haven, on the Gulf St Vincent side of the LeFevre Peninsula. Where the older Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron carries the history, the CYCSA carries the energy: its offshore fleet contests the Adelaide to Port Lincoln race and the Melbourne to Osaka, its cruising division runs an active program, and it operates South Australia's only fully accredited Australian Sailing and Royal Yachting Association training academy, with a Youth Sailing Foundation fielding development squads.
The physical plant matches the membership's ambitions. The club runs two marinas at North Haven - Marina East, the original basin, and the 73-berth Marina West, opened in 2009 for boats to 35 metres - plus a 110-berth outstation marina at Port Vincent across the gulf, giving members a ready-made cruising destination. Unusually, the club owns the freehold of both land and water at North Haven, which is why berths here are bought and sold rather than merely licensed.
The two-storey clubhouse, with the Mariners Ristorante, Admirals Bar, the Horizons function room seating 330 and an undercover patio over the marina, is one of the better yacht club buildings on the Australian coast, and it doubles as a wedding and functions venue that keeps the tills ringing outside sailing season. National awards have followed the club's administration of major regattas, and its marina income underwrites the training and youth programs in a way pure membership clubs cannot match.
Details to confirm with Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia
YouSail has not confirmed the following fields. This does not mean the facility is unavailable.
- Accessibility information
- Boat storage
- Launching facilities
- Bar or restaurant
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Membership and visiting requirements
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YouSail records the boat or club category as Yacht club. Ask which are currently active on the day you can attend, whether there is a suitable learner or crew pathway, and what equipment you would need.
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Planning a visit to Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia
How do I arrange a first visit to Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia?
Contact Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia through its current official contact details and describe your experience, dates and intended activity. Ask for the meeting point, equipment arrangements and the next suitable session in North Haven, SA. A directory listing does not confirm a booking.
Are beginner lessons and boat access confirmed at Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia?
The available record does not establish current lesson places or general boat access. Ask the club about the activity you want; missing information does not mean it is unavailable.
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