Moreton Bay Trailer Boat Club

About Moreton Bay Trailer Boat Club

Moreton Bay Trailer Boat Club Marina is a Queensland sailing or boating organisation associated with Manly, Brisbane Bayside, QLD. The exact record name was not found on Australian Sailing's 2026-27 Queensland affiliated-club schedule, so it may be unaffiliated, a marina or facility, a renamed organisation, or a legacy directory record. A marina located in Manly (Brisbane Bayside) offering a range of shoreside facilities for visiting and berth-holding recreational boats.

Facilities described on the website include multiple berth sizes with long-term rental and short-term visitor berths, a travel lift and hardstand haul-out area, on-site fuel (diesel, ULP & LPG) with specified office hours, showers/toilets and coin laundry, secure parking (including undercover for berth owners), and a clubhouse bistro with licensed bar. The marina team handles bookings and berth enquiries via the marina office.

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Club history

The Moreton Bay Trailer Boat Club began, as its name insists, as a club for trailer boat owners, and that egalitarian origin still shows in a marina that has grown into one of the largest inside Manly Boat Harbour. From humble beginnings the MBTBC Marina has expanded to around 350 floating berths at 1 Wyvernleigh Close, on the northern side of the harbour basin, with a licensed clubhouse above it that serves bistro meals seven days a week to berth holders, members and the boating public alike.

The atmosphere is unpretentious and heavily local: fishing sections organise competitions, cruising boats are welcomed for short stays, and the clubhouse deck fills with the same faces most weekends. Unlike the squadron across the harbour, berthing here is tied directly to club membership for longer stays; anyone renting for three months or more must become a full member of the Moreton Bay Trailer Boat Club, a structure that keeps the marina's community tight-knit and its rates grounded.

The berth mix tells the story of the membership: monohull pens from 10 to 17 metres, and a substantial multihull allocation running from 10 metres right up to 24 metres, reflecting how strongly Moreton Bay sailors have taken to catamarans and trimarans. Visitors consistently single out the location: of the three marinas inside Manly Boat Harbour that take casuals, MBTBC sits closest to the Manly Harbour Village shops and to Muirs chandlery, which for a cruising yacht mid-refit is worth more than any amenity list.

It is, in short, a boatie's marina run by a club that still remembers the trailer ramp.