Algoa Bay Yacht Club

The Algoa Bay Yacht Club, abbreviated ABYC, is a yacht club in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was established on 14 September 1959 and has around 245 members. It incorporates the Zwartkops Yacht Club, earlier named the Beaconsfield Yacht Club and established in 1884 on the Zwartkops River. The cross on the club's pennant recalls the wooden cross raised in Algoa Bay by the navigator Bartolomeu Dias on 12 March 1488. The club hosts local, regional, national and international regattas, including the Lipton Cup, the J22 World Championships in 1999, the Mirror World Championships in 2007 and the 505 World Championships in 2015, and since 1975 its annual Algoa Bay Week. It also runs a sailing school for young people.