Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club
Mossel Bay Yacht and Boat Club, (abbreviated: MBYBC) / Mosselbaai Seiljag- en Bootklub (Afrikaans), established in 1956, was a yacht club in South Africa. It is located in the harbour city of Mossel Bay on the Garden Route in the Western Cape Province. The club was multi-aquatic for the disciplines of yachting (keelboat, multihull and dinghies), boating (motor yacht/boat leisure and deep sea angling), diving (snorkelling, scuba diving and underwater hockey), rowing (sea/surf kayak), development of the youth and social. The club was renowned for organizing yacht racing events and deep-sea angling events. On 31 January 2019 the MBYBC was evicted from the premises. Historical background Melville Stephens was a prominent role player in the early years of the club. As owner of the then local Marine Hotel, he was also a keen sailor. To launch his Flying Dutchman sailing dinghy "Condor," he approached the South African Railways to hire the present site. As this was not possible for a private person, the bar of the hotel provided a club membership of eight persons. This consisted of himself, the barman Tommy Meek, Dan van der Merwe, Mo Taggart, Basil Saayman and a stranger by the name of Owen Harris. The