Sydney Harbour's only yacht club, the Royal Cape Breton was reaping the benefits of the increase in the number of Snipe racing enthusiasts.

Among those working to set up a second yacht club in Sydney Harbour was a young man named Roy Mac Keen.

Some of the members fronted a loan for the balance and, in late 1953, adopting the name of its benefactor, The Dobson Yacht Club was born.

At this time the old military barracks on Royal Avenue, near the Sydney City Hospital, were being sold for one dollar each with the condition that they be removed from the site.

This was done by separating the building in two and moving it through the streets of Sydney down to the Cape Breton Dairy on the waterfront and then floating the structures across the harbour on a barge in September 1955.

This end-of-season event is a party for working fishing vessels and crews, with exhibits by marine equipment and service suppliers.

Two days of sailboat and fishing boat racing, dances, poker runs, fun events, and entertainment for the children.