Royal Northumberland Yacht Club

The club was formed at Alnmouth in 1890 when a group of owners sought permission from the Duke of Northumberland to erect temporary sheds on the foreshore for purposes of winter refit.

Built in 1879, she is the oldest surviving wooden light vessel still afloat in the UK.

The club's boatyard and boat sheds are adjacent to its pontoons and fore and aft trot moorings in the South Harbour at Blyth.

The Club publishes Sailing Directions providing detailed information for those cruising the coast from the river Humber to Rattray Head.

The club's Patron is the Duke of Edinburgh, its president is the Duke of Northumberland and for many years it was associated with Viscount Runciman of Doxford, Northumberland, Walter Leslie Runciman, the 2nd Viscount serving as Admiral until his death in 1989.