Since 2000, Royal Perth Yacht Club has hosted the Sailability WA program to provide opportunities for people with disabilities to engage in sailing activities.

[4] The Royal Perth Yacht Club can trace its origins to 1841, when a group of sailors staged a modest regatta to celebrate Foundation Day.

In 1865, W H Knight was elected as founding President of the Perth Yacht and Boat Club[6] and at meeting on 17 March 1870, the first sets of “Sailing Rules”[6] were framed.

In the same year, the Governor of Western Australia, Sir Frederic Napier Broome, declared the clubhouse open at a banquet to celebrate the occasion.

Australia II innovative design by Ben Lexcen, included features such as a reduced waterline length and a short chord winged keel.

[12] Prime Minister Bob Hawke was interviewed at the celebrations on the morning of September 27, 1983 at Royal Perth Yacht Club, where he made the famous statement to journalists that "Any boss who sacks a worker for not turning up today is a bum".

To mark the 30th anniversary of the America's Cup victory, the second mast of the Australia II was permanently installed by the foreshore outside the clubhouse from which the undefaced Blue ensign and Club burgee are flown.

These include: [15] In 1979, the RPYC organised the 20,000-kilometre (12,000 mi) Parmelia Race from Plymouth, England to Perth in order to mark the 150th anniversary of Western Australia.