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Details for Ripon Motor Boat Club
| Correspondence Address: | The Moorings, Littlethorpe, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 3FE |
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| Club Website: | http://www.rmbc.org.uk |
| Region: | North East |
| Waterway: | Ripon Canal |
| Membership Secretary: | Robert Medhurst |
Club Profile
Our friendly club was established way back in 1931, when two boats – the Onaway and Vagabond – set off on their travels from the River Derwent. Following some scary moments involving a collapsed lock gate, they found themselves mooring up in the Ripon canal.
While in the area, they met Farmer Nicholson – and ever since, the Nicholson family have remained great neighbours and supporters of the club, playing a key role in RMBC’s development and allowing us to purchase further plots of land in order to facilitate the club’s improvement and expansion.
Starting off with linear moorings alongside the canal, the current marina was dug out over the course of the 1970s and 80s, and replaced again by members in 2000.
As we grew, so did our need for better facilities, so in 1985, we waved goodbye to our original clubhouse situated in an old barge called Enid and built the fantastic clubhouse you’ll see on site today.
In 2013, our members took on another extensive project, extending the south end of the marina, giving us space for around 140 berths for boats of up to 33ft.
Today, we’re extremely proud to have the Mayor of Ripon as our club patron, and to have the city’s permission to fly use the Ripon Ox Horn on the club’s burgee.