Based at the end of Discovery Bay beach, Lantau Boat Club caters for non-powered water-based activities, including catamarans, dinghies, canoes, coastal rowing boats, and windsurfers. Located on a gently sloping sandy beach, it is an ideal location for sailing, paddling, and rowing in the warm waters of Hong Kong.
Run entirely on a voluntary, nonprofit basis, the club has space for roughly 70 sailboats, with secure storage for sails. Catamarans are the most popular type of boat, and the club has a large fleet of Dart 18s and Hobie 16s, a smaller fleet of Formula 18 boats, including Hobie Tigers and Nacra Infusions, and assorted other cats, including Nacra 500s, Dart 20s, Dart 15s, and one Hurricane 5.9. We also have many social members who join us for our races.
LBC has a thriving paddling section, the Lantau Island Outrigger Canoe Club (LIOCC), and a coastal rowing section, the Lantau Island Rowing Club (LIRC). Kayaks and outrigger canoes are also popular among our members.
Club sailing races take place every other weekend in the waters surrounding Lantau island, usually following the format of three races back to back. Other activities include social sails and cruises, where family members may come along by junk, usually including a barbeque or meal in a friendly local restaurant. The emphasis is on keeping LBC a highly sociable club.
The Lantau Boat Club is proud to boast the most convenient sailing location, most events, strongest ties with the community and the lowest membership fees of any club of its type in this part of the world. We can do this because the club is run completely by enthusiastic volunteers keen to help promote sailing, paddling, and rowing in and around Hong Kong.
Key club events each year include:
- A weekend regatta in March at Cheung Chau with the Tai Tam Hobie Club
- LBC’s annual “Open Day” in June
- Beginning and advanced sail training in autumn with internationally reknowned sailing coach and author Brian Phipps (UK National Youth Squad Coach)
- The LBC Annual Regatta in November, when teams arrive from other Hong Kong based clubs for a weekend of racing and social events.
- Seasonal social events: Every year the club sponsors numerous social events, including our sailing/camping events, Sunshine Island family day, Mui Wo lunch sailing/paddling, after-race BBQs, Christmas party, and more.
New members are welcome, whether experienced sailors or not. The best way to learn to sail is to turn up and crew. Keen club sailors are often looking for crew, and crewing is the best introduction to catamaran sailing you can get. For crewing opportunities, see the "Find Crew" advertisements on this site.
LBC also publishes two pages every month in Fragrant Harbour, South East Asia's premiere sailing magazine. A copy of Fragrant Harbour is sent free to all members.
For membership information, see this page.
