The Bay of Islands Yacht Club sits at Ti Point, Waitangi, on the water at the heart of the Bay of Islands and a short drive from Paihia. It is a working sailing club that also makes its clubhouse available for private hire.
BOIYC is an affiliated Yachting New Zealand club offering sailing, regattas, moorings, a slipway and boat hire. Classes sailed at the club include Open Skiffs, Starlings, 29ers, Waszps and WindFoils, and its coaching programme runs from introductory learn-to-sail sessions through to Level 3 race training. Members can use secure pile moorings in the Waitangi River and haul out via the club slipway. The club also hosts Foil Bay of Islands, a foiling regatta held at the venue.
The clubhouse is available for hire and is equipped with a commercial kitchen, a bar, toilets and a sound system, with room for around 100 people to dine. The outlook is a large part of the appeal: the club looks out over Nine Pin, Ti Beach and Tapeka Point, and across the water to Russell.
The commercial kitchen means hirers are not limited to a single in-house caterer, and the licensed bar and installed sound system cover the basics for a function without additional hire. Specific hire rates, room dimensions and configuration options are not published, so organisers should confirm details with the club directly.
This is a single-space waterfront venue rather than a multi-room conference facility. In practice that suits a full-day meeting or workshop for a group of up to around 100, followed by a dinner or cocktail function in the same room, or a standalone welcome reception, awards evening, celebration or club-style dinner.
For conference and incentive planners working in the Bay of Islands, BOIYC is most useful as a waterfront function venue and off-site dinner option, or as the base for a sailing-themed activity day. Because the club runs its own boats, coaching and regattas, there is genuine scope to combine a meeting or dinner with an on-water team activity through one contact — a straightforward incentive or team-building component that uses the location rather than just occupying a room with a view. Its Waitangi position also places groups within easy reach of the Waitangi Treaty Grounds and Paihia accommodation. See more Northland venues.
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