Folkestone Yacht and Motorboat Club celebrated it's 50th anniversary last year. We cater for all aspects of leisure on and under the water, and have a healthy social membership.

Folkestone town centre has recently seen improvements to the shopping centre, and the owner of the harbour has plans to provide better facilities for leisure boating by installing pontoons and shore facilities, hopefully within 5 years.

The club leases an area of the harbour and members lay their own fore and aft moorings. Although the harbour dries out at low water, access is possible from 2-3 hours before to 3-4 hours after high water. This means it is ideally suited for bilge keel boats.

The Clubhouse is situated near the harbour and has changing rooms, showers, bar, meeting and social facilities.

There is a large car park which doubles as a storage area for winter lay-up. 

Membership at the moment is 128, divided between Cruiser, Sub Aqua and Social members. Within the Cruiser section is the Motorboat section. Cruising members meet socially on Tuesday evenings and have a full summer programme of races and cruises. Visits to France, Belgium and Holland are popular, as are cruises to the Medway, London and the Blackwater, and west to the Solent.
We have recently established a link with Etaples Sailing Club and have visited them by sea and by land, and look forward to the association developing further.

The Sub Aqua section meets socially on Wednesday evenings.

Social events are held throughout the year, but more so during the winter when seaborne activities are less.

New members and visitors are always welcome.

The club is a recognised shore based RYA teaching establishment.