The Royal St
George Yacht Club, of which the King, when Prince of Wales, was commodore, is located at Kingstown, Ireland. The club was established in 1838, and received the Royal and Admiralty warrants in 1894. The number of members is 109, and the club fleet comprises 82 vessels exceeding 5 tons.
Other clubs having headquarters at Kingstown are the Royal Irish and the Royal Alfred, the latter being a Corinthian Club. It was founded in 1857, and has been very active during the whole of its career. It started originally as a model yacht club, and has gradually developed.
In 1864 the club took the name of the Prince Alfred Yacht Club, and in 1866, when the Duke of Edinburgh became its patron, and presented a cup to be sailed for, the club changed its name to The Royal Alfred. It was in this year also that the annual matches from Kingstown to Holyhead were established.
The club has no club-house, and one of its rules is that all money received shall be devoted to the Prize Fund and Racing Expenses, the result being that for a minimum subscription a maximum amount of sport is provided.