About Us

The Ao Chalong Yacht Club (ACYC) began in the early 1990's as the Ao Chalong Cruising Yacht Club (ACCYC). Established by several locals to get people together for cruising purposes, its first 'home' was Pan's Lighthouse with Horst Lakits serving as its commodore for a year.

The Ao Chalong Yacht Club was formed several years later and offered Sunday races, giving it a more competitive nature.

Venues have changed several times over the years with The Lighthouse providing premises including the area beyond the Richmond Group's property development, The Pier, formerly The Fishing Lodge. The club officially moved into new premises in 2009 in the Chalong area off Chao Fa Road close to Flintstones bakery and Fisherman Way Business Center.

Hats off to the many people who have assisted in getting ACYC to where it is now. (Click here to see photos of the new site.) Several people have served as Commodore, providing the guiding light and steering the passage since the early days from Mark Horwood, Scott Duncanson and currently Mick Kealy.

Scroll down to view some memorabilia. Click on images to enlarge.

Pan's Lighthouse and Julie & Pan Hirunchai

ACYC T-shirts - then & now
ACYC Membership Cards
ACYC Beer Huggies

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Thank you to the following people for the ACYC memorabilia: Sue and Steve Smith for the first ACCYC T-shirt; Julie Hirunchai for the Pan's Lighthouse photos; Tim Willis for the Optimists photo and the ACCYC 1996 T-shirt; Steve Hatchett for the ACCYC membership card, the ACYC 1997, Match Racing Series 1999 & 2000, the Summer Regatta 2003 T-shirts, ACYC Membership Cards and the ACYC Beer Huggies; and Marilyn Band for the ACYC 2008 T-shirt.

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it'll be posted!