Testing out RSYC

When I moved to Singapore I got very overexcited about the fact that I would be able to use reciprocal membership at the Republic of Singapore Yacht Club, and so I maintained my RTYC membership for just that reason.

It took me a good six months to make a plan and book anything in, but with a letter of recommendation in my hand, I have a week to play with before I will have to request another letter to be sent over from the London membership secretary.

            I deliberately spread my ‘holiday in Singapore’ over two weekends so that we could try it out on the first weekend and then if it was worth a revisit, we can return the weekend after too!

            What started off as a plan for 6 of us to go to the club for a causal lunch turned into a table of ten arriving for a huge lunch and drinks to follow. We slightly overtook the main downstairs dining space, which was a lot more relaxed than I expected.

            Before we visited I received a note saying that trousers were required, but it quickly became apparently this was not the case when pretty much everyone else there (both guests and staff) were wearing shorts. Still, whilst the boys began to melt in the heat we enjoyed mountains of local Singaporean and Thai food, with plenty of wine and beers on the side to help us along.

Then we made our way upstairs to their inside bar where the boys got to cool down and play pool whilst we nattered girly nonsense and adjusted to the cooler weather.

            Eventually most of the group had to leave to get on with their Sundays, so myself, Nick, Kate and Duncan ended up on the front balcony bar, enjoying the view in the steadily setting sun and building up to leave and finish off our respective plans for the day.

It was a lot more casual than the RTYC, but in a lovely relaxed way. And having seen the pool facilities (which no-one was using when we visited) I am pretty sure that we will be back to try in out again soon (for dinner next Saturday)!