A meeting was held at the Bridgetown Club on Friday, August 23rd, 1924 to consider the formation of a yacht club. The meeting was called by Captain, later Col William Bowring and was attended by Messrs E A Hinkson, J H Wilkinson, E E Thorne and C F B Jones.

Four resolutions were proposed, the first one of which saw the election of Capt Bowring and Mr S C Thome as Commodore and Vice-Commodore respectively and Mr. C B F Jones as Hon Secretary/Treasurer. Messrs. J H Wilkinson, E A Hinkson and E E Thome and Lieut Col H I F Yates were duly elected to the Committee of Management.

The second resolution concerned membership fees and after lengthy discussion, it was agreed that fees for the first year ending September 30th, 1925 would be fixed at $12.00 for gentlemen and ladies and there would be no entrance fee. It was also agreed that "any gentleman member be entitled to allow the lady members of his family residing under his roof to enjoy the privileges of the club without any additional fee."

The third resolution considered an agreement between the British Union Oil Company and Capt Bowring for the lease of the property known as Shot Hall. The lease was tabled and read and it was agreed that the agreement should be sent to Mr. Herbert Sealy for vetting.

A Constitution and Set of Rules for the club was the fourth resolution discussed. It was agreed that until a copy of the constitution and rules of both the Royal Bermuda and Royal Jamaica Yacht Clubs had been received for guidance in the preparation of "our constitution the rules of the Savannah Club should govern as near as possible."

The second meeting of the Committee of Management took place on Monday, September 15th, 1924 at the Club House. Membership was the main item on the agenda and after some discussion it was agreed that after September 30th, all candidates should be elected by members and not by the Committee and all candidates for election must be proposed and seconded by members.

The Secretary/Treasurer was instructed to enter the names of all candidates in the Candidate's Book and to post those names on the notice board for a period of at least 14 days before being submitted for election. Balloting was set for the first Wednesday following the 14 day period and would take place between 4:00 pm and 6:30 pm. "At least 20 members must vote at the election of a candidate and one black ball in ten shall exclude.”

The Secretary/Treasurer was requested to send the membership circulars to some 11 people and included in that list of names were: Norman (Sausage) Simpson of Verdun, Priscilla Skinner and E S Robinson Jr., later Sir Stanley of Constant.

The Commodore submitted a design for the Club's burgee which was accepted by the Committee. This design was used until 1991 when Charles "Reds" Packer, the then Commodore commissioned a new design for the burgee.

The Committee also discussed the wearing of yachting caps and decided that members would be allowed to wear such a cap "provided it adhered to the uniform pattern, approved by the Committee of Management."

Three Committees to enhance the social activities of the Club were established. Mr. Clifton Wright, Lady Knaggs and Mrs. Yates were appointed to chair the Dancing Committee, the House Decorating Committee and the Entertainment Committee respectively.

Permission was given to Lady Knaggs to hold the first dance at the Club on the evening of October 3rd, 1924.

The Barbados Yacht Club today

The Committee also agreed that "children accompanied by their nurses may bathe every morning of the week until 10:00 a.m., also children accompanied by their parents (without) nurses may bathe on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. Children, however, must not be taken into the club house."

At their meeting on October 8th, 1924, Sir Charles O'Brien the then Governor of Barbados was made patron of the Club and at their meeting on December 10th, the Committee agreed that the official opening would be set for December 26, 1924. They decided that "guests should be limited to a member's family residing under the same roof, and children would not be included."

The Secretary also presented the draft rules and by-laws of the Club from which copies would be duly made and circulated to each member of the Committee for review and comment.

Our Club was officially opened on Boxing Day, Friday, December 26th, 1924 by Sir Charles O'Brien.