• Commodore - John J. Wardwell
• Vice commodore - John G. Snow
• Fleet Captain - John O. Stevens
• Secretary - A.S. Peterson

The August 30, 1928 edition of The Courier Gazette called it the opening of "...a gateway to the Penobscot Bay and the Atlantic Ocean."

The first leaders, along with others, built a club house at the Rockland Public Landing which now houses the Chamber of Commerce. According to the club secretary's minutes of October 7, 1929, the cost of the building was $3000. A permit to use the property of the public landing, which had been a land fill and was valued at around $20,000, was granted to the RYC by the city of Rockland. The city maintained the right to have the club house removed on sixty days notice if the city desired to use the land for other purposes. The club house was maintained by the RYC until 1934 when the club apparently fell on hard times and turned it over to the city.

The first entry in the secretary's book was dated August 1, 1928. Membership dues were $1 per year and one could opt for a lifetime membership for the sum of $48. The club boasted 508 members in its first year. It completed the building of the club house, maintained the docks, and supervised the float activities.

In the early 1930s, one source remembers that the club struggled to be active; membership was still numbering in the hundreds, but not many were serious boaters. Survive it did though, and when WW II began there were over 400 members on the books. At this time, club activity was suspended for five years when all boats were commandeered for the war effort, and the Red Cross used some of the public landing facilities for their work. Following the war, the club activities restarted. In August of 1947 the secretary's notes show that the club recommended to the city council that a regular Harbor Police be established and voted that the RYC steward become the Port Captain. Even though the club no longer owned the club house, it continued to supervise the docks, and ran a lunch counter on the premises. By the summer of 1948 the waterfront activities had grown beyond the club's capacity to manage them and on June 10 of that year the RYC voted to turn the supervision of the waterfront at the public landing over to the city of Rockland.

During the 1950s and 60s the RYC became well known in the area as a social club which supported public interests. An annual lobster bake, a spring dinner, and a more formal cruise schedule were developed. During the 1970s activities were expanded to include the RYC Festival Open Races, and in 1976 the club purchased a fleet of six Kalibri sailboats, which were raced weekly.

The club then, as now, continued to support numerous civic interests. It gave the city of Rockland its first VHF radio for the Harbormaster, contributes money for updating the Chamber of Commerce facilities including - with the help of North Haven residents - the building of the still standing granite fireplace. The RYC has assisted with Harbormaster receptions, sponsored visiting schooners, and contributed to other harbor activities such as the Friendship Sloop Days festivities and races.

During the 1980s and 90s once again more emphasis was placed on social activities, which include regular monthly meetings in the winter, a Christmas party, the spring diner, the annual fall lobster bake, and several fund raising events. The summer cruise schedule is alive, fun, social and sometimes even a little competitive. For those so inclined, a healthy PHRF racing series is hosted by and for club members every Tuesday night throughout the summer. And the RYC is proud to take an active role in the new Community Sailing Program that met with such great success in its first year.