The club was formed on the 20th April 1885 at the Coffee House, Candle Lane, Dundee for the “ furtherence of the recreation of all aspects of Model Boating. ” It was originally known as The Dundee Model Yacht Club.

    The club is therefore one of the oldest in Scotland and amongst the oldest in Britain.

    It has been in continuous existance since it's start and has sailed at the Stobswell Pondsfor it's entire life. Initially the classes of yachts sailed were 5 and 10 tonners with gaff rigs. These tended to berather long and narrow beamed with a deep hull. These were replaced by 12 metre and 6 metre yachts when these classescame into existance. Many of our earlier members travelled to events with other clubs and we have had several Scottish championsduring our history. During this time there was a some support for free sailing power boats including steam power.

    During the 60's there was an upsurge of Radio controlled power boats (much to the disgust of the older yachting fraternity) and the name was changed toDundee Model Yacht and Power Boat Club. The yachting side of the club decreased until in the 80's the club became the Dundee Model Boat Club.with mostly radio controlled power boats, scale and fast electric.

    In 1985 the club held it's centenery year with a resurgance of yachting, an R36r yacht was designed and produced for club members and some 6 metre yachts were converted to radiocontrol. A fast electric and Marblehead yacht were both used to cross the river Tay from Tayport to Broughty Ferry, a distance of about 3 miles over a tidal estuary.

    We were involved in the formation of the Scottish Federation of Model Boat Clubs and have been members since it's formation. In 1992 we held the Scottish National Championshipson behalf of the Federation, the first time that these had been hosted by an individual club. Throughout the existance of the Federation the club has produced severalScottish champions in Scale, Yachting and Fast Electric.

    The Club has held four 24 hour endurance events at the Craigtoun Country Park near St Andrews. The boats used during these events are normal club boats, no specially built boats have been used. These events were sponsored for the MacMillan Fund.

    We hold a series of club competitions for 30 inch yachts, R36r yachts, 6 metre yachts, steering and fast electrics. These are used fora club championship in each event. A bi-annual regatta is held, open to all Federation clubs, this years had over 40 competitors, many competing in several events.

    The club meets at the Stobswell ponds on Tuesday evenings from 7.00pm and Sunday afternoons from 12.00 midday . These times are used for free sailing or competitions and there is a clubhouse beside the pond for inclement weather. The club provides nicad charging points and refeshments are available.During the winter, if the pond is frozen, the club is open on Sundays for discussion and general talking about boats.

The club puts on a display at both the Cupar Model Rail exhibition and the Dundee Model Railway show.