Chittagong Boat Club (CBC) is a

boat club A boat club is a sports club serving boat owners, particularly those interested in rowing and yachting, but also kayaking, canoeing, motor boats and other small boats. See also * Rowing club *Yacht club A yacht club is a boat club specifi ...

in the port city of

Chittagong Chittagong ( ), officially Chattogram, (, ) (, or ) is the second-largest city in Bangladesh. Home to the Port of Chittagong, it is the busiest port in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. The city is also the business capital of Bangladesh. It ...

, Bangladesh. Since 1986 the club provided several facilities for the elite to enjoy the club facilities as an offshore tourist spot.

Location

CBC is located on of land beside Bangladesh Marine Academy Jetty at East Patenga in Chittagong. The

Bangladesh Navy The Bangladesh Navy () is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's of maritime territorial area from any external threat, the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Ban ...

leased the land from the

Chittagong Port Authority Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is a government agency of Bangladesh responsible for the management, maintenance and governance of the country's major port of Chittagong, located in the city of Chittagong on the Karnaphuli River nine nautical mi ...

History

The club was inaugurated by former Chief of Naval Staff Sultan Ahmed on 8 August 1990. In 2012, the CBC bought a river cruise ship from

Western Marine Shipyard Western Marine Shipyard Limited is a publicly listed shipbuilding company standing with over 42 acres of land beside the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram, Bangladesh. The shipyard has constructed various types of vessels, including ocean-goin ...

Governing body

The Chief of Bangladesh Naval Staff would be the President of the club, and then Commodore Commanding Bangladesh Navy Flotilla (COMBAN) would be the vice president and later Commodore Commanding Chittagong (COMCHIT) became vice president for the club governing body.

Gallery

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References

External links

* {{Official website Boating associations 1986 establishments in Bangladesh Organizations established in 1986 Organisations based in Chittagong Clubs and societies in Bangladesh Tourist attractions in Chittagong Division Culture in Chittagong