The Manawatu Marine Boating Club holds seminars and courses to encourage boating safety. It boasts a very strong fishing section and an increasingly strong sailing section with both young and older sailors. Pool club meets on Thursday nights at the Clubrooms. Coastguard has a close association with the boating club and uses many of its facilities. An active social committee holds many functions from car rallys to pumpkin growing competitions.
The club is open seven days a week from Monday to Thursday from 4.00 p.m. until 7.00 p.m.; Friday from 4.00 p.m. until late; Saturday from 12.00 p.m. until late and Sunday 12.00 p.m. until 7.00 p.m. Meals are available on Friday and Saturday nights. Pudding Club takes place on the first Tuesday of each month at 7.00 p.m. The clubrooms can be hired out for functions and it provides a catering service for these.