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The United States Sailing Association (US Sailing) is the national governing body for sailing in the United States. Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Bristol, Rhode Island , US Sailing is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization.
Southern Yacht Club is an extremely active sailing club and is the organizing body for the Race to the Coast, the oldest point to point regatta in the Western Hemisphere. Initially raced on July 4, 1850, the race continues to this day with the course starting on the shores of New Orleans on Lake Pontchartrain and finishing in Gulfport ...
In 1910 there were 65 boats registered at the club of which 27 were sail boats. The largest of these was the sailing houseboat Savilla 86' with a 24' beam. HYC is a founding member of US Sailing, the "Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound" and the "Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound".
AYC has long had an active junior sailing program. In 1925, shortly after the founding of the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island (JSA) in 1924, the club developed a new class of boats specifically for junior sailors. This initiative under the leadership of then Commodore Philip Mallory, introduced a new type of boat called the Wee Scotts.
The club was originally housed in a small church in Manor Park, overlooking Horseshoe Harbor. [2] The mission stated in its incorporation was "to advance, foster and support the sport of yachting, the art of yacht designing and construction, and the science of seamanship and navigation, and to acquire and provide a suitable and convenient clubhouse, anchorage and harbor basin for the use of ...
The Harlem Yacht Club, currently based on City Island in the New York City borough of The Bronx and incorporated in 1883, [1] is the third oldest continuously functioning yacht club in the City of New York, [2] the first being The New York Yacht Club (founded in 1844, and currently active in Manhattan and in Newport, Rhode Island), and followed by the Williamsburgh Yacht Club (founded in 1871 ...
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Maintaining membership in the United States Sailing Association as a "yacht racing association" and, from time to time, membership in other organizations with similar or related purposes; Acting as an intermediary between member clubs and individuals in their relations with civic and governmental bodies when the general interests and welfare of ...