enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Detroit Boat Club - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Boat_Club

    The Detroit Boat Club was established in 1839, as a sport rowing club. [1] It was first created on the Detroit River during a time in which Detroit was just starting to grow. The Detroit Boat Club is a member of the Detroit Regional Yacht-racing Association (DRYA).

  3. List of fatal accidents in motorboat racing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_accidents_in...

    Deepwater Motor Boat Club, Milperra 6 Litre Displacement "CAINAM" As 2 boats were approaching a turn buoy, Mr Hall's boat turned from the outside & was run over by another boat from the inside which did not turn & Mr Hall was fatally injured. Doug Jancura 2004/04/17 American Power Boat Association Testing American Lake, Lakewood, Washington, USA

  4. Jim Gardiner (rower) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Gardiner_(rower)

    Gardiner attended Wayne State University in Detroit and was inducted into the Wayne State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982. Gardiner rowed out of the Detroit Boat Club. In 1956 the Detroit Boat Club placed 7 oarsman on the US Olympic Rowing team, the 7 oarsman are known as the "DBC Seven." From 1953 to 1959, Gardiner earned eight U.S. Rowing ...

  5. Detroit Regional Yacht-racing Association - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Regional_Yacht...

    The Detroit Regional Yacht-racing Association (DRYA) was established in 1912 as the Detroit River Yachting Association by the Commodores of the Detroit Boat Club and the Detroit Yacht Club, Commodore Harry Austin and Commodore Harry Kendall, respectively.

  6. John Welchli - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Welchli

    The seven 1956 Detroit Boat Club Olympic oarsman are now known as the "DBC Seven." Welchli also won a combined 32 Canadian and U.S. national gold medals during his distinguished career. Welchli was a Master Senior Sculler competing up until 2010 and is considered one of the all-time great American scullers.

  7. Pat Costello - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Costello

    He was born in Detroit, Michigan. In 1952 he and his partner Walter Hoover were eliminated in the semi-final repechage of the double sculls event . Four years later at the 1956 Summer Olympics , Melbourne, Australia Costello won the silver medal with his partner Jim Gardiner in the double sculls competition.

  8. Bill Muncey - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Muncey

    Muncey began his boat racing career in 1949 by sinking in front of a hometown crowd on the Detroit River. Muncey's first attempt to drive in an American Power Boat Association (APBA) Gold Cup event began by blowing up the engine. Muncey went to Gar Wood’s riverfront mansion, and asked Wood for help. Muncey got an engine from Wood, but the ...

  9. Detroit Yacht Club - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Yacht_Club

    The Detroit Yacht Club (DYC) is a private yacht club in Detroit, Michigan, located on its own island off of Belle Isle in the Detroit River between the MacArthur Bridge and the DTE generating plant. The DYC clubhouse is a restored 1920s Mediterranean-style villa that is the largest yacht club clubhouse in the United States .