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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).
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 .
Gustave Vincent Curcio was born in Bridgeport, CT on January 30, 1951. He legally changed his name to Gus Curcio in 1980. He is the youngest of three children born to Gustave Curcio a/k/a "Red Buff", an Italian immigrant, and Enrica Rita Lucifora, a Sicilian immigrant whose father started the first privately owned bank in Bridgeport.
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.
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.
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 ...
Margaret Darling Woodbridge (January 6, 1902 – February 23, 1995), also known by her married name Margaret Presley, was an American competition swimmer for the Detroit Athletic Club, a 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold medalist, and a world record-holder. She was a member of the first U.S. Olympic Women's swimming team.
The Detroit Club is a four-story brick and stone Romanesque Revival building. [2] The front door is hidden within an unusual recessed archway with stairs. [4] The club features a grill and library on the first floor, a family room on the second floor, and a main dining room with smaller meeting rooms on the third floor. [5]