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The New Orleans Yacht Club (NOYC) was founded in June 1949 [1] and is dedicated to further the sport of yacht racing, marine safety and seamanship. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The club is located at West End 's Municipal Yacht Harbor on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain and is a member of the Gulf Yachting Association since 1953.
History of the Southern Yacht Club. Pelican Publishing. ISBN 9781455605866. Counce, Oliver J. (2000). The Sesquicentennial of the Southern Yacht Club of New Orleans, 1849-1999: 150 Years of Yachting in the Gulf South. Southern Yacht Club. OCLC 46836336. Akkerman, Dora F. (2008). From Buffalo Bayou to Galveston Bay: The History of the Houston ...
The original clubhouse was constructed at the end of Market Street in downtown Jacksonville, and cost $3,500, to which Astor contributed $500. The original Florida Yacht Club building was a large two-story edifice, with the second floor being used for gatherings and dances. Astor served as the club's first "Commodore". [1]
Ventura Yacht Club United States: Ventura, CA: 1938 Waikiki Yacht Club United States: Honolulu, HI: 1944 Walnut Valley Sailing Club United States: El Dorado Lake, Kansas: 1937 Waukegan Yacht Club United States: Waukegan, Illinois: 1927 Westlake Yacht Club United States: Westlake Village, California: 1969 West River Sailing Club United States
For example, the "Gowanus Yacht Club" is a beer garden restaurant in Brooklyn, NY, [8] the Van Buren Yacht Club is a bar and hotel in Maine, the "Crystal Bay Yacht Club" is a beach resort in Ko Samui, Thailand [9] and "The Eagle Rock Yacht Club" is a non-profit dodgeball league in Glassell Park, Los Angeles. [10]
The St. Petersburg Yacht Club was founded in 1909 and the clubhouse was inaugurated on its current site in 1917. [1] One-Design Racing began two years later, when six Fish Class sailboats were acquired. [2] Offshore racing started with the Havana Race in 1930 as the forerunner for the Southern Ocean Racing Conference (SORC). [3]
Balboa Yacht Club, 2012. Balboa Yacht Club is home to multiple fleets, many of which race regularly. There are fleets of Naples Sabot, FJs, Harbor 20s, and an adult Sabot fleet. Most of the larger boats race outside of Newport Harbor in the Pacific Ocean. It is the home of the Thursday night "Beer Can Races". [2]
Southern Yacht Club House c 1894. The Southern Yacht Club of New Orleans, traces its roots to the Gulf Coast resort of Pass Christian, Mississippi and to the year 1849, making it the second oldest yacht club in the United States. [8] [9] [10] New Orleans in the antebellum era was a proud, thriving port city, banking center and cultural leader ...