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The Chicago Yacht Club was founded in 1875 to encourage and promote the sport of yachting. In 1898, the first Race to Mackinac was held. In 1900, the club obtained its first clubhouse, the Argo clubhouse located at the Illinois Central Pier #3. Chicago Yacht Club's original Chicago to Mackinac Trophy dates to 1906.
The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a 333-mile (289 nmi; 536 km) annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Lake Huron off Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is hosted and managed by the Chicago Yacht Club. The "Mac" (as it is known) was first run in 1898 and is the oldest annual freshwater distance race ...
Yacht club City Country First challenge AC Wins AC Losses LVC Appearances Bay of Quinte Yacht Club: Belleville: Canada: 1881: 0: 1 (1881) 0 Cercle de la Voile de Paris: Paris: France: 1970: 0: 0: 3 (1970, 1974, 2007) Chicago Yacht Club: Chicago, IL: United States: 1987: 0: 0: 1 (1987) Circolo della Vela Sicilia: Palermo: Italy: 2013: 0: 1 (2021 ...
The Caxton Club (1895) The Chicago Athletic Association (1890–2007), insolvent [140] The Chicago Club (1869) Chicago Yacht Club; The Cliff Dwellers Club (1907) [141] The Covenant Club; Columbia Yacht Club of Chicago; Lake Shore Athletic Club (1927–1977) The Metropolitan Club; The Mid America Club; The Quadrangle Club (1893) The Racquet Club ...
On July 12, 1884, in the Annual Regatta of the Chicago Yacht Club she won the "second" (smaller) class and beat all of the boats in the first class on corrected time. Her prize was "a silver cup, value $125". This cup was returned to the Chicago Yacht Club in 1964 and placed in service when a two-day regatta for the Offshore Fleet commenced in ...
Texas Corinthian Yacht Club United States: Kemah, TX: 1937 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
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Sheldon Clark (August 29, 1876 – August 15, 1952) was Commodore of the Chicago Yacht Club (for which he held "Membership #1"), civic leader, and chairman of the Sinclair Refining Company. A lifelong yachtsman, he sailed in the America's Cup races with Sir Thomas Lipton and in many Chicago-to-Mackinac races.