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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 .
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.
Detroit Boat Club United States: Detroit, MI: 1839 Detroit Yacht Club United States: Detroit, MI: 1868 Eastern Yacht Club United States: Marblehead, MA: 1870 Edgartown Yacht Club United States: Edgartown, MA: 1905 Edgewood Yacht Club United States: Cranston, RI: 1889 Encinal Yacht Club United States: Alameda, California: 1890 Eugene Yacht Club
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.
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.
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 ...
In 1969, he crewed for the United States Army out of Vesper Boat Club. [1] He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He started rowing at the Detroit Boat Club at age 15 in 1961 under assistant coach John W. Hutton, Jr. The following year in 1962, he was promoted to the first DBC eight under head coach Kenneth L. Blue.