The Eastern Yacht Club is located in Marblehead, Massachusetts and founded in 1870. It is one of the oldest yacht clubs on the east coast with significant involvement in the history of American yachting.[1]
President Wilson presenting Club Cup to owner of Yacht Ellen who won race off of Marblehead, Mass
The current clubhouse was constructed in 1880.[3] The first meeting of the club was at Mr. John Heard's house in Boston on March 5, 1870.[4] A club house location committee was led by B.W. Crowninshield, and a site on Marblehead neck was purchased. A new structure was built and officially opened on June 9, 1881.[4]
The Eastern Club House 1881
Design and construction
Construction began in 1880, and was designed in the popular stick style. Inside features a model room, with full and half hull models of member yachts through the years.Later additions are wing and a tower, staff and guest overnight rooms, a main dining room and bar. and would expand the complex to include tennis courts and a swimming pool. The club suffered a few fires over years losing the right tower tower portion.[3]
When the United States entered the war, Commodore Herbert Sears called the Under Secretary of the Navy, Franklin Roosevelt, and offered the use of the Eastern clubhouse to the Navy as a base. Roosevelt accepted and the clubhouse was used as a training station for the final year of World War I, primarily for training ashore and aviation training.
A group of 14 members wanting to contribute to the war effort, ordered and personally financed boats to be used by the Navy as patrol craft and built with Navy approval of the design. Known as "The Eastern Yacht Club 62 footers", the boats were designed by Albert Loring Swasey and Nathanael Greene Herreshoff.[5] The boats bore names under construction chosen by the owners and were then given their Section Patrol numbers once accepted by the Navy.[6] The Eastern Yacht Club boats with sponsors were:[5]
eastern, yacht, club, located, marblehead, massachusetts, founded, 1870, oldest, yacht, clubs, east, coast, with, significant, involvement, history, american, yachting, formation1870locationmarblehead, massachusetts, contents, history, eastern, club, house, 18. The Eastern Yacht Club is located in Marblehead Massachusetts and founded in 1870 It is one of the oldest yacht clubs on the east coast with significant involvement in the history of American yachting 1 Eastern Yacht ClubFormation1870LocationMarblehead Massachusetts Contents 1 History 2 The Eastern Club House 1881 2 1 Design and construction 3 Notable races 4 Notable Affilated yachts 5 World War I contributions 6 References 7 External linksHistory Edit Eastern Yacht Club circa 1880s 2 Eastern Yacht Club c 1906 with later additions President Wilson presenting Club Cup to owner of Yacht Ellen who won race off of Marblehead Mass The current clubhouse was constructed in 1880 3 The first meeting of the club was at Mr John Heard s house in Boston on March 5 1870 4 A club house location committee was led by B W Crowninshield and a site on Marblehead neck was purchased A new structure was built and officially opened on June 9 1881 4 The Eastern Club House 1881 EditDesign and construction Edit Construction began in 1880 and was designed in the popular stick style Inside features a model room with full and half hull models of member yachts through the years Later additions are wing and a tower staff and guest overnight rooms a main dining room and bar and would expand the complex to include tennis courts and a swimming pool The club suffered a few fires over years losing the right tower tower portion 3 Notable races EditOne Design Racing Marblehead Race Week Team Racing Pursuit RacingNotable Affilated yachts EditEastern Yacht Club Member Yachts 3 Name Owner Years Active at Eastern NotesRebecca Commodore Charles H Joy 1880 Cleopatras Barge II Francis B Crowninshield 1927 Constellation Commodore Herbert Sears 1914 1941 nickname Queen of the Eastern Puritan America s Cup defender 1885Mayflower America s Cup defender 1886Volunteer General Charles Paine America s Cup defender 1887World War I contributions EditWhen the United States entered the war Commodore Herbert Sears called the Under Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt and offered the use of the Eastern clubhouse to the Navy as a base Roosevelt accepted and the clubhouse was used as a training station for the final year of World War I primarily for training ashore and aviation training A group of 14 members wanting to contribute to the war effort ordered and personally financed boats to be used by the Navy as patrol craft and built with Navy approval of the design Known as The Eastern Yacht Club 62 footers the boats were designed by Albert Loring Swasey and Nathanael Greene Herreshoff 5 The boats bore names under construction chosen by the owners and were then given their Section Patrol numbers once accepted by the Navy 6 The Eastern Yacht Club boats with sponsors were 5 USS Apache SP 729 Robert F Herrick USS Ellen SP 1209 Charles P Curtis USS Inca SP 1212 Frank B McQuesten USS Kangaroo SP 1284 Henry A Morss Charles A Morss Everett Morss USS Daiquiri SP 1285 Charles F Ayer Osborne Howes Frank S Eaton Oliver Ames USS Snark SP 1291 Carl H Tucker USS Commodore SP 1425 Flag officers of the Eastern Yacht Club Herbert M Sears Max Agassiz J S Lawrence USS Sea Hawk SP 2365 Arthur Winslow Edwin S Webster Charles A StonePlus one built to the design independently USS War Bug SP 1795 Felix Warburg 7 References Edit Power Boating Penton Publishing Company 1921 Marblehead Marblehead Neck Eastern Yacht Club House 1880 www digitalcommonwealth org Retrieved 2020 06 13 a b c Garland Joseph Sep 1 1989 Eastern Yacht Club A History from 1870 1985 Down East Books ISBN 0892722630 a b Brown Harry 1901 The History of American Yachts and Yachtsmen Spirit of the Times Publishing Company ISBN 9785883325556 a b Day Thomas Fleming 1918 The Rudder The Eastern YC Patrol Fleet Fawcett Publications Motorship Motorcraft and War Work Miller Freeman 1918 Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonn www herreshoff info Retrieved 2020 05 30 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eastern Yacht Club amp oldid 1122930291, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
