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Yacht club

January 09, 2024

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A yacht club is a boat club specifically related to yachting.

Aerial view of yacht club and marina Yacht Harbour Residence "Hohe Düne" in Rostock, Germany.
The clubhouse of the yacht club in Cienfuegos, Cuba
Columbia yacht club in Chicago, Illinois
Britannia Yacht Club in Ottawa, Ontario Clubhouse & Marquis tent

Description edit

Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a marina or a delimited section of the beach or shoreline with buoys marking the areas off-limits for swimmers as well as safe offshore anchorages. On shore they also include a perimeter reserved for the exclusive use of the members of the club as well as a clubhouse with attached bar, café or restaurant where members socialize in a pleasant and informal setting.

Although the terms Yacht Club and Sailing Club tend to be synonymous, some general differences regarding the recreational use of boats can be broadly outlined. Historically a Yacht Club tended to focus on a membership composed of yacht owners, including motorboats. This type of club often was extremely exclusive, attracting the aristocracy or the high class and leaving small boat owners out of the circle. On the other hand, a Sailing Club tended to focus on a membership composed exclusively of owners of sailboats, including smaller boats such as dinghies. These became very popular towards the end of the 19th century when small boats began to be produced on an industrial scale.

Yacht clubs are often known by their initials (e.g. New York Yacht Club abbreviated as NYYC and Kingston Yacht Club abbreviated as KYC). Many well known yacht clubs, including the Yacht Club de France, the Yacht Club Italiano and the Royal Yacht Squadron, have been established under royal patronage or have been granted the title at some point in their history.

Organized and run by the membership, Yacht Clubs became a place to promote the sport of sailboat racing and cruising, as well as provide a meeting place for the particular social community. The membership is a mixture of people with specific recreational affinities, and the members often include those who sail as crew for cruising or racing, as well as boat owners. Also it is up to the members decide on the objectives of the club to satisfy the membership and to attract other like-minded individuals. For example, some clubs include owners of powerboats, while others specifically exclude them. In order to overcome difficulties concerning the affinities of their members one particular club may have two sections, a sailing section and a powerboat section.

Members Clubs often have paid staff for catering, bar duty, boat yard duty, accounts, office etc. Control and organization of the club is done for the membership via members elected by the membership into roles such as Sailing Secretary, Commodore, Cruising Captain, Racing Captain etc. Smaller clubs typically have a condition of membership which requires active participation of the membership in activities such as maintenance of club facilities and equipment.

Unlike the classical clubs where the membership is the focus, certain 'clubs' are run on a commercial basis. They may be owned by individuals or a company to provide a service and generate a profit. Often they are associated with a particular marina or port. Objectives are usually broadly similar to members clubs, but the social side may be more dominant.

Traditions edit

 
A view of St. Petersburg by Alexey Zubov, 1716, shows yachts and war ships on the Neva River.

There is a long historical tradition behind yacht clubs. According to the date of establishment, the Neva Yacht Club, founded in 1718 in Russia, is the oldest yacht club.[1] However, since this Russian Yacht Club was established by a decree of Tsar Peter the Great, it does not fully qualify as a proper club in the modern sense, understood as a voluntary association of members who organize and run the club. Therefore, the Royal Cork Yacht Club founded in Ireland in 1720 is also widely acknowledged as the oldest yacht club in the world, despite having gone through periods of dormancy and undergone name changes in its long history, much in the same manner as the Neva Yacht Club.[2] It was only in 1846 that the first yacht club in Russia to adopt British-style Members Club regulations was established. Using this Western understanding of what a club or society is, the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, KSSS, founded 1830, becomes the oldest European yacht club outside the British Isles, and the fifth oldest in the world.

A number of the world's most renowned Yacht Clubs are located in the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Canada, and the United States. The first yacht club in North America was the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, located on the Northwest Arm in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada established in July 1837.[3] Some yacht clubs are affiliated with an international body, the International Council of Yacht Clubs, which exists to improve the quality of the services yacht clubs provide to their members as well as to promote environmental awareness and responsibility towards the environment.

The Kieler Yacht-Club in Northern Germany organizes the yearly Kiel Week, the second-biggest sailing event in the world, that is celebrated since 1882.[4][5][6] Kiel Week was an attempt to imitate the much older and larger Cowes Week, long-admired by Wilhelm II.

Racing and sailing activities edit

Main articles: Yacht racing and Dinghy racing
 
Champions Yacht Club in Vijayawada, India

Most clubs, regardless of the size of their craft, have a well defined racing program. Clubs may host regattas ranging from informal local events to national championships. Often clubs have a regular weekday evening racing schedule or a weekend racing schedule organized by the membership. Many yacht clubs field teams to compete against other clubs in team racing. There are also some specific boat models and lengths which have their own club. These boat ownership clubs often hold single design races for their members. With the growth of sailing at secondary schools and universities many yacht clubs host Interscholastic Sailing Association or Intercollegiate Sailing Association regattas. Additionally, a number of yacht clubs enter into agreements with schools to provide dock space and practice facilities for the school teams year-round.

Clubs with active adult sailing programs most often feature junior sailing programs as well. Most often these programs enroll children from ages 8 to 16. Children most often learn to sail in the optimist (dinghy) and then progress to a larger single handed dinghy such as starling or laser dinghy or two handed such as 420 (dinghy). These junior sailing programs often also teach children rowing, kayaking, general seamanship and navigation. Children are also taught how to race competitively from an early age and most clubs host junior sailing regattas each season.

Yacht club burgee edit

Main article: Burgee
 
Adelaide University Sailing Club, Adelaide, South Australia

Members belonging to a yacht club or sailing organization may fly their club's unique flag (usually triangular), called a burgee, both while under way and at anchor (however, not while racing). Traditionally, the burgee was flown from the main masthead; however, it may also be flown from a small pole on the bow pulpit, or on the starboard rigging beneath the lowest starboard spreader on a flag halyard. Some traditional clubs have also been granted the right to fly a special yacht ensign at the stern.

At traditional clubs the burgee and the ensign is hoisted at 08:00 each morning and lowered each evening at sunset. This ceremony is called colors. Traditionally, the first time a member of one club visits another, there is an exchange of burgees. Exchanged burgees are often displayed on the premises of clubs, such as at their clubhouse or bar.

Organization edit

Yacht clubs are organized like any other club or organisation with committees, chairman, directors, etc. Due to the connection with the sea and hence the navy, the various posts use naval terminology. For example, the chairman/CEO is the Commodore. Usually, under the Commodore there are also the Vice Commodore (in charge of land-based activities) and the Rear Commodore (in charge of water-based activities); for clubs in the United States they might in turn be assisted by the Port Captain and the Fleet Captain respectively. In a few clubs in the United Kingdom the Admiral, which is one rank above the Commodore, is the senior officer. Each of these ranks has specific responsibilities to ensure the smooth running of the club.

Clubhouse or shore station edit

Members of yacht clubs typically gather at a clubhouse or shore station which may also have docks. The oldest yacht club in the world without a clubhouse is Sheldrake Yacht Club (Mamaroneck, New York).[7]

Use of the term "yacht club" edit

 
Military humor: Badge of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club -aka US 7th Fleet-

The traditions and prestige normally associated with yacht clubs have to some extent been subverted or appropriated unofficially by groups and businesses calling themselves "yacht clubs". 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] These so-called "yacht clubs" don't necessarily involve sailing on private yachts of members as their main purpose or activity, but often outwardly maintain a nautical or water-oriented theme.

Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club was the unofficial name for the United States Seventh Fleet during the Vietnam War. In this case the term "yacht club" was appropriated with humorous intentions. The Seventh Fleet's nickname became very popular among its members at the time.[11]

Oldest European clubs edit

The oldest yacht clubs are:

Oldest North American clubs edit

The oldest yacht clubs are:[1]

Oldest clubs rest of the world edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "America's Oldest Yacht Clubs". Yachting Club of America. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  2. ^ History of the oldest yacht club in the world
  3. ^ Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (RNSYS)
  4. ^ (TIME Magazine)
  5. ^ Kiel Travel Guide (About.com)
  6. ^ The world’s largest sailing event: Kiel Week (deutschland.de)
  7. ^ Al Bamberger Jr. (June 21, 1971). "Steinberg, Watt 'Double' in YRA; John, Shields, Ogilvy, Fraser Win". Daily News. Tarrytown.
  8. ^ Gowanus Yacht Club
  9. ^ Crystal Bay Yacht Club
  10. ^ theyachtclub.org
  11. ^ Rene J Francillon, Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club; US Carrier Operations Off Vietnam
  12. ^ "Club History - Starcross Yacht Club". www.starcrossyc.org.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Club History". The Royal Western Yacht Club of England. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  14. ^ a b "History". Royal Western Yacht Club of Ireland. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  15. ^ Team, Afloat ie. "Royal Alfred Yacht Club". afloat.ie. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  16. ^ Website
  17. ^ History
  18. ^ "History - The San Francisco Yacht Club". www.sfyc.org. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Yacht clubs at Wikimedia Commons

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For the video game developer see Yacht Club Games For the song by Lil Yachty see Yacht Club song For the song by Owl City see All Things Bright and Beautiful album A yacht club is a boat club specifically related to yachting Aerial view of yacht club and marina Yacht Harbour Residence Hohe Dune in Rostock Germany The clubhouse of the yacht club in Cienfuegos CubaColumbia yacht club in Chicago IllinoisBritannia Yacht Club in Ottawa Ontario Clubhouse amp Marquis tent Contents 1 Description 2 Traditions 2 1 Racing and sailing activities 2 2 Yacht club burgee 2 3 Organization 2 4 Clubhouse or shore station 3 Use of the term yacht club 4 Oldest European clubs 5 Oldest North American clubs 6 Oldest clubs rest of the world 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksDescription editYacht clubs are mostly located by the sea although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations Yacht or sailing clubs have either a marina or a delimited section of the beach or shoreline with buoys marking the areas off limits for swimmers as well as safe offshore anchorages On shore they also include a perimeter reserved for the exclusive use of the members of the club as well as a clubhouse with attached bar cafe or restaurant where members socialize in a pleasant and informal setting Although the terms Yacht Club and Sailing Club tend to be synonymous some general differences regarding the recreational use of boats can be broadly outlined Historically a Yacht Club tended to focus on a membership composed of yacht owners including motorboats This type of club often was extremely exclusive attracting the aristocracy or the high class and leaving small boat owners out of the circle On the other hand a Sailing Club tended to focus on a membership composed exclusively of owners of sailboats including smaller boats such as dinghies These became very popular towards the end of the 19th century when small boats began to be produced on an industrial scale Yacht clubs are often known by their initials e g New York Yacht Club abbreviated as NYYC and Kingston Yacht Club abbreviated as KYC Many well known yacht clubs including the Yacht Club de France the Yacht Club Italiano and the Royal Yacht Squadron have been established under royal patronage or have been granted the title at some point in their history Organized and run by the membership Yacht Clubs became a place to promote the sport of sailboat racing and cruising as well as provide a meeting place for the particular social community The membership is a mixture of people with specific recreational affinities and the members often include those who sail as crew for cruising or racing as well as boat owners Also it is up to the members decide on the objectives of the club to satisfy the membership and to attract other like minded individuals For example some clubs include owners of powerboats while others specifically exclude them In order to overcome difficulties concerning the affinities of their members one particular club may have two sections a sailing section and a powerboat section Members Clubs often have paid staff for catering bar duty boat yard duty accounts office etc Control and organization of the club is done for the membership via members elected by the membership into roles such as Sailing Secretary Commodore Cruising Captain Racing Captain etc Smaller clubs typically have a condition of membership which requires active participation of the membership in activities such as maintenance of club facilities and equipment Unlike the classical clubs where the membership is the focus certain clubs are run on a commercial basis They may be owned by individuals or a company to provide a service and generate a profit Often they are associated with a particular marina or port Objectives are usually broadly similar to members clubs but the social side may be more dominant Traditions edit nbsp A view of St Petersburg by Alexey Zubov 1716 shows yachts and war ships on the Neva River There is a long historical tradition behind yacht clubs According to the date of establishment the Neva Yacht Club founded in 1718 in Russia is the oldest yacht club 1 However since this Russian Yacht Club was established by a decree of Tsar Peter the Great it does not fully qualify as a proper club in the modern sense understood as a voluntary association of members who organize and run the club Therefore the Royal Cork Yacht Club founded in Ireland in 1720 is also widely acknowledged as the oldest yacht club in the world despite having gone through periods of dormancy and undergone name changes in its long history much in the same manner as the Neva Yacht Club 2 It was only in 1846 that the first yacht club in Russia to adopt British style Members Club regulations was established Using this Western understanding of what a club or society is the Royal Swedish Yacht Club KSSS founded 1830 becomes the oldest European yacht club outside the British Isles and the fifth oldest in the world A number of the world s most renowned Yacht Clubs are located in the United Kingdom Australia Germany Canada and the United States The first yacht club in North America was the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron located on the Northwest Arm in Halifax Nova Scotia Canada established in July 1837 3 Some yacht clubs are affiliated with an international body the International Council of Yacht Clubs which exists to improve the quality of the services yacht clubs provide to their members as well as to promote environmental awareness and responsibility towards the environment The Kieler Yacht Club in Northern Germany organizes the yearly Kiel Week the second biggest sailing event in the world that is celebrated since 1882 4 5 6 Kiel Week was an attempt to imitate the much older and larger Cowes Week long admired by Wilhelm II Racing and sailing activities edit Main articles Yacht racing and Dinghy racing nbsp Champions Yacht Club in Vijayawada IndiaMost clubs regardless of the size of their craft have a well defined racing program Clubs may host regattas ranging from informal local events to national championships Often clubs have a regular weekday evening racing schedule or a weekend racing schedule organized by the membership Many yacht clubs field teams to compete against other clubs in team racing There are also some specific boat models and lengths which have their own club These boat ownership clubs often hold single design races for their members With the growth of sailing at secondary schools and universities many yacht clubs host Interscholastic Sailing Association or Intercollegiate Sailing Association regattas Additionally a number of yacht clubs enter into agreements with schools to provide dock space and practice facilities for the school teams year round Clubs with active adult sailing programs most often feature junior sailing programs as well Most often these programs enroll children from ages 8 to 16 Children most often learn to sail in the optimist dinghy and then progress to a larger single handed dinghy such as starling or laser dinghy or two handed such as 420 dinghy These junior sailing programs often also teach children rowing kayaking general seamanship and navigation Children are also taught how to race competitively from an early age and most clubs host junior sailing regattas each season Yacht club burgee edit Main article Burgee nbsp Adelaide University Sailing Club Adelaide South AustraliaMembers belonging to a yacht club or sailing organization may fly their club s unique flag usually triangular called a burgee both while under way and at anchor however not while racing Traditionally the burgee was flown from the main masthead however it may also be flown from a small pole on the bow pulpit or on the starboard rigging beneath the lowest starboard spreader on a flag halyard Some traditional clubs have also been granted the right to fly a special yacht ensign at the stern At traditional clubs the burgee and the ensign is hoisted at 08 00 each morning and lowered each evening at sunset This ceremony is called colors Traditionally the first time a member of one club visits another there is an exchange of burgees Exchanged burgees are often displayed on the premises of clubs such as at their clubhouse or bar Organization edit Yacht clubs are organized like any other club or organisation with committees chairman directors etc Due to the connection with the sea and hence the navy the various posts use naval terminology For example the chairman CEO is the Commodore Usually under the Commodore there are also the Vice Commodore in charge of land based activities and the Rear Commodore in charge of water based activities for clubs in the United States they might in turn be assisted by the Port Captain and the Fleet Captain respectively In a few clubs in the United Kingdom the Admiral which is one rank above the Commodore is the senior officer Each of these ranks has specific responsibilities to ensure the smooth running of the club Clubhouse or shore station edit Members of yacht clubs typically gather at a clubhouse or shore station which may also have docks The oldest yacht club in the world without a clubhouse is Sheldrake Yacht Club Mamaroneck New York 7 Use of the term yacht club edit nbsp Military humor Badge of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club aka US 7th Fleet The traditions and prestige normally associated with yacht clubs have to some extent been subverted or appropriated unofficially by groups and businesses calling themselves yacht clubs 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 These so called yacht clubs don t necessarily involve sailing on private yachts of members as their main purpose or activity but often outwardly maintain a nautical or water oriented theme Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club was the unofficial name for the United States Seventh Fleet during the Vietnam War In this case the term yacht club was appropriated with humorous intentions The Seventh Fleet s nickname became very popular among its members at the time 11 Oldest European clubs editThe oldest yacht clubs are 1718 Neva Yacht Club in St Petersburg Russia 1720 Royal Cork Yacht Club in Cork Ireland 1770 Lough Ree Yacht Club in Ballyglass Ireland 1772 Starcross Yacht Club on the Exe estuary in England 12 1775 Cumberland Fleet also known as the Royal Thames Yacht Club in England 1815 The Yacht Club in London England renamed the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1833 1823 Thames Yacht Club in England citation needed 1827 Port of Plymouth Royal Clarence Regatta Club in Plymouth England becoming the Royal Western Yacht Club in 1833 13 1827 Royal Western Yacht Club of Ireland dissolved later in the century 14 1830 Royal Swedish Yacht Club in Stockholm Sweden 1831 Royal Irish Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire Dublin Ireland 1835 Lough Derg Yacht Club in County Tipperary Ireland 1838 Royal London Yacht Club founded as the Arundel Yacht Club in London England later moved to Cowes 1838 Royal St George Yacht Club founded as the Kingstown Boat Club in Dun Laoghaire Ireland 1838 Deben Yacht Club in Woodbridge United Kingdom 1844 Royal Mersey Yacht Club in Rock Ferry United Kingdom 1845 Royal Harwich Yacht Club in England 1847 Royal Welsh Yacht Club in Wales 1847 Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil en Roei Vereeniging Netherlands 1855 Segelclub Rhe in Hamburg Germany 1856 Lisbon Naval Association in Lisbon Portugal 1857 Kingstown Model Yacht Club in Kingstown Ireland renamed the Royal Alfred Yacht Club in 1870 14 15 1858 Societa delle Regate in Belgirate Italy 16 17 1860 Royal Windermere Yacht Club in England 1 1863 Royal Torbay Yacht Club in Devon England 1865 Airisto Segelsallskap in Turku Finland 1866 Royal Danish Yacht Club in Kopenhagen Denmark 1867 Berliner Yacht Club in Berlin Germany 1867 Balatonfuredi Yacht Club in Balatonfured Hungary 1870 Thames Sailing Club in England 2 1871 National Yacht Club founded as Kingstown Royal Harbour Boat Club in Dun Laoghaire Dublin Ireland 1875 Black Sea Yacht Club in Odesa UkraineOldest North American clubs editThe oldest yacht clubs are 1 1837 Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron in Halifax Nova Scotia 1839 Detroit Boat Club in Detroit Michigan 1844 New York Yacht Club in Newport Rhode Island 1847 Mobile Yacht Club in Mobile Alabama 1849 Biloxi Yacht Club in Biloxi Mississippi 1849 Southern Yacht Club in Louisiana 1850 Springfield Yacht amp Canoe Club in Springfield Massachusetts 1852 Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Toronto Ontario 1853 Carolina Yacht Club in Wrightsville Beach NC 1857 Maryland Club in Baltimore Maryland 1860 Buffalo Yacht Club in Buffalo New York 1861 Quebec Yacht Club in Quebec Quebec 1865 Raritan Yacht Club in Perth Amboy New Jersey 1865 Riverton Yacht Club in Riverton New Jersey 1867 Longueuil Boating Club in Longueuil Quebec 1869 San Francisco Yacht Club first club on the Pacific coast 18 1871 Milwaukee Yacht Club in Milwaukee Wisconsin 1871 Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in Centre Island New York 1872 Beverly Yacht Club in Marion Massachusetts 1875 Rhode Island Yacht Club in Cranston Rhode Island 1877 New Bedford Yacht Club in New Bedford Massachusetts 1878 The Cleveland Yachting Club in Rocky River Ohio 1879 Monmouth Boat Club in Red Bank New Jersey 1882 Minnetonka Yacht Club in Deephaven Minnesota 1883 American Yacht Club in Rye New York 1886 Shelter Island Yacht Club in Shelter Island New York 1886 Put in Bay Yacht Club in Put in Bay Ohio 1887 Lake Champlain Yacht Club Shelburne Vermont 1890 Tacoma Yacht Club in Tacoma Washington 1891 Manhasset Bay Yacht Club in Port Washington New York 1892 Seattle Yacht Club in Seattle Washington 1894 Huguenot Yacht Club in New Rochelle New York 1905 Lake Hopatcong Yacht Club in Mount Arlington New Jersey 1907 Sheldrake Yacht Club in Mamaroneck New YorkOldest clubs rest of the world edit1826 Republic of Singapore Yacht Club Singapore 1844 Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Bermuda 1849 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Hong Kong 1862 Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Australia 1865 Royal Perth Yacht Club Australia 1871 Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron New Zealand 1883 Clube Naval de Luanda AngolaSee also editList of yacht clubs YachtingReferences edit a b America s Oldest Yacht Clubs Yachting Club of America Retrieved 2018 01 21 History of the oldest yacht club in the world Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron RNSYS Navigating Your Way Around the World s Largest Sailing Event Germany s Kiel Week TIME Magazine Kiel Travel Guide About com The world s largest sailing event Kiel Week deutschland de Al Bamberger Jr June 21 1971 Steinberg Watt Double in YRA John Shields Ogilvy Fraser Win Daily News Tarrytown Gowanus Yacht Club Crystal Bay Yacht Club theyachtclub org Rene J Francillon Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club US Carrier Operations Off Vietnam Club History Starcross Yacht Club www starcrossyc org uk Retrieved 16 August 2021 Club History The Royal Western Yacht Club of England Retrieved 16 August 2021 a b History Royal Western Yacht Club of Ireland Retrieved 16 August 2021 Team Afloat ie Royal Alfred Yacht Club afloat ie Retrieved 16 August 2021 Website History History The San Francisco Yacht Club www sfyc org Retrieved 16 August 2021 External links edit nbsp Media related to Yacht clubs at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yacht club amp oldid 1190367090, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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