boston yacht club history
WB Lambert was elected the first commodore and held that office for three years. It was founded in 1884 by eight men living and summering in Winthrop.
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A history of the Boston Yacht Club 1866-1979.
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The club is located in the popular sailing harbor of Marblehead Massachusetts and has thousands of moorings which are served by club launches. 2 The district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The Yacht Club had a handsome club house located at the intersection of Sea View Avenue and Wianno Avenue known locally as the Red Onion with its square red roof surrounding open veranda and prominent flagpole.
The Club was then known as the Bosport Yacht Club. A Brief History Of The Corinthian Yacht Club The CYC was officially organized on July 7 1885 a little over 100 years after the Declaration of Independence was issued. The original entry list consisted of 15 yachts but for a number of reasons was whittled down to six.
In 1874 the first clubhouse was opened in South Boston. In the summer of 1911 Upton presented his idea for a club-within-a-club to embrace a select group of gasoliners who would develop such forms of cruising and racing as the new type of yacht demanded. The present clubhouse was built in 1904 after the original one was destroyed by fire.
At the annual meeting of the Boston Yacht Club in January 1913 the name was changed to Power Squadron and the club-within-a- club was officially recognized. This web site is a communications tool to help achieve these aims. The Boston Yacht Club has a long history with SF Marina Systems which dates to the early 80s.
The oldest of the buildings that of the Boston Harbor Yacht Club was built in 1898 but may contain elements as old as 1870 when the Boston Yacht Club was founded. He was suggesting that these clubs send delegates to a meeting in New York to consider the matter of organizing other Power Squadrons all to be grouped under a central organization. Publication date 1891 Topics Boston yacht club.
In the winter of 1913-1914 a circular letter by Roger Upton describing the activities of the Power Squadron of the Boston Yacht Club was received by many East Coast yacht clubs. In the Spring of 1880 thirteen Hull summer residents who owned and raced small sailboats met and decided to form a yacht club. A history of the Boston yacht club by Brayley Arthur Wellington from old catalog comp.
The Boston Yacht Club offers 13 rooms to members and their guests visiting yachtsmen and attendees of special events and occasions sponsored by members. HISTORY The Boston Yacht Club was founded in 1866. Located on the western shore the Boston Yacht Club is exposed to Noreasters conditions.
Boston Yacht Club 1 Front Street Marblehead MA 01945. Assisted by a three-page story in Yachting Magazine Yacht clubs around the metropolitan New York area and elsewhere started talking squadron ideas and selecting men for membership. Friday-saturday 1200pm-200pm pub menu in the commodores lounge.
The Boston Yacht Club was founded in 1866 by three Dartmouth alumni who sought a venue for yacht racing that would provide that spirit of comradeship of courtesy and chivalry of sympathetic joy in a common sport. The BYC has a tradition of creating and supporting some of the finest sailing events found anywhere on the East Coast of North America. Upton was elected Rear Commodore of the Boston Yacht Club in 1912 and was placed in charge of the unofficial Power Boat Division of the fleet.
The race began inauspiciously from Marblehead on 21 August 1905 in light airs. The schooners Hope Leslie Elmina Corona Agatha and Black Hawk and the sloop Sauquoit all of the Eastern Yacht Club save Elmina New York Yacht Club. Meetings and parties were held aboard the work boats and barges used by Bosport Docking Company in their commercial endeavors.
The ninety charter members grew the club until in 1874 the first clubhouse was opened at City Point in South Boston. The Clubs Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Records show the first Annual Regatta was held in 1900 although we are not told the exact date.
The 90 original members included the then-18 year old Nathanael Herreshoff who in 1877 drafted the first sailing measurement rule that later became the basis for future handicap rating systems. Led by John Winthrop aboard Arabella the boats carried approximately 700 weary Puritans who fleeing religious persecution in their native England had weathered two long months at sea and were eager to settle in a new land where they could practice their religion without fear. The Hull Yacht Club was founded on June 261880.
Boston Yacht Club founded 1865 Dorchester Soldiers Monument 1867 So. From the prestigious Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race co-hosted. A meeting of all boat owners was held at the Boston Yacht Club in April 1946 at which time officers of the Association were elected and instructions given to them to have By-Laws and a Constitution drawn up for consideration at a later meeting.
In June of 1630 a fleet of 11 sailing ships arrived on the coast of Massachusetts. From old catalog Publisher Boston Mass L. In the mid eighties Bosport Marina moved to new quarters at its present site attached to the Housaic Wharf following the Massport renovation of the area and the construction of the Constitution.
Upton was elected Rear Commodore of the Boston Yacht Club in 1912 and was placed in charge of the unofficial Power Boat Division of the fleet. From this humble beginning the WYC has grown to a club with over 800 members. In the summer of 1911 Upton presented his idea for a club-within-a-club to embrace a select group of gasoliners who would develop such forms of cruising and racing as the new type of yacht demanded.
Throughout its long history our club has endeavored to serve its members and to promote yachting. Boston Yacht Club organized 1868 Meeting House Hill Great Boston Fire 1872 Mechanics Building erected- 1881 Hotel Vendome built 1880 Sewerage system completed 1884 The Dorchester Yacht Club was originally organized in 1870.
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