The three charter members were taken aback when two weeks later, cruising yachts from the Larchmont Club anchored behind Duck Island, blowing there horns for the yacht club launch. The boys kept out of sight! In the early 1930s, Duck Island Yacht Club became one of the charter members of the Eastern Connecticut Yacht Racing Association and twice hosted the Annual ECYRA Regatta. The club had an active racing schedule going most Saturdays and Sundays. The first classes of boats […]

The Darien Boat Club is located at 135 Pear Tree Point Road in Darien, Connecticut. The Boat Club offers a well protected anchorage for the membership’s boats in a picturesque residential setting. The Long Island Sound is easily and quickly accessed by the short harbor in which it is situated between the many harbors of Stamford and Norwalk. The Darien Boat Club is ideally located for day trips to the Norwalk Islands, Five Mile River, Norwalk Harbor, Stamford Harbor, and […]

With the recent opening of navigation up the East River from New York City, Long Island Sound was just beginning to see yachting activity. Local yachtsmen sought to establish a local venue from which to test their sailing skills against each other and all challengers. This spirit of competition, on which CPYC was founded, remains its focus today. The club took its name from the point of land on the eastern shore of the entrance to the Saugatuck River from […]

Created in 1928 when Connecticut Light and Power (CL&P) flooded a typical rural valley bounded by the towns of Danbury, New Fairfield, Sherman, New Milford and Brookfield, Candlewood Lake is the largest lake in Connecticut.  It is 11 miles long, has a shoreline of over 60 miles and is two miles at its widest point.  The maximum depth is 85 feet, with an average of 29-30 feet.  The name comes from New Milford’s Candlewood Mountain, named after the Candlewood saplings […]

Bolton Sailing Club was founded in 1952 on Belmont Reservoir and is recognised as one of the foremost Sailing Clubs in the North of England, where it is served by a well-appointed Clubhouse and dinghy park. From its original four members, it now has a membership of approximately 400 which includes ordinary, family, associate, senior, and junior members. Belmont Reservoir is located just to the north of Bolton at Belmont Village and provides a large area of open water for […]

When our founders met on the porch of the Branford Point Hotel, their discussions often focused on plans to organize a club that would encourage the art of navigation, the advancement of aquatic sports, and gather together yachtsmen into a common interest association. Herbert Smith of East Haven, Homer H. Sheppard of New Haven, and Norman Gillette of Short Beach incorporated the Branford Yacht Club on June 24, 1909. Herbert Smith became the first Commodore (1909-1910). When the Branford Point […]

Black Rock Yacht Club traces its origins to 1874. In that year, George A. Wells, an associate of P.T. Barnum, purchased a building on the land where the clubhouse now sits. It became known as part of the George Hotel, known the world over for its elegance and charm. The Club House was used as a bar and for shore dinners. During that period it was called “Pleasure Hall”. Bathing facilities for the hotels 200 or more guests were quite […]

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The Baldwin Yacht Club has approximatey 130 member families. The majority live in southeastern Connecticut or Rhode Island but some live as far away as Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. We share a love of boating on eastern Long Island Sound and environs. The Baldwin fleet presently consists of about 60% sailboats and 40% power boats. We have a busy schedule of on-the-water events typically scheduled every other weekend from our season Commissioning Memorial Day weekend at the Mystic […]

We would like to welcome you to the King Harbor Yacht Club Web Site. Our Club is located in beautiful King Harbor, Redondo Beach, California. The view from the club is spectacular looking right out on the Pacific Ocean on one side and down the channels of the harbor on the other. We love King Harbor because it is big enough to have 1,458 slips, but you can be on the ocean in five minutes from any place in the […]

The Middle Harbour Amateur Sailing Club has raced centreboard dinghies from its premises at The Spit for over 50 years. The Club started racing Laser class dinghies in 1976 and has produced many fine sailors, including: Glenn Bourke, triple World Champion 1988 to 1990 Michael Blackburn, 2006 World Laser Champion. Olympic representative, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 (Bronze Medal) and Athens 2004.  2004 World Laser Radial  Champion Gabrielle King, triple World Youth Champion 2007 to 2008 Peter Heywood, 2005, 2007, 2008, […]

We are delighted that you have taken the time to visit our web site. Our intentions are to be able to provide as much useful information for your benefit. The web page is designed to provide an overview of the programs and the benefits of our service. We would appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have that we could add to this site which would better assist you. Who We Are Sail/Voile NB is the provincial governing body for […]

It pretty much started in my garage, I was building a sail boat when Dick Quinton dropped by and mentioned that there were a few guys that were thinking of starting a yacht club at the beach. He inquired as to the boat I was building, which was an Enterprise. The long and short of it was that Kildonan canoe were starting to build Enterprises hence that made the decision easy there were seven including mine. We built the little […]

The Victoria Cruising Club originally started as the Victoria Outboard Club in 1956. Members’ vessels were not very large but they managed to go cruising none the less (complete with small family members and the usual pet). Around 1970 the Club’s name was changed to the “Victoria Cruising Club”. The Victoria Cruising Club maintains a maximum of 75 members plus 8 Associate members and 7 Honorary members. With 75 vessels on the roster we can pretty well take up most […]

Welcome to Turkey Head Sailing Association The objectives of the Turkey Head Sailing Association are to: To provide fun, low-key sailing events year round; To hold monthly club socials from September to June where members and guests can gather; To give everyone an opportunity to experience sailing; To welcome novice sailors and provide an environment in which to experience sailing; To provide an opportunity for everyone to improve their sailboat racing and boating skills, while still having lots of fun; […]

Welcome to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club With over 120 years of rich history, the RVYC is the oldest yacht club in western Canada. Our main clubhouse and marina is located on the protected waters of Cadboro Bay, while our Tsehum Harbour marina is located along the premium shores of Sidney’s inner waterfront. Our club offers fun, friendly and affordable atmosphere; a place to race all kinds of sailboats; a place to start your cruise or family adventure; a place […]

hether you are a pro pro or a novice, The Australian country wide university sailing membership (ANUSC) has something for all people. primarily based on the seashores of Lake Burley Griffin (the person-made lake inside the heart of Canberra), the club is just a brief pressure/experience far from the ANU campus. in case you are new to sailing, then the club has lots of skilled sailors who’re greater than glad to introduce to this superb recreation. A big variety of […]

NS14 country wide Championship at CYC The outcomes for the NS14 national Championships may be determined here. CYC summer time sailing The Canberra Yacht membership summer season crusing season includes Championship and Pointscore racing, the NOR can be located here. The very popular quick direction races back to lower back, neither is right here. all through the summer CYC contributors and traffic also revel in the Twilight races on a Wednesday night starting off at 6pm. find the NOR right […]

rchaeological studies of the Cucuteni-Trypillian lifestyle ceramics show use of crusing boats from the 6th millennium onwards.[1] Excavations of the Ubaid duration (c. 6000 -4300 BC) in Mesopotamia gives direct proof of crusing boats.[2] Sails from historic Egypt are depicted around 3200 BCE,[3][4] in which reed boats sailed upstream against the River Nile’s present day. historic Sumerians used square rigged crusing boats at approximately the same time, and it is believed they set up sea buying and selling routes as […]

The British Powerboat Racing Club was framed in 2001 after the function supper held at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes praising the 40th running of the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes seaward powerboat race. The Cowes-Torquay propelled seaward powerboat hustling as a game in Britain in 1961. At first supported by the Daily Express daily paper, its prosperity energized a few nations in Europe and the Middle East to take action accordingly. Consequently it can rightly claim to have acquainted seaward powerboat hustling […]