boston yacht club history
HISTORY The Boston Yacht Club was founded in 1866. 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.
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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 Clubs Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on January 17 1888. The CYC was officially organized on July 7 1885 a little over 100 years after the Declaration of Independence was issued. 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 district listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Meetings and parties were held aboard the work boats and barges used by Bosport Docking Company in their commercial endeavors. The Club was then known as the Bosport Yacht Club.
Ebook A History Of The Boston Yacht Club Tuebl Download Online. In 1912 when the motor boat was just becoming reliable and speeds of 8 to 10 knots were being achieved by the more powerful boats a group of boston yacht club members feeling that there was a serious lack of knowledge of the proper handling of motor boats instituted special activities for power boats including instructional classes in their. The Hull Yacht Club was founded on June 261880.
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 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. It is situated at Sunset Bay on the Charles River in Watertown Massachusetts near historic Watertown Square approximately 7 miles upriver from Boston Harbor.
Boston Yacht Club Marblehead MA Located 17 miles north of Boston this 1866-founded club counts famous naval architect Nathanael G. The club operated in six different venues through the years but. The Boston Yacht Club offers 13 rooms to members and their guests visiting yachtsmen and attendees of special events and occasions sponsored by members.
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. FREE shipping on qualifying offers. At the time the Club had yachtsmen and residents most of them summer residents to oversee its operation.
The present clubhouse was built in 1904 after the original one was destroyed by fire. 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. Click GET BOOK on the book you want.
In June of 1630 a fleet of 11 sailing ships arrived on the coast of Massachusetts. From old catalog Publisher Boston Mass L. In 1874 the first clubhouse was opened in South Boston.
Register now and create a free account to access unlimited books fast download ad-free and books in good quality. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston Massachusetts References. In the Spring of 1880 thirteen Hull summer residents who owned and raced small sailboats met and decided to form a yacht club.
Herreshoff then still a teenager as one of its original members. This was done and the present organization is the result INTERNATIONAL 210 ASSOCIATION. 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.
WB Lambert was elected the first commodore and held that office for three years. The land was leased in August 1886 initially for five years from TB. It was founded in 1884 by eight men living and summering in Winthrop.
The following is a list of various book titles based on search results using the keyword a history of the boston yacht club. The original entry list consisted of 15 yachts but for a number of reasons was whittled down to six. According to Taras Ostapchuk the yacht is owned by Alexander Mikheev a Russian arms tycoon.
The Watertown Yacht Club was founded in 1940 and incorporated on September 21 1942. It took the founders just three months to select a site for the clubhouse at the tip of what was then Valentines Island later renamed for the Corinthian. 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.
Valentine at an annual rent of 12. During the cruise a screeching norwester blew up. History of the Boston Yacht Club.
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. 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.
The ninety charter members grew the club until in 1874 the first clubhouse was opened at City Point in South Boston. 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. The original clubhouse built by members was completed at a cost of 1500.
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. A history of the Boston Yacht Club 1866-1979. Many of the sailing yachts were dismasted or otherwise disabled.
Americana Digitizing sponsor The Library of Congress Contributor The Library of Congress Language English Addeddate. During the summer of 1912 twenty Power Boat Division vessels were invited to go with forty windjammers on the annual Boston Yacht Club cruise to Portland Maine. A history of the Boston yacht club by Brayley Arthur Wellington from old catalog comp Publication date 1891 Topics Boston yacht club.
The race began inauspiciously from Marblehead on 21 August 1905 in light airs.
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