Yacht club
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A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to sailing and yachting. Yacht clubs are often associated with a particular marina or port. The club is ostensibly for the owners of yachts but more generally serving as a social club. There is a huge amount of tradition behind yacht clubs, sailing being a rather venerable sport. Most yacht clubs have a distinctive burgee (pennant or flag) and short abbreviation. (eg Royal Yacht Squadron is abbreviated to RYS, New York Yacht Club abbreviated to NYYC etc). Yacht clubs also host regattas and other social and recreational activities throughout the year.
Organization
Yacht clubs are often organized in faux naval style. The Commodore is usually the senior officer. For most yacht clubs, under the Commodore there are also the Vice Commodore and the Rear Commodore. In a few yacht clubs the Admiral, which is one rank above the Commodore, is the senior officer.
List of well-known yacht clubs
- American Yacht Club, Rye, New York, USA
- Cowan Lake Sailing Association, Toledo, Ohio, USA
- Detroit Yacht Club
- Düsseldorfer Yacht Club
- Gamla Stans Yacht Society (GSY), Sweden
- Golden Gate Yacht Club, San Francisco, USA
- Harlem Yacht Club, Bronx, USA
- Hull Yacht Club, Hull, USA
- Kieler Yacht Club
- Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, New York, USA
- Lough Ree Yacht Club, Ballymore, Ireland
- Laagen Yacht Club, Kongsberg, Norway
- Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, Port Washington, New York, USA
- New York Yacht Club, New York, USA
- Nyland Yacht Club, Helsinki, Finland
- Ocean Racing Club of Victoria
- Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia, Italy
- Royal Brighton Yacht Club, Port Phillip, Australia
- Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto, Canada
- Royal Cork Yacht Club, Cork, Ireland - The world's oldest yacht club.
- Royal Danish Yacht Club (KDY)
- Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club (GKSS)
- Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club
- Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, Halifax, Canada
- Royal Norwegian Yacht Club (KNS)
- Royal Ocean Racing Club
- Royal Perth Yacht Club, Australia
- Royal Swedish Yacht Club (KSSS)
- Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
- Royal Yacht Squadron
- Royal NZ Yacht Squadron
- St. Francis Yacht Club
- San Diego Yacht Club
- Seattle Yacht Club
- Societe Nautique de Geneve
- Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Stamford Yacht Club
- Toledo Yacht Club
- Wabash Yacht Club, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- West Mersea Yacht Club, Essex, England
- Yacht Club Punta Ala, Italy
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