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The information contained in this section has been compiled using data from club and UVM archives, articles in the Burlington Free Press and other publications, and written and verbal recollections of various club members. Past and present contributors and compilers include John Dinse, John Williams, Ann Brown, Betty Sproston Little, Dale Hyerstay, and Bern Collins.

Yacht Club Foundings

North American Yacht Clubs, Power Squadrons, & Sailing Clubs Founded in the 19th Century

Taken from North American Yacht Register - 1978 & 1979

Rank Club Name City State/Province Year*
1 Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron Halifax NS 1837
2 New York YC New York NY 1844
3 Midshipman's Sailing Club, USNA Annapolis MD 1847
4 Pass Christian YC Pass Christian MS 1849
4 Southern YC Lake Pontchartrain LA 1849
6 Royal Canadian YC Toronto ON 1852
7 Carolina YC Wilmington NC 1853
8 Buffalo YC Buffalo NY 1860
9 Neenah Nodaway YC Neenah WI 1861
9 Yacht Club de Quebec Sillery PQ 1861
11 Detroit YC Detroit MI 1865
11 Raritan YC Perth Amboy NJ 1865
13 Boston YC Boston MA 1866
14 New Hamburg YC New Hamburg NY 1869
14 Portland YC Portland ME 1869
14 San Francisco YC San Francisco CA 1869
14 Savannah YC Savannah GA 1869
18 Eastern YC Marblehead MA 1870
18 Williamsburgh YC College Point NY 1870
20 Milwaukee YC Milwaukee WI 1871
20 North Shore YC Port Washington NY 1871
20 Toms River YC Toms River NJ 1871
23 Beverly YC Marion MA 1872
24 Albany YC Renssalaer NY 1873
25 Lake Geneva YC Fontana Wi 1874
26 Chicago YC Chicago IL 1875
26 Varuna YC Brooklyn NY 1875
28 Florida YC of Jacksonville Jacksonville FL 1876
29 New Bedford YC Dartmouth MA 1877
29 Rochester YC Rochester NY 1877
31 Cleveland YC Rocky River OH 1878
32 Louisville YC Louisville KY 1879
32 Monmouth YC Red Bank NJ 1879
34 Larchmont YC Larchmont NY 1880
35 Chelsea YC Chelsea on Hudson NY 1881
36 Beach Haven YC Beach Haven NJ 1882
36 Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club Puget Bermuda 1882
38 American YC Rye NY 1883
38 Harlem YC City Island NY 1883
38 Lake Beulah YC East Troy Wi 1883
41 Winthrop YC Winthrop MA 1884
42 American YC Newburyport MA 1885
42 Corinthian YC Marblehead Neck MA 1885
42 Shattemuc YC Ossining NY 1885
42 Toledo YC Toledo OH 1885
46 Annapolis YC Annapolis MD 1886
46 Chelsea YC Chelsea MA 1886
46 Corinthian YC of San Francisco Tiberon CA 1886
46 Fishers Island YC Fishers Island NY 1886
46 Queen City (The) YC Toronto ON 1886
46 Red Dragon Canoe Club Beverly NJ 1886
46 San Diego YC San Diego CA 1886
46 Shelter Island YC Rye NY 1886
54 Chesapeake YC Easton MD 1887
54 Housatonic Boat Club Stratford CT 1887
54 Lake Champlain YC Shelburne VT 1887
54 Pleon YC Marblehead MA 1887
58 Bay Head YC Bay Head NJ 1888
58 Riveerside YC Riverside CT 1888
58 Tarrytown Boat Club Tarrytown NY 1888
61 Cedar Point YC Westport CT 1889
61 Edgewood YC Cranston RI 1889
61 Horseshoe Harbor YC Larchmont NY 1889
61 Indian Harbor YC Greenwich CT 1889
65 Keystone YC Woodmere NY 1890
65 Newport YC Newport RI 1890
65 Stamford YC Stamford CT 1890
65 Stuyvesant YC City Island NY 1890
65 Tower Ridge YC Hastings-on-Hudson NY 1890
65 Winter Harbor YC Winter Harbor ME 1890
71 Conanicut YC Jamestown RI 1891
71 Hempstead Harbor Club Glen Cove NY 1891
71 Ocean City YC Staten Island NY 1891
71 Ponquogue Yacht Squadron Hampton Bays NY 1891
75 Capital YC Washington DC 1892
75 Columbian YC Chicago IL 1892
75 Corinthian YC Philadelphia PA 1892
75 Hobe Sound YC Hobe Sound FL 1892
75 Little Travis Bay YC Harbor Springs MI 1892
75 Manchester YC Manchester MA 1892
75 Manhasset Bay YC Port Washington NY 1892
75 Poughkeepsie YC Poughkeepsie NY 1892
75 Sea Cliff YC Sea Cliff NY 1892
75 Seattle YC Seattle WA 1892
85 Jubilee YC Beverly MA 1893
85 Metropolitan YC City Island NY 1893
87 Cohasset YC Hingham MA 1894
87 Duxbury YC Duxbury MA 1894
87 Huguenot YC New Rochelle NY 1894
87 Huntington YC Huntington NY 1894
87 Inter-Lake Yachting Assoc Vermillion OH 1894
87 Nahant Dory Club Nahant MA 1894
87 Norwalk YC Norwalk CT 1894
87 Put-in-Bay YC Put-in-Bay OH 1894
87 Royal Kennebeccasis YC St John NB 1894
96 Brittania YC Ottawa ON 1895
96 Chippewa YC Chippewa NY 1895
96 City Point YC New Haven CT 1895
96 Hartford YC South Glastonbury CT 1895
96 Hingham YC Hingham MA 1895
96 Saginaw Bay YC Essexville MI 1895
96 Yacht Racing Assoc of LI Sound New York NY 1895
103 Annesquam YC Gloucester MA 1896
103 Halifax River YC Daytona Beach FL 1896
103 Kingston YC Kingston ON 1896
103 Pootatick YC Stratford CT 1896
103 Sachem's Head YC Guilford CT 1896
103 Tarratine YC Dark Harbor (Isleboro) ME 1896
109 Houston YC LaPort TX 1897
109 Indian River YC Cocoa FL 1897
109 Mantoloking YC Mantoloking NJ 1897
109 Sag Harbor YC Sag Harbor NY 1897
109 Woods Hole YC Woods Hole MA 1897
114 Canopus YC Carmel NY 1898
114 Island Heights YC Island Heights NJ 1898
116 Manasquan River YC Brielle NJ 1899
116 Ocean City YC Ocean City NJ 1899
116 Seaside Park YC Seaside Park NJ 1899
119 Oak Island Beach YC Oak Beach NY 1900
119 Unqua Corinthian YC Amityville NY 1900
119 Vallejo YC Vallejo CA 1900

Total count – 121

* Earliest date given among year founded, year incorporated, etc.

LCYC Chronology - 1886-1998

This chronology is based on records and recollections, and is surely incomplete.