Knickerbocker Yacht Club
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The Knickerbocker Yacht Club is a yacht club
in Port Washington
, New York.
The club was founded in 1874, on the Harlem River
at 130th Street in Manhattan, to encourage “Yachting and the cultivation of Naval Science and Seamanship”.
In 1907, it moved to Port Washington. It started the Knickerbocker Cup race in 1982, which became internationally recognized.
At its peak in the early 1980s, membership consisted of approximately 290 families with 165 boats.
World champion runner Lon Myers
began his track career running for the club. Bus Mosbacher, who skippered two winning teams in the America's Cup races, and world champion sailor Robert Mosbacher
were members of the club.
As of 2009, it was the second-oldest yacht club on Long Island Sound
.
Yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to sailing and yachting.-Description:Yacht Clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there are some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations...
in Port Washington
Port Washington, New York
Port Washington is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the community population was 15,846....
, New York.
The club was founded in 1874, on the Harlem River
Harlem River
The Harlem River is a navigable tidal strait in New York City, USA that flows 8 miles between the Hudson River and the East River, separating the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx...
at 130th Street in Manhattan, to encourage “Yachting and the cultivation of Naval Science and Seamanship”.
In 1907, it moved to Port Washington. It started the Knickerbocker Cup race in 1982, which became internationally recognized.
At its peak in the early 1980s, membership consisted of approximately 290 families with 165 boats.
World champion runner Lon Myers
Lon Myers
Laurence Eugene "Lon" Myers was an American sprinter and middle distance runner.Myers won 28 national championships. He also set world records at 11 different distances, and held every American record for races 50 yards to one mile. Myers set the world quarter-mile record while running the final...
began his track career running for the club. Bus Mosbacher, who skippered two winning teams in the America's Cup races, and world champion sailor Robert Mosbacher
Robert Mosbacher
Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. , was an American businessman, accomplished yacht racer, and a Republican politician. In sailing, Sports Illustrated called him "the unquestioned master of fleet racing." In business in 1954, he found a million-dollar field of natural gas in South Texas...
were members of the club.
As of 2009, it was the second-oldest yacht club on Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean, located in the United States between Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south. The mouth of the Connecticut River at Old Saybrook, Connecticut, empties into the sound. On its western end the sound is bounded by the Bronx...
.
External links
- The Knickerbocker Yacht Club: seventy-fifth anniversary, 1874-1949, Knickerbocker Yacht Club