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Founded	1890
Clubhouse	Stamford, Connecticut
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Website	http://www.stamfordyc.com

The Stamford Yacht Club is located in Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...

 and was founded in 1890 at the home of William Lottimer.

The first race sailed at the club took place in August of 1893. According to Yachts and Yachtsman of America, the race was open to sloop

Sloop

A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....

s and cutters, 36 to 43 feet long. The course was from Cow's Buoy, off Shippan Point

Shippan Point

Shippan Point is the southernmost neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut, located on a peninsula in Long Island Sound. Street names such as Ocean Drive West and Lighthouse Way reflect the neighborhood's shoreline location....

, to Matinnecock Point, then to Eaton's Neck and back, for a total of 25 miles. Kathleen, sailed by P.M. Hoyt of Stamford, was the winner.

The club is located on Stamford Harbor, and has approximately 550 members.

The current commodore is Chris Hynes.
The yacht club hosts a number of significant sailboat races during the season, including the Vineyard Race

Vineyard Race

The Vineyard Race is an annual sailboat race hosted by the Stamford Yacht Club in Stamford, Connecticut. It is held every Labor Day weekend.The 238-mile race was started in 1932 and takes racers from Stamford east to Buzzards Bay and back. The first race had 23 starters with five finishers...

, held every Labor Day weekend, and the Stamford Denmark Friendship Race, held in the fall.

Members of the club have won many prestigious yacht races, including the Fastnet Race

Fastnet race

The Fastnet Race is a famous offshore yachting race. It is considered one of the classic offshore races. It takes place every two years over a course of . The race starts off Cowes on the Isle of Wight in England, rounds the Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland and then finishes at...

, the Bermuda Race

Bermuda Race

The Bermuda Race, or Newport Bermuda Race, is a biennial yacht race from Newport, Rhode Island to the island of Bermuda, a distance of 635 nautical miles across open ocean. The first Bermuda Race started in 1906 from Gravesend Bay, N.Y. with three entries. The race was held several times in the...

, the Great China Sea Race, and the SORC.