. Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting. Etc. (The old Bermuda Scotch matured in wood in our own cellars) as supplied the New YorkYacht Club and other prominent clubs in New York, Boston and other places. New York Aaents - McILVAINE & BALDWIN - 500 Fifth Avenue LAMB & CO. Outside and Inside STORAGE and REPAIRS ENGINES OVERHAULED FirSl Street, Foot of I Street, SOUTH BOSTON 43 YACHTS AND YACHTING 49 July 30, 1844, is the date of the organization of the New York Yacht C]uh,as on that day nine gentlemen, John C. Stevens, Hamilton Wilkes, William
. Yachts and yachting; a magazine devoted to the upbuilding of the noble sport of yachting. Etc. (The old Bermuda Scotch matured in wood in our own cellars) as supplied the New YorkYacht Club and other prominent clubs in New York, Boston and other places. New York Aaents - McILVAINE & BALDWIN - 500 Fifth Avenue LAMB & CO. Outside and Inside STORAGE and REPAIRS ENGINES OVERHAULED FirSl Street, Foot of I Street, SOUTH BOSTON 43 YACHTS AND YACHTING 49 July 30, 1844, is the date of the organization of the New York Yacht C]uh,as on that day nine gentlemen, John C. Stevens, Hamilton Wilkes, William Ed-g-ar^ John C. Jay, George L. Schuyler, Lewis Depan, George B. Rollins, JamesAI. Waterbury, and Capt. James Rogers, met on board the little schooner (jim-crack lying ofif the Battery and drew up a set of resolutions forming a yachtclub. John C. Stevens was elected Commodore, and the club voted- to make acruise to Newport, Rhode Island, on August 2nd. The following yachts were rep-resented at this meeting: Gimcrack, Spray, Cygnet, La Coquille, Dream, Mist,Petrel, Minna and MODEL ROOM In this room may be seen models of all the famous American Yachts. Next year the club met for the first time in its own clubhouse which wasl)resented to the club by Commodore Stevens and was situated on a wooded knollin Hoboken near the Elysian Fields. This famous old house consisted of onelarge assembl}- and dining room and a sniall committee room, and now stands(Ml the sliores of Hempstead Harbor at ( ilcn Cove, where it is cherished and Mc-scrved in its original form as one )f the club stations. In the same year the clubs first race was sailed with the lullowing entries:C}gnct. Syliil, Si)ra\, La C()(|uille, Minna, (limrrack, Xewburg. bla. Lancet, Sy-ren anri lanthc. ddie race was won bv Cvunet, which covered the course from
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