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The 1949 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, was the fifth annual running of the "blue water classic" Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.. Hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based in Sydney, New South Wales, the 1949 edition began on Sydney Harbour, at noon on Boxing Day (26 December 1949), before heading south for 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) through the Tasman Sea, past Bass Strait, into ...
April 23, 2024 at 8:33 AM. ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. - Leaders in St. Pete Beach again went late into the night on Tuesday to discuss the controversial $500 million expansion of the Tradewinds Resort ...
The Royal London Yacht Club ( RLYC) is a British yacht club. It is situated on the Parade in Cowes on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. Formed in 1838, it is the sixth oldest Yacht Club in the United Kingdom. Originally formed as The Arundel Yacht Club in the Strand, it became the London Yacht Club in 1845 and moved to Cowes in 1882.
It was founded in Sayville, New York before the First World War. The club fell on hard times during the Great Depression and became inactive. After the Second World War, a group of local residents and war veterans reclaimed the club's charter and relocated the SYC to its present location. Land was acquired and the club's first clubhouse, a ...
The Royal Windermere Yacht Club is a sailing club which was founded in 1860, situated at Fallbarrow Road, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, England. History [ edit ] The first recorded yacht race was to be held on Windermere in 1818, using, as its land base, the inn at Ferry Nab.
The Florida Yacht Club was established by seventeen charter members in 1876. New York businessman William Backhouse Astor, Jr., was the driving force behind the creation of a club promoting boating and water sports in Jacksonville. Astor felt that the broad and slow St. Johns River was a perfect location for boating, though he was the only ...
R. Royal Cork Yacht Club. Royal Irish Yacht Club. Royal St. George Yacht Club.
Since that year, the club has been known as the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria. In 1905, the club established its first clubhouse, by taking out a lease on Wickliffe House, on the Upper Esplanade in St Kilda. Upon the expiry of the Wickliffe House lease in 1912, the club moved back to the city, at 375 Collins Street.