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What is the oldest yacht club in the USA?

I have heard several YC's claim to be the oldest in USA including the New York Yacht Club (Newport RI), Boston Yacht Club (Marblehead, MA), American yacht Club (Newburyport, MA). Anyone know for sure? Just curious.


Looks like it's the Narragansett (R.I.) Yacht Club (1838):

Mike Thébaud, 79, Former Rye Commodore

RYE, N.Y. – Reynal de St Michel "Mike" Thébaud, former commodore of the American Yacht Club in Rye, died May 5. He was 79.  

A resident of Greenwich, Conn., Thébaud was retired from IBM after 33 years. 

He was born March 10, 1933 in White Plains, N.Y., to Reynal de St Michel Thébaud, Sr. and Alice Beatrice Thébaud. He graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1951 and Yale University in 1955. While at Yale, Thébaud was a member of the ROTC. Upon graduation, he was commissioned in the Air Force and served for two years in Rome, N.Y. He then joined IBM in 1958, retiring in 1991. 

An avid sailor, Thébaud was a member of the American Yacht Club in Rye, N.Y., and Nantucket Yacht Club. His devotion to sailing led him to adventures in both racing and cruising, from the Long Island Sound to as far east as Louisburg, Nova Scotia. 

He was commodore of American Yacht Club from 1987 to 1988 and also participated in the race committee, trap shooting, the newsletter and the bridge group. He won many trophies in both sailing and trap. 

2011 5o5 NA American Yacht Club

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Detroit's Bayview Yacht Club shares lead in The New York Yacht ...

After 12 races for the Blue Fleet, Bayview Yacht Club of Detroit is first overall, with Bora Gulari, the 2009 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year in America, as skipper. s American Yacht Club team from Rye, New York. s San Francisco Yacht Club team and Peter Duncan&rsquo. said Ted Everingham, Chairman of the Team Bayview Regatta team. For the first two days of racing the 24 teams were divided into Red and Blue Fleets....

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The Lawson history of the America's Cup, a record of fifty years
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The Lawson history of the America's Cup, a record of fifty years

Massachusetts yachtsmen have been reluctant to believe that the New York Yacht Club had actually chosen the narrow ... and will agree to any terms or conditions, time or place which any reorganized American yacht club will decide to be ...

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ROYAL JAMAICA YACHT CLUB. Organized 1885. Station — Rae Town, Kingston, Jamaica. Commodore Sir HA Blake, KCMG committee of management. Vice-Commodore Commodore Dowding, RN Commander Evans, RN, Naval Member. Rear-Commodore 1.

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The New York Yacht Club also agreed that, in case the first six races resulted in a tie, the seventh or deciding race should ... This time, however, the American yacht was1 not allowed to wear her laurels unchallenged, for Mr. Ashbury, ...

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... against any other ship for $10000, the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the New York Yacht Club. ... At the same time let us say that this feeling is more prevalent than some frothy philanthropists would have us believe .

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Bayview Yacht Club leads New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup
Bayview Yacht Club leads New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup Second going into today's races was Sean Bennett's San Francisco Yacht Club team and Peter Duncan's American Yacht Club team from Rye, New York.

A Catamaran and a Tour for the 34th America's Cup
A Catamaran and a Tour for the 34th America's Cup If the Challenger of Record, the Yacht Club of Roma, is already registered, no team has yet formalized its coming. It seems unlikely that Team New Zealand

Out and about in Pinellas County: Sept. 15-16
Bingo: Play bingo at the yacht club every Thursday. 7-9 pm Tarpon Springs Yacht Club, 350 N Spring Blvd., Tarpon Springs. (727) 934-2136.

Paddle the Navesink Day scheduled for Saturday
The North Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club will also hold an open house and tours. In the renovated Marine Park, the Clearwater's Garvey, the Adam Hyler,

US Sailing President Gary Jobson talks - where to from here? Part 1
US Sailing President Gary Jobson talks - where to from here? Part 1 The average age of yacht club members has to be around 60. We do a good job with junior and colligate sailing, but as soon as they get out of college, BAM,