Houston Yacht Club

The Houston Yacht Club is the oldest yacht club in Texas.[1] It is located in LaPorte, near Houston.[2]

History

The club was founded in 1897,[3] and was originally called the Houston Yacht & Powerboat Club.[4][5] The name was changed to Houston Yacht Club in 1927, at which time the current clubhouse was built.[6][7]

As well as local events,[8][9] the Houston Yacht Club has hosted many national and international regattas on Galveston Bay.[10] In 1929 and 1941, the club hosted the Lipton Cup race.[11] In 2015, it hosted the J22 North American Championship.[12]

Many of the club's sailors have also gone on to compete nationally and internationally,[13] including Olympic sailors John Kolius and Charlie Ogletree.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Akkerman, Dora F. (2008). From Buffalo Bayou to Galveston Bay: The History of the Houston Yacht Club. Houston Yacht Club. p. 20.
  2. ↑ Motorboating - ND. July 1936. pp. 4–.
  3. ↑ Scheib, Flora K. History of the Southern Yacht Club. Pelican Publishing. pp. 493–. ISBN 978-1-4556-0586-6.
  4. ↑ Ann Uloth Malone; Dan Becker (2011). Around La Porte. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-0-7385-8490-4.
  5. ↑ Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas (1942). Houston: a history and guide. The Anson Jones Press. pp. 341–342.
  6. ↑ Lucinda Freeman (27 April 2011). Historic Houston: How to See It: One Hundred Years and One Hundred Miles of Day Trips. iUniverse. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-1-4502-7510-1.
  7. ↑ "Houston, Texas, host to fastest hydroplane". Motorboating - ND. July 1927. p. 106.
  8. ↑ "Optimist race championship ends at Houston Yacht Club". Your Houston News, Jul 20, 2011
  9. ↑ Motorboating - ND. July 1936. pp. 4–.
  10. ↑ "Terry Flynn wins J/22 North Americans". Scuttlebutt Sailing News, October 4th, 2015
  11. ↑ Mike Vance (2011). Houston's Sporting Life: 1900-1950. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 107–. ISBN 978-0-7385-7974-0.
  12. ↑ " J/22 North American Championship at Houston Yacht Club - Day 2". Yachts and Yachting, Christopher Howell 4 October 2015
  13. ↑ "NAYRU Championships". Boating. pp. 108–. ISSN 0006-5374.
  14. ↑ Focke, Amanda. "Business & Pleasure on Houston's Waterways, 1897-1927". Rice University. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

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