RED BANK YACHT CLUB
HISTORY
THE BIRTH OF THE RED BANK YACHT CLUB
SINCE 1896
BIRTH OF THE YACHT CLUB
A New yacht club called "The Red Bank Yacht Club" has been formed. The Club has bought a float 40x60 feet, on which it will build a club house. the Float will be anchored in the river. It will hold races every Saturday morning for the summer season.
The Red Bank Yacht Club holds its first race
Original Boats Involved in Race: T.F. Byrne's Nancy, A. Murray's Jessie, Frank Paine's Yankee Girl, WS Jones's Gracie, and Harry Knapp's Nereid. The winner of the race was Harry Knapp's Nereid. The prize was a pennant.
FIRST REGATTA
The new Red Bank yacht club will hold it's first regatta on Monday July 5th. The race will be over the club's new course. The regatta will be open to all cat-rigged boats and there will be two classes....boats twenty feet long and over and.... boats under twenty feet. No entry fee will be charged.
The Gold Cup Regatta Held At The Red Bank Yacht Club
Thousands of people flocked to the Red Bank river shores to see Red Bank's Biggest River Event Winner Of Gold Cup Regatta Richard's Hoyt's IMP The Gold Cup Regatta returned to Red Bank in many subsequent years. Among the best known know competitors was Guy Lombardo.
THE BIRTH OF THE RED BANK YACHT CLUB
SINCE 1896
October 28, 1896
A New yacht club called “The Red Bank Yacht Club” has been formed. The Club has bought a float 40×60 feet, on which it will build a club house. the Float will be anchored in the river. It will hold races every Saturday morning for the summer season.
June 2, 1897
The Red Bank Yacht Club holds its first race.
Original Boats Involved in Race:
T.F. Byrne’s Nancy
A. Murray’s Jessie
Frank Paine’s Yankee Girl
WS Jones’s Gracie
Harry Knapp’s Nereid
The winner of the race was Harry Knapp’s Nereid. The prize was a pennant.
June 23, 1897
The new Red Bank yacht club will hold it’s first regatta on Monday July 5th. The race will be over the club’s new course. The regatta will be open to all cat-rigged boats and there will be two classes….boats twenty feet long and over and …. boats under twenty feet. No entry fee will be charged.
August 28, 1929
The Gold Cup Regatta Held At The Red Bank Yacht Club
Thousands of people flocked to the Red Bank river shores to see Red Bank’s Biggest River Event
Winner Of Gold Cup Regatta
Richard’s Hoyt’s IMP
The Gold Cup Regatta returned to Red Bank in many subsequent years. Among the best known know competitors was Guy Lombardo.
The purposes and objectives for which this corporation is organized and operated are to encourage yachting and the science and art of designing, building, navigating, and handling small boats, and to assist the members of the Club in becoming proficient in such pursuits; to provide a meeting place for the members; to foster the mutual exchange of ideas and the development of common interests with respect to yachts and yachting; and for the promotion of social activities among the Club members; to gather and disseminate such information as the members may desire; to aid them in the conduct of their yachting activities; to encourage an intellectual contact among the members of this corporation and the members of other associations devoted to similar pursuits; to qualify the members, participation in various yachting association activities, achieved by Club membership in those associations and to promote boat safety.
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