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{{Short description|Social club in New York City}}
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{{Infobox yacht club
|  clubname = New York Yacht Club
|  burgee    = File:New York Yacht Club Burgee.png
|  nickname =  
|  short name = NYYC
|  founded  = {{Start date and age|1844|7|30}}
|  location = {{bulleted list|
| [[New York Yacht Club Building|37 West 44th Street]], {{nowrap|[[Manhattan|New York, New York]]}}
| Harbour Court, {{nowrap|[[Newport, Rhode Island]]}}
}}
|  chairman = 
|  commodore  = 
|  website  = {{URL|www.nyyc.org}}
}}
The '''New York Yacht Club''' ('''NYYC''') is a [[gentlemen's club|private social club]] and [[yacht club]] based in [[New York City]] and [[Newport, Rhode Island]]. It was founded in 1844 by nine prominent sportsmen. The members have contributed to the sport of [[yachting]] and yacht design.  As of 2001, the organization was reported to have about 3,000 members.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/03/nyregion/landlocked-berth-for-boat-lovers-new-york-yacht-club-spruces-up-its-grand-home.html?pagewanted=all Landlocked Berth for Boat Lovers; New York Yacht Club Spruces Up Its Grand Home And Finds It Can Thrive Without America's Cup], James Barron, [[The New York Times]], 03 Feb 2001, ''"The effort to add fresh blood to the blue blood has increased the roster to about 3,000 members."''</ref> Membership in the club is by invitation only. Its officers include a  [[Commodore (yacht club)|commodore]], vice-commodore, rear-commodore, secretary and treasurer.

The club is headquartered at the [[New York Yacht Club Building]] in New York City. The [[America's Cup]] trophy was won by members in 1851 and held by the NYYC until [[1983 America's Cup|1983]]. The NYYC successfully defended the trophy twenty-four times in a row before being defeated by the [[Royal Perth Yacht Club]], represented by the yacht ''[[Australia II]]''. The NYYC's reign was the longest winning streak as measured by years in the history of all sports.<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Pelham Books|author=John Rousmaniere|author-link=John Rousmaniere|title=The America's Cup 1851–1983|year=1983|isbn=978-0-7207-1503-3}}</ref>

The NYYC entered [[2021 America's Cup|2021]] and [[2024 America's Cup]] competition under the syndicate name [[American Magic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyyc.org/news/-/blogs/campaign-for-36th-america-s-cup-pairs-two-successful-american-racing-programs-with-new-york-yacht-club?_33_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fnyyc.org%2Fnews%3Fp_p_id%3D33%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-2%26p_p_col_pos%3D1%26p_p_col_count%3D2|title = CAMPAIGN FOR 36TH AMERIca's CUP PAIRS TWO SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN RACING PROGRAMS WITH NEW YORK YACHT CLUB - News - New York Yacht Club}}</ref>

==Clubhouses==
In 1845, the club's first clubhouse was established—a modest, [[Gothic-revival]] building in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]], designed by architect [[Alexander Jackson Davis]], on land donated by Commodore [[John Cox Stevens]].<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1843&ResourceType=Building|title=New York Yacht Club|date=2007-09-17|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106101323/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1843&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2008-01-06}}</ref><ref name="nrhpinv"/> After outgrowing its cramped quarters, the club moved to the [[McFarlane–Bredt House]] in [[Staten Island]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gray|first=Christopher|date=1991-09-08|title=Streetscapes: The McFarlane-Bredt House; The Old Yacht Club On Staten Island|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/08/realestate/streetscapes-the-mcfarlane-bredt-house-the-old-yacht-club-on-staten-island.html|access-date=2022-10-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> then to [[Madison Avenue]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv"/> The Hoboken clubhouse itself was physically relocated to [[Glen Cove, New York]], then to [[Mystic, Connecticut]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Verde|first=Tom|date=1999-12-26|title=The View From/Mystic; New York Yacht Club Reclaims Its Clubhouse|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/26/nyregion/the-view-from-mystic-new-york-yacht-club-reclaims-its-clubhouse.html|access-date=2022-10-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

===Main Clubhouse New York City===
{{Main|New York Yacht Club Building}}
[[File:New York Yacht Club, 1901 cph.3b18785.jpg|thumb|[[New York Yacht Club Building]], 1901]]

The present primary [[Country club|clubhouse]] is the [[New York Yacht Club Building]], a six-storied [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] landmark with a nautical-themed limestone facade, at 37 West 44th Street in [[Midtown Manhattan]].  Opened in 1901, the clubhouse was designed by [[Warren and Wetmore]] (1898), who later helped design [[Grand Central Terminal]].<ref>
http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/310 Whitney Warren Dictionary of Architects in Canada</ref> The centerpiece of the clubhouse is the "Model Room", which contains a notable collection of full and half hull models including a scale model history of all New York Yacht Club America's Cup challenges.  It was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1987.<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv">{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=82001203}}|title="New York Yacht Club", October 1985, by James H. Charleston|work=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=October 1985|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="nrhpphotos">{{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=82001203|photos=y}}|title=New York Yacht Club--Accompanying photo, exterior, undated.|work=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=October 1985|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>

As [[Penn Club of New York]] (est. 1901) became the first alumni clubhouse to join Clubhouse Row for inter-club events at [[30 West 44th Street]]<ref name="nyt-1993-05-09">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/09/realestate/penns-racing-to-join-clubhouse-row.html |title=Penn's Racing to Join Clubhouse Row |work=[[New York Times]] |first=Peter |last=Slatin |date=May 9, 1993 |access-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130071116/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/09/realestate/penns-racing-to-join-clubhouse-row.html |url-status=live}}</ref> after [[Harvard Club of New York City]] (est. 1888) at 27 West 44th, New York Yacht Club (est. 1899) became the first non-alumni clubhouse to join at 37 West 44th, then [[Yale Club of New York City]] (est. 1915) on East 44th (and Vanderbilt) and [[Cornell Club of New York]] (est. 1989) at 6 East 44th on the same block, with [[Princeton Club of New York]] joining in 1963 at 15 West 43rd (the only alumni clubhouse who wasn't on 44th Street, whose members, part of the staff, and in-residence club, [[Williams College]] Club of New York were absorbed into Penn Club following a previous visiting reciprocity agreement between the Princeton-Penn Clubs, before Princeton's went out of business during COVID).<ref name="Chao 2022">{{cite web |last=Chao |first=Eveline |date=January 7, 2022 |title=It Wasn't Just the Pandemic That Closed the Princeton Club |url=https://www.curbed.com/2022/01/princeton-club-closed-members-pandemic.html |access-date=November 3, 2022 |website=Curbed |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103181828/https://www.curbed.com/2022/01/princeton-club-closed-members-pandemic.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=PrincetonWilliams>{{cite web | url=https://williamsrecord.com/461779/news/williams-club-in-new-york-moves-to-penn-club-building/ | title=Williams Club in New York moves to Penn Club building }}</ref> Despite being in New York City, [[Columbia University Club of New York]] (est. 1901) left Princeton after residence agreement issues<ref name=Princeton-issues>{{Cite web|date=July 5, 2017|title=The Columbia Club's New Home|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/summer17/article/columbia-club%E2%80%99s-new-home|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=Columbia College Today|language=en}}</ref><ref name="princeton-issuespolitico">{{Cite news|last=Skelding|first=Conor|date=August 4, 2016|title=Columbia, Princeton clubs at impasse over residence agreement|work=[[Politico]]|url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/08/columbia-princeton-clubs-at-impasse-over-residence-agreement-104390|access-date=October 29, 2021}}</ref> to become in-residence at The Penn Club, while Dartmouth shares the Yale Club, and Brown shares the Cornell Club.

===Harbour Court, Newport Rhode Island===
[[File:Harbour Court - New York Yacht Club by Don Ramey Logan.jpg|thumb|Harbour Court – New York Yacht Club]]

To better host regattas, in 1988, the club purchased an impressive water front property in [[Newport, Rhode Island]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nyyc.org/harbour-court|title=NYYC - Harbour Court|date=2023-06-29}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:The Yacht 'America' Winning the International Race Fitz Hugh Lane 1851.jpeg|thumb|''The Yacht 'America' Winning the International Race'', 1851, [[Fitz Henry Lane]]]]
The New York Yacht Club was founded on July 30, 1844, by nine gentlemen. [[John Cox Stevens]], the leader of this group, and a prominent citizen of New York with a passion for sports, was elected commodore.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-07-12|title=Who founded the New York Yacht Club today in 1844?|url=https://gratefulamericanfoundation.com/who-founded-the-new-york-yacht-club-today/|access-date=2021-10-23|website=Grateful American Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref>  [[John Clarkson Jay]] of [[Rye, New York|Rye]], one of the nine founders, was a grandson of Founding Father [[John Jay]] and served as the first Secretary of the board.<ref>Clary, Suzanne. "A Legacy of Sailing: Owners of the Jay Estate & Yachting in New York 1843 - 1966". Rye Magazine: Weston Magazine, Inc. (38): 244. Retrieved  January 2, 2016 – via issuu.</ref> George L. Schuyler and Hamilton Wilkes were also NYYC founders who, together with Stevens and two others, created the syndicate that built and raced the great schooner-yacht, ''[[America (yacht)|America]]''.  Wilkes served as the club's first vice-commodore.  Schuyler played a key role in the founding of the [[America's Cup]] [[regatta]], and served as its unofficial consultant until his death in 1890.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New York Yacht Club|url=https://nshof.org/yacht_club_stories/new-york-yacht-club/|access-date=2021-10-23|website=National Sailing Hall of Fame|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1845, the club's [[burgee]] was designed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yacht Clubs of NY|url=http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Society/Yacht.html|access-date=2021-10-23|website=bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org}}</ref> The waters off Newport have been a key sailing venue for the NYYC since the beginning of its history.  Indeed, the day the club was founded in 1844, its members resolved to sail from the [[Battery Park (New York)|Battery]] to Newport.  Two days later, they did, with several stops on the way, and trials of speed.

During the first decades of the club's history, racing for prize money was the objective among most members. In [[1851 America's Cup|1851]], a syndicate of NYYC enthusiasts built and raced ''[[America (yacht)|America]]'', capturing the "One Hundred Sovereign Cup" at the annual regatta of the [[Royal Yacht Squadron]].  On July 8, 1857, the coveted [[trophy]] was donated to the NYYC, to serve as a challenge cup for sportsmanlike competition between nations. The "[[America's Cup Race]]", named for its first winner, played a central role in the history of the club until this day.

In 1865, the club was incorporated, adopting the Latin motto: "Nos agimur tumidis velis"&nbsp;&ndash; "We go with swelling sails" (adapted from the verse of the famous Roman poet [[Horace]], "Non agimur tumidis uelis", "We do not go with swelling sails", in ''[[Epistles]]'', 2, 2, 201).  During this time, membership transitioned from the "old guard" to a new generation of yachtsmen, who built large [[schooner]] yachts captained by professionals.  Marking this evolution was the 1866 resignation of Commodore [[Edwin Augustus Stevens]], brother of founder John Cox Stevens and member of the ''America'' syndicate.
[[File:New York Yacht Club motto - Nos Agimur Tumidis Velis.png|thumb|"New York Yacht Club motto - Nos Agimur Tumidis Velis"]]

[[File:Yachts Henrietta, Fleetwing & Vesta.jpg|thumb|''The Great Ocean Yacht Race Between [[Henrietta (ship, 1861)|Henrietta]], [[Fleetwing (ship, 1865)|Fleetwing]] & Vesta'', by [[Currier & Ives]] in 1867]]
The year 1866 is remembered in club annals for the legendary "Transatlantic Race".  In December, the NYYC schooners [[Henrietta (ship, 1861)|''Henrietta'']], [[Fleetwing (ship, 1865)|''Fleetwing'']], and ''Vesta'' raced from [[Sandy Hook (New Jersey)|Sandy Hook]] to [[The Needles]], [[Isle of Wight]] for a $90,000 winner-take-all prize.  The ''Henrietta'', owned by 21-year-old [[James Gordon Bennett Jr.]], and skippered by Captain [[Samuel Samuels|Samuel S. Samuels]], won the race in 13 days, 21 hours and 55 minutes.  Bennett would be elected commodore in 1871.

On August 8, 1870, the schooner [[Magic (yacht)|''Magic'']] represented the New York Yacht Club in the international [[1870 America's Cup]] competition in the [[New York Harbor]] and was won by [[Franklin Osgood]]'s American yacht ''Magic''. She beat 17 competitors, including the English yacht [[Cambria (yacht)|''Cambria'']] and the yachts [[Dauntless (ship, 1866)|''Dauntless,'']] ''Idler,'' ''Fleetwing,'' [[Phantom (yacht)|''Phantom,'']] ''America'' and others.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1870/08/04/83468841.pdf
|title=The Yachts and the Coming Race; Visiting the Cambria, Dauntless and America--Arrangements for the Great Race on Monday Next--The Entries--The Course, &c. |date=4 August 1870|work=[[The New York Times]]|place=New York, New York|access-date=2021-06-13}}</ref>

In 1876, the ''Mohawk'', a large centerboard schooner, capsized due to its [[sheet (sailing)|sheets]] being "made fast" (fastened securely) when a freak [[squall]] struck.  Vice-Commodore William T. Garner, his wife and crew died in the accident.   It is believed that this tragedy led to the extinction of the great centerboard schooner yachts. The ''Mohawk'' was later sold to the U.S. Navy and recommissioned as the [[USC&GS Eagre|USS ''Eagre'']].

In 1895, Richard H. Barker composed 'The yacht club march: march and two-step: for piano' in honor of the New York Yacht Club.<ref>Richard H. Barker 'The yacht club march: march and two-step: for piano' (Toronto : Whaley, Royce & Co., c1895)</ref>

In 1994, as part of the club's 150th anniversary celebrations, Melissa H. Harrington wrote the book ''The New York Yacht Club, 1844–1994''.<ref>Melissa H. Harrington ''The New York Yacht Club, 1844-1994'' (Lyme, Conn.: Greenwich Pub. Group, 1994)</ref>

===New York Yacht Club Stations c. 1894===

By 1894, the New York Yacht Club had a number of Clubhouses: Station 1 in [[Bay Ridge, Brooklyn|Bay Ridge]]; 2 in New York NY; 3 in [[Whitestone, New York|Whitestone NY]]; 4 in [[New London, Connecticut]]; 5 in [[Shelter Island, New York]]; 6 in Newport RI; 7 in [[Vineyard Haven]] and at Rendezvous Glen Cove. In 1868, the club bought a big mansion used as Station 2 at [[Rosebank, Staten Island]]. This building still stands and is known as the [[McFarlane–Bredt House]].
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New York Yacht Club Station 1 Bay Ridge c 1894.JPG| Clubhouse "Station No. 1" of the New York Yacht Club {{circa|1894}} at Bay Ridge
New York Yacht Club station 3 Whitestone c 1894.JPG |Clubhouse "Station No. 3" of the New York Yacht Club {{circa|1894}} at Whitestone, NY
New York Yacht Club Station 4 New London c 1894.JPG |Clubhouse "Station No. 4" of the New York Yacht Club {{circa|1894}} at New London, Conn
New York Yacht Club station 5 Shelter Island.JPG |Clubhouse "Station No. 5" of the New York Yacht Club {{circa|1894}} at Shelter Island, NY
New York Yacht Club station 6 Newport c 1894.JPG |Clubhouse "Station No. 6" of the New York Yacht Club {{circa|1890s}} at Newport, RI
New York Yacht Club station 7 Vineyard Haven c 1894.JPG |Clubhouse "Station No. 7" of the New York Yacht Club {{circa|1894}} at Vineyard Haven, Mass
New York Yacht Club Rendezvous Glen Cove c 1894.JPG| Clubhouse of the New York Yacht Club {{circa|1894}} at Rendezvous Glen Cove
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Former [[Yacht club#Organization|Commodore]] [[J. P. Morgan]] was present at a board meeting on 27 October 1898 to discuss the construction of a new clubhouse.   Morgan offered to acquire a {{convert|75|by|100|ft|adj=on|m}} plot on 44th Street in midtown Manhattan <ref name="p574511646">{{cite news |date=October 28, 1898 |title=Yachting: Commodore Morgan Gives the New-york Club a Site for a House to Race for the Canadian Cup Yacht Associations Meet |page=4 |work=New-York Tribune |id={{ProQuest|574511646}}}}</ref><ref name="nyt-1898-10-28">{{Cite news |date=October 28, 1898 |title=Commodore Morgan's Gift; Presents Three Lots to the N.Y. Yacht Club for a New Home |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1898/10/28/archives/commodore-morgans-gift-presents-three-lots-to-the-ny-yacht-club-for.html |access-date=October 26, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026160734/https://www.nytimes.com/1898/10/28/archives/commodore-morgans-gift-presents-three-lots-to-the-ny-yacht-club-for.html |url-status=live }}</ref> if the NYYC raised its annual membership dues from $25 to $50 and if the new clubhouse occupied the entire site.<ref name="nyt-1898-10-28" /> The board accepted his offer, and Morgan bought the lots the next day for $148,000 and donated to the club.<ref name="nyt-1898-10-29">{{Cite news |date=October 29, 1898 |title=New Yacht Club House; Commodore Morgan Buys a 75-Foot Frontage in Forty-fourth Street for a Site. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1898/10/29/archives/new-yacht-club-house-commodore-morgan-buys-a-75foot-frontage-in-for.html |access-date=October 26, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026160735/https://www.nytimes.com/1898/10/29/archives/new-yacht-club-house-commodore-morgan-buys-a-75foot-frontage-in-for.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="p498954045">{{Cite news |date=October 29, 1898 |title=Com Morgan Pays $148,000.: Loses No Time in Making Good His Offer to Provide Site for New Clubhouse for New York Yacht Club |page=5 |work=Boston Daily Globe |id={{proQuest|498954045}}}}</ref>

Members hosted an informal housewarming party on 29 January 1901 and gave Morgan a trophy in gratitude of his purchase of the site.<ref name="p1013633831">{{cite news |date=January 30, 1901 |title=N.Y.Y.C. Honors J.P. Morgan: Silver Loving Cup Presented to the Club's Ex-commodore |page=7 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |id={{ProQuest|1013633831}}}}</ref><ref name="p173095798">{{cite news |date=January 30, 1901 |title=Harriman Gets Chicago Lines.: Terminal Transfer Company's Stock Reported in Control of Eastern Man. Details of the Deal. Charity Ball for Benefit of Nursery and Childs' Hospital a Success. General New York News. |page=5 |work=Chicago Tribune |id={{ProQuest|173095798}}}}</ref>

==Racing and the America's Cup==
[[File:This week Sir Thomas tries again to wrest the Americas Cup from the New-York Yacht Club LOC 4157965609.jpg|thumb|The America's Cup featured in the New-York Tribune in 1903.]]
Following the disastrous{{Clarify|reason=Why was the 1881 Cup disastrous? The NYYC defended its title successfully|date=November 2023}} Bay of Quinte America's Cup challenge in 1881, the club's committee voted a new rule to govern its races:<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/lawsonhistoryofa00thomrich#page/n183/mode/2up|title=The Lawson history of the America's Cup|author=Thomas W. Lawson|author-link=Thomas W. Lawson (businessman)|year=1902|publisher=Sheridan House |isbn=978-0-907069-40-9}}</ref>

:<math>\text{Rating}=\frac{2 \cdot \text{Load Waterline Length}+ \sqrt{\text{Sail Area}}}{3}</math>

The [[America's Cup#The NYYC rule|America's Cup]] challenges of 1885, 1886 and 1887 used this rule with an {{convert|85|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} waterline length limit. In 1887, the NYYC adopted the [[Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club]]'s rating rule, which handicapped length comparatively less. Then, in 1903, the NYYC changed its rating system to the "Herreshoff Rule", devised by the yacht designer, [[Nathanael Herreshoff]].  Later renamed the "Universal Rule", it would be adopted by the majority of leading American yacht clubs. The rule governed yacht design for almost forty years.

The America's Cup was held for 132 years, from [[1851 America's Cup|1851]] until ''[[Australia II]]'' defeated [[Dennis Conner]]'s ''Liberty'' off [[Newport, Rhode Island]] in [[1983 America's Cup|1983]]. This record remains the longest winning streak in sports history.

Since the loss of the Cup the NYYC has been forced to reinvent itself and the club has become involved in [[team racing]], [[dinghy racing]], youth sailing, and international regattas. In 2002 the Club hosted the [[Intercollegiate Sailing Association]] Sloop North American Championships. In 2006 the Club hosted the [[Blind Sailing World Championships]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = 2006 IFDS Blind Sailing World Championships - Yachting Australia|url = http://www.yachting.org.au/2006-ifds-blind-sailing-world-championships/|website = www.yachting.org.au|access-date = 2015-10-01|publisher = Yachting Australia|last = Hargraves|first = Carly|date = January 30, 2006|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151006212939/http://www.yachting.org.au/2006-ifds-blind-sailing-world-championships/|archive-date = October 6, 2015}}</ref>

The NYYC entered [[2021 America's Cup]] represented by the [[American Magic]] team, led by [[Terry Hutchinson]] and Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association. In May 2018, it was announced that [[Dean Barker (sailor)|Dean Barker]] will helm the boat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/103545664/Dean-Barker-leads-Kiwi-quartet-as-helmsman-for-New-Yorks-2021-Americas-Cup-bid|title = Dean Barker leads Kiwi quartet as helmsman for New York's 2021 America's Cup bid|date = May 2018}}</ref> 
"American Magic" references the first Cup winner, the yacht [[America (yacht)|America]], and the first defender, the yacht [[1870 America's Cup|Magic]].<ref name=Reuters-2018-03-27>{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sailing-americas-usa/sailing-american-magic-to-challenge-for-2021-americas-cup-idUSKBN1H324J |title= Sailing: 'American Magic' to challenge for 2021 America's Cup |date= 27 March 2018 |work= Reuters |author= Alan Baldwin |editor= Ed Osmond }}</ref>

==Regattas==
[[File:Regatta of the New York Yacht Club cph.3a03483.jpg|thumb|Engraving of spectators watching the annual regatta, late 19th century]]

* "Annual Regatta", started in 1846
* [[NYYC Invitational Cup]]
* [[2005 Rolex Transatlantic Challenge]]
* "New York Yacht Club Cruise", an annual series of races held in July or August
* "Queen's Cup Trophy"
* "Una Cup"
* "Corsair Cup"
* "Astor Cups"
* "Solution Trophy"

The club has held a number of [[World championships in sailing|World Championships]] including [[J/70 World Championship]], [[Melges 20 World Championship]], [[Melges 32 World Championship]], [[Etchells World Championship]], [[Farr 40 World Championship]], [[TP52 World Championship]], 12-metre Worlds and the ORC World Championship,

==Notable members==
[[File:N.Y. Yacht Club Landing - Newport LOC 2162645565.jpg|thumb|New York Yacht Club Landing in Newport c. 1910s]]
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* [[Winthrop W. Aldrich]]
* [[Brooke Astor]]
* [[John Jacob Astor]], real estate mogul
* [[Vincent Astor]]
* [[George Fisher Baker]]
* [[August Belmont]]
* [[James Gordon Bennett Jr.]], newspaper publisher
* [[Michael Bloomberg]], [[Mayor of New York City]]
* [[John Nicholas Brown II]], philanthropist
* [[Frederick Gilbert Bourne]]
* [[William F. Buckley]], author and commentator
* [[William A. Chanler]], explorer, soldier and US Congressman
* [[Robert H. Conn]], Assistant Secretary of the Navy
* [[Dennis Conner]], racing yacht captain
* [[William P. Cronan]], 19th [[Naval Governor of Guam]]
* [[Walter Cronkite]], newscaster
* [[Chris Dodd]], United States senator
* [[Pete DuPont]], governor of Delaware
* [[Elbridge Thomas Gerry]]
* [[Jay Gould]], railroad tycoon
*  James Alexander Hamilton, 3rd son of Alexander Hamilton, won first America's Cup in 1851
* [[Alfred Walton Hinds]], 17th [[Naval Governor of Guam]]
* [[Charles Oliver Iselin]]
* [[Charles O'Neal]], politician
* [[Arthur Curtiss James]]
* [[Gary Jobson]]
* [[Edward Kennedy Jr.]], son of United States Senator
* [[Dennis Kozlowski]] (resigned)
* [[Herbert F. Leary]], Vice admiral in the Navy
* [[Lewis Cass Ledyard]]
* [[John Lehman]], [[Secretary of the Navy]]
* [[Bernard Madoff]] (resigned)
* [[Clarence Moore (businessman)|Clarence Moore]], businessman
* [[J. P. Morgan]], financier
* [[J. P. Morgan Jr.]]
* [[Junius Spencer Morgan III]]
* [[Emil Mosbacher]]
* [[Robert Mosbacher]]
* [[Franklin Osgood]] (1826–1888), served three terms as Rear-Commodore; member of first [[America's Cup]] Committee (1869)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79264243/committee/ |title=Yachting. Meeting of the New York Yacht Club.|work= New York Daily Herald |place=New York, New York|date=6 Feb 1869 |page=7|access-date=2021-06-09}}</ref>
*[[Frank F. Olney]] (1851–1903), 18th Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island<ref name=stamps2>{{cite magazine|title=Frank F. Olney|journal=The American Journal of Philately|date=1 Oct 1903|page=353|access-date=20 May 2015|publisher=The Scott Stamp and Coin Co|location=New York, NY|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XUA9AQAAMAAJ&q=frank+f.+olney+mayor&pg=PA353}}</ref>
* Trenor Luther Park elected 1883, owned the Sultana
*[[Jonas M. Platt]], major general in the Marine Corps
*[[Michael J. Quigley]], Naval Intelligence Officer
*[[David Rockefeller]], banker
*[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], 32nd [[President of the United States]]
*[[Gary Roughead]], 29th Chief of Naval Operations, US Navy
*[[Arthur J. Santry, Jr.]] Chief Executive Officer, Combustion Engineering and Commodore NYYC<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lambert |first1=Bruce |title=Arthur J. Santry Jr., 74, Is Dead; Headed Combustion Engineering |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/26/nyregion/arthur-j-santry-jr-74-is-dead-headed-combustion-engineering.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=23 August 2023 |date=26 February 1993}}</ref>
*[[Elliott Fitch Shepard]], lawyer and newspaper owner<ref name="Cyclopedia">{{cite book|editor-last=Homans|editor-first=James E.|title=The Cyclopedia of American Biography|publisher=The Press Association Compilers|date=1918|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gMEOs4na_yAC|pages=299–300}}</ref>
*[[Alfred P. Sloan]]
*[[George J. Smith]], U.S. Congressman and cigar manufacturer<ref name="GeorgeJSmith">{{cite book | last1=Hamersly | first1=L.R. | last2=Leonard | first2=J.W. | last3=Mohr | first3=W.F. | last4=Knox | first4=H.W. | last5=Holmes | first5=F.R. | title=Who's who in New York City and State | publisher=L.R. Hamersly Company | series=Cornell Library New York State Historical Literature | issue=v. 6 | year=1914 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5exHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA666 | access-date=9 March 2022 | page=666}}</ref>
*[[John Cox Stevens]]
*[[Olin Stephens]], yacht designer
*[[Ted Turner]], media mogul
*[[Cornelius Vanderbilt III]], Army general
*[[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]], railroad executive
*[[Thomas Watson Jr.]]
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==See also==
* [[NYYC Invitational Cup]]
* [[List of American gentlemen's clubs]]
* Sailboat design for club fleets
** [[New York 36]]
** [[Swan 47-2]]
** [[ClubSwan 42]]
** [[Melges IC37]]
** [[Sonar (keelboat)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*''New York Yacht Club'' by New York Yacht Club and Rarebooksclub.com (Mar 4 2012). {{ISBN|1130831000}}
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/scd0001.00297082528 The History of Yachting, 1600–1815] by Arthur H. Clark; pub. under authority and direction of the New York Yacht Club (New York; London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904)

==External links==

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* {{Official website|http://www.nyyc.org}}

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