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World's Oldest Yacht Clubs
The oldest yacht clubs in the world still in operation today
| Order | Yacht Club | Establish |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Royal Cork Yacht Club, Cork, Ireland* |
1720 |
|
2 |
Lough Ree Yacht Club, Athlone, Ireland |
1770 |
|
3 |
Starcross Yacth Club, Powderham, UK |
1772 |
|
4 |
Royal Thames Yacht Club, London, UK |
1775 |
|
5 |
Royal Yact Squadron, London, UK |
1815 |
|
6 |
Singapre Yacht Club, Singapore |
1826 |
|
7 |
Royal Western Yacht Club, Plymouth, UK |
1827 |
|
8 |
Royal Gibraltar Yact Club, Gibraltar |
1829 |
|
9 |
Royal Swedish Yacht Club, Stockholm, Sweden |
1830 |
|
10 |
Royal Irish Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland |
1831 |
|
11 |
Lough Derg Yacht Club, Tipperary, Ireland |
1835 |
|
12 |
Royal Forth Yacht Club, Edinburgh, Scotland |
1835 |
|
13 |
Royal Malta Yacht Club, Ta'Xbeix, Malta |
1835 |
|
14 |
Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, Halifax, Canada |
1837 |
|
15 |
Tamar Yacht Club, Tasmania, Australia |
1837 |
|
16 |
Royal St George Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland |
1838 |
|
17 |
Royal Southern Yacht Club, Hamble, UK |
1838 |
|
18 |
Deben Yacht Club, UK, Woodbridge, UK |
1838 |
|
19 |
Royal St George Yacht Club, Ireland, |
1838 |
|
20 |
Narragansett Boat Club, Rhode Island |
1838 |
|
21 |
Detroit Boat Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA |
1839 |
|
22 |
Societe des Regates du Havre, Le Havre, France |
1840 |
|
23 |
Royal Perth Yacht Club, Perth, Australia |
1841 |
|
24 |
Royal Harwich Yacht Club, Harwich, UK |
1843 |
|
25 |
Royal Mersey Yacht Club, Birkenhead, UK |
1844 |
|
26 |
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, Hamilton, Bermuda |
1844 |
|
27 |
New York Yacht Club, Newport, Rhode Island, USA* |
1844 |
|
28 |
Royal Bombay Yacht Club, Bombay, India |
1846 |
*Note: Flotilla of the Neva club, St Peterburg, Russia was established in 1718 but is hardly in operation today
HT: Yachting World
& Classic Yacht Magazine
