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