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| title = Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
| clubname = Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
| burgee = Burgee of Seawanhaka Corinthian YC.svg
| nickname =
| short name = SCYC
| founded = 1871
| location = 314 Yacht Club Rd., Centre Island, New York 11771
| chairman =
| commodore =
| website = {{URL|www.seawanhaka.org }}
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The Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club is one of the oldest yacht clubs in the Western Hemisphere,[1] located in Centre Island, New York, with access to Long Island Sound.
History
The Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club was founded (as the "Seawanhaka Yacht Club") in September 1871 aboard the sloop Glance, anchored off Centre Island. Glances captain, William L. Swan, was elected Seawanhaka's first Commodore. For many years, club meetings were held aboard this flagship.
Clubhouses
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| image = jsj-013-Clubhouse Seawanhaka-Corinthian.jpg
| caption = The club in the 1890s. Photo by John S. Johnston
| location= Centre Island, New York
| coordinates = {{coord|40|54|8|N|73|30|49|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = New York#USA
| area =
| built =1891
| architect= Gibson, Robert W.
| architecture= Colonial Revival
| added = January 8, 1974
| governing_body = Private
| refnum=74001265 [2]
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In 1881, the club leased space on Centre Island, and the word "Corinthian" was incorporated into the club's name. In 1887 the organization leased a club house in Manhattan. Finally, in 1891-1892, the club returned to Centre Island, where a new club house was opened, and the club merged with the Oyster Bay Yacht Club.
Recognizing its important history, the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[3]
Commodores
- William L. Swan
- Elias Cornelius Benedict (1834–1920) [4]
- Hugh Jones
- Willets Meyers
Junior Club
Seawanhaka Corinthian Jr. Yacht club was honored with The Captain Joe Prosser Award at the 2017 US Sailing Awards ceremony.
Seawanhaka Rule
In 1882, the club adopted a rating rule that would govern all its races:
Simply known as the "Seawanhaka Rule", it served as a rating for all eastern seaboard races from 1887 onwards, including the America's Cup from 1893 to 1903. The Load Waterline Length was usually placed under a class limit, where any amount beyond the limit was counted double. In the 1893 America's Cup the limit was set at 85 ft, so the Load Waterline Length of an 86 ft yacht would have counted as 87 ft.
References
2. ^{{NRISref|2008a}}
3. ^National Register of Historic Places, listed January 8, 1974.
4. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=E. C. Benedict Dies in his 87th Year. Was Sixty-four Years in Wall St. and One of the World's Leading Yachtsmen. Loved Long Cruises in Strange Waters. Once Shipwrecked. Was Cleveland's Friend. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D01E3DE163CE533A25757C2A9679D946195D6CF |quote=E.C. Benedict, banker and yachtsman, died last night in his eighty-seventh year at his home, Indian Harbor, Greenwich, Conn. Mr. Benedict had been ill for more than a year, and his end came quietly from a complication of diseases incident to old age, shortly before 9 o'clock. |work=New York Times |date=November 24, 1920 |accessdate=2009-02-03 }}
References and external links
- {{official website|http://www.seawanhaka.org}}
- The History of the Schooner Seawanhaka
- 1890s Yacht Photography of J.S. Johnston
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