Oldest Yacht Clubs

Year
Founded
Yacht Club
State
1839
DETROIT BOAT CLUB  
 Michigan
1844
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB
New York
1847
MOBILE YACHT CLUB
Alabama
1849
BILOXI YACHT CLUB
Mississippi
1849
PASS CHRISTIAN YACHT CLUB
Mississippi
1849
SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB
Louisiana
1850
SPRNGFIELD YACHT
& CANOE CLUB
Massachusetts
1853
CAROLINA YACHT CLUB
North Carolina
1856
HARLEM YACHT CLUB
New York
1857
MARYLAND CLUB
Maryland
1860
BUFFALO YACHT CLUB
New York
1861
NEENAH NODAWAY YACHT CLUB
Wisconsin
1865
RARITAN YACHT CLUB
New Jersey
1865
RIVERTON YACHT CLUB
New Jersey
1865
WILLIAMSBURGH YACHT CLUB
New York
1866
BOSTON YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1868
DETROIT YACHT CLUB
Michigan
1868
SOUTH BOSTON YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1869
NEW HAMBURG YACHT CLUB
New York
1869
PORTLAND YACHT CLUB
Maine
1869
SAVANNAH YACHT CLUB
Georgia
1869
SAN FRANCISCO YACHT CLUB
California
1870
EASTERN YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1870
LYNN YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1871
MILWAUKEE YACHT CLUB
Wisconsin
1871
NORTH SHORE YACHT CLUB
New York
1871
SEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN
YACHT CLUB
New York
1871
TOMS RIVER YACHT CLUB
New Jersey
1872
BEVERLY YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1872
SANTA BARBARA YACHT CLUB
California
1873
ALBANY YACHT CLUB
New York
1873
ST AUGUSTINE YACHT CLUB
Florida
1874
LAKE GENEVA YACHT CLUB
Wisconsin
1875
CHICAGO YACHT CLUB
Illinois
1875
HUDSON RIVER YACHT CLUB
New York
1875
RHODE ISLAND YACHT CLUB
Rhode Island
1875
SAVIN HILL YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1875
VARUNA BOAT CLUB
New York
1876
FLORIDA YACHT CLUB
Florida
1876
DUXBURY YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1876
NEW YORK ATHLETIC YACHT CLUB
New York
1877
BRISTOL YACHT CLUB
Rhode Island
1877
NEW BEDFORD YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1877
ROCHESTER YACHT CLUB
New York
1878
CLEVELAND YACHTING CLUB
Ohio
1879
LOUISVILLE BOAT CLUB
Kentucky
1879
MONMOUTH BOAT CLUB
New Jersey
1879
YONKERS YACHT CLUB
New York
1880
LARCHMONT YACHT CLUB
New York
1880
OLD DOMINION BOAT CLUB
Virginia
1881
CHELSEA YACHT CLUB
New York
1882
BEACH HAVEN YACHT CLUB
New Jersey
1882
MINNETONKA YACHT CLUB
Minnesota
1882
NEW HAVEN YACHT CLUB
Connecticut
1883
AMERICAN YACHT CLUB
New York
1883
CAROLINA YACHT CLUB
South Carolina
1883
FORT SCHUYLER CLUB
New York
1883
ONONDAGA YACHT CLUB
New York
1884
WINTHROP YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1885
AMERICAN YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1885
BAR HARBOR YACHT CLUB
Maine
1885
CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1885
SHATTEMUC YACHT CLUB
New York
1886
ANNAPOLIS YACHT CLUB
Maryland
1886
CHELSEA YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1886
CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB
OF SAN FRANCISCO
California
1886
ISCHODA YACHT CLUB
Connecticut
1886
RED DRAGON CANOE CLUB
New Jersey
1886
SAN DIEGO YACHT CLUB
California
1886
SHELTER ISLAND YACHT CLUB
New York
1887
CEDAR POINT YACHT CLUB
Connecticut
1887
CHESAPEAKE BAY YACHT CLUB
Maryland
1887
LINDSAY PARK YACHT CLUB
Iowa
1887
HOUSATONIC BOAT CLUB
Connecticut
1887
QUAKER CITY YACHT CLUB
Pennsylvania
1888
BAY HEAD YACHT CLUB
New Jersey
1888
RIVERSIDE YACHT CLUB
Connecticut
1889
BELLE HAVEN CLUB
Connecticut
1889
DORCHESTER YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1889
INDIAN HARBOR YACHT CLUB
Connecticut
1889
EDGEWOOD YACHT CLUB
Rhode Island
1890
ENCINAL YACHT CLUB
California
1890
KEYSTONE YACHT CLUB
New York
1890
OCONOMOWOC LAKE CLUB
Wisconsin
1890
PLYMOUTH YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1890
SQUANTUM YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1890
STAMFORD YACHT CLUB
Connecticut
1890
STUYVESANT YACHT CLUB
New York
1890
TACOMA YACHT CLUB
Washington
1890
WESTHAMPTON YACHT SQUADRON
New York
1891
HEMPSTEAD HARBOUR CLUB
New York
1891
ANACORTES YACHT CLUB
Washington
1891
MANHASSETT BAY YACHT CLUB
New York
1892
CAPITAL YACHT CLUB
District of Col.
1892
COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB
Illinois
1892
CONANICUT YACHT CLUB
Rhode Island
1892
CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB
OF PHILADELPHIA
Pennsylvania
1892
POUGHKEEPSIE YACHT CLUB
New York
1892
SAG HARBOR YACHT CLUB
New York
1892
SEA CLIFF YACHT CLUB
New York
1892
SEATTLE YACHT CLUB
Washington
1893
HINGHAM YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1893
LAKE BEULAH YACHT CLUB
Wisconsin
1893
SODUS BAY YACHT CLUB
New York
1893
WEEKAPAUG YACHT CLUB
Rhode Island
1894
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE YACHT CLUB
New York
1894
COHASSET YACHT CLUB
Massachusetts
1894
HUGUENOT YACHT CLUB
New York
1894
HUNTINGTON YACHT CLUB
New York
1894
NEWPORT YACHT CLUB (THE)
Rhode Island
1894
PUT-IN-BAY YACHT CLUB
Ohio
1894
SAGINAW BAY YACHT CLUB
Michigan
1896
MORRISANIA YACHT CLUB
New York
1896
OLD MILL YACHT CLUB
New York
1896
PEWAUKEE YACHT CLUB
Wisconsin
1896
SACHEM'S HEAD YACHT CLUB
Connecticut
1897
HOUSTON YACHT CLUB
Texas
1897
OCEAN CITY YACHT CLUB
New Jersey
1897
SPRING LAKE YACHT CLUB
Michigan
1898
CANANDAIGUA YACHT CLUB
New York
1898
ISLAND HEIGHTS YACHT CLUB
New Jersey
1898
JAMES ISLAND YACHT CLUB
South Carolina
1898
MEDFORD BOAT CLUB
Massachusetts
1898
OHIO RIVER LAUNCH CLUB
Ohio
1898
PAW PAW LAKE YACHT CLUB
Michigan
1898
PORTSMOUTH YACHT CLUB
New Hampshire
1898
SEASIDE PARK YACHT CLUB
New Jersey
1898
WEST END BOAT CLUB
Pennsylvania
1899
MASCATAWA BAY YACHT CLUB
Michigan
1899
MANASQUAN RIVER YACHT CLUB
New Jersey
1899
NORTHPORT YACHT CLUB
New York
1899
SAG HARBOR YACHT CLUB
New York