Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club

Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club
Short name DCYC
Founded 1928
Location 1399 Yacht Club Rd, Oak Point, Texas 75068
Website www.dcyc.org

The Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club is a yacht club located in Oak Point, Texas (United States), on the shore of Lewisville Lake.[1]

History

The Club was formed in 1928 as the Dallas Sailing Club and was the first sailing club on the White Rock Lake.[2] DSC was located on the west shore beneath the H. L. Hunt Mansion. The clubhouse burned after a log rolled out of the fireplace following a party and the club then moved to the east shore of the lake near the site of the present Corinthian Sailing Club. After a second fire, the club moved again, this time to the north end of the lake where a new building was built. The Dallas Sailing Club was the home of the number one Snipe Fleet.[3] The DSC club members were a major force in establishing the Snipe class and the Snipe Class International Sailing Association (SCIRA). Hub E. Isaacks, DSC's first commodore, was also the first SCIRA Commodore and DSC hosted the 1935 SCIRA International Championship on White Rock.

When the White Rock Lake dried up in 1956, the Dallas Sailing Club membership along with some members from the Corinthian Sailing Club moved to a beautiful, wooded point of land overlooking the upper end of Lewisville Lake (then called Lake Dallas),[4] and changed the club's name to the Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club. The last Commodore at DSC, A. Balfour Patterson, became the first Commodore of DCYC.[5]

Fleets

The club has hosted active fleets of Snipe, Lightning, Pearson Ensign, Rebel, Longhorn, Tigercat, Sunfish, Lone Star 16, Victory 21, Thistle, Omega, 470, Laser, Catalina 22 and J/22. The J/24 class is active at the club in 2016 going forward.

Sailors

William E. Bracey won the Snipe Worlds in 1934.

References

  1. ↑ "WELCOME TO THE DALLAS AREA SAILING SITE". DALLAS AREA SAILING.
  2. ↑ "The Sailing Clubs Are Formed". Corinthian Sailing Club.
  3. ↑ "HISTORY OF THE DALLAS CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB". A. B. Patterson.
  4. ↑ "HISTORY OF THE DALLAS CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB". Marion Backstrom and Joe Schreiber.
  5. ↑ "The Sailing Clubs Are Formed". Corinthian Sailing Club.
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