Houston Yacht Club

The Houston Yacht Club is the oldest yacht club in Texas.[1] It is located in LaPorte, near Houston.[2] HYC is a member of the Gulf Yachting Association.

Houston Yacht Club
Short nameHYC
Founded1897
Location3620 Miramar Drive, Shoreacres, TX 77571  United States
Websitewww.houstonyachtclub.com

History

The club was founded in 1897,[3] and was originally called the Houston Yacht & Powerboat Club.[4][5] The name was changed to Houston Yacht Club in 1927, at which time the current Spanish style clubhouse was built.[6][7] The three-story clubhouse is an historic landmark in the Galveston Bay area of the Gulf Coast. The 27,000 square-foot clubhouse offers amenities for all ages of boating enthusiasts including bar and restaurant facilities, lounges, ballroom with stage, meeting rooms, shower rooms and overnight guest rooms. The pink stucco structure is affectionately known by its members as the "Pink Palace".[8]

As well as local events,[9][10] the Houston Yacht Club has hosted many national and international regattas on Galveston Bay.[11] In 1929 and 1941, the club hosted the Lipton Cup race.[12] In 2015, it hosted the J22 North American Championship.[13]

Many of the club's sailors have also gone on to compete nationally and internationally,[14] including Olympic sailors John Kolius and Charlie Ogletree.[15]

References
  1. Akkerman, Dora F. (2008). From Buffalo Bayou to Galveston Bay: The History of the Houston Yacht Club. Houston Yacht Club. p. 20.
  2. Motorboating - ND. July 1936. pp. 4–.
  3. Scheib, Flora K. History of the Southern Yacht Club. Pelican Publishing. pp. 493–. ISBN 978-1-4556-0586-6.
  4. Ann Uloth Malone; Dan Becker (2011). Around La Porte. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 8–. ISBN 978-0-7385-8490-4.
  5. Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas (1942). Houston: a history and guide. The Anson Jones Press. pp. 341–342.
  6. Lucinda Freeman (April 27, 2011). Historic Houston: How to See It: One Hundred Years and One Hundred Miles of Day Trips. iUniverse. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-1-4502-7510-1.
  7. "Houston, Texas, host to fastest hydroplane". Motorboating - ND. July 1927. p. 106.
  8. Martin, Lynn (April 1987). "Yachtline" (PDF). The Reign of The Pink Palace. Retrieved September 15, 2016 – via Rice University Woodson Research Center.
  9. "Optimist race championship ends at Houston Yacht Club". Your Houston News, July 20, 2011
  10. Motorboating - ND. July 1936. pp. 4–.
  11. "Terry Flynn wins J/22 North Americans". Scuttlebutt Sailing News, October 4, 2015
  12. Mike Vance (2011). Houston's Sporting Life: 1900-1950. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 107–. ISBN 978-0-7385-7974-0.
  13. " J/22 North American Championship at Houston Yacht Club - Day 2". Yachts and Yachting, Christopher Howell October 4, 2015
  14. "NAYRU Championships". Boating. pp. 108–. ISSN 0006-5374.
  15. Focke, Amanda. "Business & Pleasure on Houston's Waterways, 1897-1927". Rice University. Retrieved June 13, 2013.

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