Island Bay Yacht Club

The Island Bay Yacht Club is a private yacht club located in Springfield, Illinois, on the shore of Lake Springfield.[1]

Island Bay Yacht Club
Short nameIBYC
Founded1935
Location76 Yacht Club Road, Springfield, Illinois 62712
Websitewww.ibyconline.com

History

The Island Bay Yacht Club was incorporated in 1935. Earliest fleets to succeed in sailing were the Star, Snipe and Sunfish. In 1979 Island Bay became the first inland freshwater yacht club to receive the St. Petersburg Trophy for having the best regatta of the year, presented by US Sailing, for the Sunfish North American Championship. In 2011 IBYC was the site for the 65th Western Hemisphere Star Regatta, which was the first time in the regatta's history that the International Star Class Yacht Racing Association elected to have the event on an inland lake instead of an ocean.[2][3]

Fleets

The club is home of the following One-Design racing fleets:[4]

Sailors

IBYC member Dave Chapin was 3 times world champion, after winning the Snipe Worlds in 1979 with Timothy Dixon, and the Sunfish Worlds in 1979 and 1981, besides several times national and North American champion in Laser, Sunfish, Snipe, 470 and Soling.[5]

References
  1. "Mission Bay Yacht Club". ActiveCaptain.
  2. "Springfield's Own Magazine". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  3. The State Journal-Register 8-6-2011
  4. "Fleets". Island Bay Yacht Club.
  5. 50th E Scow Blue Chip Regatta
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