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Bell 42 covers all things sailing happening at American Yacht Club (AYC), located in Rye, NY.

Sailing (racing, casual, cruising, and instruction for adults and youths) happens at AYC twelve months a year. Our Fall and Spring regattas host PHRF, ORC and larger one-design classes like J/44s/88s/105s/etc. Throughout the year, we also host many dinghy regattas for Lasers, 420s, K6s, Cook11s, and Optimists. Our frostbiting program runs from November until April.

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American Yacht Club 499 Stuyvesant Avenue Rye, NY 10580-3199 (914) 967-9257

Website: http://www.americanyc.org/

Founded in 1883, the American Yacht Club was originally a club entirely for steam yachts. In 1889 they held their first "sailing race", starting what would become a tradition of embracing sailors on Milton Point, including America's Cup defenders, Trans-Atlantic and Bermuda Race winners.

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"A New Steam Yacht Club. The First Of It's Kind In The World."

Much has changed in the 120 years since "robber baron", Jay Gould and a group of his friends founded the American Yacht Club in New York City. By 1887, clearly in need of a shore station, the club purchased "12 acres and some rocks known as Scotch Caps" from the Wainwright family at the tip of Milton Point in Rye, NY. The price was $6000 for what has become one of the outstanding locations on Long Island Sound.

In the beginning, all the boats enrolled in the club were steam yachts. However in 1889, the first American Yacht Club sailing race was held. In a "blow", 6 yachts completed a 20 mile course and established a tradition for what was to become one of the preeminent sailing clubs in the world. In the club's fleet have been America's Cup Defenders, Trans-Atlantic and Bermuda Race winners. Its sailors have been Long Island Sound, North American and World Champions in a number of classes. They have captured Olympic medals - most recently in 1996 when Courtenay Becker Dey took a bronze in the Europe class. Four AYC skippers have won the US Women's Sailing Championship.

Through the years, the American Yacht Club Annual Invitational Cruise has been a test of sailing, boats and seamanship, as well as a family competition and plain old fun afloat.

One of the defining moments in American Yacht Club's history, however, didn't take place on the water. On July 27, 1951 an electrical fire burned AYC's landmark clubhouse to the ground. Galvanized by the event and the leadership of then Commodore William Crow, the membership rallied to support the construction - in little more than a year - of the comfortable building that now commands the view of what has been called "that magical point".

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So, yeah, it's a members only club catering mostly to the nautical fans. The club sits in a beautiful peninsula in Rye, NY connecting the LI Sound. The grounds are beautifully landscaped and the club has lots of activities, including a pool and access to the beach. The restaurant decor is what you'd expect / beachy and tropical; however, the food is below average. Dishes were standard diner level and nothing was as elevated or even elegantly presented. Skip the food, use the amenities.

Great! Not actually a member though. Just as a guest it is a great place with a pool, beach access and a nice restaurants well as nice tennis courts and much more.

Love the club I've grown up at this club but this guy named Pat is rude??? Very accusatory toward members and I've never felt so out of place in such an environment that I'd consider to be my home. Is he new or something? Clearly doesn't get the memo.

No I'm not a member. But our company summer party was here (I guess they've done this place a couple times already, why not one more for the gipper). It was a nice getaway, certainly the usual prep crowd WASPers were wondering why 4 busses were bringing all these drinkers. But the staff was incredibly nice and helpful, and it was a very nice, pristine looking place. The small beach was a good touch, and there was plenty of coastline and nice looking boats. They have a full recreational swimming pool as well, and the actual building has plenty of rooms for private events and just general mingling amongst the rich and out of touch. I enjoyed my experience here, and wouldn't mind doing it again. As long as I had an out, because there's nothing else around here for a bit. Oh the breakfast buffet was narsty good. The lunch buffet not so much, but "Show me...............POTATO SALAD", I had pounds of that. We were able to take moderately sized cruise ship from the beautiful dock down the Hudson back to Manhattan, so that is a plus, if you're a member you can probably come back and forth from here to the city. It's almost New England, but not quite....

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Published on February 8th, 2023 | by Editor

New plan for American Yacht Club rite-of-passage

Published on February 8th, 2023 by Editor -->

Founded in May 1883, American Yacht Club considers itself the fourth oldest yacht club in the USA. Located in Rye, New York, when you are that old, tradition can use some tuning over the years.

After 43 years of hosting its annual Spring Regatta, with scores totaled over two consecutive weekends, a change is occurring for this mid-Sound event.

The shift began in 2018 when a division for coastal races was added, providing an option from windward-leeward racing. Now in 2023, the format is evolving further. Here’s the update:

American Yacht Club is very excited to announce the plans and new format for the 44th Annual Spring Regatta. We are going to be moving to a three-day Spring Regatta weekend format which is becoming increasingly more popular for premier sailing events.

We received a lot of feedback from participants before making this change. Everyone felt having one more weekend to get their boat and crew ready would be extremely helpful. We also received a lot of encouragement to increase the coastal navigator racing format which will be the focus of Friday’s race.

The schedule for the Spring Regatta is to open with a Friday Coastal Race on May 5, which will be followed by the Spring Series on Saturday and Sunday, May 6-7. We also have fantastic post racing parties planned for Friday and Saturday night – much more to come about these Spring Regatta event nights in future announcements.

The 44th American Yacht Club Annual Spring Regatta will consist of:

Friday Coastal Race on May 5: Scoring for the Friday Coastal Race will be using PHRF. This race will be scored separately and will not be included in the Spring Series score.

Spring Series on Saturday and Sunday, May 6-7 : • Windward/Leeward Racing for the ORC and One Design Classes • Coastal Racing for the PHRF Classes (including Doublehanded & Non-Spinnaker)

For so many sailors over the past forty plus years, the Spring Regatta has been a rite-of-passage that helps motivate them to get their boats launched and crews ready for the upcoming season.

We look forward to helping kick-off the 2023 sailing season for the North-East and Long Island Sound with the updated AYC Spring Regatta format.

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Jay Gould and a group of his friends founded the American Yacht Club in New York City. By 1887, clearly in need of a shore station, the club purchased "12 acres and some rocks known as Scotch Caps" from the Wainwright family at the tip of Milton Point in Rye, NY. The price was $6000 for what has become one of the outstanding locations on Long Island Sound. The American Yacht Club, commanding the view of what has been called "the magical point, is now one of the most prestigious and historical sailing clubs in America.

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