If you would like to add to this report or submit your own report on a marina, harbour or anchorage not covered in this guide so far please visit our contact page (see button above) for our email address. Digital photos are also very welcome. - Corinthian Yacht Club sits on Jack's Point on the eastern shore at the mouth of Marblehead Harbor. The Club House, perched on a rocky ledge, offers spectacular views, across the yacht-filled harbour, out to the South Channel and beyond. - All year round - 42° 30.2' N 70° 50.2' W - - HW: minutes ± ; LW: minutes ± - Advertisement Published on April 14th, 2017 | by Editor Celebrating its Contributions to SailingPublished on April 14th, 2017 by Editor --> by Laurie Fullerton, wickedlocal.com The Corinthian Yacht Club (Marblehead, MA) celebrated 130 years of sailing history and small boat design when it unveiled an elegant, “compendium of luminous personalities, historical details, and major events” in “Marblehead’s Corinthians” during a gala publication party on April 8. Written by Matthew Murphy, who by day is the editor of “Wooden Boat Magazine,” but by night became absorbed by the archives, rarely seen photographs and newspaper clippings that led to the book about the history of a club. “It’s really a beautiful book,” said Commodore Robert Howie Jr. “The thing that really struck me though is that the history of the Corinthian is really the history of small boat design.” Commodore Robert Howie Jr (left) and Wooden Boat Magazine editor Matthew P. Murphy. Described in 1888 as having “one of the most beautiful views in American waters,” few would argue that the view from the Corinthian Yacht Club is one of the finest in town, but the club is not only known for its location, but also for its unparalleled contribution to small boat racing, design, and innovation in the early part of the 20th century. When the club was founded in 1885, the idea was to give recreational sailors a place to race their own boats, Howie explained. That gave way to innovation. Murphy, originally of Salem, proved to be the perfect choice to put the history book together, which took about three years all in all. He not only grew up as a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club and sailed out of Marblehead, but he is a keen expert on classic yachts and has been editor of “Wooden Boat” for over 20 years. When he embarked on the project, working mostly at night, he began to uncover a treasure trove of classic one design boats designed by greats like Starling Burgess, L. Francis Herreshoff and C. Raymond Hunt, who, Howie said were all members of the Corinthian Yacht Club. The collection was so great Murphy asked other yachting experts like naval historian Llewellyn Howland, III, “Wooden Boat” expert Maynard Bray and MIT’s Kurt Hasselbach to weigh in on the significance of the designs and the stories behind the owners, sailors, club members and yachting enthusiasts. Howland offers his thoughts on the club in the preface to the book, where he notes the Corinthian might not be America’s oldest, largest of most famous yacht club, but it has been among the most “forward-looking and influential–and until now one of our most reticent.” He said he applauded the club for ending its long silence and sharing its rich history. When Murphy began researching the book on the Corinthian Yacht Club, he said he had no idea he would uncover tens of thousands of articles and photographs in newspapers like the Boston Globe or in particular the Boston Herald Traveler, where photographer Leslie Jones worked from 1917 and 1956. Reporters like Leonard Fowle of the Globe and photographers like Jones, who described the club as having “magnificent ocean scenarios, jolly people who are fond of a good time and banded by geniality,” chronicled Marblehead yachting in the first half of the century with the kind of expertise and enthusiasm. Murphy was not the only one to make great finds while researching the book. Howie, who is a trained historian, said he was going through the archives when “I came across this sheet music baking in the heat of the third floor.” “One Step” was composed by Guillermo Urquidi in 1914 and dedicated by him to “the members of the Corinthian Yacht Club.” Howie said he asked a member, Bill Larkin, to play the piece and it was used as the backdrop to a video on the club’s history. During the night’s event, Murphy spoke to about 300 people, many who had had helped research the book in their own way. With grandchildren and children of some of the earliest members in attendance, Murphy described some long forgotten summers at the Corinthian, including 1925 when President Calvin Coolidge kept his presidential yacht in the waters off of the Corinthian Yacht Club and came and went from the club to his summer White House in Swampscott. “Who would have known that Calvin Coolidge would have a floating White House off the Corinthian,” Howie said. Murphy also spoke of founder Benjamin Crowninshield, Everett Paine, Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams and of course the beginnings of the legendary Marblehead Race Week. There is a photograph of William Carlton, the club’s longtime Race Committee chairman sailing a “Brutal Beast” to a second place finish in what Murphy called “a colorful one-off Corinthian race.” He is wearing a suit and tie. According to Murphy, Carlton led the effort to open the once invitation only summer race series to the public, which gave way to Marblehead Race Week. With chapter headings listed by decade the book talks about sailors like Ted and Bruce Hood, Bradley Noyes, Robbie Doyle, Norm Cressy, Richard and Ellie Thayer and many more who contributed to the club’s and the town’s yachting legacy. It also touches on historic moments like how World War I impacted the club, Hurricane Carol and when in 1985 a measure passed “resoundingly” that offered full membership in the club to women. On a final note, Murphy spoke of the Corinthian staff and its current stewards whose dedication to maintain a club like the Corinthian is a labor of love, preserving, “one of the most beautiful views in American waters.” Howie called the publication party a wonderful event and for him the book represents a platform for the club. “The past is a prologue,” he said “We honor history by really doing today what they did back then, being innovative, pushing the envelop in small boat design and racing and programmably … What we do in the 21st century to continue to move the dial forward.” Marbleheard Reporter reporter Chris Stevens contributed to this story Tags: Corinthian Yacht Club , Laurie Fullerton , Marblehead’s Corinthians Related PostsRepeat win for Corinthian Yacht Club →Corinthian claims 2022 Resolute Cup →Morgan Cup: Corinthian YC team on top →Women’s Team Race Invitational 2021 →© 2024 Scuttlebutt Sailing News. Inbox Communications, Inc. 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Massachusetts yacht club defends Resolute Cup titleThe Corinthian Yacht Club sprays champagne after defending the title Sunday in the Resolute Cup on Narragansett Bay. PHOTO BY PAUL TODD / OUTSIDE IMAGES A repeat victory by the Corinthian Yacht Club in the Resolute Cup has secured the venerable crew a berth in the 2025 Rolex Invitational Cup. Both biennial regattas are sponsored by the New York Yacht Club. The Resolute Cup ended Sept. 14 following four days of racing on Narragansett Bay by 28 crews representing clubs from 15 states. The winning crew from Marblehead, Mass., defended its title. The regatta is sailed on the New York Yacht Club’s fleet of Sonars. “Winning a second time feels amazing” said skipper Wade Waddell, 27. “It’s never been done before.” Twenty races were sailed in the opening series with the top 14 clubs advancing to a two-race medal round worth double points, which intensified the competition. Waddell and his crew, Doug Sabin, Duncan Swain and Miranda Bakos, finished fifth or better in 18 of the 20 opening races, which gave them a large enough cushion to secure the win with fourth- and eighth-place finishes in the medal round. They won the regatta by 16 points. “We knew it was going to be a super deep fleet,” Waddell said. “Sonars are pretty even boats.” The New York Yacht Club boat, skippered by Peter Levesque and crewed by Jamestown resident Mark Sertl, finished second. They were followed by the Mystic River Mudheads Sailing Association (Connecticut), Eastern Yacht Club, also of Marblehead, and the Bayview Yacht Club (Detroit). The Chicago Yacht Club, which finished sixth, won both medal races. The Resolute Cup has served as a Corinthian championship for American yacht clubs since 2010 as the only guaranteed pathway to earn a berth in the Rolex Invitational, which is widely considered amateur sailing’s most prestigious international competition. With the 2020 edition scuttled due to the pandemic, ’24 marked the seventh biennial competition. Waddell also helmed his club to victory in 2022. “We all did this two years ago with exactly the same team,” he said. Waddell credited Sabin, the main trimmer who is a Sonar world champion, for “really getting the boat going fast around the course all the time.” He also mentioned Swain’s “great energy” and Bakos’ determination. “She’s extremely good,” he said. “She keeps the three guys in line and focused. We have a tremendous amount of trust in each other.” Although Waddell’s team had a sizeable lead going in the medal round, an extended wait for a marginal breeze to eventuate on the final day led to “a little anxiety,” he said “The conditions were pretty sketchy … which made it unclear what side was going to be favored,” he said. “We waited for a few hours for the medal races to start which made me anxious.” A fourth-place finish in the first medal race, however, gave the Corinthian Yacht Club a 26-point lead over New York going into the finale. That margin meant the only way Waddell’s team could lose the regatta was for it to finish dead last, and for New York to finish first. Waddell, who sailed for Boston College, had a straightforward strategy leading into the final race. “We just need to beat one boat,” he said. “Let’s start in the middle, have a conservative start and just play the fleet.’” Following the Resolute win in ’22, Waddell’s team finished runner-up to the San Diego Yacht Club in the ’24 Rolex Invitational. He hopes to improve on that second-place finish. “We have our eyes set on climbing to the top of the mountain,” he said. “We have an amazing team to accomplish that.” IC37 class set for battle The New York Yacht Club will host the IC37 North American championship from Sept. 20-22 in the East Passage of Narragansett Bay. A fleet of 21 boats will compete in the fourth edition of the continental championship. That includes MO, which is owned and helmed by Jamestown resident Hannah Swett. The former Olympian was named U.S. Sailing’s 2004 yachtswoman of the year. Swett and her crew onboard MO finished runner-up to Steve Leibel’s’ New Wave at the 2023 championship. The New York Yacht Club commissioned the fleet of IC37s in 2019 to replace the Swan 42 as the one-design class that sets sail in the Rolex Invitational Cup. Designed by Mark Mills and built by Melges, the 37-footer was named the 2019 Corinthian boat of the year by Sailing World magazine. Class rules mandate a coed crew. - AROUND THE SAILING WORLD
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Marblehead’s Corinthian Repeats at Resolute Cup- By Michelle Slade
- September 17, 2024
A command performance by Corinthian Yacht Club of Marblehead, Mass., saw the well-honed team skippered by Wade Waddell take its second consecutive victory in the prestigious Resolute Cup, thus securing the venerable club a berth in the 2025 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup. This year’s edition of the Resolute Cup showcased teams representing 28 yacht clubs from around the country who fielded their best sailors to compete. Twenty races were sailed over four days in the Opening Series, with the top 14 boats advancing to a two-race Medal Series on the final afternoon when scores were doubled for each race, intensifying an already stiff competition. Waddell, 27, and his team of Doug Sabin, Duncan Swain, and Miranda Bakos, finished 18 of 20 races sailed in the Opening Series inside of the top five and won the regatta by sixteen points. New York Yacht Club, skippered by Peter Levesque, finished second, and Mystic River Mudheads Sailing Association, skippered by Peter Linn, took third, winning a tiebreaker with Eastern Yacht Club, which scored fourth in a repeat of its 2022 result. An impressive showing by Detroit’s Bayview Yacht Club rounded out the top five. “Winning a second time feels amazing!” says Waddell. “It’s never been done before; no other club has won twice so we are happy to be the first ones to do it. I am sure everyone at home is thrilled.” Waddell credits his hugely successful Northeastern team for their epic repeat performance. “We all did this two years ago with exactly the same team,” he says Waddell. “Our main trimmer, Doug is CYC’s Rear Commodore and a Sonar world champion. He really gets the boat going fast around the course all the time. Duncan does bow and trims jib for us and he brings a great energy to the boat. Miranda has won almost every regatta she has ever tried to win, she’s extremely good and a constant on the boat; she keeps the three guys in line and focused. We have a tremendous amount of trust in each other.” No longer a Resolute Cup rookie, Waddell knew coming in that he’d be up against a spectacularly competitive fleet; from the outset, the focus was on keeping their scores low. “We knew it was going to be a super deep fleet,” says Waddell. “Sonars are pretty even boats and everyone here is very good at sailing. We knew it was going to be tight racing. We reviewed results from 2018, which was a similar format to this year and saw that the winners averaged about a six, so we had that number in the back of our heads of what we were trying to average out over the course of the regatta. I think we did better than that. Friday was our best and most fun day, we were consistent all day and when the breeze came up a little bit, our team was just super dialed, we were in the groove, super-fast, and were able to get a lot of really good scores; it just all came together.” Following the conclusion of the Opening Series on Saturday, the Medal Series fleet endured a long wait for a marginal breeze to eventuate, causing the Corinthian Yacht Club team just a little anxiety. But at the end of the day, Waddell and his formidable crew had the event wrapped up. “The conditions were pretty sketchy—puffy and shifty—which made it unclear what side was going to be favored so that certainly made it tight,” says Waddell. “We waited for a few hours for the medal races to start which made me anxious. Going into the last medal race we were 26 points up on New York so they would have had to win, and we would have had to get last in order to not win the regatta. Our strategy was, ‘Hey, we just need to beat one boat. Let’s start in the middle, have a conservative start and just play the fleet.’” Waddell is already looking out to next year’s Invitational Cup; after taking second in 2023, the Corinthian team is going to be a force to be reckoned with in 2025. “This is the first checkmark to get into the Invitational, and now we have our eyes set on climbing to the top of the mountain at that regatta and getting back there to have a strong finish—we have an amazing team to accomplish that,” says Waddell. “We have great teammates back home at the Corinthian Yacht Club who support us, it’s really a fantastic family culture, we encourage each other, push each other hard at practice, and it pays off at these regattas.” A notoriously challenging event for newcomers given the high premium on talent, Charleston Yacht Club put on a convincing performance at their first Resolute Cup to finish 11th overall. Three of the team—David Dabney, Joe Pitcavage and John Colarusso—sailed together on the College of Charleston sailing team, while Megan Riddle-Tracy was on the College of Charleston team in later years. With no experience racing together in Newport and little in the Sonar, the team’s strategy coming into the event was to observe the old guard. “We watched closely the people who sail these boats often to try to figure out little tips, how to make them go fast, how to stay in clean air and keep the boat going fast, that was our plan,” says Dabney. “It’s been top competition; at the top weather mark a boat length and a half is the difference between top five and bottom five, so tough racing, but a lot of fun. Next time we’ll feel more confident knowing the racecourses, the tide and current, it would be nice to have more inside information on that, but it wasn’t a factor holding us back—we had plenty of other things holding us back!” The Corinthian Spirit Award presented by Helly Hansen goes to the team that exhibits the best Corinthian spirit both on and off the water, as voted by all competitors as well as the Organizing Authority. This year it was awarded to Little Traverse Yacht Club, skippered by veteran Scott Sellers. “This is my third time doing this regatta, I haven’t done it in 10 years but I had the opportunity this year between work and family to pull it off so I’m really grateful to be here, I couldn’t turn it down,” says Sellers. “Sailing out of Harbour Court with this level of competition is a special experience. I like racing the Sonar, they’re equal so it makes for great tight racing, and the New York Yacht Club does a first-class job of throwing good events. 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The Corinthian Yacht Club offers two types of memberships: Junior (ages 18-34) and Regular (ages 35 and above). Corinthian Yacht Club. 1 Nahant St. P.O. Box 401. Marblehead, MA 01945. (781) 631-0005. [email protected]. Site Map. Contact.
Out on Marblehead Neck, where all the summer people have their places, are the Eastern Yacht Club and the Corinthian Yacht Club. Old families with old money — that is, families that have been in the area (including the Boston area) for a number of generations — belonged to the Eastern Yacht Club. No one else was allowed to join.
The Corinthian Yacht Club (CYC) in Marblehead, MA, was officially organized on July 7, 1885. Marblehead is known as ... • Annual Dues - $5715 - full member/No Capital charge • Minimum F&B charges - $80/month • Approximately $4.22M Gross volume • Approximately $3.06M Annual dues volume
At The Club Tennis Link. Pool Link. Private Events Link. Junior Sailing Link. WaterFront Link. RegattaS Link Cruising Link. Dining Link. Sustainability Link. Corinthian Yacht Club 1 Nahant St. P.O. Box 401 Marblehead, MA 01945 (781) 631-0005 [email protected]
About Us. The Corinthian Yacht Club (CYC) is a full-service club offering members and visiting yachtsmen a broad range of sailing and racing events. For more than 125 years, the CYC has made yachting, racing and cruising history. The CYC also offers members tennis, swimming, dining and social activities in a vibrant and interactive community.
The Corinthian Yacht Club of San Francisco welcomes all. The categories of membership are Regular (and Regular Spousal for couples, although only one membership vote is allowed per household); Race; Crew; Junior; and Associate. There are also categories for Non-Resident, Honorary, and Life Members. Junior members are under the age of 21.
New England. The Corinthian Yacht Club (CYC) is a full-service club offering members and visiting yachtsmen a broad range of sailing and racing events. For more than 125 years, the CYC has made yachting, racing and cruising history. The CYC also offers members tennis, swimming, dining and social activities in a vibrant and interactive community.
Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, Massachusetts. 2,077 likes · 70 talking about this · 12,225 were here. Corinthian Yacht club was founded in 1885 to encourage yachting on boats from 16' to 30' in...
The Corinthian Yacht Club is a full service yacht club that offers members and visiting skippers a broad range of racing events and accommodations for their stays. The racing calendars are coordinated with the other two major yacht clubs in Marblehead Harbor, the Eastern Yacht Club and the Boston Yacht…. Contact our sales team for an ...
Corinthian Yacht Club of Marblehead. www.corinthianyc.org. Latest news. Show news from Sailing World Regatta Series at Marblehead overall. by Sarah Renz. The 2023 edition will be remembered for its challenging light-winds Posted on 31 Jul Sailing World Regatta Series at Marblehead day 2. by Sarah Renz. Light winds sent boats back to shore ...
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Digital photos are also very welcome. General - Corinthian Yacht Club sits on Jack's Point on the eastern shore at the mouth of Marblehead Harbor. The Club House, perched on a rocky ledge, offers spectacular views, across the yacht-filled harbour, out to the South Channel and beyond. Open - All year round. Position - 42° 30.2' N 70° 50.2' W.
Visitor Information - Corinthian Yacht Club. Corinthian guest docks, dining room, and bar are available to reciprocal clubs, and to participants in regattas. Advance reservations are generally needed; check with the club (call (415) 435-4771 or email) in advance to determine space availability. Due to space limitations, parking at the club is ...
Marblehead has often been referred to as "the sailing capital" of the world, and Corinthian Yacht Club has made significant contributions toward that distinction. For more than 125 years, the CYC has made racing and cruising history, for which all members can be truly proud. ... Corinthian Yacht Club 1 Nahant St. P.O. Box 401 Marblehead, MA ...
Get more information for Corinthian Yacht CLub in Marblehead, Town of, MA. See reviews, map, get the address, and find directions. ... Food. Shopping. Coffee. Grocery. Gas. Corinthian Yacht CLub. Opens at 9:00 AM. 5 reviews (781) 631-0005. Website. More. Directions Advertisement. 1 Nahant St ... An upscale yacht club ( one of two in this area ...
A command performance by Corinthian Yacht Club (Marblehead, MA) saw the well-honed team skippered by Wade Waddell take its second consecutive victory in the prestigious Resolute Cup, held ...
The Corinthian Yacht Club (Marblehead, MA) celebrated 130 years of sailing history and small boat design when it unveiled an elegant, "compendium of luminous personalities, historical details ...
Both biennial regattas are sponsored by the New York Yacht Club. The Resolute Cup ended Sept. 14 following four days of racing on Narragansett Bay by 28 crews representing clubs from 15 states. The winning crew from Marblehead, Mass., defended its title. The regatta is sailed on the New York Yacht Club's fleet of Sonars.
CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB 1 Nahant St. P.O. Box 401 Marblehead, MA 01945 Phone: (781) 631-0005 Email: [email protected]
A command performance by Corinthian Yacht Club of Marblehead, Mass., saw the well-honed team skippered by Wade Waddell take its second consecutive victory in the prestigious Resolute Cup, thus ...
Light wind made the final day more of a mental and emotional test than a physical one, but in the end there was no doubt that Corinthian Yacht Club was the best team on the water. The Marblehead-based club is the first to win the Resolute Cup twice and is already planning its bid for the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup next September.
Corinthian Yacht Club is a private club and is open to members and their guests. For visiting sailors, CYC can be hailed on VHF channel 9 upon approach. Navigation Coordinates: N 42 30.30 W 70 50.40. The main number for the clubhouse is (781) 631-0005. Marblehead Harbor is one of the most beautiful natural harbors in the world. Located about 9 ...
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