Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club
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| Short name | CLYC |
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| Founded | 1894 |
| Location | 43 E Lake Street, Lakewood, New York |
| Website | www |
The Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club (CLYC) is a private yacht club located in Lakewood, New York, on the south shore of Chautauqua Lake.
Fleets
[edit]The club was a powerhouse of the Snipe International Class, and still holds number 124 in the listing of Snipe fleets around the world.[1] In that class, CLYC hosted the world championship in 1946, the North Americans in 1979,[2][3] and the Nationals in 1949, 1958 and 1966, while producing two SCIRA Commodores: Harold Griffith (1949) and Edward "Red" Garfield (1960).
CLYC is now home of the following fleets:
Sailors
[edit]Leslie Larson won the 1959 Snipe Junior National Championship along with his crew, Jim Lenna,[4] and the National Championship in 1962 with his father Victor Larson (who had been second himself in 1946).[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fleet ListTHE FIRST INTERNATIONALS". Snipe USA. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ "Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy" (PDF). SCIRA. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ "THE FIRST INTERNATIONALS" (PDF). Snipe Bulletin 1946. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ New Yorker Nabs Snipe Title, Snipe Bulletin September 1959
- ^ LESLIE LARSON WINS AT SEATTLE, Snipe Bulletin September 1962