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Detroit Boat Club

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history of yachting

In yacht: Yachting and yacht clubs
…continuing American yacht club, the Detroit Boat Club, was formed in 1839. In 1844 John C. Stevens founded the New York Yacht Club aboard his schooner Gimcrack.
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