Nainital Yacht Club
Nainital Yacht Club is a yacht club that was founded in 1910 by the British, and is located at the Boat House Club in Nainital, a hill station in India. Situated along Nainital Lake at an elevation of , it is the highest yacht club in India and among the highest in the world. History The earliest records of sailing on Nainital Lake are from 1880, when lead keels Cutter (boat), Cutter type yachts were used. In 1897, Nainital Sailing Club was established and the "Sorceress" type of yachts were used for many years. The Nainital Yacht Club was founded in 1910 by the Carey brothers: C. W. Carey, a Major in the Corps of Guides (India), Corps of Guides, and F. Carey, a captain in the Royal Artillery. The brothers introduced One-Design, one-design sailing and yachts, and Linton Hope designed many of the new yachts. Known as "Linton Hope Half-Raters", they were specially designed to suit the wind conditions on the Nainital Lake, and apart from India are only found in the Royal Norfolk ...
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Boathouses By The Lake, Nainital, 1899
A boathouse (or a boat house) is a building especially designed for the storage of boats, normally smaller craft for sports or leisure use. describing the facilities These are typically located on open water, such as on a river. Often the boats stored are rowing boats. Other boats such as Punt (boat), punts or small motor boats may also be stored. A boathouse may be the headquarters of a boat club or rowing club and used to store racing shells, in which case it may be known as a shell house. Boat houses may also include a restaurant, Bar (establishment), bar,A Description of a boat house
or other leisure facilities, perhaps for members of an associated club. They are also sometimes modified to include living quarters for people, or the whole structure may be used as temporary or permanen ...
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