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The Royal Southern Yacht Club is a
File:Council Registry - geograph.org.uk - 1720858.jpg, The original Royal Southern Yacht Club Club House
File:1a Bugle Street.JPG, original Royal Southern Yacht Club Club House, 1 Bugle Street
It was established in 1837 in
Royal Southern Yacht Club's webpage
Royal yacht clubs Sports clubs in Hampshire Yacht clubs in England 1837 establishments in England Southern Sports clubs established in 1837 Organisations based in Hampshire {{sailing-stub
The Royal Southern Yacht Club is a yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting.
Description
Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a mar ...
in Hamble-le-Rice
Hamble-le-Rice is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. It is best known for being an aircraft training centre during the Second World War and is a popular yachting location. The village and the River Ha ...
, Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
, England.
History
Southampton
Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...
as the Royal Southampton Yacht Club and was given Royal patronage by Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...
. The original Club House, which still stands opposite Southampton's Royal Pier, was built in 1846. Its archives record the annual regattas, the parlous state of its finances through most of the nineteenth century, and the issues of the time. In 1844 the club wanted to organize a large regatta, but having no funds in hand, it decided to increase the entrance fee and the remit of the club. This involved altering its name to "Royal Southern Yacht Club", its present denomination. In 1947, as Southampton Docks expanded commercially and its waters became less attractive for yachting, the club moved to south-east to Hamble, where it remains today.
See also
*List of International Council of Yacht Clubs members ''This is a list of International Council of Yacht Clubs members.''
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*Royal Southampton Yacht Club
Royal Southampton Yacht Club is located on the Beaulieu River in Hampshire. It received its Royal Charter in 1875 making it one of the oldest Yacht clubs in the UK.
Locations
* 1885 to 1957 - Clubhouse located in Above Bar
Southampton Ci ...
References
External links
Royal Southern Yacht Club's webpage
Royal yacht clubs Sports clubs in Hampshire Yacht clubs in England 1837 establishments in England Southern Sports clubs established in 1837 Organisations based in Hampshire {{sailing-stub