The International Council of Yacht Clubs (ICOYC) is an international organization that operates at the level of

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yacht clubs A yacht club is a boat 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 marin ...

through a Commodores’ Forum. Its vision is to improve the quality of the services yacht clubs provide to their members, as well as promoting environmental awareness and responsibility towards the environment. Among its practical objectives, the main thrust is to identify areas of interest and areas of concern among member clubs and to share information and experience on these areas. The ICOYC also would like to promote fellowship and informal contact among member clubs by means of sailing events as well as social activities.

Membership

The membership of the ICOYC is composed of prestigious yacht clubs in key yachting locations around the world, from Africa to Asia and the Pacific. Its main members are: Royal Natal Yacht Club, Annapolis Yacht Club, Chicago Yacht Club, Eastern Yacht Club, Long Beach Yacht Club, California,

Newport Harbor Yacht Club Newport Harbor Yacht Club is a yacht club located on the Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, Balboa Peninsula, which is a neighborhood of the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. Facilities The Newport Harbor Yacht Club facility ...

Royal Canadian Yacht Club The Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC) is a private yacht club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1852, it is one of the world's older and larger yacht clubs. Its summer home is on a trio of islands (RCYC Island, South Island and North Chip ...

Royal Vancouver Yacht Club The Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (RVYC) is a yacht club located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Royal Vancouver Yacht Club currently operates two marinas, the one at Jericho Beach in English Bay and another in Coal Harbour. The Jericho site inclu ...

San Diego Yacht Club San Diego Yacht Club (SDYC) is a private yacht club in San Diego, California. Founded in 1886, it is one of the oldest in the United States. The club won the America's Cup in 1987, 1988, and 1992. History In June 1886, local boating enthusi ...

San Francisco Yacht Club The San Francisco Yacht Club is a yacht club located in Belvedere, California, and the oldest on the Pacific Coast. They were formerly located in San Francisco. History Founded in 1869, the San Francisco Yacht Club is the oldest club on the Pa ...

, Seattle Yacht Club,

Southern Yacht Club The Southern Yacht Club is located in New Orleans, Louisiana's West End, New Orleans, West End neighborhood, on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. Established on July 21, 1849, it is the second oldest yacht club in the United States and a foundin ...

St. Francis Yacht Club The St. Francis Yacht Club is a private sailing club located in San Francisco. History Founded in 1927, the Saint Francis Yacht Club (StFYC) was formed when some of the members of the San Francisco Yacht Club decided to move their clubhouse from ...

, Republic of Singapore Yacht Club,

Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is a Hong Kong watersports club for sailing and rowing including paddling. History In 1849 the ''Victoria Regatta Club'' was formed and later absorbed into the ''Hong Kong Boating Clu''b which, in 1889, was in ...

, Royal Varuna Yacht Club, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club,

Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is a New Zealand yacht club, and the club behind New Zealand's America's Cup campaigns, under the guises of New Zealand Challenge and Team New Zealand. It held the America's Cup from 1995 until 2003, beco ...

Royal Perth Yacht Club The Royal Perth Yacht Club (RPYC) is a yacht club in Perth, Western Australia. It is the third oldest yacht club in Australia after the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria and the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron.

, Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron,

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) is a yacht club located in North Sydney, Australia in the suburb of Kirribilli. The squadron was founded in 1862. It has occupied its grounds in East Kirribilli, near Kirribilli House, since 1902. Hist ...

, Sandringham Yacht Club, Bruxelles Royal Yacht Club, Clube Naval de Cascais, Gstaad Yacht Club, Royal Danish Yacht Club,

Royal Norwegian Yacht Club The Royal Norwegian Yacht Club (, KNS) is a yacht club in Oslo, Norway. The club was founded in 1883 as country-wide organisation with affiliated local yacht clubs. In 1884, it was granted the right for members to fly the naval Ensign (flag), ...

Royal Swedish Yacht Club The Royal Swedish Yacht Club (, KSSS), is the largest and oldest yacht club in Sweden and one of the five oldest in the world, formed 15 May 1830. The Royal Swedish Yacht Club is also the oldest yacht club in Continental Europe. Activities inc ...

Norddeutscher Regatta Verein Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV), approx. meaning "North German Regatta Club", is a yacht club in Germany. This club is based in Uhlenhorst, Hamburg, Germany; the clubhouse is located at Hamburg's Lake Außenalster. Founded in 1868, it is one ...

Nyländska Jaktklubben (NJK; ''Nyland Yacht Club'') is a yacht club in Helsinki, Nyland, Finland. History The club was founded on March 4, 1861, with the approval of its constitution by Tsar Alexander II. His brother, Admiral-General Grand Duke Konstantin, officiat ...

Royal Cork Yacht Club The Royal Cork Yacht Club is a yacht club located in Crosshaven, County Cork, Ireland. Founded in 1720, it is a claimant to the title of the world's oldest yacht club, although this is challenged by the Neva Yacht Club in Russia. Formation T ...

Royal Malta Yacht Club The Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) is a yacht club in Ta’ Xbiex Marina, Ta' Xbiex (Malta). History The date of the first establishment of the Royal Malta Yacht Club has not been ascertained, although there are rumours as to the existence of an ...

, Société Nautique de Marseille, Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee,

Yacht Club Italiano The Yacht Club Italiano is a yacht club in Genoa, Italy. History It was founded in 1879 and is one of the oldest sailing clubs in the Mediterranean. This club was bestowed Royal Patronage by HRH King Umberto I of Italy since its inception. This c ...

and

Royal Southern Yacht Club The Royal Southern Yacht Club is a yacht club in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, England. History File:Council Registry - geograph.org.uk - 1720858.jpg, The original Royal Southern Yacht Club Club House File:1a Bugle Street.JPG, original Royal Sou ...

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History

Its origins can be traced to

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, where there was a discussion at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club (RVYC) in 2003 about the need of an international Yacht Club organization. Practical steps were taken in 2005 when the RVYC hosted the first Commodores’ Forum, attended by representatives of yacht clubs around the world. The International Council of Yacht Clubs was finally established in 2006 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, when the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club hosted the second Commodores’ Forum. This event was attended by 28 yacht clubs from five continents.

References

{{reflist Yacht clubs International sports organizations

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