St. Petersburg Yacht Club

This article is about yacht club in St. Petersburg, Florida. For yacht clubs in St. Petersburg, Russia, see Neva Yacht Club and St. Petersburg River Yacht Club.
St. Petersburg Yacht Club
Burgee
Short nameSPYC
Founded1909
LocationCentral Avenue, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Websitewww.spyc.org
St. Petersburg Yacht Club, August 2019

The St. Petersburg Yacht Club (SPYC) is a private yacht club located in St. Petersburg, Florida (United States) and a member of the Gulf Yachting Association and the Florida Council of Yacht Clubs.

The club won the Adams Cup in 1979.

History

The St. Petersburg Yacht Club was founded in 1909 and the clubhouse was inaugurated on its current site in 1917.[1] One-Design Racing began two years later, when six Fish Class sailboats were acquired.[2] Offshore racing started with the Havana Race in 1930 as the forerunner for the Southern Ocean Racing Conference (SORC).[3]

Sailors

Ed Baird, Allison Jolly, Mark Mendelblatt and Jennifer French are world class sailors from the SPYC.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "A Brief History of the SPYC". St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Experience the World of Luxury Yacht Charter". John T. Zhang. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  3. ^ "St. Pete yacht club working to resume annual race to Havana". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 7 November 2016.