Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club
Burgee
Short nameCLYC
Founded1894
Location43 E Lake Street, Lakewood, New York
Websitewww.sailclyc.org
Clubhouse Entrance

The Chautauqua Lake Yacht Club (CLYC) is a private yacht club located in Lakewood, New York, on the south shore of Chautauqua Lake.

Fleets

The club was a powerhouse of the Snipe International Class, and still holds number 124 in the listing of Snipe fleets around the world.[1] In that class, CLYC hosted the world championship in 1946, the North Americans in 1979,[2][3] and the Nationals in 1949, 1958 and 1966, while producing two SCIRA Commodores: Harold Griffith (1949) and Edward "Red" Garfield (1960).

CLYC is now home of the following fleets:

Sailors

Leslie Larson won the 1959 Snipe Junior National Championship along with his crew, Jim Lenna,[4] and the National Championship in 1962 with his father Victor Larson (who had been second himself in 1946).[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Fleet ListTHE FIRST INTERNATIONALS". Snipe USA. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Commodore Hub E. Isaacks Trophy" (PDF). SCIRA. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "THE FIRST INTERNATIONALS" (PDF). Snipe Bulletin 1946. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  4. ↑ New Yorker Nabs Snipe Title, Snipe Bulletin September 1959
  5. ↑ LESLIE LARSON WINS AT SEATTLE, Snipe Bulletin September 1962

42°06′24″N 79°19′24″W / 42.1067°N 79.3234°W / 42.1067; -79.3234

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