Knickerbocker Yacht Club

The Knickerbocker Yacht Club was a yacht club in Port Washington, New York.[1]

Knickerbocker Yacht Club
Formation1874
Extinction2009
TypeYacht club
Purposeto encourage "Yachting and the cultivation of Naval Science and Seamanship"
Location
Key people
  • Lon Myers, world-record-holding runner
  • Bus Mosbacher, skippered two winning teams in America's Cup races
  • Robert Mosbacher, world champion sailor

The club was founded in 1874, on the Harlem River at 130th Street in Manhattan, to encourage “Yachting and the cultivation of Naval Science and Seamanship”.[1][2][3]

In 1907, it moved to Port Washington. It started the Knickerbocker Cup race in 1982, which became internationally recognized.[3][4]

At its peak in the early 1980s, membership consisted of approximately 290 families with 165 boats.[1]

World champion runner Lon Myers began his track career running for the club.[5][6] Bus Mosbacher, who skippered two winning teams in the America's Cup races, and world champion sailor Robert Mosbacher were members of the club.[7][8][9]

As of 2009, it was the second-oldest yacht club on Long Island Sound.[1] Due to the recession and waning membership, the club ceased to exist in 2009 and was sold for $3.2 million to Cord Meyer Development. In July 2012 demolition of the club began, the developers began on a new structure which today is the Knickerbocker Yacht Hotel designed to evoke a cruise ship. [10]

References
  1. Peter Applebome (February 11, 2009). "The Recession Takes Down a Yacht Club". The New York Times. Long Island Sound. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  2. Brooklyn daily eagle almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1901. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  3. Bob Hogan (February 23, 2007). "Port's Nautical History Exhibit in Port Library". Antonnews.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  4. Diane Ketcham (September 24, 1995). "LONG ISLAND JOURNAL". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  5. Frederick William Janssen (1888). A history of American amateur athletics and aquatics: with the records. Outing Co. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  6. Joe D. Willis and Richard G. Wettan (1975). "L. E. Myers, "World's Greatest Runner"" (PDF). Journal of Sport History. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  7. "Emil Mosbacher Dies at 75; Yachtsman and Nixon Official". The New York Times. August 14, 1997. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  8. "MOSBACHER'S CREW WINS JUNIOR TITLE; Takes Sound Sailing Cup for Knickerbocker by Point, With Black Rock Next Pequot Unlucky Defender Causes Wind Trouble". The New York Times. August 18, 1939. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  9. "Mosbacher Takes Three Firsts To Win Midget Title". The Christian Science Monitor. August 21, 1940. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  10. "Bon Voyage to a Gilded Club". New York Times. July 26, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
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